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'''Installation 00''', also known as '''The''' '''Ark''', is an enigmatic [[Forerunner]] installation from which all the [[Halos|Halo Installations]] across the galaxy can be activated<ref>[[Halo 2]] [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]] Final cinematic.</ref> simultaneously. In addition, it functions as a safe haven from the Halo network's strategic pulse, and as a facility to construct replacement Halos. It was first mentioned by [[343_Guilty_Spark_%28Monitor%29|343 Guilty Spark]] at the conclusion of [[Halo 2]], where he explains the fail-safe protocol of [[Installation 05]] after its unexpected shutdown. The Ark is about 218 (exactly 262,144) light years from the galactic ~~center~~.<ref> Halo 3 The Ark</ref>

'''Installation 00''', also known as '''The''' '''Ark''', is an enigmatic [[Forerunner]] installation from which all the [[Halos|Halo Installations]] across the galaxy can be activated<ref>[[Halo 2]] [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]] Final cinematic.</ref> simultaneously. In addition, it functions as a safe haven from the Halo network's strategic pulse, and as a facility to construct replacement Halos. It was first mentioned by [[343_Guilty_Spark_%28Monitor%29|343 Guilty Spark]] at the conclusion of [[Halo 2]], where he explains the fail-safe protocol of [[Installation 05]] after its unexpected shutdown. The Ark is about 218 (exactly 262,144) light years from the galactic centre.<ref> Halo 3 The Ark</ref>

==Layout and Function==

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Installation 00 is a true Alderson Disk, which resembles a massive wheel with a series of eight curved arms, similar to an octopus. The [[Ark Core]] is the stripped remnant of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the Halos, which the Ark constructs. This is possibly where the Forerunners found a planet able to sustain human life outside of the galaxy out of the Flood's reach. Then they started constructing the Foundry around it and later the Ark. The entire upper surface is Terra-formed, with oceans, forests and even a large desert, where [[john-117|Master Chief]] first makes landfall. The structure is the largest Forerunner construct seen in the series, possibly a hyper-structure knowing that [[Halo Array|fortress worlds]] are 10,000 km in diameter approximately. It is theorized to be an [[wikipedia:Alderson Disk|Alderson Disk]]. A simple inspection of the holographic representation reveals it to be anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 kilometres (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter<ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617</ref>, making it the largest Forerunner construct known to this day.

The Ark is large enough to support a small planetoid in its ~~center~~, which is surrounded by a void. This void conceals the Halo Foundry, which constructs rings and sends them to their orbital destinations. Most interestingly, the Ark is not actually in the [[Milky Way]], and the galaxy can actually be seen in the sky, as noted by a stunned ODST soldier at the start of the level [[The Ark]]. As such, it's outside the believed range of any [[Halo]] installation. The Ark also has an artificial sun floating above it. An observer can see this most clearly on the level Halo when looking up at it. Much of its massive size and the core in the middle can be seen during the Warthog run on [[Installation 04 (II)]].

The Ark is large enough to support a small planetoid in its centre, which is surrounded by a void. This void conceals the Halo Foundry, which constructs rings and sends them to their orbital destinations. Most interestingly, the Ark is not actually in the [[Milky Way]], and the galaxy can actually be seen in the sky, as noted by a stunned ODST soldier at the start of the level [[The Ark]]. As such, it's outside the believed range of any [[Halo]] installation. The Ark also has an artificial sun floating above it. An observer can see this most clearly on the level Halo when looking up at it. Much of its massive size and the core in the middle can be seen during the Warthog run on [[Installation 04 (II)]].

The two shown primary functions of Installation 00, are as a remote for activating the entire Halo network with safety of being out of the halos range, and as an automated construction facility for the creation of replacement [[Halo]] installations (ensuring that the network continues to operate even if any rings are destroyed). The construction facility is in the Ark's Core, concealed by clouds.

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==History==

Installation 00 is a part of the [[Forerunner]] construct designed to wipe the [[Flood]] from the Galaxy. Located 218 (about 262,144) light-years outside the [[Milky Way]] galaxy ~~center~~. Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the [[Forerunners]] in the terminal transcripts) that kills all sentient lifeforms; the main [[Forerunner]] behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of [[Halo 2]]. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire.

