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One Composer was stored on Halo [[Installation 03]]. In late [[2554]]<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]'', [[Halo 4 audio logs|audio log]]''</ref> the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered the machine, which they designated ''SBJ 8490-03'',<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''Report 5/5''</ref> in a location known as the [[Composer's Abyss]]; after the flagship {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} extracted the device it was transported to [[Ivanoff Station]], a research facility in the asteroid field in Installation 03's orbit. The machine was partially buried within the installation's surface and remained embedded in a large chunk of rock when the ship transported it to Ivanoff. Some of the scientists were digitized by the Composer while studying it and the sensor data from the incident contained coordinates that led ''Infinity'' to [[Requiem]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]''</ref> | One Composer was stored on Halo [[Installation 03]]. In late [[2554]]<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]'', [[Halo 4 audio logs|audio log]]''</ref> the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered the machine, which they designated ''SBJ 8490-03'',<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''Report 5/5''</ref> in a location known as the [[Composer's Abyss]]; after the flagship {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} extracted the device it was transported to [[Ivanoff Station]], a research facility in the asteroid field in Installation 03's orbit. The machine was partially buried within the installation's surface and remained embedded in a large chunk of rock when the ship transported it to Ivanoff. Some of the scientists were digitized by the Composer while studying it and the sensor data from the incident contained coordinates that led ''Infinity'' to [[Requiem]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]''</ref> | ||
Upon awakening on Requiem in [[2557#July|July 2557]], the Didact headed for the Composer at his first opportunity and acquired the device after [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|launching an attack]] on Ivanoff Station. Planning to use the Composer to neutralize all of mankind by forever imprisoning them in digital form, he first used it on the research and security personnel of Ivanoff; Spartan [[John-117]] was the only survivor as a result of genetic modifications imbued by the Librarian. The Didact then set course for Earth in order to realize the final stage of his plan. He successfully fired the Composer on a [[United Republic of North America|URNA]] metropolis, [[New Phoenix]], but the effect was halted when John-117 destroyed the Composer, and the Didact's ship along with it, with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="midnight"/> Some of the resulting digital intelligences survived, having been transported into the Composer's Abyss on Installation 03<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #8''</ref> and later to Requiem via a slipspace transit portal connected to the Composer.<ref name="memento"/> | Upon awakening on Requiem in [[2557#July|July 2557]], the Didact headed for the Composer at his first opportunity and acquired the device after [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|launching an attack]] on Ivanoff Station. Planning to use the Composer to neutralize all of mankind by forever imprisoning them in digital form, he first used it on the research and security personnel of Ivanoff; Spartan [[John-117]] was the only survivor as a result of genetic modifications imbued by the Librarian. The Didact then set course for Earth in order to realize the final stage of his plan. He successfully fired the Composer on a [[United Republic of North America|URNA]] metropolis, [[New Phoenix]], but the effect was halted when John-117 destroyed the Composer, and the Didact's ship along with it, with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="midnight"/> Some of the resulting digital intelligences survived, having been transported into the Composer's Abyss on Installation 03<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> and later to Requiem via a slipspace transit portal connected to the Composer.<ref name="memento"/> | ||
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====The Composer's Forge==== | ====The Composer's Forge==== | ||
[[File:Escalation - Composer's Forge Battle.png|thumb|250px|[[Blue Team]] and [[Promethean]]s battle in the [[Composer's Forge]].]] | [[File:Escalation - Composer's Forge Battle.png|thumb|250px|[[Blue Team]] and [[Promethean]]s battle in the [[Composer's Forge]].]] | ||
{{Main|Skirmish on Installation 03}} | {{Main|Skirmish on Installation 03}} | ||
Following the [[New Phoenix Incident]] the Didact was plunged to [[Installation 03]] through the Composer's slipspace portal. After killing a team of human scientists and their [[Black Team|Spartan escorts]], the Didact wished to seek revenge on Earth. Soon he encountered [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]] at the [[Composer's Abyss]]. Recognizing the monitor as the keeper of the Composers, the Didact had Static Carillon show him [[slipspace portal|the entrance]] to the [[Composer's Forge]], where the Composers were constructed and maintained. Shortly after, [[Blue Team]] discovered the slipspace portal that led to the Forge. Upon entering the Spartans were shocked to discover six more Composers located inside the Forge. The Spartans were confronted by the Didact and a large firefight ensued, with numerous [[Promethean]] constructs backing up the Didact. Static Carillon had | Following the [[New Phoenix Incident]] the Didact was plunged to [[Installation 03]] through the Composer's slipspace portal. After killing a team of human scientists and their [[Black Team|Spartan escorts]], the Didact wished to seek revenge on Earth. Soon he encountered [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]] at the [[Composer's Abyss]]. Recognizing the monitor as the keeper of the Composers, the Didact had Static Carillon show him [[slipspace portal|the entrance]] to the [[Composer's Forge]], where the Composers were constructed and maintained. Shortly after, [[Blue Team]] discovered the slipspace portal that led to the Forge. Upon entering the Spartans were shocked to discover six more Composers located inside the Forge. The Spartans were confronted by the Didact and a large firefight ensued, with numerous [[Promethean]] constructs backing up the Didact.<ref name="whole" group="note"/> Static Carillon had Gamma Halo appear over the Composer's Forge per his agreement with the Didact, who then took one of the six Composers and departed the Forge for the Halo. The monitor revealed to the Spartans that the Didact intended to use the Composer and the Halo to destroy humanity, starting with Earth. With Static Carillon's help Blue Team escaped the Composer's Forge and returned to Installation 03 through the Composer's Abyss.<ref name="HE9"/> | ||
Upon exiting the Abyss Blue Team witnessed the Didact positioning the Composer over the Halo. Intending to remove Blue Team as a threat the Didact attacked the Spartans.<ref name="HE9"/> While the Didact nearly defeated Blue Team, 859 Static Carillon ambushed him and teleported him away into the Halo's [[control room]], followed shortly by John who enabled the monitor to detach the segment of the Halo housing the control room, causing it to fall toward the Composer's Forge. The fragment impacted the Forge, destroying the five remaining Composers held there along with the Didact, who was consumed by the blast. While the Spartans returned to Earth Static Carillon took the now-incomplete Gamma Halo (and, evidently, the sole Composer still housed there) for repairs and safekeeping in an undisclosed location.<ref name="HE10">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #10]]''</ref> | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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