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Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even managed to construct rudimentary cities.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref> | Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even managed to construct rudimentary cities.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref> | ||
During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] placed Installation 07, along with the other eleven rings in the original Array, under control of the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|Contender-class AI]] [[ | During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] placed Installation 07, along with the other eleven rings in the original Array, under control of the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|Contender-class AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], and one of the primary extensions of the AI was placed on the ring.<ref name="prim190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190-192''</ref> At one point, the Master Builder broke his deal with the [[Librarian]] and began to use the human specimens on the ring for his brutal experiments on the [[Flood]]. Some of the Lifeworkers serving on the installation complied and aided Faber's minions in these experiments, while those most loyal to the Librarian worked to keep the installation's biological preserves intact. Faber also forcibly drafted [[Warrior-Servant]]s as an additional security force for the installation. In their exhaustive experiments, the Master Builder's researchers found that the majority of humans were apparently immune to the Flood, which they believed to be a result of a "cure" developed by [[prehistoric human civilization|early humanity]] during the ancient [[Human-Flood war|human-Flood conflict]]. In reality, no cure ever existed and the humans' apparent immunity was the result of the Flood's ongoing strategy to target Forerunners only.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 364''</ref> | ||
Faber's researchers believed that a cure to the Flood might be found via extracting ancestral [[mind transfer|memory imprints]] from humans who carried the Librarian's special ''[[geas]]''. Since the human specimens on the installation lacked these imprints, Faber ordered his forces to gather humans from the Librarian's [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|special population]] on [[Earth]] and transplant them to Installation 07. This was against the instructions of the Librarian and the [[Ecumene Council]], who deemed the presence of ancient human warriors on a Halo too great of a security risk.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 189''</ref> Consequently, both the installation's own human specimens and humans from Earth would be used in the Master Builder's experiments,<ref name="prim190"/> in what the humans came to know as the "[[Palace of Pain]]"; however, the "palace" was not in fact a single location as the humans believed, but many [[Flood research facility|Flood research facilities]] across the ring, most of them being re-purposed Lifeworker biological research stations.<ref name="p357">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 357-358''</ref> | Faber's researchers believed that a cure to the Flood might be found via extracting ancestral [[mind transfer|memory imprints]] from humans who carried the Librarian's special ''[[geas]]''. Since the human specimens on the installation lacked these imprints, Faber ordered his forces to gather humans from the Librarian's [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|special population]] on [[Earth]] and transplant them to Installation 07. This was against the instructions of the Librarian and the [[Ecumene Council]], who deemed the presence of ancient human warriors on a Halo too great of a security risk.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 189''</ref> Consequently, both the installation's own human specimens and humans from Earth would be used in the Master Builder's experiments,<ref name="prim190"/> in what the humans came to know as the "[[Palace of Pain]]"; however, the "palace" was not in fact a single location as the humans believed, but many [[Flood research facility|Flood research facilities]] across the ring, most of them being re-purposed Lifeworker biological research stations.<ref name="p357">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 357-358''</ref> | ||