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[[File: | [[File:ConservationCEA.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Biological samples being analyzed in a storage facility.]] | ||
{{Article Quote|The Conservation Measure is the only sweet note in this discordant symphony we've arranged. It's the only constructive activity in decades of destruction.<ref name="ep4">'''[[Iris]]''', ''[[Episode 4]]''</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|The Conservation Measure is the only sweet note in this discordant symphony we've arranged. It's the only constructive activity in decades of destruction.<ref name="ep4">'''[[Iris]]''', ''[[Episode 4]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Conservation Measure''',<ref name="ep4"/><ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 14''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]: Activation Index''</ref> also known as the '''Library Project''',<ref name= "FloodAd" >'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''': ''Adjunct''</ref> was a massive undertaking by the [[Forerunner]]s to index and preserve biological diversity in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]] before and during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. | The '''Conservation Measure''',<ref name="ep4"/><ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 14''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]: Activation Index''</ref> also known as the '''Library Project''',<ref name= "FloodAd" >'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''': ''Adjunct''</ref> was a massive undertaking by the [[Forerunner]]s to index and preserve biological diversity in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]] before and during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Keyships.png|thumb|300px|Keyships departing to reseed life in the galaxy.]] | |||
When the possibility of the [[Halo Array]] was first proposed, the [[Librarian]] responded with outrage at the [[Builder]]s' idea of defeating the Flood by committing galactic genocide, and petitioned the [[Master Builder]] and the [[Ecumene Council|Council]] to take measures to preserve the galaxy's life-forms in the event of the Halo Array's firing. As the [[Lifeworker]]s could halt medical science if they abandoned their duties in protest, [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] concluded that it would be less expensive to give in to the Librarian than fight her, so he agreed to her request.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 274''</ref> There were quite a few problems at first, mainly with regards to categorizing the races into specific categories.<ref name="FloodAd"/> | When the possibility of the [[Halo Array]] was first proposed, the [[Librarian]] responded with outrage at the [[Builder]]s' idea of defeating the Flood by committing galactic genocide, and petitioned the [[Master Builder]] and the [[Ecumene Council|Council]] to take measures to preserve the galaxy's life-forms in the event of the Halo Array's firing. As the [[Lifeworker]]s could halt medical science if they abandoned their duties in protest, [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] concluded that it would be less expensive to give in to the Librarian than fight her, so he agreed to her request.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 274''</ref> There were quite a few problems at first, mainly with regards to categorizing the races into specific categories.<ref name="FloodAd"/> | ||
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After the Flood was defeated, automated systems on the Ark began the process of repopulating the galaxy in a stage referred to as the [[reintroduction]], sending all the races back to their respective homeworlds. While a success, the Conservation Measure also sent each race back to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] scale, forcing the sentient races to start over.<ref name="FloodAd"/> The period directly after the reintroduction was referred to as "[[the dark time]]", as some of the indexed species never recovered and subsequently became extinct.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-au/intel/related/text/kig-yar/9b24ebed-1954-471b-908d-951528e8120c '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Bestiarum'']</ref> | After the Flood was defeated, automated systems on the Ark began the process of repopulating the galaxy in a stage referred to as the [[reintroduction]], sending all the races back to their respective homeworlds. While a success, the Conservation Measure also sent each race back to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] scale, forcing the sentient races to start over.<ref name="FloodAd"/> The period directly after the reintroduction was referred to as "[[the dark time]]", as some of the indexed species never recovered and subsequently became extinct.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-au/intel/related/text/kig-yar/9b24ebed-1954-471b-908d-951528e8120c '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Bestiarum'']</ref> | ||
Two reintroduced races | Two reintroduced races - the [[San 'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] - would end up worshiping the Forerunners as gods, something the Forerunners hardly anticipated. The data concerning the Conservation Measure was preserved at the Ark, a revelation which surprised [[343 Guilty Spark]].<ref name="Term"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Origins library.png|Samples of lifeforms being categorized in a storage facility. | |||
File:Origins_samples.png|Cataloged lifeforms being loaded into a Keyship. | File:Origins_samples.png|Cataloged lifeforms being loaded into a Keyship. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||