Apex Site



The Apex was a Forerunner structure that contained a fleet of many Forerunner ships inside an unknown Forerunner Shield World built around an artificial sun (also known as a Dyson Sphere).

It's primary purpose appeared to be as a base for the dormant Forerunner ships, which were docked in the surrounding towers. It was also here that Anders was held by the Arbiter until she escaped via the sphere's teleportation grid. Flood forms populated the sphere's surface and interior.

The installation was destroyed by the Spirit of Fire's FTL Reactor which caused the sun in the center of the Micro Dyson Sphere to go supernova, destroying all the Forerunner ships and eliminating The Flood and causing the Shield World to collapse before being incinerated by the explosion.

Description
The Apex installation was a narrow platfrom hovering in the clouds of the unnamed Forerunner Shield World. It could be accessed from a teleporter network from the ground which could transport to other similar devices situated at various places across the station. It also had a smaller transporter pad which seemingly also worked as a containment field. The system was operated by vocal commands.

It also contained a Beam Emitter like many other Forerunner facilities. Unlike in other known installations, the energy was channeled in one continuous stream instead of the more common single burst of energy. It was controlled by a spherical Forerunner console, which could only be operated by a Reclaimer.

The site also had an elevator which lead very close to the Shield World's sun, possibly for maintenance use. It was the site of a major engagement between SPARTAN Red Team and Covenant forces lead by the Arbiter, who were attempting to prevent the UNSC from destroying the Shield World and the Forerunner ships at dock there. After the repulsing of the Covenant assault and the death of the Arbiter in battle, Sgt. Forge overloaded the Spirit of Fire's FTL Reactor, causing the sun to explode and and obliterating the Installation.

Trivia

 * During the activation of The Apex, Ripa 'Moramee stated "Let the deconstruction of our gifts begin." This shows that the only interest for the Covenant in The Apex was to essentially "recycle" the current Forerunner ships and to use these parts to provide resources to build their new fleet.