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The [[Forerunner]]s were capable of effortlessly traveling into intergalactic space, and even constructed at least two major installations, known as [[Ark]]s, there.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 343''</ref> One of these structures, [[Installation 00]] or the lesser Ark, became the site of the [[Battle of Installation 00|final battle]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December|December 2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> For purposes other than the use of the Arks, the Forerunners rarely ventured outside the margins of the galaxy, as there were no resources of interest.<ref name="c115">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 115-116''</ref> | The [[Forerunner]]s were capable of effortlessly traveling into intergalactic space, and even constructed at least two major installations, known as [[Ark]]s, there.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 343''</ref> One of these structures, [[Installation 00]] or the lesser Ark, became the site of the [[Battle of Installation 00|final battle]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December|December 2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> For purposes other than the use of the Arks, the Forerunners rarely ventured outside the margins of the galaxy, as there were no resources of interest.<ref name="c115">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 115-116''</ref> | ||
However, in their own prehistory, over [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years]] before the Flood's emergence, ancient Forerunners traveled to the Large Magellanic Cloud—known to them as Path Kethona—in the final phase of their [[Forerunner-Precursor war|genocide]] of the [[Precursor]]s. The true purpose of this journey was eventually lost to time and by [[ | However, in their own prehistory, over [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years]] before the Flood's emergence, ancient Forerunners traveled to the Large Magellanic Cloud—known to them as Path Kethona—in the final phase of their [[Forerunner-Precursor war|genocide]] of the [[Precursor]]s. The true purpose of this journey was eventually lost to time and by around [[98,395 BCE]], a Forerunner expedition crew traveled to Path Kethona aboard the purpose-built ship ''[[Audacity]]'' in order to find evidence of the prehistoric journey—which had by then been mythologized as an exploratory mission.<ref name="sil"/> Nearly 950 years later, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], on the run from Forerunner authorities after his revival from his first [[Cryptum]], had [[Didact's ship|his ship]] make a series of irregular [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jumps to prevent [[core authority]] from tracking the journey; one of these jumps led into intergalactic space.<ref name="c115"/> | ||
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