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| |image= [[File:HINF Cylix.png|350px]] | | |image= [[File:HINF_Cylix.png|350px|]] |
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| A '''Cylix''' is a genetic repository used by [[Forerunners]] to store and catalogue indexed specimens. Functioning as instrumental tools for the [[Lifeworker]]s [[Conservation Measure]], cylixes were mainly used to protect population samples in order to later [[Reintroduction|reseed life]] in the galaxy after the activation of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Film|Id=Origins|Origins}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|HSoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} | | A '''Cylix''' is a genetic repository used by [[Forerunners]] to store and catalogue indexed specimens. Cylixes were mainly used in order to reseed life in the galaxy after the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| ===Design and purpose===
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| Cylixes take the form of large slabs with stylized [[Holography|holograms]] depicting the type of specimen that resides within them.{{Ref/Reuse|Origins}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Found|HINF|Foundation (Halo Infinite)}} The metallic surface of a cylix has been described as being so cold that feels like one's hand is burning as they touch it.{{Ref/Game|Id=Harbinger|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #03 - She was Smiling}} When a cylix is opened, the face that is adorned with the hologram slides apart and the receptacle's occupant is released.{{Ref/Level|Id=Tremonius|HINF|Outpost Tremonius}} While their main purpose was to facilitate the [[Reintroduction|repopulation]] of [[Milky Way|the galaxy]],{{Ref/Reuse|Origins}}{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} in some cases the [[Forerunner]]s used cylixes as prisons for entities that were deemed to be a threat.{{Ref/Reuse|Harbinger}}{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Post-credits cinematic}} It appears that cylixes can either be opened en masse via automated system,{{Ref/Reuse|Origins}} or individually by a [[Reclaimer]].{{Ref/Reuse|Harbinger}} | | Cylixes take the form of large slabs with stylized hardlight carvings depicting the type of specimen that resided within them. While their main purpose was to facilitate the repopulation of the galaxy, in some cases the Forerunners used cylixes as prisons for entities that were deemed a threat. |
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| ===Usage===
| | Cylixes within [[Installation 07]] contained species such as [[human]]s, [[Sangheili]], [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Unggoy]], in addition to [[the Harbinger]] and [[Endless]]. |
| Forerunner Keyships, such as the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'', carried large numbers of cylixes to be delivered by these vessels to various [[planet]]s throughout the galaxy during the reseeding process that followed the [[Halo Array]]'s [[Great Purification|activation]].{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}{{Ref/Book|Id=HWF|HWF|Detail=pages 84-85}} As of [[2559]], the ''Anodyne Spirit'' still holds what appears to be "millions" of these cylixes within one of its vast interior chambers, a region of the ship that the [[Covenant]] referred to as "the clerestory."{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}
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| Cylixes within [[Installation 07]] contained species such as [[human]]s, [[Jiralhanae]], [[Kig-Yar]], [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]], in addition to [[Flood]]{{Ref/Reuse|Found}} and [[Xalanyn]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} The Xalanyn had mysteriously managed to survive the activation of the Halo Array, resulting in the surviving Forerunners deeming them a threat and imprisoning the species within cylixes on Installation 07.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} One member of the Xalanyn, known as The [[Harbinger]], was released from her cylix by order of [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] during the [[Installation 07]] [[Battle for Zeta Halo|conflict]] in [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|Harbinger}} | |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:Origins samples.png|Cortana's depiction of cylixes onboard a [[Keyship]] in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[Origins]]''. | | File:HINF_Endless_Cylix.png|A Cylix containing one of the [[Endless]]. |
| File:Ancient Grunts.jpg|Ancient Unggoy being released from cylixes onto [[Balaho]] after the [[Great Purification]].
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| File:HINF CylixConcept.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' of a cylix and the various holograms that it can display.
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| File:HINF Forerunner Cylix Storage.png|Numerous cylixes stored beneath Installation 07 in ''Halo Infinite''.
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| File:HINF Zeta Halo Cylix.png|A human cylix.
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| File:HINF Grunt Cylix.png|An Unggoy cylix.
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| File:HINF Jackal Cylix.png|A Kig-Yar cylix.
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| File:HINF SangheiliCylix.jpg|A Sangheili cylix.
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| File:HINF_Endless_Cylix.png|A cylix containing one of the [[Xalanyn|Endless]].
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| File:HINF Harbinger Cylix.png|The cylix for the [[Harbinger]], opened.
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| File:HINF Unknown Cylix.png|A sequestered cylix for a [[Flood]] [[Pod infector]].
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| File:HINF Unknown Cylix Scan.png|The Flood cylix from below.
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| File:HINF SA Jiralhanae Cylixes.png|Jiralhanae cylixes in the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]].
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| File:HINF Jiralhanae Cylix.png|Jiralhanae Cylixes as seen in storage within the Silent Auditorium.
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| File:HINF Cylix Jiralhanae.png|Another storage chamber containing Jiralhanae Cylixes.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' |
| **''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}} | | **''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Sacrifice]]
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| *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
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| [[Category:Forerunner technology]]
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