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The most technologically impressive of all shield worlds encountered in the modern era, Sarcophagus was constructed as part of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s shield world defensive plan before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. This shield installation in particular was designed as a fallout shelter from the [[Halo Array]], a competing strategy advocated by the [[Builder]]s. Several [[slipspace portal]]s on the interior of the structure were linked to major Forerunner worlds, in order to facilitate their evacuation before the Array fired; one such world was [[Kelekos]]. Another led to the planet known as Mackintosh in the same star system which acted as the home port for a Forerunner warship. Sarcophagus is also an installation of Ecumene's [[Overwatch network]].{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

Near the end of the [[Onyx Conflict]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|his forces]] in an attempt to access the Sharpened Shield. However, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 372''</ref> The human survivors; Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]]; [[Spartan-II]]s [[Linda-058]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Frederic-104]]; and [[Spartan-III]]s [[Lucy-B091]], [[Tom-B292]], [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia-G291]], and [[Mark-G313]], were then seemingly trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> All that remained in realspace was a 23-centimeter orb around Zeta Doradus.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 134''</ref>