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<center>''For the Forerunner [[slipspace drive]] component, see [[Slipspace flake]].''</center>
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This '''Forerunner crystal''', referred to by the [[Covenant]] as the '''Fragment of Divinity''', the '''Shard of the Gods''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 193'' (2003)</ref> or the '''Holy Light''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 201'' (2003)</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] artifact that was discovered in the underground [[Menachite Forerunner complex]] on [[Reach]] by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and the surviving [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] members of [[Red Team]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]].<ref name="pedestal">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 145-146'' (2003)</ref> The artifact was of incredible potential, capable of warping space,<ref name="bubble">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 214-215'' (2003)</ref> energy,<ref name="bubble"/> gravity,<ref name="slip">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 211-212'' (2003)</ref> and even time and [[Slipstream space|slipspace]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 248'' (2003)</ref> It was hardly understood by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces who found it, but was a prize that the Covenant were extremely eager to obtain.
This '''Forerunner crystal''', referred to by the [[Covenant]] as the '''Fragment of Divinity''', the '''Shard of the Gods''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 193'' (2003)</ref> or the '''Holy Light''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 201'' (2003)</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] artifact that was discovered in the underground [[Menachite Forerunner complex]] on [[Reach]] by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and the surviving [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] members of [[Red Team]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]].<ref name="pedestal">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 145-146'' (2003)</ref> The artifact was of incredible potential, capable of warping space,<ref name="bubble">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 214-215'' (2003)</ref> energy,<ref name="bubble"/> gravity,<ref name="slip">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 211-212'' (2003)</ref> and even time and [[Slipstream space|slipspace]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 248'' (2003)</ref> It was hardly understood by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces who found it, but was a prize that the Covenant were extremely eager to obtain.