Overwatch network: Difference between revisions

The '''Overwatch network''', also referred to as the "'''core authority'''"<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 136''</ref><ref group="note">While never officially referred to as such, the core authority mentioned in ''Halo: Cryptum'' and the duties of the overwatch network as described in ''Halo: Warfleet'' are almost exactly the same. Furthermore, the term core authority is never presented as an official name, but instead a general descriptor, leaving it exceedingly likely the two organizations are one and the same.</ref> is a general term used to regard the collective core security and transit authorities of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]. The overwatch network monitored, rationed and forbade travel to limit the buildup of [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|reconciliation debt]] in the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 91''</ref> [[Guardian Custode]]s were able to connect to the overwatch network, using it to reflexively counter many potential threats to the Ecumene long before they came to the attention of [[Warrior-Servant]] commanders.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 88''</ref> The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] noted that they could track slipspace journeys if they were rational, while irrational series of jumps were harder to track. The [[Didact]] used this to an advantage while on the run from the Forerunner authorities shortly after he was revived from his exile in a [[Cryptum]].<ref name="Cryptum"/>