Installation 02: Difference between revisions

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|description=Oceans with outcroppings of rock for terrain<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 174''</ref>

|location=Norma Arm<ref name="warfleet">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''page 13''</ref>, [[Milky Way]]<ref name="enc"/>

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|type=[[Halo Array|Halo installation]]<ref name="enc"/>

*[[Flood]] containment and research<ref name="halo array"/>

|caretaker= [[Monitor]] [[007]]

|constructed=c. [[97,445 BCE]]<ref name="halo array"/>

|diameter={{Convert|10000|km|mi|sp=us}}<ref name="enc"/><ref name="halo array"/>

|surface width={{Convert|318|km|mi|sp=us}}<ref name="enc"/><ref name="halo array"/>

'''Installation 02''', also known as '''Epsilon Halo''',<ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''halo_inner_ring'']]</ref> is one of the [[seven]] ring-shaped superweapons that comprise the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Halo Array]]. Installation 02 features a water-based environment with rocky outcroppings and large ice floes.<ref name="enc"/>

The [[Forerunner]]s had Installation 02 constructed by the [[Foundry]] of [[Installation 00]]<ref name="p371">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 371''</ref> approximately around the same time as the rest of the [[Halo Array]], circa [[97,445 BCE]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref name="halo array"/><ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref> The array was designed by the Forerunner [[Builder]]s to combat the parasitic [[Flood]] by eradicating them and all [[Sentience|sentient]] life in the [[Milky Way]]. After the rings were built, Installation 02 and its fellow Halos were distributed from Installation 00 to positions across the galaxy through [[slipstream space]] [[Slipspace portal|portals]].<ref name="halo array"/><ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref>  

Afterwards, the Halo Array was [[Great Purification|fired]] and eradicated all sentient life from the galaxy. The Forerunners proceeded to [[Reintroduction|reseed]] the galaxy with life from the species that were [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] on the Halo installations. Like its fellow installations, Installation 02 became home to dormant specimens of the Flood that were intended to be used to help find a cure to the parasite in the future. With the Flood defeated, the surviving Forerunners exiled themselves from the galaxy.<ref name="halo array"/>

On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], during the [[Battle of Installation 05|Battle]] of [[Installation 05]], [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]] of the [[Covenant]] activated Installation 05, though [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Sangheili]] forces managed to terminate the firing sequence before the Halo could fire. As per fail-safe protocol in the event of an unexpected shutdown, a signal was sent to Installation 02 and the rest of the Halos from Installation 05, placing all Halos of the array on standby mode, ready for remote activation from Installation 00. A readout from Installation 05's [[Control Room|control room]] showed that Installation 02 was fully prepared to fire on demand.<ref name="enc"/><ref name="great journey"/>

In [[2555#March|March of 2555]], [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] of Installation 00 utilized [[Bobby Kodiak|a captured human]] to activate the Halo Array's firing sequence, triggering a countdown set for the Halos firing in five weeks from [[2555#March|March 8, 2555]].<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 39-42'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After discovering the countdown on [[Installation 07]], the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] launched a [[Operation: FAR STORM|joint operation]] to Installation 00 in which a team destroyed Tragic Solitude and ended the Halo Array's firing sequence.<ref name="hitd262"/>

Like its fellow ring installations of the [[Halo Array]], Installation 02 is approximately 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) in diameter and has a surface width of 318 kilometers (198 miles).<ref name="enc"/><ref name="halo array"/> Installation 02's environment is comprised of large oceans with outcroppings of rock, as well as far-reaching ice floes. The installation was capable of wiping out all [[Sentience|sentient]] life in a 25,000 light-year range, along with its fellow Halo installations.<ref name="enc"/>

The surface of this installation, as depicted in [[Halo 3]], is similar in appearance [[Ganymede]]'s surface.

File:1211311490 Installation 06.jpg|The symbol representing Installation 02.

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