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{{Quote|XF-063 is a rare jewel of a find.|[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[D. F. Lambert]]<ref name="goo123">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref>}} | {{Quote|XF-063 is a rare jewel of a find.|[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[D. F. Lambert]]<ref name="goo123">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref>}} | ||
'''Onyx''', officially known to the [[UNSC]] as "'''XF-063'''", was a planet-sized [[Forerunner]] | '''Onyx''', officially known to the [[UNSC]] as "'''XF-063'''", was a planet-sized [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] located in the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. While it had a [[human]] habitable surface and a seemingly terrestrial crust, internally, it was actually composed of trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref name="disintegrate">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 377-378''</ref> Onyx's ultimate purpose was to guard the entrance to a [[shield world]], designated by the Forerunners as [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 120''</ref> During the [[Human-Covenant War]], it served as the headquarters of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and was the location of the massive, three-sided [[Battle of Onyx]] in late [[2552]]. At the conclusion of the battle, Onyx itself disintegrated, only leaving the shield world in its core intact. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||