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As the Ur-Didact fled to Requiem and the Librarian made for Installation 00, the IsoDidact, [[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]], and the [[Examiner]] traveled to Omega Halo's [[control room]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 269''</ref> Knowing that Precursor [[neural physics]] were extremely vulnerable to Halo radiation, they hoped to clear an egress route among the vast tangle of star roads. Soon after the trio's arrival, [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] entered the control center and vaingloriously insisted that he be the one to fire the installation's weapon. He managed to fire a single pulse toward Path Kethona, disintegrating multiple star roads and opening a path away from the Ark while sterilizing Path Kethona. Unfortunately, the Forerunners' position was quickly overrun and some of the remaining star roads converged on the Halo. Enormous tidal and kinetic stress rent the installation asunder; the vast degree of friction caused parts of the Halo to superheat and melt.<ref name="s270">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 270-275''</ref> | As the Ur-Didact fled to Requiem and the Librarian made for Installation 00, the IsoDidact, [[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]], and the [[Examiner]] traveled to Omega Halo's [[control room]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 269''</ref> Knowing that Precursor [[neural physics]] were extremely vulnerable to Halo radiation, they hoped to clear an egress route among the vast tangle of star roads. Soon after the trio's arrival, [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] entered the control center and vaingloriously insisted that he be the one to fire the installation's weapon. He managed to fire a single pulse toward Path Kethona, disintegrating multiple star roads and opening a path away from the Ark while sterilizing Path Kethona. Unfortunately, the Forerunners' position was quickly overrun and some of the remaining star roads converged on the Halo. Enormous tidal and kinetic stress rent the installation asunder; the vast degree of friction caused parts of the Halo to superheat and melt.<ref name="s270">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 270-275''</ref> | ||
The floor of the control center gave way, causing Bitterness, the Examiner, and the Master Builder to plummet to their deaths. The IsoDidact was unable to grab a salient as he fell,{{Ref/Reuse|s270}} though the monitor Chakas fortuitously arrived and carried him to the lesser Ark to coordinate the final stages of the Halo Array's activation. As the pair escaped, the star roads crushed Omega Halo and the greater Ark.{{Ref/Reuse|s304}} With the loss of Omega Halo, the Forerunners were forced to resort to the smaller, more powerful secondary array of 10,000 kilometer-wide Halos; these rings would, in the coming weeks, destroy all life in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 310''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 328-330''</ref> | The floor of the control center gave way, causing Bitterness, the Examiner, and the Master Builder to plummet to their deaths. The IsoDidact was unable to grab a salient as he fell,{{Ref/Reuse|s270}} though the monitor Chakas fortuitously arrived and carried him to the lesser Ark to coordinate the final stages of the Halo Array's activation. As the pair escaped, the star roads crushed Omega Halo and the greater Ark.{{Ref/Reuse|s304}} With the loss of Omega Halo, the Forerunners were forced to resort to the smaller, more powerful secondary array of 10,000 kilometer-wide Halos; these rings would, in the coming weeks, destroy all sentient life in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 310''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 328-330''</ref> | ||
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