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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Image:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Gas Mine.]] | [[Image:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Gas Mine.]] | ||
The Gas Mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of [[Threshold]]. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with only a handful of [[Sentinels]] to maintain the facility.<ref>[[The Art of Halo]]</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the Gas | The Gas Mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of [[Threshold]]. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with only a handful of [[Sentinels]] to maintain the facility.<ref>[[The Art of Halo]]</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the Gas Mine could be found on the [[Halos]], thus explaining why the installations were built around gas giants.<ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]]</ref> | ||
However, after the [[Flood]] was discovered, the Forerunner retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study [[Flood]] specimens. 343 Guilty Spark, the future [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], personally oversaw some of these modifications. A few hundred years passed, however, with no successful defense against the Flood. Thus, the Forerunners constructed the Halo Rings. | However, after the [[Flood]] was discovered, the Forerunner retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study [[Flood]] specimens. 343 Guilty Spark, the future [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], personally oversaw some of these modifications. A few hundred years passed, however, with no successful defense against the Flood. Thus, the Forerunners constructed the Halo Rings. | ||
The Gas Mine was unaffected by the first activation of the rings and its contained | The Gas Mine was unaffected by the first activation of the rings and its contained Flood remained intact and untouched for over 100,000 years, until the year [[2552]]. | ||
==Battle of the Gas Mine== | ==Battle of the Gas Mine== | ||