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[[Image:SevenHalos.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Readout of the seven Halos]]

[[Image:Delta Halo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|One of the seven Halos]]

Each installation was constructed orbiting a giant gas planet, and although the reason for doing this remains unknown, it has been speculated that the planet was used as a base for the Forerunners while constructing the rings. An alternate reason could be that the Flood cannot occupy or pull resources to construct a ship from a gas planet or it was the [[Ark]] that built the Halos because in [[Halo 3]] the Ark is preparing a new [[Installation 04 (II)|Installation 04]]. Another theory is that the gas giants would magnify the ring's blast radius when fired. The seven Halos are designed to be remotely controlled from a facility called "The Ark"<ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]</ref>. In addition to the Halo installations (Installations 01-07) and The Ark (Installation 00), the Forerunners also built Shield Installations <ref>[[Halo 3]], level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]; Guilty Spark~: "I always thought that The Ark was part of a shield installation"</ref> to rescue the inhabitants from the destructive power of the Halos.

~~Each~~ Halo has a ~~simple designation~~, ~~consisting~~ of "Installation 01-~~07 respectively"~~.

The Halo Array is a network of seven<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Collectively, the seven-"</ref> [[Wikipedia:Orbitals (The Culture)|Orbitals]], concentric artificial planets built by the [[Forerunners]], an extinct technologically advanced race. The two known Halo installations, referred to as [[Alpha Halo]] and [[Delta Halo]] respectively, orbit [[Threshold|gas]] [[Substance|giants]], though it is not known whether this is true of all Halo's, and Alpha Halo maintained an atmospheric mining facility until [[The Oracle (Level)|its destruction]] by the Covenant<ref>[[Halo 2]], [[The Oracle (Level)]]. Though separated by thousands of lightyears, the seven installations are networked together and capable of remote activation at an [[Installation 00|Alderson Disk]] outside the galaxy. The array was designed by the Forerunners to eradicate sentient life from [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]], thereby denying the [[Flood]] a source with which to expand, and starving it to death to prevent its spread, and each Halo has a maximum effective range of 25,000 lightyears.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Technically, this installation has a maximum effective range of 25,000 lightyears."</ref> The exact means the array uses to conduct this "mass sterilisation protocol"<ref>Why naturally the Flood is simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be enacted.</ref> are unknown, though it is assumed to utilise energy in some form.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Reclaimer, please understand that that interfering with the wave generation process will severely damage this installation.</ref>

The Halo Array has been fired once in known history, approximately 100,000 years ago, in order to stop the [[Flood]] from overwhelming the galaxy. Despite being the networks builders, the Forerunners were killed in this last suicidal option to save the rest of the universe from a worse fate.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life in three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned."</ref> The array has nearly been activated twice since - [[Alpha Halo]] was almost activated by the [[Master Chief]] before being deactivated by [[Cortana]], while [[Delta Halo]] was activated by Commander [[Miranda Keyes]], forced by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]], neither of which were successful. A [[Installation 04 (II)|replacement]] Halo for the destroyed Alpha Halo was activated outside of the array's range, eliminating the freed Flood, but did not activate the rest of the array.<ref>[[Halo 3]], [[Halo (Level)]]</ref>

Each Halo Installation is given a designation number, from 01 to 07, and is overseen by a [[Monitor]]. The Monitors are given control of the Installations' [[Sentinels]], [[Constructors]] and [[Enforcers]], and are responsible for containing the [[Flood]] test subjects in their [[Flood Research Facility|research facilities]] and protecting the Halo from [[UNSC|intru]][[The Covenant|ders]].

