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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{seealso|The Library (Level)}} |
| {{disambig header|the Forerunner structure|other uses|Library (disambiguation)}} | | {{Forerunner}} |
| [[File:H2A - Library.jpg|thumb|300px|The Library of [[Installation 05]].]] | | [[Image:Sacredicon1600.jpg|right|thumb|An outdoor view of the library structure]] |
| The '''Library''', known to the [[Covenant]] as the '''Repository of Fate''',<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 247''</ref> is the name given to a structure present on the installations of the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="h1lib">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Library]]''</ref><ref name="quarantine">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]''</ref> The Libraries are vast archive complexes and research facilities,<ref name="evg">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 108''</ref> housing the collated genetic information of numerous [[sentience|sentient]] species indexed by the [[Lifeworker]]s during the [[Conservation Measure]], an effort to re-seed life in [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] following the activation of the Halo Array. The structure also houses the [[Activation Index]], the object used to activate the Halo ring and simultaneously initiate the repopulation process of the species archived in the Library.<ref name="library">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]'', ''"Activation Index"''</ref> Library facilities are not exclusive to the Halos and are found on several other installations as well.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
| | '''The Library''' is the name of a structure present on each of the [[Forerunner]] [[Halos]]. The Library's true function is unknown, but it is speculated to be a collection of cloned DNA sequences whose location and identity can be established by mapping the genome of a particular organism, this information is contained in the [[Index]] used for activation of the [[Halo]]. The Library is also where the Index is housed. It is kept safe from the [[Flood]] by having the only access be an Anti-Gravity Gondola from a Forerunner base, which is protected by an energy shield and a large wall filled with [[Sentinels]] and [[Enforcers]]. Then, beyond the wall is an artifical lake. It should be noted that one may access the Library through the Halo's teleportation grid. The Libraries consist of multiple hallways interconnected to each other, finally leading to the Index Room. |
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| ==Background== | | ==Library of Installation 04== |
| Located at the heart of the Library is a multi-tiered hall known as the [[Index chamber]], in the center of which the Activation Index is suspended. In accordance with proper Flood containment procedures, the [[Reclaimer]] tasked with activating the Installation must first deactivate an energy field surrounding the Index by accessing a large [[elevator]] on the Library's uppermost floor. The elevator then descends from the highest level of the Library to the Index's position, allowing the Reclaimer to retrieve it from its container. Also according to procedure, the Reclaimer's passage through the Library is assisted by the Installation's [[monitor]], whose duties also include opening the facility's various security [[door]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}}
| | [[Image:LibraryonAlphaHalo.jpg|right|thumb|The Index Chamber of Installation 04's library]][[343 Guilty Spark]] teleports the [[Master Chief]] from the swamp that was part of the previous level (called 343 Guilty Spark) into the Library of [[Installation 04]]. Equipped initially with a [[Pistol]] and an [[Assault Rifle]], he must battle through the [[Flood]]-filled levels to reach the Index chamber. |
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| The interior of a Library consists of multiple gigantic hallways of geometric design interconnected to one another, all surrounding the Index chamber. Massive security doors are located between each section. Other floors of the structure are accessed via large, circular elevator platforms. Like most structures on the Halo rings, a Library also houses a network of ducts and shafts used by the Sentinels or the installation's monitor to access other areas. During the Flood outbreaks on [[Installation 04]] and [[Installation 05]], the Flood were able to utilize these tunnels to move across the structure.{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}}{{Ref/Reuse|quarantine}}
| | It is in this level that 343 makes reference to the Forerunners' technological superiority. He wonders why the Chief had brought "such ineffective weapons" to combat the Flood, and recommends that the Chief upgrades from the [[MJOLNIR armour]], which, according to some unknown Forerunner ranking system, is only Class 2, to a Class 12 [[Combat Skin]], which he says is necessary to combat the Flood. |
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| Due to its crucial importance, the Library is the first target of the Flood parasite during an outbreak. As a security measure against the Flood, most Libraries are separated from the rest of the installation by various types of obstacles, such as moats, chasms or [[Sentinel Wall|massive walls]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} Access to the Library itself usually occurs via each installation's internal [[teleportation grid]].{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}} On [[Installation 05]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] was unable to assist the individuals wishing to retrieve the Index in this manner. As a result a longer, less direct route had to be taken. An [[anti-gravity gondola]] spanned a large chasm separating the installation's [[quarantine zone]] from the Library.{{Ref/Reuse|quarantine}} The quarantine zone was encircled by the [[Sentinel Wall]], a massive barrier which was protected by a [[containment shield]] and filled with numerous [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s and [[Enforcer]]s.<ref name="icon">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> On both Installation 04 and Installation 05, the Flood was still able to breach such defenses and infest the Library.
| | Somewhere in the 3rd or 4th section of the Library, the Chief encounters the body of a Marine who was the most recent failed [[Reclaimer]]. In the second Halo novel, The Flood, this Marine is said to have been so mutilated that the Flood could not possibly take over him. He is identified to be [[Staff Sergeant Marvin Mobuto]]. |
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| ==History== | | ==Library of Installation 05== |
| ===Installation 04===
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| [[File:Libraryon04.jpg|thumb|250px|The fourth floor inside Alpha Halo's Library.]]
