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While most of Installation 04's debris either fell into [[Threshold]]'s or [[Basis]]' [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity wells]] or remained in the orbital debris field, at least 30% of the mass and curvature remained unaccounted for by the UNSC. In late [[2555]] the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] took note of information recorded by an automated scout vehicle, [[Recon-14]], in an area designated Location 6201. Recon-14 had been deployed from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' before the ship's crash-landing on the Halo installation. The signal data from the drone was analyzed by multiple ONI specialists, among them ONI attaché for astrophysical phenomena [[Madeline Tress|Dr. Madeline Tress]]. She correctly concluded that the signal originated from the missing fragment of Installation 04, indicating that a part of the ring either generated or was enveloped in a significant slipspace event, one far exceeding the capabilities of either human or Covenant technology.<ref name="wp shard"/> | While most of Installation 04's debris either fell into [[Threshold]]'s or [[Basis]]' [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity wells]] or remained in the orbital debris field, at least 30% of the mass and curvature remained unaccounted for by the UNSC. In late [[2555]] the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] took note of information recorded by an automated scout vehicle, [[Recon-14]], in an area designated Location 6201. Recon-14 had been deployed from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' before the ship's crash-landing on the Halo installation. The signal data from the drone was analyzed by multiple ONI specialists, among them ONI attaché for astrophysical phenomena [[Madeline Tress|Dr. Madeline Tress]]. She correctly concluded that the signal originated from the missing fragment of Installation 04, indicating that a part of the ring either generated or was enveloped in a significant slipspace event, one far exceeding the capabilities of either human or Covenant technology.<ref name="wp shard"/> | ||
Uniquely, the extreme heat of the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s explosion, comparable to temperatures produced by a [[supernova]], caused the formation of an entirely new element in a small area of the fragment — one not found elsewhere in the known universe. This element was later illegally mined from the fragment and smuggled to [[Human colonies|human colonial space]], specifically the planet [[Sedra]]. It was discovered that the element caused catastrophic breakdown of DNA in certain humans but did not affect other species. The element was refined into a [[bioweapon]] which a [[Sangheili]] terrorist unleashed in [[Sedra City]], killing or hospitalizing many of the planet's citizens. A joint [[Locke's team|ONI]]-[[Sedran Colonial Guard]] team led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]] and [[Jameson Locke|Lt. Commander Locke]] embarked on a [[Mission to Alpha Shard|mission]] to the Halo fragment in order to capture the smugglers who mined the element and destroy the deposits with a [[HAVOK]] nuclear warhead.<ref name="nf1"/> However, the team became stranded on the shard, hunted by resident [[Lekgolo]] swarms that had commandeered and crashed their [[D81-LRT Condor]] dropship.<ref name="nf2"/> Most of the group were killed during the mission and only two members—Lieutenant Commander Locke and [[Talitha Macer|Private Macer]]—made it off the shard aboard the smugglers' {{Class|Bactrian|freighter}} while Colonel Aiken sacrificed himself to manually detonate the HAVOK nuclear device, destroying the deposits.<ref name="nf3">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter Three''</ref> | Uniquely, the extreme heat of the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s explosion, comparable to temperatures produced by a [[supernova]], caused the formation of an entirely new element known as [[Element 120.V]] in a small area of the fragment — one not found elsewhere in the known universe. This element was later illegally mined from the fragment and smuggled to [[Human colonies|human colonial space]], specifically the planet [[Sedra]]. It was discovered that the element caused catastrophic breakdown of DNA in certain humans but did not affect other species. The element was refined into a [[bioweapon]] which a [[Sangheili]] terrorist unleashed in [[Sedra City]], killing or hospitalizing many of the planet's citizens. A joint [[Locke's team|ONI]]-[[Sedran Colonial Guard]] team led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]] and [[Jameson Locke|Lt. Commander Locke]] embarked on a [[Mission to Alpha Shard|mission]] to the Halo fragment in order to capture the smugglers who mined the element and destroy the deposits with a [[HAVOK]] nuclear warhead.<ref name="nf1"/> However, the team became stranded on the shard, hunted by resident [[Lekgolo]] swarms that had commandeered and crashed their [[D81-LRT Condor]] dropship.<ref name="nf2"/> Most of the group were killed during the mission and only two members—Lieutenant Commander Locke and [[Talitha Macer|Private Macer]]—made it off the shard aboard the smugglers' {{Class|Bactrian|freighter}} while Colonel Aiken sacrificed himself to manually detonate the HAVOK nuclear device, destroying the deposits.<ref name="nf3">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter Three''</ref> | ||
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