Installation 00 is a part of the [[Forerunner]] construct designed to wipe the [[Flood]] from the Galaxy. Located 218 (about 262,144) light-years outside the [[Milky Way]] galaxy centre. Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the [[Forerunners]] in the terminal transcripts) that kills all sentient lifeforms; the main [[Forerunner]] behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of [[Halo 2]]. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire.

{{quote|Every vessel we can fill, we send to the Ark. I dare not cease the mission. Not now, not until I've done all I can. Each one of these souls is finite and precious.|--Transcript of a message from the Librarian to [[Didact]], interpreted post-cataclysm and retrieved from the first [[Terminal]] on the level "[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]"}}

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In this final resort plan, the [[Librarian]] was to index every sentient species in the Galaxy, and bring some to the Ark, and then ''presumably'' some [[Forerunners]], and these last sentient species would hide in the Ark's secret location, until the [[Flood]] starved and they could go back to the [[Milky Way]].

However, things did not go as planned, as the [[Forerunner]] military AI [[Mendicant Bias]] turned on the [[Forerunners]], and began assisting the [[Flood]]. Mendicant Bias knew of the Ark, and how to access it through the [[Key Ship]]s, but did not know of its exact location. The [[Forerunners]] then constructed another military AI, [[Offensive Bias]], in order to devise the best possible ~~defense~~ against [[Mendicant Bias]] and his fleet. The Librarian detonated all of the Key Ships in his/her command, and spent his/her last days upon a mountain (possibly Mt. Kilimanjaro) near the site of the portal to the Ark, for aesthetic reasons.

However, things did not go as planned, as the [[Forerunner]] military AI [[Mendicant Bias]] turned on the [[Forerunners]], and began assisting the [[Flood]]. Mendicant Bias knew of the Ark, and how to access it through the [[Key Ship]]s, but did not know of its exact location. The [[Forerunners]] then constructed another military AI, [[Offensive Bias]], in order to devise the best possible defence against [[Mendicant Bias]] and his fleet. The Librarian detonated all of the Key Ships in his/her command, and spent his/her last days upon a mountain (possibly Mt. Kilimanjaro) near the site of the portal to the Ark, for aesthetic reasons.

==Portal==

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As first seen in the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer]] and numerous other promotional materials, this construct was originally thought to be the Ark itself; however, this was disproved with the release of [[Halo 3]]. The Portal was partly uncovered when [[Regret]]'s carrier destroyed New Mombasa in [[Halo 2]], and completely excavated by [[Covenant Loyalist]] forces later on.

In Halo 2, the [[Prophet of Regret]] landed his carrier above New Mombasa and deployed a large ground army. [[UNSC]] [[Marines]] were subsequently able to beat the Covenant to a retreating standstill, apparently causing him to attempt a dangerous atmospheric [[Slipspace]] transition. This ~~maneuver~~ obliterated [[New Mombasa]] and formed a deep crater, partially revealing the Portal.

In Halo 2, the [[Prophet of Regret]] landed his carrier above New Mombasa and deployed a large ground army. [[UNSC]] [[Marines]] were subsequently able to beat the Covenant to a retreating standstill, apparently causing him to attempt a dangerous atmospheric [[Slipspace]] transition. This manoeuvre obliterated [[New Mombasa]] and formed a deep crater, partially revealing the Portal.

By the time of [[Halo 3]], [[Covenant Loyalists]] began excavating the portal from the crater and were able to completely uncover it. The Prophet of Truth activated it at the conclusion of the level [[The Storm]]. It formed a massive portal, in which the [[Forerunner]] ship immediately entered (presumably carrying [[The Prophet of Truth|Truth]]), followed immediately by the Covenant Loyalist ships. At the end of the level [[Floodgate]] human and [[Covenant Separatists]] forces resolved to follow Truth's ships through the portal, and ended up at Installation 00.