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| After meeting [[John-117]] in the swamps near Installation 04's [[Flood containment facility]] and deeming him to be a Reclaimer, [[343 Guilty Spark]] translocated the Spartan into the Library of Installation 04 and instructed him to retrieve the Index.
| | In [[Halo 2]], while the [[Master Chief]] goes after the [[Prophet of Regret]], [[Commander Miranda Keyes]], [[Sergeant Johnson]] and most of the Marines go into the Library of [[Installation 05]] to find the [[Index]]. Because of its significantly larger Flood outbreak, the Library of Installation 05 is damaged and filled with more Flood than that of Installation 04. |
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| The Flood had heavily infested this Library in the few short days since their initial breakout, with large groups using the ventilation shafts and access corridors to make their way through the facility. There were Flood in almost every part of the complex, including the Index chamber itself, and the Sentinel drones assigned to the facility were mostly overwhelmed. By the time the Chief arrived, the Sentinels were reduced to small groups using the shafts to avoid destruction and the Flood had begun spreading their spores through the facility by using the ducts. It seems the Covenant made no attempt to access the Library on Installation 04. While the Master Chief explored the dark bowels of the structure, there was no sign of the usual [[Covenant supply case|crates]], [[stationary shield generator]]s or spare weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}} | | The [[Arbiter]], instead of the Chief, is the playable character that has to travel the Library of Delta Halo. This journey encompasses the [[Sacred Icon (Level)]] and [[Quarantine Zone (Level)]]. |
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| As the Spartan progressed through the Library, 343 Guilty Spark remarked upon both the nature of the Flood and the Forerunners. Making a specific reference to their technological superiority, he wondered why the Chief had brought "such ineffective weapons to combat the Flood". Guilty Spark also recommended that the Master Chief should upgrade from his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR armor]], which according to a Forerunner ranking system was only Class 2 to a Class 12 [[combat skin]], which was stated as a necessity in order to combat the Flood. However, he later told the Master Chief that his suit would serve him well as the Flood began to contaminate the ring's atmosphere with [[Flood spores]].{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}}
| | Dropped in the wall from [[Tartarus]]' [[Phantom]], the character must go through the wall's area, down pistons and fighting [[Sentinels]] to find a gondola. By removing the containment plugs, the Containment Shield guarding the Quarantine Zone can be lowered, enabling the Arbiter to enter the Library properly. Unfortunately, this also releases the Flood. |
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| Toward the end of this Library, the Chief encountered the body of [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Marvin Mobuto]], a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] who Guilty Spark had previously approached and brought to the Library in order to retrieve the Index and activate the ring.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''pages 244-245''</ref> With help from the Sentinels, and motivation from Staff Sergeant Mobuto, the Master Chief fought his way through three levels of the complex and successfully retrieved the Index.{{Ref/Reuse|h1lib}}
| | After battling his way through corridors filled with Flood in all three varieties, as well as [[Sentinels]] and [[Enforcers]], the Arbiter finds an open-air area where he meets with some air-dropped Elite comrades and reunites with [[Half-Jaw]], the [[Special Ops Elites|Spec Ops]] Commander. He now has to defend the [[Elite]] encampment from waves of Flood Combat Forms. |
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| ===Installation 05===
| | After the waves of Flood have ceased their siege, the player, in the guise of the Arbiter, is given the option of choosing either a [[Ghost]] or a [[Spectre]] to go through the Quarantine Zone with. While battling through the Quarantine Zone, other vehicles, including [[Warthogs]], [[Wraiths]], and a [[Scorpion]] can be found. It is first learnt here that [[Flood]] [[Combat Form]]s now know how to drive vehicles. After going through an open-air section, a mine-like area (which is a downed sentinel constructor factory, which can be seen falling near the end of the Sacred Icon level), and another open-air section, the Arbiter reaches yet another gondola, where Half-Jaw leaves to take care of an approaching group of Flood. Tartarus calls Half-Jaw a coward from the safety of his Phantom and sends a few Elites to aid the Arbiter. The Arbiter takes the gondola into the depths of the Library to find the Index chamber. On the way, he must fend off assaults by Combat Form Flood wielding a variety of weapons. When he finds the Index, he easily takes it from [[UNSC]] forces (namely [[Sergeant Johnson]] and [[Miranda Keyes]]. Tartarus, however, arrives in person to collect the Index and betrays the Arbiter by knocking him off the Index's platform. Nearly falling to his death, he is rescued by the [[Gravemind]], who then held him captive for his own motives. It should be noted that in the Index Room there is what appears to be multiple destroyed Enforcers, as well as a few of the Gravemind's tentacles. |
