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==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 several centuries before the construction of [[Installation 04]],<ref name="oracle"/> 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 [[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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
On ''[[The Oracle]]'', if the player jumps just before the station is detached, the entire station will freefall out from under the player, sending him toward a kill barrier. | On ''[[The Oracle]]'', if the player jumps just before the station is detached, the entire station will freefall out from under the player, sending him toward a kill barrier. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