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== Trivia ==

*At the end of [[Halo 2]], the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], carrying the [[Prophet of Truth]], jumped into [[Slipspace]] from near ''[[High Charity]]'' and [[Delta Halo]], heading for [[Earth]]. By ''[[Halo 3]]'', it had landed in the center of the completely uncovered [[Ark Portal]]. The reasons for this landing is that the [[Forerunner]] ship acts as the "activator" for the Ark portal by being lowered into the ground and activating the pylons that discharge the beams.

*Within the [[Halo Graphic Novel]], in the short comic ''Second Sunrise Over [[New Mombasa]]'', a transmission is intercepted between the Covenant assault forces stating that once the humans were dealt with in the [[First Battle of Earth]], they would start uncovering the Ark.

*There is also, of course, the strongly supported theory that human life originated in East [[Africa]], usually said as the Great Rift Valley. [[New Mombasa]] is in this area, so is the [[Ark Portal]].

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*In the real world, [[wikipedia:Ark of the Covenant|Ark of the Covenant]] which according to the old Testament contains the stone tablets of the ten commandments, is the holiest object of the Jewish faith. The Ark of the Covenant is popularly believed to lie somewhere in East Africa, albeit in Ethiopia rather than [[Kenya]].

[[Image:6957944-Full.jpg|thumb|right|The "core" of the Ark]]

*The "Ark" seen in the announcement trailer is structurally identical to the [[Forerunner]] sanctuary described in the final chapters of [[Ghosts of Onyx]] (albeit on a much grander scale), complete with fourteen metal fins and a brilliant, blue-white portal in the ground. However, it is shown without the thirteen concentric rings rising around the portal, which means that it was either built without them or they will ~~raise~~ as the structure opens.

*The "Ark" seen in the announcement trailer is structurally identical to the [[Forerunner]] sanctuary described in the final chapters of [[Ghosts of Onyx]] (albeit on a much grander scale), complete with fourteen metal fins and a brilliant, blue-white portal in the ground. However, it is shown without the thirteen concentric rings rising around the portal, which means that it was either built without them or they will rise as the structure opens.

*During the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] mentions that the Ark is 218 (262,144) light years away from the galactic ~~center~~. As the Milky Way is around 100,000-120,000 light years in diameter, the installation is beyond the reaches of galactic space, thereby keeping anyone who is on it safe from the firing of the Halos.

*During the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] mentions that the Ark is 218 (262,144) light years away from the galactic centre. As the Milky Way is around 100,000-120,000 light years in diameter, the installation is beyond the reaches of galactic space, thereby keeping anyone who is on it safe from the firing of the Halos.

*The "core" of the Ark, as it was called by 343 Guilty Spark, is a planetoid that serves as the Foundry mentioned in the aforementioned conversation between 343 Guilty Spark and the Ark's embedded AI. Investigation from afar reveals that the surface of the core has been strip mined away showing a glowing ~~center~~ beneath the crust. The planetoid was mined in order to provide raw materials for the creation of new [[Halo]] Installations. Thunderstorms can be seen from time to time raging across the planet's surface

*The "core" of the Ark, as it was called by 343 Guilty Spark, is a planetoid that serves as the Foundry mentioned in the aforementioned conversation between 343 Guilty Spark and the Ark's embedded AI. Investigation from afar reveals that the surface of the core has been strip mined away showing a glowing centre beneath the crust. The planetoid was mined in order to provide raw materials for the creation of new [[Halo]] Installations. Thunderstorms can be seen from time to time raging across the planet's surface

*A large energy shield protects the entire core of the Ark. Part of this shield was disabled in [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]] to gain access to the [[Citadel]].

*A member of [http://nikon.bungie.org/ HBO] estimated the size of the Ark by comparing its size to a [[Halo]] installation and [[Earth]] and estimated its size to be approximately 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers in diameter. See link [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617 here].