| [[File:Delta library.png|thumb|250px|Installation 05's Library and its surroundings.]] | |
| While the Master Chief hunted down the [[Prophet of Regret]] during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]], [[Sergeant Johnson]] and most of {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}'s Marines attempted to break into the Library of [[Installation 05]] in order to find and retrieve the Index. Due to the significantly larger Flood outbreak on this Installation, the Library and its defenses were seriously damaged and as a consequence were filled with a larger number of Flood than its Installation 04 counterpart. The UNSC forces were seemingly unprepared for the Flood presence, and many of them were infected by the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|quarantine}} | |
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| Around the same time, the recently-appointed [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] traveled to the Library on a mission to retrieve what the Covenant referred to as the "Sacred Icon". Dropped into the exterior side of the Sentinel wall from [[Tartarus]]' [[Phantom]], the Arbiter battled his way through swathes of Flood and Sentinels to find the anti-gravity gondola that would carry him to the other side. By removing the containment plugs, he then lowered the [[containment shield]] guarding the [[Quarantine Zone]], enabling him to enter the Library proper. Unfortunately, this also allowed the Flood to spread further, adding to the magnitude of the outbreak.{{Ref/Reuse|icon}}
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| After traversing through the quarantine zone, both the UNSC forces and the Arbiter used gondolas to enter the Library's inner section, with the humans making it first. The inner section of the Library was largely identical to Installation 04's, though significantly more brightly lit than the dim interior of Alpha Halo's Library. Sometime prior, the elevator in the central shaft had descended to the bottom level, but the energy field allowing one to walk over the shaft and retrieve the Index was not active. This forced Commander Keyes to use an inert Flood tentacle to reach out and retrieve the Index, nearly falling to her death in the process if not for Sergeant Johnson's aid. After making it into the Index chamber, the Arbiter engaged the humans, knocking Johnson unconscious. It was then that Tartarus and his Jiralhanae forces arrived and took the humans prisoner, also removing the Index from Keyes' possession. Tartarus then [[Great Schism|betrayed]] the Arbiter, pushing him into the central shaft of the Library using the [[Fist of Rukt]]. After being thrown to his death by Tartarus, the Arbiter was rescued by the [[Gravemind]], who existed beneath the bottom level of the Library.{{Ref/Reuse|quarantine}}
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| ==Other facilities==
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| Library-type structures are found on some Forerunner constructs other than the Halo Array, although their purpose and function on these constructs may differ.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} [[Cortana]]'s simulated retelling of the history of the Forerunners{{Ref/Note|According to Frank O'Connor, the visuals in ''Origins'' may not be entirely accurate or factual, as they are pieced together from Cortana's incomplete store of information.}} depicted a structure closely resembling a Library, surrounded by a massive wall and several docking towers housing [[Unidentified Forerunner dreadnought class|Forerunner dreadnoughts]] ready for launch.<ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Libraries}}
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| *The foremost structure of the Library is similar to the symbols on the stone slabs on the top floor of the bases in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' map [[Blood Gulch]]. It could mean that the structure of the Library is somehow related to Blood Gulch, or that it is purely a common Forerunner symbol. | |
| *In the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[multiplayer]] level, [[Containment]], if one flies a Banshee, in the distance [[Installation 05]]'s Library can be seen. | |
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| ==Gallery==
| | [[Category: Places]][[Category: The Forerunner]] |
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| File:H2A-Library-Wall.jpg
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| File:H2A Library.png|The Library as depicted in ''Halo 2:Anniversary.''
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| File:H2A - LibraryConcept.png|Concept art of Installation 05's Library for ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
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| File:LibraryonAlphaHalo.jpg|John-117 and 343 Guilty Spark about to obtain the Index in Alpha Halo's Library.
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| File:Sacredicon1600.jpg|The Library of Installation 05 from ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2 - ContainmentLibrary.PNG|The Library of Installation 05 as seen during the day on the map Containment.
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| File:Library.jpg|A Forerunner Library on an unspecified world.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Sources==
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Activation Index]]
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| *[[Halo Array]]
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| *[[Control Room]]
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