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In '''100,000 BCE''', (approx.) [[Forerunner|the Forerunners]] fire the [[Halo Array]]. The activation is a last resort intended to end the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], killing all sentient life within three radii of the galactic center, including any Forerunners not located on [[The Ark]] or within [[Shield World]]s. | |||
The | The Forerunner [[AI]] known as [[Mendicant Bias]] was designed to battle the Flood but he was seduced by [[Gravemind]] and descended into [[rampancy]]. He allowed the Flood into the [[Maginot Sphere]], which gave them the opportunity to attack the Forerunners' inner colonies. This forced the Forerunners to fire the rings and effectively commit "mass suicide." Part of his personality construct was placed in [[Forerunner Dreadnought|a Keyship]] which eventually ended up on the [[San 'Shyuum]] homeworld. | ||
Some time after every sentient species, carefully indexed in [[Installation 00|the Ark]], is returned to their homeworlds as a part of the [[Library Project]], the [[human|''Homo sapiens'']] species begins migrating out of [[Africa]]. | |||
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*[[343 Guilty Spark]] put the date of the firing of the Array as the year 97,448 BCE, though it should be noted that he measured it on Installation 04's year, not the 365.25 day Earth calendar. | |||
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