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-'''Installation 00''', also known as '''The''' '''Ark''', is an enigmatic [[Forerunner]] installation from which all the [[Halos|Halo Installations]] across the galaxy can be activated<ref>[[Halo 2]] [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]] Final cinematic.</ref> simultaneously. In addition, it functions as a safe haven from the Halo network's strategic pulse, and as a facility to construct replacement Halos. It was first mentioned by [[343_Guilty_Spark_%28Monitor%29|343 Guilty Spark]] at the conclusion of [[Halo 2]], where he explains the fail-safe protocol of [[Installation 05]] after its unexpected shutdown. The Ark is about 2<sup>18</sup> (exactly 262,144) light years from the galactic center.<ref> Halo 3 The Ark</ref>
+'''Installation 00''', also known as '''The''' '''Ark''', is an enigmatic [[Forerunner]] installation from which all the [[Halos|Halo Installations]] across the galaxy can be activated<ref>[[Halo 2]] [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]] Final cinematic.</ref> simultaneously. In addition, it functions as a safe haven from the Halo network's strategic pulse, and as a facility to construct replacement Halos. It was first mentioned by [[343_Guilty_Spark_%28Monitor%29|343 Guilty Spark]] at the conclusion of [[Halo 2]], where he explains the fail-safe protocol of [[Installation 05]] after its unexpected shutdown. The Ark is about 2<sup>18</sup> (exactly 262,144) light years from the galactic centre.<ref> Halo 3 The Ark</ref>
 ==Layout and Function==
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 Installation 00 is a true Alderson Disk, which resembles a massive wheel with a series of eight curved arms, similar to an octopus. The [[Ark Core]] is the stripped remnant of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the Halos, which the Ark constructs. This is possibly where the Forerunners found a planet able to sustain human life outside of the galaxy out of the Flood's reach. Then they started constructing the Foundry around it and later the Ark. The entire upper surface is Terra-formed, with oceans, forests and even a large desert, where [[john-117|Master Chief]] first makes landfall. The structure is the largest Forerunner construct seen in the series, possibly a hyper-structure knowing that [[Halo Array|fortress worlds]] are 10,000 km in diameter approximately. It is theorized to be an [[wikipedia:Alderson Disk|Alderson Disk]]. A simple inspection of the holographic representation reveals it to be anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 kilometres (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter<ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617</ref>, making it the largest Forerunner construct known to this day.
-The Ark is large enough to support a small planetoid in its center, which is surrounded by a void. This void conceals the Halo Foundry, which constructs rings and sends them to their orbital destinations.  Most interestingly, the Ark is not actually in the [[Milky Way]], and the galaxy can actually be seen in the sky, as noted by a stunned ODST soldier at the start of the level [[The Ark]]. As such, it's outside the believed range of any [[Halo]] installation. The Ark also has an artificial sun floating above it. An observer can see this most clearly on the level Halo when looking up at it. Much of its massive size and the core in the middle can be seen during the Warthog run on [[Installation 04 (II)]].
+The Ark is large enough to support a small planetoid in its centre, which is surrounded by a void. This void conceals the Halo Foundry, which constructs rings and sends them to their orbital destinations.  Most interestingly, the Ark is not actually in the [[Milky Way]], and the galaxy can actually be seen in the sky, as noted by a stunned ODST soldier at the start of the level [[The Ark]]. As such, it's outside the believed range of any [[Halo]] installation. The Ark also has an artificial sun floating above it. An observer can see this most clearly on the level Halo when looking up at it. Much of its massive size and the core in the middle can be seen during the Warthog run on [[Installation 04 (II)]].
 The two shown primary functions of Installation 00, are as a remote for activating the entire Halo network with safety of being out of the halos range, and as an automated construction facility for the creation of replacement [[Halo]] installations (ensuring that the network continues to operate even if any rings are destroyed). The construction facility is in the Ark's Core, concealed by clouds.
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 ==History==
