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The '''Maginot Line'''<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[Terminals]]</ref>, otherwise known as the '''Maginot Sphere''', was a [[Forerunner]] defensive line that protected the | The '''Maginot Line'''<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[Terminals]]</ref>, otherwise known as the '''Maginot Sphere''', was a [[Forerunner]] defensive line that protected the Forerunner inner colonies. It divided what the Forerunners were able to protect from what they had to leave to the [[Flood]]. Its precise location is unknown; however, [[Earth]] was most likely not inside it and neither were most of the worlds the [[Librarian]] visited in her duties.<ref name="terminals"/> | ||
It was heavily damaged when the | It was heavily damaged when the Flood made a massive attack on it, led and commanded by the rampant Forerunner [[AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]]. It was the primary line of defense holding the Flood back. It is assumed that it was broken before the first firing of the [[Halo Array]]. Although it was a defense against the Flood, it cannot be assumed that the Flood conquered all worlds that were outside of the Sphere, as Earth (which was suspected to lie outside of the sphere) was presumably not infected, because the Librarian was on it, marveling over its beauty before the Array fired. | ||
It can be assumed that for a long time the [[Didact]] worked in the Maginot sphere, frequently sending transmissions from it to the Librarian asking | It can be assumed that for a long time, the [[Didact]] worked in the Maginot sphere, frequently sending transmissions from it to the Librarian asking her to retreat behind it to where the Didact said their Fleets could protect the Librarian. | ||
The Maginot Sphere may have been a physical object, (an energy barrier of some sort) as a [[Keyship]] was needed to enter it. It may also be a hypothetical line, not a physical object, used to mark what could and | The Maginot Sphere may have been a physical object, (an energy barrier of some sort) as a [[Keyship]] was needed to enter it. It may also be a hypothetical line, not a physical object, used to mark what could and could not be saved, and the fleets guarding it would not permit anyone or anything to pass unless it was in a Keyship. | ||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
Maginot Line would not have been the actual | Labeling it as the Maginot Line would not have been the actual procedure used by the Forerunners. The Forerunner records describing the line were discovered using translation software so advanced that it incorporated idioms from the reader's own experience<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 165''</ref>, thus words such as "[[Eden]]", "fairy tale" or "Maginot Line" became the default usage in Forerunner terminals and transmissions when read by Humans.<ref name="enc"/> This was likely because there is no direct translation for the original Forerunner words, so the software utilizes human equivalents as best guesses. These words appear in brackets in the [[Terminals]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |