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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Prehistory=== | ===Prehistory=== | ||
{{Quote|The San'Shyuum are not naturally inclined to war. They are a handsome, intelligent race, besotted with eternal sexuality and youth. They hoped to spend their lives in luxury. For all that, their science was extraordinary.|The [[Ur- | {{Quote|The San'Shyuum are not naturally inclined to war. They are a handsome, intelligent race, besotted with eternal sexuality and youth. They hoped to spend their lives in luxury. For all that, their science was extraordinary.|The [[Ur-Didact]], referring to the prehistoric San'Shyuum<ref name="c113">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 113''</ref>}} | ||
Early on in their first space-faring civilization, the San'Shyuum mined material in the [[Oort cloud#San'Shyuum home system|Oort cloud]] surrounding their [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]] for starship fuel.<ref name="c143">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 143''</ref> Later, the San'Shyuum achieved remarkable technological sophistication, and after encountering the [[prehistoric human civilization]], the San'Shyuum and the humans formed [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|an alliance]], based on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], forming a major power in the [[Orion Arm]] of the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|c113}} The San'Shyuum were commonly regarded as a peaceful species.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Glossary]]''</ref> During this period, they encountered the [[Flood]] for the first time, but the spread of the infection was successfully pushed back by their [[ | Early on in their first space-faring civilization, the San'Shyuum mined material in the [[Oort cloud#San'Shyuum home system|Oort cloud]] surrounding their [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]] for starship fuel.<ref name="c143">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 143''</ref> Later, the San'Shyuum achieved remarkable technological sophistication, and after encountering the [[prehistoric human civilization]], the San'Shyuum and the humans formed [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|an alliance]], based on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], forming a major power in the [[Orion Arm]] of the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|c113}} The San'Shyuum were commonly regarded as a peaceful species.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Glossary]]''</ref> During this period, they encountered the [[Flood]] for the first time, but the spread of the infection was successfully pushed back by their [[Ancestors|human allies]] while it was still relatively minor. The empire later collapsed when the San'Shyuum surrendered to the [[Forerunner]]s during the [[human-Forerunner wars]].{{Ref/Reuse|c113}} | ||
The Forerunners established a [[quarantine shield]] that encompassed Janjur Qom and two other inner planets in the system. Under the watch of the [[Confirmer]] and the [[fortress-class vessel]] ''[[Deep Reverence]]'', the San'Shyuum inhabited Janjur Qom, one other planet, and the [[moon]]s of both worlds.<ref name="c170">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 170-171''</ref> The San'Shyuum managed to regain a comfortable lifestyle, with light commerce and travel between the quarantined worlds under their "control". Abandoning their hedonistic lifestyles for guidance under religious elders,<ref name="c210">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 210-218''</ref> the San'Shyuum were overtly "model citizens" to the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|c170}} However, as the Confirmer grew lax in his duties, the San'Shyuum began stockpiling outdated Forerunner weaponry on the third quarantined planet.{{Ref/Reuse|c210}}<ref>'''Halo Cryptum''', ''page 198''</ref> During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the [[Librarian]] visited Janjur Qom to secure specimens of San'Shyuum for [[Conservation Measure|preservation]] from the [[Halo Array]]. The San'Shyuum elders correctly suspected that a catastrophe was imminent, and launched [[Battle of Janjur Qom|a short-lived uprising]] against their Forerunner overseers. All San'Shyuum on the planet were subsequently killed when [[Halo Array|a Halo]] was fired on a low power setting nearby.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''pages 167-168''</ref> The surface of Janjur Qom remained scarred from the battle for millennia to come and while the events themselves were forgotten, San'Shyuum myth held that their kind had once been punished for rebellion against their gods in the ancient past.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 95-96''</ref> | The Forerunners established a [[quarantine shield]] that encompassed Janjur Qom and two other inner planets in the system. Under the watch of the [[Confirmer]] and the [[fortress-class vessel]] ''[[Deep Reverence]]'', the San'Shyuum inhabited Janjur Qom, one other planet, and the [[moon]]s of both worlds.<ref name="c170">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 170-171''</ref> The San'Shyuum managed to regain a comfortable lifestyle, with light commerce and travel between the quarantined worlds under their "control". Abandoning their hedonistic lifestyles for guidance under religious elders,<ref name="c210">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 210-218''</ref> the San'Shyuum were overtly "model citizens" to the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|c170}} However, as the Confirmer grew lax in his duties, the San'Shyuum began stockpiling outdated Forerunner weaponry on the third quarantined planet.{{Ref/Reuse|c210}}<ref>'''Halo Cryptum''', ''page 198''</ref> During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the [[Librarian]] visited Janjur Qom to secure specimens of San'Shyuum for [[Conservation Measure|preservation]] from the [[Halo Array]]. The San'Shyuum elders correctly suspected that a catastrophe was imminent, and launched [[Battle of Janjur Qom|a short-lived uprising]] against their Forerunner overseers. All San'Shyuum on the planet were subsequently killed when [[Halo Array|a Halo]] was fired on a low power setting nearby.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''pages 167-168''</ref> The surface of Janjur Qom remained scarred from the battle for millennia to come and while the events themselves were forgotten, San'Shyuum myth held that their kind had once been punished for rebellion against their gods in the ancient past.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 95-96''</ref> | ||