Timelock
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A timelock[1][2][3] is a temporal stasis field in which the passage of time is brought to a standstill through sophisticated higher-dimensional manipulation. Both the Forerunners and prehistoric San'Shyuum possessed timelocking technology. Prehistoric humans placed a form of timelock—a piece of ancient San'Shyuum technology also known as a time bolt—on the Primordial's prison beneath Charum Hakkor's arena to prevent it from escaping. According to the Didact, this measure was almost as effective as Forerunner technology.[4]
The Forerunners had an advanced grasp of slipspace bubbles and used variations of the timelock concept for a number of purposes. One of these was the slipspace field pod, a stasis pod capable of suspending its occupants in time.[5] Forerunner Durances were traditionally timelocked after the last impressions of a deceased Forerunner were enclosed within.[6] The Forerunners were also capable of creating reverse timelock fields, in which time passed at a vastly more rapid pace than within normal space. The IsoDidact used a prison cage containing a reverse timelock to execute the Primordial on Installation 07, forcing the being to disintegrate via the process of entropy through the artificially-induced passage of a billion years.[7] Installation 07 also had a timelock installed in research cache 05-836, which could only be activated by a Reclaimer, who would have 96 seconds to leave the room before it locked down and the timelock killed everything inside. When the Flood escaped their cylixes in 2559, the timelock was activated by UNSC Marine Sergeant Riley Anderson, who died alongside all Flood forms inside.[8]
Trivia[edit]
- Given the accelerated time seen in the Silent Auditorium, it's possible that that facility has a timelock.
Gallery[edit]
A preliminary sketch of the Primordial and its timelock drawn by Greg Bear.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
- Halo: Cryptum
- Halo: Primordium (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Silentium (Mentioned only)
- Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Still Midnight
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 271
- ^ Halo: Primordium, pages 18, 191, 227
- ^ Halo: Silentium, page 170
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 121
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 37
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 47-48
- ^ Halo: Primordium, page 366
- ^ Halo: Still Midnight
