Overwatch network: Difference between revisions

The '''Overwatch network''', also referred to as the "'''core authority'''"<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 136''</ref>{{Ref/Note|While never officially referred to as such, the core authority mentioned in ''Halo: Cryptum'' and the duties of the overwatch network as described in ''Halo: Warfleet'' are almost exactly the same. Furthermore, the term core authority is never presented as an official name, but instead a general descriptor, leaving it exceedingly likely the two organizations are one and the same.}} is a general term used to regard the collective core security and transit authorities of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]. The overwatch network monitored, rationed and forbade travel to limit the buildup of [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|reconciliation debt]] in the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 91''</ref> [[Guardian Custode]]s were able to connect to the overwatch network, using it to reflexively counter many potential threats to the Ecumene long before they came to the attention of [[Warrior-Servant]] commanders.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 88''</ref> The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] noted that they could track slipspace journeys if they were rational, while irrational series of jumps were harder to track. He used this to an advantage while on the run from the Forerunner authorities shortly after he was revived from his exile in a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cryptum}}