Talk:Installation 03

Better Picture
File:Installation_03.png|200px|Holographic image of Installation 03]] I have a batter picture, and I would like to know if I can use it? I swear thats Installation 03. Thats how it looked in the Ark's firing room! Kap2310 15:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * First, a picture can not be "batter", and second, that is an image of the second halo ring, not the third. -- E D File:ArmyROTC.gif|15px]] 17:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

You know what I ment. Maybe I got the rings mixed up when I took the screenshot...oh well, still a better picture than the one with all the rings. So should I change the picture for Installation 02?Kap2310 20:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Confusion
I think that this ring is being mistaken for Installation 03, when in fact it is more likely 05. The surface is identical to the hologram of Installation 04, which is consistent with the previous game in that Delta Halo is identical to Installation 04. The rings are commonly believed to be numbered from 1 to 7 from the entrance to the room, following the path the player takes. Although, when Truth attempts to activate the rings, they light up one by one moving away from him, each one emitting a note that ascends from lowest to highest from Truth's location. This is probable in that it is more likely that the rings will be numbered 1 to 7 from the control pannel, rather than the entrance to the room. The third ring from Truth's location has a red, volcanic surface, which is noticably different from the Installation 05 depicted in Halo 2. Installation 03 is said to have an oceanic surface, but when compared with the holographic surface of the fragments of Installation 04, it is nearly identical (suggesting that the landmass is concealed by cloud cover). I am perfectly willing to discuss this if someone can offer a rebuttal.

- Rider890


 * I think you're right in some respects. However, after watching the appropriate cutscene, one can see that the fourth ring from Turth has red markings around it, indicating a problem. This is Installation 04, which makes the appropriate sequence of the rings the one that begins with Truth's location, and not the player's. I do not know what any of the rings look like however, as I have not played the game (unfortunately). Lieutenant Grade One.png  ΘяɪɸɴF22  style="background-color:#787878; color:firebrick; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:24px; -moz-border-radius-topright:24px">  Me  Talk    Contributions  style="background-color:#787878; color:gold; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:24px; -moz-border-radius-topright:24px">  CAG 22:53, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

bout time
i was thinking that it was about time that someone freeking figured it out! ive been on ascendant justice almost every day trying to tell those guys that the order that they have them in is incorrect! but as usual ppl will look on ascendant justice and immediately believe they are correct. just becuase they are recommended by bungie DOES NOT mean that all of their information is correct. the correct order of the rings starts from the control panel back, not from the entrance! anyways its common sense ppl! first ring, first to activate, and the first ring closest to the control panel! DUH SPARTANF-259 01:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, you're attitude is not conducive to anything here. It's arrogant. Secondly, it makes logical sense to number the rings as you have described, from the control panel to the player's entrance, as the control panel seems like a more common 'front' then the 'back door' through which Chief and the Arbiter come from. Lieutenant Grade One.png  ΘяɪɸɴF22  style="background-color:#787878; color:firebrick; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:24px; -moz-border-radius-topright:24px">  Me  Talk    Contributions  style="background-color:#787878; color:gold; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:24px; -moz-border-radius-topright:24px">  CAG 22:53, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Yay
Awsome, someone agrees with me. Check out the newly edited pages before someone changes them back. Also, a newer accurate image for Intallation 03 is needed, cos there currently isn't one.

- Rider890

Installation Surface
I was just looking at the ring's surface, and what at first looked like a reddish surface is actually not quite correct. Close inspection reveals oceans, landmasses, and cloud cover that is consistent with Installation 04 and 05. Why it is red is unclear, but perhaps it is an environment that has a reddish environment, for no information says that there were any security breaches upon Installation 03; those only occurred on 04 and 05.

Just my two cents.

