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'''Cloister''' is a hidden [[shield world]] installation, built by the [[Forerunners]] some time prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p197|Enc22|Page=197}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=249}} During the [[Fall of High Charity]] in [[2552]], a [[San'Shyuum flotilla|flotilla]] of [[San'Shyuum]] refugees were evacuated from the [[High Charity|station]] by a group including the [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]], intending to chart a course for the shield world. By retreating to the shield world, the group intended to have a safe shelter from the firing of the Array, though the death of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and subsequent [[Covenant]] defeat in the [[Battle of Installation 00]] meant the rings were ultimately never fired. By [[2559]], whether the flotilla had reached Cloister was unknown to both Bhasvod and [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] leader [[Castor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW7|HDW|Chapter=7}} | {{Megastructure infobox | ||
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'''Cloister''' is a hidden [[shield world]] installation, built by the [[Forerunners]] some time prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p197|Enc22|Page=197}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p249|Enc22|Page=249}} | |||
==History== | |||
During the [[Fall of High Charity]] in [[2552]], a [[San'Shyuum flotilla|flotilla]] of [[San'Shyuum]] refugees were evacuated from the [[High Charity|station]] by a group including the [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]], intending to chart a course for the shield world. By retreating to the shield world, the group intended to have a safe shelter from the firing of the Array, though the death of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and subsequent [[Covenant]] defeat in the [[Battle of Installation 00]] meant the rings were ultimately never fired. By [[2559]], whether the flotilla had reached Cloister was unknown to both Bhasvod and [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] leader [[Castor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW7|HDW|Chapter=7}} | |||
Cloister is said to house Forerunner [[gene-forge]]s within its myriad layers - these forges are the goal of the San'Shyuum search, who hope that they may save the species from extinction.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p197}} | Cloister is said to house Forerunner [[gene-forge]]s within its myriad layers - these forges are the goal of the San'Shyuum search, who hope that they may save the species from extinction.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p197}} | ||
