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The '''Forerunner Crystal''' was a [[Forerunner]] artifact that was discovered in | The '''Forerunner Crystal''' was a [[Forerunner]] artifact that was discovered in the underground [[Menachite Forerunner Complex]] on [[Reach]] by Dr. [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] and the surviving [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] members of [[Red Team]] in [[2552]].<ref name="pedestal">[[Halo: First Strike]], page 145/146</ref> The artifact is of incredible potential, capable of warping space, energy, and even time. It is hardly understood by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces who found it, but is a prize that the [[Covenant]] were extremely eager to obtain. | ||
==Effect== | ==Effect== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The | The Forerunner artifact is a fist-sized crystal with a thousand facets that is tapered at both ends and glows with a blue light. When originally seen by Dr. Halsey and the SPARTANs in the underground facility, it was floating upright and the area around it was distorted by gravity. The crystal reacted with a burst of neutronic radiation at Halsey's touch.<ref name="pedestal"/><ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 189</ref> When exposed to a Covenant gravity beam, the crystal nullified it, reshaping itself in the process. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
When the [[Ascendant Justice]] jumped into [[Slipspace]], the crystal again rearranged itself, emitting radiation during the entire jump, and caused gravitational distortions. The location of the ship at the end of this jump was somewhere near the [[Eridanus System]], a distance that, from [[Reach]], should have taken several days to traverse instead of a few minutes. By comparing timestamps from several missions [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] discovered a three-week average time difference. Her conclusion was that the Crystal bent both space and time, so that it could be removed from Reach by [[Cortana]] and the [[Master Chief]]. Halsey later gave the crystal to [[Locklear|Corporal Locklear]], who covered it with [[C-7 Foaming Explosive]] and blew it up to avoid another Slipspace radiation spike, accidentally killing himself in the process. | When the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' jumped into [[Slipspace]], the crystal again rearranged itself, emitting radiation during the entire jump, and caused gravitational distortions. The location of the ship at the end of this jump was somewhere near the [[Eridanus System]], a distance that, from [[Reach]], should have taken several days to traverse instead of a few minutes. By comparing timestamps from several missions [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] discovered a three-week average time difference. Her conclusion was that the Crystal bent both space and time, so that it could be removed from Reach by [[Cortana]] and the [[Master Chief]]. Halsey later gave the crystal to [[Locklear|Corporal Locklear]], who covered it with [[C-7 Foaming Explosive]] and blew it up to avoid another Slipspace radiation spike, accidentally killing himself in the process. | ||
Three shards of the crystal were recovered by the [[Covenant]], which were presented to the [[Prophet of Truth]] by [[Tartarus]] in an orb-shaped container. Truth then ordered the [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] to reward the pilots that had recovered the shards, then kill them. The [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] also possesses pieces of the crystal. It is unknown what has happened to the shards that were posessed by the two factions, although the three Covenant-recovered shards were likely lost when High Charity fell to the Flood invasion, or were kept aboard the Dreadnaught with Truth. | Three shards of the crystal were recovered by the [[Covenant]], which were presented to the [[Prophet of Truth]] by [[Tartarus]] in an orb-shaped container. Truth then ordered the [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] to reward the pilots that had recovered the shards, then kill them. The [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] also possesses pieces of the crystal. It is unknown what has happened to the shards that were posessed by the two factions, although the three Covenant-recovered shards were likely lost when High Charity fell to the Flood invasion, or were kept aboard the Dreadnaught with Truth. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*At the end of the novel [[Halo: First Strike]], [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] is given a handful of the crystals. He then says it may be enough to complete what they need. | *At the end of the novel [[Halo: First Strike]], [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] is given a handful of the crystals. He then says it may be enough to complete what they need. The exact implication is open to speculation. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Forerunner Artifacts]] | [[Category:Forerunner Artifacts]] | ||
