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==History== | ==History== | ||
Shield worlds were used by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s as military outposts for thousands of years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref name="h4guide">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/halo4guide '''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''']</ref><ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal | Shield worlds were used by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s as military outposts for thousands of years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref name="h4guide">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/halo4guide '''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''']</ref><ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''</ref> The first shield world, the [[Promethean]]s' military operations hub known as [[Requiem]], was constructed long before the [[human-Forerunner wars]] in [[107,445 BCE]].<ref name="sil278">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 278''</ref> | ||
After the Forerunners learned of the parasite known as the [[Flood]] in the later stages of the war with the humans, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] began to champion the construction of more shield worlds as part of his [[star-hopping]] strategy. Many shield worlds were planned to be mobile, able to be deployed directly into infected systems to purge local infestations,<ref name="mythos"/> and would be designed as facilities from which to fight and research the Flood, an alternate solution to [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s plan to construct the Halos.<ref name="sil47">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 47''</ref> Eventually, a compromise between the two rates was reached: the [[Builder]]s would continue building shield worlds while designing the Halos, with both types of installations planned to be used in tandem.<ref name="mythos"/> Numerous shield worlds of different configurations were built over thousands of years, but the Builder rate's growing influence eventually led the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] to deem the Master Builder's Halo project superior. The Didact, who stubbornly continued to advocate his strategy to the Council, was ultimately ordered to cease his project and was forced into [[Cryptum|exile]].<ref name="sil47"/> | After the Forerunners learned of the parasite known as the [[Flood]] in the later stages of the war with the humans, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] began to champion the construction of more shield worlds as part of his [[star-hopping]] strategy. Many shield worlds were planned to be mobile, able to be deployed directly into infected systems to purge local infestations,<ref name="mythos"/> and would be designed as facilities from which to fight and research the Flood, an alternate solution to [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s plan to construct the Halos.<ref name="sil47">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 47''</ref> Eventually, a compromise between the two rates was reached: the [[Builder]]s would continue building shield worlds while designing the Halos, with both types of installations planned to be used in tandem.<ref name="mythos"/> Numerous shield worlds of different configurations were built over thousands of years, but the Builder rate's growing influence eventually led the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] to deem the Master Builder's Halo project superior. The Didact, who stubbornly continued to advocate his strategy to the Council, was ultimately ordered to cease his project and was forced into [[Cryptum|exile]].<ref name="sil47"/> | ||
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