Assembler vats: Difference between revisions

'''Assembler vats''', also referred to as '''assemblers'''<ref name="WFglossary">'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''p.90''</ref> were [[Nanotechnology|nanofabrication]] facilities utilized by [[Forerunner]]s to construct various artifacts. Assemblers ranged in size and complexity from small machines used to manufacture personal items to moon-sized foundries capable of constructing entire [[shield world]]s and space stations.<ref name="WFglossary"/> Instructions and construction templates on how to build various items were fed to assemblers for mass replication in the form of a [[design seed]].<ref name="WFglossary"/>

Following the Forerunners' demise, the [[Covenant]] would attempt to reverse-engineer assemblers, resulting in the creation of the [[Assembly Forges]] - imperfect recreations of the Forerunner technology that were susceptible to mutations in the [[design pattern]], variance in feedstock material and transcription errors.<ref name="WFglossary"/>