-Installation 00 is a part of the [[Forerunner]] construct designed to wipe the [[Flood]] from the Galaxy. Located 2<sup>18</sup/> (about 262,144) light-years outside the [[Milky Way]] galaxy center. Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the [[Forerunners]] in the terminal transcripts) that kills all sentient lifeforms; the main [[Forerunner]] behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of [[Halo 2]]. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire.
+Installation 00 is a part of the [[Forerunner]] construct designed to wipe the [[Flood]] from the Galaxy. Located 2<sup>18</sup/> (about 262,144) light-years outside the [[Milky Way]] galaxy centre. Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the [[Forerunners]] in the terminal transcripts) that kills all sentient lifeforms; the main [[Forerunner]] behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of [[Halo 2]]. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire.
 {{quote|Every vessel we can fill, we send to the Ark. I dare not cease the mission. Not now, not until I've done all I can. Each one of these souls is finite and precious.|--Transcript of a message from the Librarian to [[Didact]], interpreted post-cataclysm and retrieved from the first [[Terminal]] on the level "[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]"}}
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 In this final resort plan, the [[Librarian]] was to index every sentient species in the Galaxy, and bring some to the Ark, and then ''presumably'' some [[Forerunners]], and these last sentient species would hide in the Ark's secret location, until the [[Flood]] starved and they could go back to the [[Milky Way]].
-However, things did not go as planned, as the [[Forerunner]] military AI [[Mendicant Bias]] turned on the [[Forerunners]], and began assisting the [[Flood]]. Mendicant Bias knew of the Ark, and how to access it through the [[Key Ship]]s, but did not know of its exact location. The [[Forerunners]] then constructed another military AI, [[Offensive Bias]], in order to devise the best possible defense against [[Mendicant Bias]] and his fleet. The Librarian detonated all of the Key Ships in his/her command, and spent his/her last days upon a mountain (possibly Mt. Kilimanjaro) near the site of the portal to the Ark, for aesthetic reasons.
+However, things did not go as planned, as the [[Forerunner]] military AI [[Mendicant Bias]] turned on the [[Forerunners]], and began assisting the [[Flood]]. Mendicant Bias knew of the Ark, and how to access it through the [[Key Ship]]s, but did not know of its exact location. The [[Forerunners]] then constructed another military AI, [[Offensive Bias]], in order to devise the best possible defence against [[Mendicant Bias]] and his fleet. The Librarian detonated all of the Key Ships in his/her command, and spent his/her last days upon a mountain (possibly Mt. Kilimanjaro) near the site of the portal to the Ark, for aesthetic reasons.
 ==Portal==
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 As first seen in the [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer]] and numerous other promotional materials, this construct was originally thought to be the Ark itself; however, this was disproved with the release of [[Halo 3]]. The Portal was partly uncovered when [[Regret]]'s carrier destroyed New Mombasa in [[Halo 2]], and completely excavated by [[Covenant Loyalist]] forces later on.
-In Halo 2, the [[Prophet of Regret]] landed his carrier above New Mombasa and deployed a large ground army. [[UNSC]] [[Marines]] were subsequently able to beat the Covenant to a retreating standstill, apparently causing him to attempt a dangerous atmospheric [[Slipspace]] transition. This maneuver obliterated [[New Mombasa]] and formed a deep crater, partially revealing the Portal.
+In Halo 2, the [[Prophet of Regret]] landed his carrier above New Mombasa and deployed a large ground army. [[UNSC]] [[Marines]] were subsequently able to beat the Covenant to a retreating standstill, apparently causing him to attempt a dangerous atmospheric [[Slipspace]] transition. This manoeuvre obliterated [[New Mombasa]] and formed a deep crater, partially revealing the Portal.
 By the time of [[Halo 3]], [[Covenant Loyalists]] began excavating the portal from the crater and were able to completely uncover it. The Prophet of Truth activated it at the conclusion of the level [[The Storm]]. It formed a massive portal, in which the [[Forerunner]] ship immediately entered (presumably carrying [[The Prophet of Truth|Truth]]), followed immediately by the Covenant Loyalist ships. At the end of the level [[Floodgate]] human and [[Covenant Separatists]] forces resolved to follow Truth's ships through the portal, and ended up at Installation 00.
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 == Trivia ==