--Exalted Obliteration 00:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

How?
How did ONI discover the location of Installation 03?--光环的家伙 (H1234-NET) 21:59, 26 October 2011 (EDT)
 * Plenty of navigation and start chart data from Trevelyan and anything the Joint Human-Sangheili expedition brought back from Installation 05 or the Ark.
 * Or possibly math. If you know two points on a map (Installation 04 and 05), you can calculate the range that those installations would have. Assuming their ranges cover the entire galaxy and are relatively equal, you can get a rough map of where every other installation is. pestilence   Phil,  pestilence!  09:50, 27 October 2011 (EDT)
 * Assuming, of course, that they were positioned into a particular shape (eg. a circle) around the galaxy. Based on the ranges, it would appear that they would overlap when firing - if we knew how much they overlapped (and, assuming that Installation 04 and 05 are close to each other and not separated by several others) then we'd be able to calculate approximate positions based on available data. At least, that's how I'd work it out.--  Fore  run  ner '' 09:56, 27 October 2011 (EDT)
 * There's also the fact that UNSC forces have had unusual access to two major Forerunner installations - Installation 04A, and the Ark. Cortana's time in Alpha Halo's system uncovered a lot of information that the player or reader didn't get to see, and the UNSC can't have just been hunting for Truth while on the Ark - while the Chief was off bringing Scarabs down and massacring Brutes, I imagine ONI infiltrating whatever they could, scavenging together anything they could use. I know that the Halo installations were compartmentalised, so I doubt the UNSC would have found coordinates for other installations on Alpha Halo, but the Ark was the central unit in the Halo Array. --  Specops306   Autocrat     Qur'a 'Morhek   20:39, 27 October 2011 (EDT)
 * I agree with Specops306, this theory is the most likely one.--光环的家伙 (H1234-NET) 22:36, 27 October 2011 (EDT)
 * Also, if they are in a circle, they're also most likely in order, so it seems 03, 04, and 05 are the closest to us. Alex T Snow 05:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)

Halo 4
I'm thinking 03 could be important to the story, though most likely not the main focus. We have been told the Terminals in CEA and Glasslands will have important connections to Halo 4's story; this installation's monitor was in the 2nd terminal, ONI has found it, and Halsey is being held in orbit around it. It's not a lot, but it's one of the few things I can think of that could end up being a connection. The others are Spark's previous posting (weren't told what it was, possibly the Legendary Planet, which is possibly a Line Installation), and the Didact and the Prometheans (Possibly being the new enemies) Alex T Snow 05:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)

UNSC designation
Halo 3 texture files lists it as Eta Halo, but in Halo 4, the designation is based on the order of discovery, where they call Installation 03 Gamma Halo. Which will the correct term be? I'd say the game has a bit more precedence over one image file.--Thijsbos 18:33, 11 November 2012 (EST)
 * Of note: A log file found in the Halo 4 level "The Composer" lists Installation-03 as Gamma Halo. 173.25.35.218 03:43, 19 November 2012 (EST)
 * Well, this is quite odd how this naming system works. Installation 04 is Alpha Halo. It obviously doesn't go in numeric order because of this. Yet, Installation 03 is Gamma Halo, which would be both numeric (as Gamma is the third Greek letter) and in order of the UNSC's discovery. But here comes another curveball: Installation 05 is named Delta Halo, yet it is neither the 4th Installation nor the 4th discovered Halo ring.--File:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]] Fluffy Emo Penguin ( ice quack! ) 20:31, 11 December 2012 (EST)

Designation
We obviously have a bit of a problem here, as Halo 4 designates this installation as "Gamma Halo", but it was also previously designated as "Eta Halo" in the Halo 3 Texture files. However, the name Gamma Halo was originally given to Installation 06 in the Halo 3 Texture files, which is also where we got the designations of all the other rings. Problem is, if we keep 03 as Gamma Halo, then that means 06 no longer has a designation. What should we do about this? Go by the texture files or by the info in Halo 4, which is seemingly contradicting previously established canon?--
 * I believe the audio logs in Halo 4 should be regarded as a superior source than texture files which, though canon until proven otherwise, aren't part of the game narrative proper and were never meant to be seen. This does, of course, make the canon status of the other texture file names uncertain - maybe we should move the former names to trivia sections rather than the introductory paragraph. --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 12:33, 20 November 2012 (EST)
 * That seems like the better idea, thanks.--
 * I agree. New canon trumps old. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 13:03, 20 November 2012 (EST)

Unknown Rocky Planet
Does the Halo: 4 visual guide mention it, by any chance? Forgotten Helljumper 01:36, 19 September 2013 (EDT)