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The [[Covenant]] owe much of their rapid technological advancement to the discovery of a small number of shield worlds early in their history. They stripped these installations of usable technologies,{{Ref/Game|Id=Timeline|HW|Detail=''Timeline''}} though whether they continued to inhabit them is unclear. | The [[Covenant]] owe much of their rapid technological advancement to the discovery of a small number of shield worlds early in their history. They stripped these installations of usable technologies,{{Ref/Game|Id=Timeline|HW|Detail=''Timeline''}} though whether they continued to inhabit them is unclear. | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the shield worlds began to be discovered by humanity, starting with [[Trove]] in [[2531]].{{Ref/Reuse|Wars}} The shield world [[Onyx]]'s internal Dyson shell, [[Sarcophagus]], was rediscovered in [[2552]]{{Ref/Novel|GoO}} and [[Requiem]] in [[2557]].{{Ref/Game|H4}} Both | During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the shield worlds began to be discovered by humanity, starting with [[Trove]] in [[2531]].{{Ref/Reuse|Wars}} The shield world [[Onyx]]'s internal Dyson shell, [[Sarcophagus]], was rediscovered in [[2552]]{{Ref/Novel|GoO}} and [[Requiem]] in [[2557]].{{Ref/Game|H4}} Both the Etran Harborage and Requiem were ultimately destroyed, but Sarcophagus became home to a joint UNSC-Sangheili research effort and colony. | ||
==Known types== | ==Known types== | ||
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[[Requiem]] was the first shield world to be constructed, its design later serving as the template for the entire concept.{{Ref/Reuse|sil278}} This variant features an entirely artificial, heavily armored outer surface and contains several concentric miniature Dyson shells within its outer shell. Like the exterior, the interior surface of the outer shell is mechanized and features a light source for warmth and illumination. Another sphere, containing a terrestrial surface-oriented similar to a planet, is located below the outer shell. The interior of this shell contains the hollow core of the shield world and a Dyson shell-like inverted surface. | [[Requiem]] was the first shield world to be constructed, its design later serving as the template for the entire concept.{{Ref/Reuse|sil278}} This variant features an entirely artificial, heavily armored outer surface and contains several concentric miniature Dyson shells within its outer shell. Like the exterior, the interior surface of the outer shell is mechanized and features a light source for warmth and illumination. Another sphere, containing a terrestrial surface-oriented similar to a planet, is located below the outer shell. The interior of this shell contains the hollow core of the shield world and a Dyson shell-like inverted surface. | ||
Requiem apparently lacked shielding from the Halo effect<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/bulletins/the-halo-bulletin-knowledge-drop ''Halo Waypoint'' - The Halo Bulletin: ''9.24.14'']</ref> in spite of being the most fortified shield world in existence.{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} Whether this | Requiem apparently lacked shielding from the Halo effect<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/bulletins/the-halo-bulletin-knowledge-drop ''Halo Waypoint'' - The Halo Bulletin: ''9.24.14'']</ref> in spite of being the most fortified shield world in existence.{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} Whether this is true of [[the Refuge]], which used a scaled-down version of Requiem's planet-within-shell design, is unclear. | ||
===Conservation sphere=== | ===Conservation sphere=== | ||
[[File:Shieldogram.png|thumb|250px|A holographic diagram of [[Trove]].]] | [[File:Shieldogram.png|thumb|250px|A holographic diagram of [[Trove]].]] | ||
A common iteration of the shield world concept, the conservation sphere consists of an artificial planetary surface encapsulating a miniature | A common iteration of the shield world concept, the conservation sphere consists of an artificial planetary surface encapsulating a miniature Dyson sphere.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Timeline}} Beneath the artificial planetary surface span kilometers of machinery, including many access portals which lead to the sphere's interior; these portals remain sealed when not in use. The interior of the installation is hollow and features a vast [[Terraforming|terraformed]] surface and a miniature [[Astroengineering|artificial star]]. At least one such installation, [[Trove]], had an interior diameter of 2,873 kilometers (1,787 miles).{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Escape|HW|[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]}}<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/shield-world/073e5c8b-63bf-4fdc-a46d-6150a0026201 ''Halo Waypoint'': ''Shield World''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008060749/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/shield-world/073e5c8b-63bf-4fdc-a46d-6150a0026201 Archive.org])</ref> | ||
While these installations provide safety from the firing of the Halo Array, many possess weapons that can be used to defend the installation's inhabitants; some even harbor fleets of [[Forerunner dreadnought|dreadnoughts]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Control|EVG|Page=35}} These defenses can be activated from an installation's [[control room]] or equivalent control center, which sometimes takes the form of an [[Apex Site|airborne platform]]. However, the control center must be activated by a [[human]]: a [[Reclaimer]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Wars|HW}} | While these installations provide safety from the firing of the Halo Array, many possess weapons that can be used to defend the installation's inhabitants; some even harbor fleets of [[Forerunner dreadnought|dreadnoughts]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Control|EVG|Page=35}} These defenses can be activated from an installation's [[control room]] or equivalent control center, which sometimes takes the form of an [[Apex Site|airborne platform]]. However, the control center must be activated by a [[human]]: a [[Reclaimer]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Wars|HW}} | ||
Certain planets are home to conservation sphere waystations, stellar [[cartographer]]s housing directions to nearby conservation spheres. [[Relic (location)|One such facility]] was located on the human colony world of [[Harvest]].<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2972799_Catalog-Discussion.aspx#post2972799 ''Halo Waypoint'': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2972799)]</ref> | Certain planets are home to conservation sphere waystations, stellar [[cartographer]]s housing directions to nearby conservation spheres. [[Relic (location)|One such facility]] was located on the human colony world of [[Harvest]].<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2972799_Catalog-Discussion.aspx#post2972799 ''Halo Waypoint'': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2972799)]</ref> | ||