-*At the end of [[Halo 2]], the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], carrying the [[Prophet of Truth]], jumped into  [[Slipspace]] from near ''[[High Charity]]'' and [[Delta Halo]], heading for [[Earth]]. By ''[[Halo 3]]'', it had landed in the center of the completely uncovered [[Ark Portal]]. The reasons for this landing is that the [[Forerunner]] ship acts as the "activator" for the Ark portal by being lowered into the ground and activating the pylons that discharge the beams.
+*At the end of [[Halo 2]], the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], carrying the [[Prophet of Truth]], jumped into [[Slipspace]] from near ''[[High Charity]]'' and [[Delta Halo]], heading for [[Earth]]. By ''[[Halo 3]]'', it had landed in the center of the completely uncovered [[Ark Portal]]. The reasons for this landing is that the [[Forerunner]] ship acts as the "activator" for the Ark portal by being lowered into the ground and activating the pylons that discharge the beams.
 *Within the [[Halo Graphic Novel]], in the short comic ''Second Sunrise Over [[New Mombasa]]'', a transmission is intercepted between the Covenant assault forces stating that once the humans were dealt with in the [[First Battle of Earth]], they would start uncovering the Ark.
 *There is also, of course, the strongly supported theory that human life originated in East [[Africa]], usually said as the Great Rift Valley. [[New Mombasa]] is in this area, so is the [[Ark Portal]].
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 *In the real world, [[wikipedia:Ark of the Covenant|Ark of the Covenant]] which according to the old Testament contains the stone tablets of the ten commandments, is the holiest object of the Jewish faith. The Ark of the Covenant is popularly believed to lie somewhere in East Africa, albeit in Ethiopia rather than [[Kenya]].
 [[Image:6957944-Full.jpg|thumb|right|The "core" of the Ark]]
-*The "Ark" seen in the announcement trailer is structurally identical to the [[Forerunner]] sanctuary described in the final chapters of [[Ghosts of Onyx]] (albeit on a much grander scale), complete with fourteen metal fins and a brilliant, blue-white portal in the ground. However, it is shown without the thirteen concentric rings rising around the portal, which means that it was either built without them or they will raise as the structure opens.
+*The "Ark" seen in the announcement trailer is structurally identical to the [[Forerunner]] sanctuary described in the final chapters of [[Ghosts of Onyx]] (albeit on a much grander scale), complete with fourteen metal fins and a brilliant, blue-white portal in the ground. However, it is shown without the thirteen concentric rings rising around the portal, which means that it was either built without them or they will rise as the structure opens.
-*During the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] mentions that the Ark is 2<sup>18</sup> (262,144) light years away from the galactic center. As the Milky Way is around 100,000-120,000 light years in diameter, the installation is beyond the reaches of galactic space, thereby keeping anyone who is on it safe from the firing of the Halos.
+*During the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]], [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] mentions that the Ark is 2<sup>18</sup> (262,144) light years away from the galactic centre. As the Milky Way is around 100,000-120,000 light years in diameter, the installation is beyond the reaches of galactic space, thereby keeping anyone who is on it safe from the firing of the Halos.
-*The "core" of the Ark, as it was called by 343 Guilty Spark, is a planetoid that serves as the Foundry mentioned in the aforementioned conversation between 343 Guilty Spark and the Ark's embedded AI. Investigation from afar reveals that the surface of the core has been strip mined away showing a glowing center beneath the crust. The planetoid was mined in order to provide raw materials for the creation of new [[Halo]] Installations. Thunderstorms can be seen from time to time raging across the planet's surface
+*The "core" of the Ark, as it was called by 343 Guilty Spark, is a planetoid that serves as the Foundry mentioned in the aforementioned conversation between 343 Guilty Spark and the Ark's embedded AI. Investigation from afar reveals that the surface of the core has been strip mined away showing a glowing centre beneath the crust. The planetoid was mined in order to provide raw materials for the creation of new [[Halo]] Installations. Thunderstorms can be seen from time to time raging across the planet's surface
 *A large energy shield protects the entire core of the Ark. Part of this shield was disabled in [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]] to gain access to the [[Citadel]].
 *A member of [http://nikon.bungie.org/ HBO] estimated the size of the Ark by comparing its size to a [[Halo]] installation and [[Earth]] and estimated its size to be approximately 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers in diameter. See link [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617 here].