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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'''" or '''Zeta Doradus IV''',<ref name="mythos 136">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 136'' ("...Onyx's boundless interior surface...")</ref> was a planet-sized [[Forerunner]] megastructure located in the [[Zeta Doradus system]], and formerly the external component of the [[shield world|shield installation]] designated [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]]. While it had a [[human]]-habitable surface and a seemingly terrestrial crust Onyx was internally composed of trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref name="disintegrate">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 377-378''</ref> The artificial planet's ultimate purpose was to guard the entrance to the shield world proper, a [[Dyson sphere]] held in a miniature [[slipspace bubble]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 120''</ref> During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Onyx served as the headquarters of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and was the location of the massive, three-sided [[Onyx Conflict]] in late [[2552]]. At the conclusion of the battle, Onyx itself disintegrated, only leaving the Dyson sphere in its core intact. After the disintegration of the artificial planet, the name "Onyx" has often been applied to the Dyson shell that remains in its stead,<ref name="mythos 136"/><ref name="lessons">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Lessons Learned]]"</ref> and can be regarded as the overall name for the shield installation, comprising both the planetary shell and the Dyson sphere.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 113'' ("Onyx was, in fact, a Forerunner shield world...")</ref><ref name="mythos 136"/> | '''Onyx''', officially known to the [[UNSC]] as "'''XF-063'''" or '''Zeta Doradus IV''',<ref name="mythos 136">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 136'' ("...Onyx's boundless interior surface...")</ref> was a planet-sized [[Forerunner]] megastructure located in the [[Zeta Doradus system]], and formerly the external component of the [[shield world|shield installation]] designated [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]]. While it had a [[human]]-habitable surface and a seemingly terrestrial crust, Onyx was internally composed of trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref name="disintegrate">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 377-378''</ref> The artificial planet's ultimate purpose was to guard the entrance to the shield world proper, a [[Dyson sphere]] held in a miniature [[slipspace bubble]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 120''</ref> During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Onyx served as the headquarters of the [[SPARTAN-III program]] and was the location of the massive, three-sided [[Onyx Conflict]] in late [[2552]]. At the conclusion of the battle, Onyx itself disintegrated, only leaving the Dyson sphere in its core intact. After the disintegration of the artificial planet, the name "Onyx" has often been applied to the Dyson shell that remains in its stead,<ref name="mythos 136"/><ref name="lessons">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Lessons Learned]]"</ref> and can be regarded as the overall name for the shield installation, comprising both the planetary shell and the Dyson sphere.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 113'' ("Onyx was, in fact, a Forerunner shield world...")</ref><ref name="mythos 136"/> | ||
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