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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Forerunner|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW}} |
| [[File:Light bridge.jpg|thumb|275px|A light bridge at the entrance to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]'s [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]].]] | | [[File:Light bridge.jpg|right|thumb|275px|An energy bridge, as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''.]] |
| {{Quote|I’m showing a lot of photonic activity. The excited photons have displaced the air around the light path."<br>"Which means?"<br>"Which means that the light has become coherent. Solid.|Exchange between [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]]<ref name="tf">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 84-85''</ref>}} | | {{Quote|I’m showing a lot of photonic activity. The excited photons have displaced the air around the light path."<br>"Which means?"<br>"Which means that the light has become coherent. Solid.|Exchange between [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 84-85''</ref>}} |
| '''Light bridges''' are examples of advanced [[Forerunner]] technology. Using the Forerunners' ubiquitous [[hard light]] technology to function, they are composed entirely of solidified light and act as substitutes to [[bridge (structure)|physical bridges]] in certain areas.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Wages of Sin]]"</ref> As a result of their temporary nature, they are often employed as a security measure. | | '''Energy bridges''', also known as '''light bridges''', are examples of advanced [[Forerunner]] technology. They use [[hard light]] technology to function.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Wages of Sin]]"</ref> |
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| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| There are usually two components to a light bridge: a control panel, and the light emitters. The control panel is a semi-translucent holographic array of [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner symbols and glyphs]] that are projected over the surface of a pedestal. Though a variety of control panel configurations have been observed, in the case of one of the light bridges on [[Installation 04]], tapping the "blue-green circle" activated the light emitters.{{Ref/Reuse|tf}} | | [[File:Energy Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The first encountered energy bridge in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]].]] |
| | There are usually two components to an energy bridge: a control panel, and the light emitters. The control panel is a semi-translucent holographic array of [[Forerunner]] symbols and glyphs that are projected over the surface of a pedestal. Tapping the "blue-green circle"<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 84''</ref> activates the light emitters. A cascade of coherent, high-energy photons are emitted through the air, generating a visible, horizontal band of light. |
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| | Through unspecified physics, the coherent band of light interacts with the illuminated air, and pushes aside the air within and around it it, becoming a firm, solid mass capable of supporting extremely heavy weights, ranging from a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog LRV]] to several [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion MBTs]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Covenant Empire|The Covenant]]''</ref> When damaged, the emitters flicker on and off, causing the light bridge to flicker, creating a less stable force.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref> |
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| A cascade of coherent, high-energy photons are emitted through the air, generating a visible, horizontal band of light. Through unspecified physics, the coherent band of light interacts with the illuminated air, and pushes aside the air within and around it it, becoming a firm, solid mass capable of supporting extremely heavy weights, ranging from an [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog LRV]] to several [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion MBTs]].<ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref><ref name="covenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> When damaged, the emitters flicker on and off, causing the light bridge to flicker, creating a less stable force.<ref name="gs">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref>
| | Energy bridges were used by John-117 during the UNSC's operations on the surface of [[Installation 04]], in the [[halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|subterranean complexes]] and the [[Flood containment facility|Flood containment facility]]. Though mainly unseen on [[Installation 05]], they are also present on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], again in a [[The Ark (level)#Forward Unto Dawn|subterranean area]], and another two close to the [[Forerunner Citadel|Citadel]] near the Ark's [[Strip mining moon|Core]]. |
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| Light bridges are commonly seen on most Forerunner constructs. The [[Relic (location)|Forerunner complex]] on [[Harvest]] featured light bridges crossing over a series of chasms surrounding the center of the main chamber. These were used by the UNSC forces as they made their way in and out of the facility during the [[Harvest Campaign]] in [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Interior]]''</ref> [[Trove]], discovered by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in the same year, had a multitude of light bridges to span chasms within its interior. Unlike most light bridges encountered by the UNSC, which manifested as simple beams of blue-white light, these light bridges featured arrangements of lines forming symmetrical, geometric patterns characteristic of Forerunner art and architecture.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref>
| | ==Trivia== |
| | | There are four energy bridges in the ''Halo'' games. The first and second are the bridges on the level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]], and the bridges on the level [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', the third being the one on the Ark on the level [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', and the last being the one in the Citadel on [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]. |
| Light bridges were used by John-117 during the UNSC's operations on the surface of [[Installation 04]], in the [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|subterranean complexes]] and the [[Flood containment facility]].{{Ref/Reuse|tf}}{{Ref/Reuse|gs}} Though mainly unseen on [[Installation 05]], they were also present on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], again in a [[The Ark (level)#Forward Unto Dawn|subterranean area]],{{Ref/Reuse|ark}} and another one at the entrance to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] near the Ark's [[Strip mining moon|Core]].{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}} Light bridges were also present on [[X50]]; some of these bridges were crossed by [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]].<ref>''''Halo: Spartan Assault''', ''[[Operation F: Hydra]]''</ref> The [[Promethean]]s' shield installation [[Requiem]] and the [[Didact]]'s ship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', also contained a great amount of light bridges.<ref>'''Halo 4'''</ref> During the [[New Phoenix Incident]], [[Cortana]] and several of her rampant copies were able to manifest hard light holograms of themselves from a light bridge and create hard light shackles that temporarily bound [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:HCE-BridgeControlPanel-screen.png|The [[John-117|Master Chief]] using a control panel that activates the light bridge on Installation 04.
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| File:HCE-HardLightEnergyBridge-screen.jpg|A light bridge as part of an underground tunnel network on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
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| File:HaloWars-HardLightBridge.jpg|The light bridge in the Relic in ''Halo Wars''.
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| File:Energy Bridge.jpg|The remastered light bridge on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.
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| File:H4-HardlightEnergyBridge.jpg|A light bridge on the ''Mantle's Approach'' above a slipspace rupture in ''Halo 4''.
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| File:HW2-Hardlightbridge.jpg|A light bridge on Installation 00 in ''Halo Wars 2''.
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| File:HTV-Thermopylae-LightBridge.jpg|A light bridge on Onyx in ''Halo: The Television Series''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
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| **''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]'' | | *''[[Halo 3]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Wars]]'' | | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
| | *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''
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| *''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Renegades]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]'' | |
| **''[[Thermopylae (TV Series)|Thermopylae]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Forerunner technology]] | | [[Category:Forerunner technology]] |