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The other eleven Halo installations were taken to the Forerunner [[capital]] during the tribunal against Master Builder Faber, where it was to be decided whether to decommission them following the use of one of the weapons by Faber to suppress [[Battle of Janjur Qom|a rebellion]] on the [[San 'Shyuum]] homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]]. However, in the midst of the trial, Mendicant Bias, turned rampant by the Gravemind, appeared with the twelfth Halo and assaulted the capital. He attempted to seize control of the remaining Halos and fire them, but was only able to control five out of the twelve. One of those five was destroyed by the combined tidal forces of the capital, the firepower of local Forerunner fleets, and the stress of a recent [[slipspace]] transition. The seven Halos that Mendicant Bias was unable to control were recalled to Installation 00 via slipspace jumps, yet only one escaped before the portal collapsed. | The other eleven Halo installations were taken to the Forerunner [[capital]] during the tribunal against Master Builder Faber, where it was to be decided whether to decommission them following the use of one of the weapons by Faber to suppress [[Battle of Janjur Qom|a rebellion]] on the [[San 'Shyuum]] homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]]. However, in the midst of the trial, Mendicant Bias, turned rampant by the Gravemind, appeared with the twelfth Halo and assaulted the capital. He attempted to seize control of the remaining Halos and fire them, but was only able to control five out of the twelve. One of those five was destroyed by the combined tidal forces of the capital, the firepower of local Forerunner fleets, and the stress of a recent [[slipspace]] transition. The seven Halos that Mendicant Bias was unable to control were recalled to Installation 00 via slipspace jumps, yet only one escaped before the portal collapsed. | ||
[[Installation 07]], the Halo where Mendicant Bias' core personality was housed at the time, jumped into a distant system on a pre-designated destructive collision course with a planet - a security measure put in place in case it fell under control of the Flood. The installation was eventually reclaimed by the Didact's forces and it survived the passage of the planet despite taking heavy damage. A significant amount of the ring's superstructure was discarded, reducing its size to 10,000 kilometers, in order to allow it to perform a successful slipspace jump to the | [[Installation 07]], the Halo where Mendicant Bias' core personality was housed at the time, jumped into a distant system on a pre-designated destructive collision course with a planet - a security measure put in place in case it fell under control of the Flood. The installation was eventually reclaimed by the Didact's forces and it survived the passage of the planet despite taking heavy damage. A significant amount of the ring's superstructure was discarded, reducing its size to 10,000 kilometers, in order to allow it to perform a successful slipspace jump to the leasser Ark. | ||
Later, as Mendicant Bias prepared his final assault on the [[Maginot Sphere]], the Didact finally accepted that the Halo Array was the only solution to counter the Flood, and activated the Array. The effect left all Flood-controlled ships adrift, allowing [[Offensive Bias]] to defeat and capture the rampant AI. | Later, as Mendicant Bias prepared his final assault on the [[Maginot Sphere]], the Didact finally accepted that the Halo Array was the only solution to counter the Flood, and activated the Array. The effect left all Flood-controlled ships adrift, allowing [[Offensive Bias]] to defeat and capture the rampant AI. | ||