Babd Catha Forerunner vessel: Difference between revisions

[[File:Babd_catha_forerunner_complex.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The section of the structure visible within the underground ice caverns.]]

This '''enormous ship''' of [[Forerunner]] design was embedded within the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]] at some point before [[2552]].<ref name="ship">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HaloReach#5573898160705691906 '''Picasa Web Albums''': Paul Russel > Halo: Reach]</ref> Positioned at a tilted angle, the ship was appeared to be roughly disk-shaped; as most of it was buried by a glacier, its true size is unknown. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath [[SWORD Base]], as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the complex houses a holographic Forerunner data terminal of some kind.<ref name="HR">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Breakpoint]]''</ref>

The complex was home to one of Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]'s labs and had evidently been under excavation by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] for some time.<ref name="HR"/> By summer 2552, ONI had marked a number of artifact sites that seemed to form a trail leading from [[CASTLE Base]], the site of the [[Menachite Forerunner complex]], to the immediate region of SWORD Base, suggesting that the ship was outbound along this trajectory when it crashed.<ref>[[:File:Reach map.png|Halsey's map of Reach]]</ref>

According to Dr. Halsey, the complex held secrets that could turn the tide of the [[Human-Covenant War]] — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the invention of the conical bullet and the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. However, when the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] began attacking the facility on [[2552#August|August 29, 2552]], the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider turrets]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[NOBLE Team]] was able to hold off the Covenant for long enough until Halsey could finish the decryption. The complex, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.<ref name="HR"/>

Exactly what data Halsey discovered within the complex was never revealed, but the data apparently contributed to the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Epilogue'' (''"And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets..."'')</ref>

File:Reach_Bbd_cth_ONI_lab.jpg|The main ONI research facility near the complex.

File:Breakpoint.jpeg|Another section of the complex, under investigation by ONI.

File:Forerunner Star.jpg|A panorama of the tilted structure seen on the map [[Breakpoint]].