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[[File:TerminalArkArray.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Installation 00|The Ark]] and the | [[File:TerminalArkArray.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Installation 00|The Ark]] and the 7 [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].]] | ||
'''Astroengineering''' is the name given to the construction of megastructures in space by technologically advanced beings. It is a form of megascale engineering, but deals with structures that are "easily observable" from interstellar distances with 20th century astronomical instruments: e.g. a [[space elevator]] is an example of megascale engineering, but it is not an example of astroengineering. A notable example of astroengineering are the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]], built by the technologically advanced [[Forerunner]]s. | '''Astroengineering''' is the name given to the construction of megastructures in space by technologically advanced beings. It is a form of megascale engineering, but deals with structures that are "easily observable" from interstellar distances with 20th century astronomical instruments: e.g. a [[space elevator]] is an example of megascale engineering, but it is not an example of astroengineering. A notable example of astroengineering are the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]], built by the technologically advanced [[Forerunner]]s. | ||
Construction of these megastructures are restricted to either [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier Zero]], Tier One or Tier Two civilizations. As a Tier Three civilization, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] has no known astroengineered structures. | |||
==Forerunners== | ==Forerunners== | ||
[[File:Delta Halo.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Installation 05]], the second Halo discovered by the UNSC and the Covenant.]] | [[File:Delta Halo.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Installation 05]], the second Halo discovered by the UNSC and the Covenant.]] | ||
The | The [[Forerunner]]s are renowned for their mimicry of natural environments, but it is their engineering achievements that stand as monuments to their extraordinary prowess, centuries after they have passed on. Their [[Halo Array|Halo Installations]], [[shield world]]s, and [[Installation 00|the Ark]] are all artificial habitats on a vastly larger scale than anything that either [[human]]ity or the [[Covenant]] could have accomplished. Forerunner megastructures were typically designed by members of the [[Builder]] [[rate]] and constructed by the [[Huragok]] as well as a wide range of automatons ranging from diminutive [[Constructor]]s to colossal [[Retriever Sentinel]]s. Meanwhile, the [[Miner]]s were tasked with stellar and planetary engineering.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum'''</ref> | ||
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===High Charity=== | ===High Charity=== | ||
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High Charity was the Covenant capital city prior to 2552. Presumed to be built around a chunk of rock taken from the [[San'Shyuum]]'s home planet, it was not only an artificial planet, but capable of traveling through slipspace, powered by a surviving [[Keyship]] known to the Covenant as the [[ | High Charity was the Covenant capital city prior to 2552. Presumed to be built around a chunk of rock taken from the [[San'Shyuum]]'s home planet, it was not only an artificial planet, but capable of traveling through slipspace, powered by a surviving [[Keyship]] known to the Covenant as the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. It was the largest known Covenant artificial planetoid, at 348 kilometers in diameter, as well as the home of the majority of the [[San'Shyuum]] population, and was infested by the Flood, and eventually destroyed in the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. | ||
===Unyielding Hierophant=== | ===Unyielding Hierophant=== |