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As it is known in modern times, the Halo Array is a network of seven ring-shaped megastructures created by the Forerunners, designed to exterminate all sentient life within the Milky Way galaxy.<ref name="great journey">'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', '''343 Guilty Spark:''' ''"After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life in three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned."''</ref> Built following the [[Human-Forerunner war]]s, these ringworlds were used as a last resort against the Flood, a parasitic extra-galactic species that threatened to consume every sentient life-form in the galaxy. By activating the rings, the Forerunners wiped out every sentient being in the galaxy, effectively starving the Flood to virtual extinction, though specimens were kept in a number of Forerunner containment facilities, including the Halo installations themselves.<ref name="library">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Library]]''</ref>  
As it is known in modern times, the Halo Array is a network of seven ring-shaped megastructures created by the Forerunners, designed to exterminate all sentient life within the Milky Way galaxy.<ref name="great journey">'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Great Journey]]'', '''343 Guilty Spark:''' ''"After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life in three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned."''</ref> Built following the [[Human-Forerunner war]]s, these ringworlds were used as a last resort against the Flood, a parasitic extra-galactic species that threatened to consume every sentient life-form in the galaxy. By activating the rings, the Forerunners wiped out every sentient being in the galaxy, effectively starving the Flood to virtual extinction, though specimens were kept in a number of Forerunner containment facilities, including the Halo installations themselves.<ref name="library">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Library]]''</ref>  


A total of twelve Halo rings existed during the reign of the Forerunners, split into separate arrays of six of 30,000 kilometers in diameter and six of 10,000 kilometers in diameter. Of these, only seven survived to be included in the final Array. The two most well-known Halo installations, [[Installation 04]] and [[Installation 05]], both orbit gas giants, though it is not known whether this is the case with all Halos. Installation 04 maintained an atmospheric [[Threshold gas mine|mining facility]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere until [[Battle of the Threshold gas mine|it was destroyed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>  
A total of eighteen Halo rings existed during the reign of the Forerunners, split into separate arrays of twelve 30,000km rings and six 10,000km rings. Of these, only seven survived to be included in the final Array. The two most well-known Halo installations, [[Installation 04]] and [[Installation 05]], both orbit gas giants, though it is not known whether this is the case with all Halos. Installation 04 maintained an atmospheric [[Threshold gas mine|mining facility]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere until [[Battle of the Threshold gas mine|it was destroyed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>  


Though separated by thousands of light-years, the installations are networked together and capable of remote activation at [[Installation 00|the Ark]], an [[intergalactic space|extragalatic]] fallback point. Each Halo installation has a maximum effective range of 25,000 light-years in every direction.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#Terminal 8|Terminal 8]]'' (''"25,000 light years. That is the effective range of this installation."'')</ref><ref name="radius">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[Two Betrayals]]'', 343 Guilty Spark: ''"Technically, this installation's pulse has a maximum effective radius of twenty-five thousand light years."''</ref> The method utilized by the array to conduct this "mass sterilization protocol"<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Library]]'', 343 Guilty Spark: ''"Why the Flood is, naturally, simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be enacted."''</ref> involves the superluminal conveyance of a burst of cross-phased super-massive neutrinos, tuned to emit a harmonic frequency that destroys the nervous system of any life form within range. Simpler organisms lacking a neural system are unaffected, along with inanimate structures. [[Precursor]] technology, however, is extremely susceptible to damage from the Halo effect.<ref> '''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 132''</ref><ref name="c274"/>
Though separated by thousands of light-years, the installations are networked together and capable of remote activation at [[Installation 00|the Ark]], an [[intergalactic space|extragalatic]] fallback point. Each Halo installation has a maximum effective range of 25,000 light-years in every direction.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#Terminal 8|Terminal 8]]'' (''"25,000 light years. That is the effective range of this installation."'')</ref><ref name="radius">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[Two Betrayals]]'', 343 Guilty Spark: ''"Technically, this installation's pulse has a maximum effective radius of twenty-five thousand light years."''</ref> The method utilized by the array to conduct this "mass sterilization protocol"<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Library]]'', 343 Guilty Spark: ''"Why the Flood is, naturally, simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be enacted."''</ref> involves the superluminal conveyance of a burst of cross-phased super-massive neutrinos, tuned to emit a harmonic frequency that destroys the nervous system of any life form within range. Simpler organisms lacking a neural system are unaffected, along with inanimate structures. [[Precursor]] technology, however, is extremely susceptible to damage from the Halo effect.<ref> '''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 132''</ref><ref name="c274"/>
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However, at this point, [[the Librarian]] went to the Council and invoked the Mantle, stating the the Halos should be used as biological preserves in the [[Conservation Measure]], a plan to repopulate the galaxy should the Array ever be activated. The Council approved her request, and ordered that the Halo installations be constructed to have a range of natural environments for the Lifeworkers to preserve their biological specimens in. However, the Master Builder later altered the initial plan, and his researchers began to use these specimens for a series of brutal experiments involving Flood infection.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 188-190''</ref>
However, at this point, [[the Librarian]] went to the Council and invoked the Mantle, stating the the Halos should be used as biological preserves in the [[Conservation Measure]], a plan to repopulate the galaxy should the Array ever be activated. The Council approved her request, and ordered that the Halo installations be constructed to have a range of natural environments for the Lifeworkers to preserve their biological specimens in. However, the Master Builder later altered the initial plan, and his researchers began to use these specimens for a series of brutal experiments involving Flood infection.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 188-190''</ref>


Twelve Halos, six of 30,000 kilometers in diameter and six of 10,000 kilometers in diameter were originally commissioned by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]], the ones of 30,000 kilometers were constructed by the [[guild]] of [[Bornstellar's father]] at the [[greater Ark]], one of the two [[Ark]] installations in existence at the time. Only one of these original rings ultimately survived to be used in the Forerunners' final plan; this ring was designated [[Installation 07]]. The separate array of six installations of 10,000 kilometers were also constructed and remained under [[the Librarian]]'s control at the lesser Ark.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> The final array, activated at the conclusion of the Forerunners' conflict with the Flood, was comprised of seven rings, each 10,000 kilometers in diameter.
Twelve Halos, each 30,000 kilometers in diameter, were originally commissioned by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and constructed by the [[guild]] of [[Bornstellar's father]] at the [[greater Ark]], one of the two [[Ark]] installations in existence at the time. Only one of these original rings ultimately survived to be used in the Forerunners' final plan; this ring was designated [[Installation 07]]. A separate array of six installations was also constructed and remained under [[the Librarian]]'s control at the greater Ark.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> The final array, activated at the conclusion of the Forerunners' conflict with the Flood, was comprised of seven rings, each 10,000 kilometers in diameter.


===Forerunner-Flood war===
===Forerunner-Flood war===
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