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After the firing of the [[Halo Array]], and the subsequent survival of the [[Xalanyn]], the [[Grand Edict]] charged Despondent Pyre with guarding the Xalanyn's prison, and informed her that [[Offensive Bias]] | After the firing of the [[Halo Array]], and the subsequent survival of the [[Xalanyn]], the [[Grand Edict]] charged Despondent Pyre with guarding the Xalanyn's prison, and informed her that [[Offensive Bias]] had been deployed to aid her in this assignment.{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Legendary post-credits cinematic}} Although Despondent Pyre carried out her orders, she was burdened with tremendous guilt over this injustice.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=371}} Over the many years that followed, she explored the Ring and contemplated its secrets which had been withheld from her. In particular, she pondered the nature of the [[Ring artifact]]s scattered across the installation's surface.{{Ref/Game|Id=hafh|HI|Forerunner Audio log|Detail=Monitor Reports - Artifact VII}} Eventually, Despondent Pyre became so overwhelmed by her guilt over the Xalanyn's imprisonment, she ceased communicating with the Monitors on the other Rings and sealed herself inside Zeta Halo's [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]].{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} | ||
After the [[United Nations Space Command]] established a presence on Installation 07 in [[2555]], around three hundred researchers were contracted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to study the ring as part of the [[Zeta Halo project]]. However, monitor 117649 had not yet been discovered by any research detachment. Doctor [[Luther Mann]] theorized that it was possible that the monitor had heard about [[humanity]]'s and the [[Covenant]]'s presence on other installations—which led to the [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] of [[Installation 04]], the partial [[glassing]] of [[Installation 05]], and the [[Raid on Installation 08|destruction]] of [[Installation 08|Installation 04's replacement]]—and decided to remain hidden from the researchers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 23''</ref> | After the [[United Nations Space Command]] established a presence on Installation 07 in [[2555]], around three hundred researchers were contracted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to study the ring as part of the [[Zeta Halo project]]. However, monitor 117649 had not yet been discovered by any research detachment. Doctor [[Luther Mann]] theorized that it was possible that the monitor had heard about [[humanity]]'s and the [[Covenant]]'s presence on other installations—which led to the [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] of [[Installation 04]], the partial [[glassing]] of [[Installation 05]], and the [[Raid on Installation 08|destruction]] of [[Installation 08|Installation 04's replacement]]—and decided to remain hidden from the researchers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 23''</ref> | ||