===Micro Dyson sphere=== | ===Micro Dyson sphere=== | ||
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===Shield World 0001=== | ===Shield World 0001=== | ||
{{Main|Requiem}} | {{Main|Requiem}} | ||
Shield World 0001 (commonly known as Requiem) is the oldest shield world as well as the most heavily fortified.{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} It was built long before the [[human-Forerunner wars]] and served as a template for the construction of the other shield worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|sil278}} Requiem once served as the nexus of operations for the [[Promethean]] class of [[Warrior-Servant]]s but was sealed off shortly before the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]] found themselves on Requiem in [[2557|July 2557]],<ref>''Game Informer'' (''May 2012''), ''page 41''</ref> where they encountered [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], the occupying Prometheans, and eventually the crew of {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. John accidentally released the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] from his imprisonment in [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]]; after helping ''Infinity'' escape the Spartan attempted to stop the Forerunner from acquiring the device known as the [[Composer]]. The Didact escaped in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' but the two successfully pursued him.{{Ref/Level|H4|[[Shutdown]]}} Six months later, in [[2558|February 2558]], the UNSC, the Covenant, and the Promethean forces returned to [[Requiem Campaign|fight for control]] of the shield world, | Shield World 0001 (commonly known as Requiem) is the oldest shield world as well as the most heavily fortified.{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} It was built long before the [[human-Forerunner wars]] and served as a template for the construction of the other shield worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|sil278}} Requiem once served as the nexus of operations for the [[Promethean]] class of [[Warrior-Servant]]s but was sealed off shortly before the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]] found themselves on Requiem in [[2557|July 2557]],<ref>''Game Informer'' (''May 2012''), ''page 41''</ref> where they encountered [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], the occupying Prometheans, and eventually the crew of {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. John accidentally released the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] from his imprisonment in [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]]; after helping ''Infinity'' escape the Spartan attempted to stop the Forerunner from acquiring the device known as the [[Composer]]. The Didact escaped in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' but the two successfully pursued him.{{Ref/Level|H4|[[Shutdown]]}} Six months later, in [[2558|February 2558]], the UNSC, the Covenant, and the Promethean forces returned to [[Requiem Campaign|fight for control]] of the shield world,<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[S1/Departure|S1E1 ''Departure'']]</ref> which ended when Jul 'Mdama put Requiem on a collision course with [[Epoloch system|its star]], destroying both bodies.<ref>''[[Spartan Ops]]'' [[S1/Exodus|S1E10 ''Exodus'']]</ref> | ||
===Shield World 0006=== | ===Shield World 0006=== | ||
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===Shield World 0983=== | ===Shield World 0983=== | ||
{{Main|Bastion}} | {{Main|Bastion}} | ||
Shield World 0983 (referred to as "Bastion") | Shield World 0983 (referred to as "Bastion") is a shield world that acts as the [[Librarian]]'s secret laboratory outside of the purview of the [[Ecumene Council]] containing her most dangerous research and experiments. Upon returning from [[Path Kethona]] with specimens that grew from two deceased [[Precursor]]s, the crew of the ''[[Audacity]]'' transformed a small shield world in its construction phase into Bastion to nurture the eventual new species created from the Precursor samples with the intention of one day sending them to a world outside of the Milky Way galaxy where they could grow and rebirth the Precursors as something entirely new with a blank slate. | ||
In [[2558]], Bastion was rediscovered by [[Rion Forge]] and [[343 Guilty Spark]]. | In [[2558]], Bastion was rediscovered by [[Rion Forge]] and [[343 Guilty Spark]]. After the personality imprint of [[Keeper-of-Tools]] transmitted himself to Bastion, he launched the ''[[Eden (spaceship)|Eden]]'' to deliver the samples to their new home to begin the rebirth process. Using the Librarian's key, Spark became the caretaker of Bastion and launched the shield world into a [[slipspace portal]] to an unknown destination in order to keep it out of the hands of [[Cortana]] and the [[Created]].{{Ref/Novel|PoL}} | ||
===Shield World 10021=== | ===Shield World 10021=== | ||
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===Cloister=== | ===Cloister=== | ||
{{Main|Cloister}} | {{Main|Cloister}} | ||
A Forerunner shield world that the [[San'Shyuum]] [[San'Shyuum flotilla|flotilla]] intended to retreat to.{{Ref/Novel | A Forerunner shield world that the [[San'Shyuum]] [[San'Shyuum flotilla|flotilla]] intended to retreat to.{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=5}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Overlayed.png|The fully mechanized surface of [[Requiem]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | File:Overlayed.png|The fully mechanized surface of [[Requiem]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | ||
File: | File:Halowars shieldworld official.jpg|[[Trove]]'s artificial planetary surface in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | ||
File:ShieldWorldOuterSurface.png|''Spirit of Fire'' hovering over a barren landscape on the Etran Harborage. | File:ShieldWorldOuterSurface.png|''Spirit of Fire'' hovering over a barren landscape on the Etran Harborage. | ||
File:SofInShieldWorld.png|''Spirit of Fire'' inside one of the Etran Harborage's access tunnels. | File:SofInShieldWorld.png|''Spirit of Fire'' inside one of the Etran Harborage's access tunnels. | ||
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File:Requiem.png|[[Requiem]] with one of its entrance portals open in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:Requiem.png|[[Requiem]] with one of its entrance portals open in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File:H4 - Requiem portals.jpg|Requiem's entrance portals. | File:H4 - Requiem portals.jpg|Requiem's entrance portals. | ||
File:HBC | File:HBC-Refuge.jpg|[[The Refuge]] disassembling itself in ''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |