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*[[Clan Battles of Sanghelios]] | |||
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|date=[[97,764 BCE]] - [[97,445 BCE]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg9|Enc22|Page=9}} | |date=[[97,764 BCE]] - [[97,445 BCE]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg9|Enc22|Page=9}} | ||
|place=[[Milky Way]] | |place=[[Milky Way]] | ||
|result='''Forerunner | |result='''Pyrrhic Forerunner victory''' | ||
*[[Halo Array]] [[Great Purification|sterilizes the galaxy]] | *[[Halo Array]] [[Great Purification|sterilizes the galaxy]] | ||
*Near extinction of the Forerunners and end of the Forerunner [[ecumene]] | |||
|side1={{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] | |side1={{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] | ||
|side2={{Icon|Flood}} [[Flood]] | |side2={{Icon|Flood}} [[Flood]] | ||
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{{Quote|I kill you all and I enjoy it. I destroy you in your indolent billions—in your gluttony, in your self-righteousness, in your arrogance. I pound your cities into dust; turn back the clock on your civilization's progress. What has taken you millennia to achieve I erase in seconds. Welcome back to the [Stone Age], vermin. Welcome home.|An excerpt of Mendicant Bias' hate-fueled diatribe against the Forerunners after the AI's defection to the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|h3terminals}}}} | {{Quote|I kill you all and I enjoy it. I destroy you in your indolent billions—in your gluttony, in your self-righteousness, in your arrogance. I pound your cities into dust; turn back the clock on your civilization's progress. What has taken you millennia to achieve I erase in seconds. Welcome back to the [Stone Age], vermin. Welcome home.|An excerpt of Mendicant Bias' hate-fueled diatribe against the Forerunners after the AI's defection to the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|h3terminals}}}} | ||
[[File:Mendicant.jpg|thumb|300px|A now rampant [[Mendicant Bias]] defects to the Flood.]] | [[File:Mendicant.jpg|thumb|300px|A now rampant [[Mendicant Bias]] defects to the Flood.]] | ||
The Forerunners had created a powerful [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|''Contender''-class artificial intelligence]] known as [[Mendicant Bias]], and tasked it with leading all of their defensive efforts. Mendicant had deployed major fragments of itself on numerous warships as well as all of the twelve installations of the original Halo Array. Around [[97,495 BCE]], Mendicant Bias was charged with the first test-firing of a Halo, [[Installation 07]], near the former [[Precursor]] world of [[Charum Hakkor]]. As a result of this small-scale activation, an ancient entity imprisoned on Charum Hakkor, known as the [[Primordial]], was released and subsequently transported to | The Forerunners had created a powerful [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|''Contender''-class artificial intelligence]] known as [[Mendicant Bias]], and tasked it with leading all of their defensive efforts. Mendicant had deployed major fragments of itself on numerous warships as well as all of the twelve installations of the original Halo Array. Around [[97,495 BCE]], Mendicant Bias was charged with the first test-firing of a Halo, [[Installation 07|Gyre 11]], near the former [[Precursor]] world of [[Charum Hakkor]]. As a result of this small-scale activation, an ancient entity imprisoned on Charum Hakkor, known as the [[Primordial]], was released and subsequently transported to Gyre 11 for study. [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] tasked Mendicant Bias with interrogating the Primordial before having Gyre 11 moved to a hidden locale to conduct his own unsanctioned experiments in secret.{{Ref/Novel|Cry|39}} During its 43-year long discourse with the Primordial, Mendicant Bias was convinced by the entity, actually a [[Gravemind]], to turn against its Forerunner masters.<ref name="p272">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 272''</ref> | ||
Around the same time, Faber used | Around the same time, Faber used a Halo ring to suppress a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Battle of Janjur Qom|insurrection]], practically wiping out the species aside from samples indexed by the Librarian. The [[Ecumene Council]] deemed this a severe violation against the [[Mantle]]. The remaining Halo rings were to be brought to the [[Capital]] and were slated to be decommissioned, as they were deemed too destructive. This turned out to be a miscalculation on the Forerunners' part, as the rampant Mendicant Bias would arrive aboard Installation 07 and take control of many of the Halo rings over the capital.{{Ref/Novel|Cry|37}} Despite heavy resistance from the Forerunner fleets, Mendicant Bias successfully fired Gyre 11 in the Capital system, delivering a catastrophic blow to the Forerunner leadership for a time.{{Ref/Reuse|p272}} | ||
While the Forerunner government had downplayed the Flood threat up until this point,{{Ref/Reuse|c235}} they were now forced to take more drastic measures in order to survive. The Ecumene Council remained in disarray after Mendicant Bias' attack. The [[Ur-Didact]] had only recently returned from a millennium of exile, but the Master Builder, before being removed from power, had managed to capture the Didact and abandon him in a Flood-infested region of the galaxy. However, the Didact had duplicated his essence to another body, creating a secondary incarnation of himself, known as the [[IsoDidact]]. This copy assumed the role of the original Didact and reassumed command of the Forerunner military. Hoping to defeat the Flood via conventional strategy, the IsoDidact reactivated his [[shield world]]s and the defense plan he had engineered thousands of years earlier.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 250''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 341''</ref> The Forerunners scored a temporary victory as the IsoDidact's forces reclaimed | While the Forerunner government had downplayed the Flood threat up until this point,{{Ref/Reuse|c235}} they were now forced to take more drastic measures in order to survive. The Ecumene Council remained in disarray after Mendicant Bias' attack. The [[Ur-Didact]] had only recently returned from a millennium of exile, but the Master Builder, before being removed from power, had managed to capture the Didact and abandon him in a Flood-infested region of the galaxy. However, the Didact had duplicated his essence to another body, creating a secondary incarnation of himself, known as the [[IsoDidact]]. This copy assumed the role of the original Didact and reassumed command of the Forerunner military. Hoping to defeat the Flood via conventional strategy, the IsoDidact reactivated his [[shield world]]s and the defense plan he had engineered thousands of years earlier.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 250''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 341''</ref> The Forerunners scored a temporary victory as the IsoDidact's forces [[Battle for Gyre 11|reclaimed]] Gyre 11 and captured the rampant Mendicant Bias. The Ecumene Council, which had been crippled by Mendicant Bias' attack, was reinstated shortly afterward as the "New Council".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 374-375''</ref> | ||
===Final years=== | ===Final years=== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||