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 The Halos were constructed by the Forerunners a few hundred years ''after'' the Flood was discovered by the ''Array's'' makers, because their builders saw that their current isolation and containment procedures were not adequate to stop the spread of the Flood. Little is known of their extensive history, (At least one was functional for 101,217 local years)<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]] page 238</ref>, but after exhausting every other tactical option, their creators had no choice but to activate the Halos' main weapon, and terminate all sentient life in the galaxy.<ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[The Great Journey]]</ref>
-The seven Halos then remained relatively dormant for one hundred thousand years (Though at least one of them experienced a major Flood outbreak; and reference given to brief visits by other species by 343 Guilty Spark in "Conversations from the Universe") until one of them, Installation 04 (known amongst fans as Alpha Halo), was discovered by the theocratic alien superpower, the Covenant. The Covenant, who revered the Forerunner as gods, believed that the Halo's main weapon was actually a source of "Divine Wind" meant to propel them on a path they called the "[[Great Journey]]". During their investigations on Installation 04, the Covenant encountered the Flood, however they quickly, but only partially contained the outbreak. After the arrival of the [[Human]] vessel ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'', [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] accidentally broke the containment, thinking to find a large Covenant weapons cache. A massive four way melee ensued between the Covenant, Sentinels led by 343 Guilty Spark, the Flood, and the Humans. This finally culminated when the Human Super-soldier known as [[John-117|Spartan 117]] (Master Chief) detonated the fusion engines of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the surface of the Installation, which compromised the structural integrity of the ring, and, due to the gravitational momentum and inertia still perpetuating the ring in orbit around [[Threshold]], tore the ring apart. The remains of installation 04 were scattered as debris in space, both large and small. The explosion sent massive chunks of the ring careening into the moon [[Basis]], as seen in the [[Halo 2]] Multi-Player Level "[[Burial Mounds (Level)|Burial Mounds]]," due to the constant bombardment of small objects from the ring as seen in the sky on that map. Other large sections of the ring are seen in the opening scene of Halo 2, drifting in space around Threshold. It is also highly likely that large portions of Alpha Halo debris were drawn into Threshold, never to be seen again. <ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], level [[The Maw]]</ref>
+The seven Halos then remained relatively dormant for one hundred thousand years (though at least one of them experienced a major Flood outbreak; and reference given to brief visits by other species by 343 Guilty Spark in "Conversations from the Universe") until one of them, Installation 04 (known amongst fans as Alpha Halo), was discovered by the theocratic alien superpower, the Covenant. The Covenant, who revered the Forerunner as gods, believed that the Halo's main weapon was actually a source of "Divine Wind" meant to propel them on a path they called the "[[Great Journey]]". During their investigations on Installation 04, the Covenant encountered the Flood, however they quickly, but only partially contained the outbreak. After the arrival of the [[Human]] vessel ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'', [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] accidentally broke the containment, thinking to find a large Covenant weapons cache. A massive four way melee ensued between the Covenant, Sentinels led by 343 Guilty Spark, the Flood, and the Humans. This finally culminated when the Human Super-soldier known as [[John-117|Spartan 117]] (Master Chief) detonated the fusion engines of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the surface of the Installation, which compromised the structural integrity of the ring, and, due to the gravitational momentum and inertia still perpetuating the ring in orbit around [[Threshold]], tore the ring apart. The remains of installation 04 were scattered as debris in space, both large and small. The explosion sent massive chunks of the ring careening into the moon [[Basis]], as seen in the [[Halo 2]] Multi-Player Level "[[Burial Mounds (Level)|Burial Mounds]]," due to the constant bombardment of small objects from the ring as seen in the sky on that map. Other large sections of the ring are seen in the opening scene of Halo 2, drifting in space around Threshold. It is also highly likely that large portions of Alpha Halo debris were drawn into Threshold, never to be seen again. <ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], level [[The Maw]]</ref>
 Later, a second Halo, Installation 05 (known amongst fans as Delta Halo), was discovered. On this Halo, the Flood had already been released somehow. And owing to this, a similar conflict erupted. This conflict ended in the Flood manifesting a [[Gravemind]] and successfully escaping the ring aboard infected [[Covenant]] ships. The ring was nearly activated by [[Tartarus]], a [[Brute Chieftain]], but [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] pulled the [[Index]] out of the Installation at the last moment, causing the six remaining Installations to go into "standby mode", ready for remote activation from the Ark.