The Array also encompasses an [[Wikipedia:Alderson Disk|Alderson Disk]], referred to as [[Installation 00|The Ark or Installation 00]], from which the array can be remotely and safely activated while out of range, and able to survive the effects<ref>343 Guilty Spark: The Ark is out of range! Of all the active installations!</ref>. The Forerunners also built [[Shield World|Shield Worlds]], [[Wikipedia:Dyson Sphere|Micro-dyson Spheres]] encased in a slipspace field with their own star in the center and a habitable environment, as a means to escape the effect without having to leave the galaxy.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref>

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 [[Image:SevenHalos.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Readout of the seven Halos]]
 [[Image:Delta Halo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|One of the seven Halos]]
-Each installation was constructed orbiting a giant gas planet, and although the reason for doing this remains unknown, it has been speculated that the planet was used as a base for the Forerunners while constructing the rings. An alternate reason could be that the Flood cannot occupy or pull resources to construct a ship from a gas planet or it was the [[Ark]] that built the Halos because in [[Halo 3]] the Ark is preparing a new [[Installation 04 (II)|Installation 04]]. Another theory is that the gas giants would magnify the ring's blast radius when fired. The seven Halos are designed to be remotely controlled from a facility called "The Ark"<ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]</ref>. In addition to the Halo installations (Installations 01-07) and The Ark (Installation 00), the Forerunners also built Shield Installations <ref>[[Halo 3]], level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]; Guilty Spark~: "I always thought that The Ark was part of a shield installation"</ref> to rescue the inhabitants from the destructive power of the Halos.
-Each Halo has a simple designation, consisting of "Installation 01-07 respectively".
+The Halo Array is a network of seven<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Collectively, the seven-"</ref> [[Wikipedia:Orbitals (The Culture)|Orbitals]], concentric artificial planets built by the [[Forerunners]], an extinct technologically advanced race. The two known Halo installations, referred to as [[Alpha Halo]] and [[Delta Halo]] respectively, orbit [[Threshold|gas]] [[Substance|giants]], though it is not known whether this is true of all Halo's, and Alpha Halo maintained an atmospheric mining facility until [[The Oracle (Level)|its destruction]] by the Covenant<ref>[[Halo 2]], [[The Oracle (Level)]]. Though separated by thousands of lightyears, the seven installations are networked together and capable of remote activation at an [[Installation 00|Alderson Disk]] outside the galaxy. The array was designed by the Forerunners to eradicate sentient life from [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]], thereby denying the [[Flood]] a source with which to expand, and starving it to death to prevent its spread, and each Halo has a maximum effective range of 25,000 lightyears.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Technically, this installation has a maximum effective range of 25,000 lightyears."</ref> The exact means the array uses to conduct this "mass sterilisation protocol"<ref>Why naturally the Flood is simply too dangerous to release, and mass sterilization protocols may again need to be enacted.</ref> are unknown, though it is assumed to utilise energy in some form.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "Reclaimer, please understand that that interfering with the wave generation process will severely damage this installation.</ref>
+The Halo Array has been fired once in known history, approximately 100,000 years ago, in order to stop the [[Flood]] from overwhelming the galaxy. Despite being the networks builders, the Forerunners were killed in this last suicidal option to save the rest of the universe from a worse fate.<ref>343 Guilty Spark: "After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life in three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned."</ref> The array has nearly been activated twice since - [[Alpha Halo]] was almost activated by the [[Master Chief]] before being deactivated by [[Cortana]], while [[Delta Halo]] was activated by Commander [[Miranda Keyes]], forced by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]], neither of which were successful. A [[Installation 04 (II)|replacement]] Halo for the destroyed Alpha Halo was activated outside of the array's range, eliminating the freed Flood, but did not activate the rest of the array.<ref>[[Halo 3]], [[Halo (Level)]]</ref>
+Each Halo Installation is given a designation number, from 01 to 07, and is overseen by a [[Monitor]]. The Monitors are given control of the Installations' [[Sentinels]], [[Constructors]] and [[Enforcers]], and are responsible for containing the [[Flood]] test subjects in their [[Flood Research Facility|research facilities]] and protecting the Halo from [[UNSC|intru]][[The Covenant|ders]].
+The Array also encompasses an [[Wikipedia:Alderson Disk|Alderson Disk]], referred to as [[Installation 00|The Ark or Installation 00]], from which the array can be remotely and safely activated while out of range, and able to survive the effects<ref>343 Guilty Spark: The Ark is out of range! Of all the active installations!</ref>. The Forerunners also built [[Shield World|Shield Worlds]], [[Wikipedia:Dyson Sphere|Micro-dyson Spheres]] encased in a slipspace field with their own star in the center and a habitable environment, as a means to escape the effect without having to leave the galaxy.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref>
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