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[[File:HSOI - Rtas and Tul.jpg|thumb|250px|Rtas 'Vadum and Tul 'Juran in the installation.]] | [[File:HSOI - Rtas and Tul.jpg|thumb|250px|Rtas 'Vadum and Tul 'Juran in the installation.]] | ||
{{Quote|Nothing, in fact. I would say vaporized. But that would mean trace particles remain. They are, simply, gone.|[[Ministry of Preparation|Minister of Preparation]] [[Boru'a'Neem]], after investigating the Halo's firing{{Ref/Novel|SoI|Page=8}}}} | {{Quote|Nothing, in fact. I would say vaporized. But that would mean trace particles remain. They are, simply, gone.|[[Ministry of Preparation|Minister of Preparation]] [[Boru'a'Neem]], after investigating the Halo's firing{{Ref/Novel|SoI|Page=8}}}} | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The [[Halo Array|Halo device]] attached to the facility was a prototype and required its host installation to provide it with the sufficient power the device needed to activate. The Halo was a ring of marbled [[Onyx (material)|onyx]] and stood approximately ten meters tall, with glittering circuits spread across the surface of the device. However, over the years of its existence, the device began to crack and some of its circuitry had burned away. | The [[Halo Array|Halo device]] attached to the facility was a prototype and required its host installation to provide it with the sufficient power the device needed to activate. The Halo was a ring of marbled [[Onyx (material)|onyx]] and stood approximately ten meters tall, with glittering circuits spread across the surface of the device. However, over the years of its existence, the device began to crack and some of its circuitry had burned away. | ||
The Halo had a default effective range of roughly one thousand kilometers when powered by its installation,{{Ref/Reuse|SoI66}} however, the range could be increased; a 20% power increase was capable of wiping out all life on a terrestrial planet the size of [[Sanghelios]] as well as its [[natural satellite]]s. When fired, the Halo unleashed a bright light and appeared to create an aural vacuum to all those nearby. The effects of the Halo itself completely destroyed its [[Sentience|sentient]] targets, leaving no trace particles behind. This is in contrast to the final models of the Halo Array, which do not completely destroy the biomass of an organism and requires a [[solute]] to instantly decay the biomass into their component molecules.{{Ref/Reuse|SoI5}} | |||
The host installation itself resembled a species of sea urchin native to Sanghelios and was described as a stark blossom of dark spines.{{Ref/Reuse|SoI66}} The Halo was located in the middle of the installation's testing chamber, a long room with white, lustrous walls that angled upwards together. A wide shaft behind the ring led to the installation's power systems that provided the ring with the power it needed. The installation contained a low, flat-ceilinged bunker, where the Halo could be safely activated from via a control surface with an integrated [[Holotank|holographic projector]]. From this bunker, its occupants could watch transmitted live feed of the test chamber. The bunker also provided direct access to the test chamber through [[shield door]]s and a [[gravity lift]].{{Ref/Reuse|SoI5}} | The host installation itself resembled a species of sea urchin native to Sanghelios and was described as a stark blossom of dark spines.{{Ref/Reuse|SoI66}} The Halo was located in the middle of the installation's testing chamber, a long room with white, lustrous walls that angled upwards together. A wide shaft behind the ring led to the installation's power systems that provided the ring with the power it needed. The installation contained a low, flat-ceilinged bunker, where the Halo could be safely activated from via a control surface with an integrated [[Holotank|holographic projector]]. From this bunker, its occupants could watch transmitted live feed of the test chamber. The bunker also provided direct access to the test chamber through [[shield door]]s and a [[gravity lift]].{{Ref/Reuse|SoI5}} | ||