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The effects of malfunctioning vacuum energy extraction machinery can be disastrous: when guano dust seeped into [[Covert Support Base 4276]]'s vacuum energy extractor, its calibrations were corrupted, unleashing a "cyclone of quantum fury" that tore through the facility, warping both space and time and dimensionally displacing anything in its way. A wave of subatomic agitation was also released, softening metal and disintegrating polymers and thus damaging most of the facility's equipment.<ref>'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', ''page 131'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Even well after the incident, the extractor continued to generate a space-time anomaly in its vicinity: when [[Frederic-104]] looked directly into the device, he experienced an overwhelming vision of cosmic grandeur, witnessing the life cycles of entire universes while losing his sense of self, time and place. This phenomenon was accompanied by a peculiar time dilation-like effect, in which Fred's mission clock had only recorded the passing of ten minutes while two hours had passed outside his frame of reference.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 141'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When six [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s destroyed [[Salvation Base]] and the Forerunner [[Suluhu Contemplarium]] it was built within, the destruction caused the moon of [[Taram]] upon which the Contemplarium was build to implode into the vacuum energy extractor that was powering the Contemplarium.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 195''</ref> | The effects of malfunctioning vacuum energy extraction machinery can be disastrous: when guano dust seeped into [[Covert Support Base 4276]]'s vacuum energy extractor, its calibrations were corrupted, unleashing a "cyclone of quantum fury" that tore through the facility, warping both space and time and dimensionally displacing anything in its way. A wave of subatomic agitation was also released, softening metal and disintegrating polymers and thus damaging most of the facility's equipment.<ref>'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', ''page 131'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Even well after the incident, the extractor continued to generate a space-time anomaly in its vicinity: when [[Frederic-104]] looked directly into the device, he experienced an overwhelming vision of cosmic grandeur, witnessing the life cycles of entire universes while losing his sense of self, time and place. This phenomenon was accompanied by a peculiar time dilation-like effect, in which Fred's mission clock had only recorded the passing of ten minutes while two hours had passed outside his frame of reference.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 141'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When six [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s destroyed [[Salvation Base]] and the Forerunner [[Suluhu Contemplarium]] it was built within, the destruction caused the moon of [[Taram]] upon which the Contemplarium was build to implode into the vacuum energy extractor that was powering the Contemplarium.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 195''</ref> | ||
Both Ancient human and Ancient San'Shyuum achieve to harvest vaccum energy by studying the Forerunner technology.<ref name=" | Both Ancient human and Ancient San'Shyuum achieve to harvest vaccum energy by studying the Forerunner technology.<ref name="prim237"/><ref name="c113"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||