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====Emergency slipspace jump==== | ====Emergency slipspace jump==== | ||
During its destruction the ring attempted to activate a safety measure and enter slipspace.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> Through this emergency measure, one fragment of Installation 04 ended up in a decaying orbit in close proximity to a red giant star. Despite the extreme temperatures and radiation, the fragment managed to sustain a habitable environment, although only when the terraformed side was facing away from the star; the fragment's spin about itself produced a day-night cycle in which the terraformed side was in shadow for sixteen hours, during which the temperatures remained high but survivable. However, when the habitable side rotated to face the star, not even the ring's systems could sustain livable temperatures.<ref name="PAX">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGn4YXXZyDo '''YouTube''': ''Halo and the Journey of the Master Chief- PAX Prime 2014'']</ref> | [[File:Nightfall - Halo ring.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jameson Locke]]'s group after their arrival aboard the Alpha Halo fragment.]] | ||
During its destruction the ring attempted to activate a safety measure and enter slipspace.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> Through this emergency measure, one fragment of Installation 04 ended up in a decaying orbit in close proximity to a red giant star some distance away from the system home to the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Sedra]]. Despite the extreme temperatures and radiation, the fragment managed to sustain a habitable environment, although only when the terraformed side was facing away from the star; the fragment's spin about itself produced a day-night cycle in which the terraformed side was in shadow for sixteen hours, during which the temperatures remained high but survivable. However, when the habitable side rotated to face the star, not even the ring's systems could sustain livable temperatures.<ref name="PAX">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGn4YXXZyDo '''YouTube''': ''Halo and the Journey of the Master Chief- PAX Prime 2014'']</ref> | |||
At some point following the [[Human-Covenant War]], this section of the ring was accessed by a joint UNSC-[[ | At some point following the [[Human-Covenant War]], this section of the ring was accessed by a joint UNSC-[[Sedran Colonial Guard]] team led by [[Jameson Locke|Lt. Commander Locke]] in search of a mysterious bioweapon which supposedly originated there.<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/30/pax-offers-more-details-on-halo-nightfall-and-what-to-expect-from-the-halo-channel.aspx '''GameInformer''': ''PAX Offers More Details On Halo: Nightfall And What To Expect From The Halo Channel'']</ref> | ||
====The ''Mona Lisa''==== | ====The ''Mona Lisa''==== | ||
{{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}} | {{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}} | ||
Following the return of the survivors from the battle, the Office of Naval Intelligence learned of the Flood lifeform. Section III sought to establish a research laboratory in order to control the Flood parasite and possibly weaponize it against the Covenant. A science team headed by Major [[John Smith]] was authorized to take command of the [[prison ship|prison vessel]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. After bringing a group of Covenant prisoners aboard, they jumped to the wreckage of Alpha Halo in the Soell system. Some Flood specimens had survived the ringworld's destruction and were recovered to be experimented on both human and Covenant prisoners. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship. ONI later dispatched a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa'' under the pretenses of investigating Halo's debris field. The prowler was forced to destroy the overrun vessel with a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolution - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Mona Lisa''</ref> | Following the return of the survivors from the battle, the Office of Naval Intelligence learned of the Flood lifeform. Section III sought to establish a research laboratory in order to control the Flood parasite and possibly weaponize it against the Covenant. A science team headed by Major [[John Smith]] was authorized to take command of the [[prison ship|prison vessel]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. After bringing a group of Covenant prisoners aboard, they jumped to the wreckage of Alpha Halo in the Soell system. Some Flood specimens had survived the ringworld's destruction and were recovered to be experimented on both human and Covenant prisoners. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship. ONI later dispatched a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa'' under the pretenses of investigating Halo's debris field. The prowler was forced to destroy the overrun vessel with a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolution - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Mona Lisa''</ref> | ||
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File:HCEA-Terminal-AtmoEjection.jpg|343 Guilty Spark exposing a section of Installation 04 to hard vacuum. | File:HCEA-Terminal-AtmoEjection.jpg|343 Guilty Spark exposing a section of Installation 04 to hard vacuum. | ||
File:Installation04destroyed.png|The destruction of Installation 04. | File:Installation04destroyed.png|The destruction of Installation 04. | ||
File:TML - broken_Halo.png|A segment of the broken ring. | |||
File:Nightfall - Remains of Greatness.jpg|Barren terrain on a surviving fragment of Installation 04. | |||
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