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Shield World 006<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 120''</ref> (designated "ONI Research Facility Trevelyan" by the UNSC)<ref name="glass397">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 397''</ref> is a Dyson sphere formerly housed within a slipspace bubble of compressed dimensionality, having a diameter of only 23 centimeters in normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''chapter 10''</ref> The slipspace bubble was located in the center of the artificial planet Onyx before the planet dissolved and the slipspace rift was deactivated.<ref name="glass378">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 378''</ref> The sphere itself is approximately two astronomical units (300 million kilometers) in diameter and weighs approximately 1.37 solar masses. The Dyson sphere's default environmental conditions are suitable for [[Earth]]-based life but the climate settings can be adjusted for other species' requirements. When Onyx was intact, the only means of access to Shield World 006 was a small portal, which was located inside a [[Core room antechamber|massive antechamber]] in the core of the artificial planet.<ref name="goo311"/> | Shield World 006<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 120''</ref> (designated "ONI Research Facility Trevelyan" by the UNSC)<ref name="glass397">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 397''</ref> is a Dyson sphere formerly housed within a slipspace bubble of compressed dimensionality, having a diameter of only 23 centimeters in normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''chapter 10''</ref> The slipspace bubble was located in the center of the artificial planet Onyx before the planet dissolved and the slipspace rift was deactivated.<ref name="glass378">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 378''</ref> The sphere itself is approximately two astronomical units (300 million kilometers) in diameter and weighs approximately 1.37 solar masses. The Dyson sphere's default environmental conditions are suitable for [[Earth]]-based life but the climate settings can be adjusted for other species' requirements. When Onyx was intact, the only means of access to Shield World 006 was a small portal, which was located inside a [[Core room antechamber|massive antechamber]] in the core of the artificial planet.<ref name="goo311"/> | ||
Near the end of the [[Battle of Onyx]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led his forces in an attempt to access Shield World 006. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access. The human survivors, including Spartan-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]], [[ | Near the end of the [[Battle of Onyx]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led his forces in an attempt to access Shield World 006. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access. The human survivors, including Spartan-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]], Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> After spending several days in the sphere — over three months in normal space-time — the survivors encountered a population of [[Huragok]] which had been left behind to maintain the sphere. They eventually managed to convince the Huragok into transitioning the shield world into normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 380''</ref> Soon after, the Office of Naval Intelligence made the installation into a research facility in order to acquire the Forerunner technologies housed there.<ref name="glass397"/> | ||
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