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[[File:Gasgiant.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The gas mine, high above a storm raging on the planet Threshold.]] | [[File:Gasgiant.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The gas mine, high above a storm raging on the planet Threshold.]] | ||
{{ | {{Quote|This mining facility predates [[Installation 04|Installation Alpha]] by several hundred years. It was retrofitted to research possible offensive and defensive measures against [[the Flood]]. Indeed, I designed and oversaw the construction of this facility's various outbreak management systems.|[[343 Guilty Spark]]}} | ||
This '''gas mine''' was a large structure suspended in the atmosphere of the gas giant [[Threshold]], the planet around which [[Installation 04]] orbited. It was an expansive automated facility that was created and used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later, the [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]]. It was destroyed when it fell into Threshold and was crushed by the planet's gravity.<ref name="oracle">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> It was one of many similar facilities on Threshold.<ref name="art">'''[[The Art of Halo]]'''</ref> | This '''gas mine''' was a large structure suspended in the atmosphere of the gas giant [[Threshold]], the planet around which [[Installation 04]] orbited. It was an expansive automated facility that was created and used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later, the [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction]]. It was destroyed when it fell into Threshold and was crushed by the planet's gravity.<ref name="oracle">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> It was one of many similar facilities on Threshold.<ref name="art">'''[[The Art of Halo]]'''</ref> | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
[[File:GasMineSchematic.jpg|thumb|right| | [[File:GasMineSchematic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A schematic of the gas mine.]] | ||
Hanging from a larger installation higher in the atmosphere, the mine was shaped somewhat like a grappling hook, with one center shaft and many legs bending down, and inwards it has three tubes extracting gas from Threshold. The station was divided into five modules: two gas refinement arms, each with its own cargo hangar, two laboratory modules for the research of [[ | The gas mine was originally intended to be used to mine [[hydrogen]], [[helium]], and [[methane]] from [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold-gas-mine '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Threshold Gas Mine'']</ref> Hanging from a larger installation higher in the atmosphere, the mine was shaped somewhat like a grappling hook, with one center shaft and many legs bending down, and inwards it has three tubes extracting gas from Threshold. The station was divided into five modules: two gas refinement arms, each with its own cargo hangar, two laboratory modules for the research of the [[Flood]], and the final module was the control section of the mine. Each of these modules could be accessed by catwalks or landing sites. | ||
The main cable was held in place by three equidistant holds on the top level; supposedly the holds could be released by the main control of the station. The inside of the gas mine was a curious mix of Forerunner aesthetic and factory, with dozens of moving energy conveyor belts carrying gas canisters about. There was a large gas storage hold, which was accessed by a large circular [[lift]]. This hold contained hundreds of canisters, most of which contain Flood. A series of three cables connected the mine to the larger structure overhead; this was a | The main cable was held in place by three equidistant holds on the top level; supposedly the holds could be released by the main control of the station. The inside of the gas mine was a curious mix of Forerunner aesthetic and factory, with dozens of moving energy conveyor belts carrying gas canisters about. There was a large gas storage hold, which was accessed by a large circular [[lift]]. This hold contained hundreds of canisters, most of which contain Flood. A series of three cables connected the mine to the larger structure overhead; this was a fail-safe in case of a Flood infestation.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''The Oracle'', 343 Guilty Spark monologue</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The gas mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of Threshold. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with a resident contingent of [[Sentinel]]s to maintain the facility.<ref name="art"/> | The gas mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of Threshold. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with a resident contingent of [[Sentinel]]s to maintain the facility.<ref name="art"/> | ||
However, after the Flood was discovered, the Forerunners retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study Flood specimens. [[343 Guilty Spark]], the future [[ | However, after the Flood was discovered, the Forerunners retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study Flood specimens. [[343 Guilty Spark]], the future [[monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], personally oversaw some of these modifications. A few hundred years passed, however, with no successful defense against the Flood, eventually forcing the Forerunners to activate their weapon of last resort; the [[Halo Array]]. | ||
The gas mine was unaffected by the first activation of the rings and its contained Flood remained intact and untouched for over 100,000 years, until the year [[2552]]. | The gas mine was unaffected by the first activation of the rings and its contained Flood remained intact and untouched for over 100,000 years, until the year [[2552]]. | ||
