47,330
edits
Battle of the greater Ark: Difference between revisions
m
Reverted edits by 174.193.131.213 (talk) to last revision by PorpleBot
(It was made very clear in the final act of Silentium that firing Halo reverberated backwards in time and broke the Flood’s control over Slipspace. The Star Roads weren’t used because they were already destroyed..) |
BaconShelf (talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by 174.193.131.213 (talk) to last revision by PorpleBot) Tag: Rollback |
||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The battle marked a catastrophic defeat for the Forerunners, who lost the vast majority of their remaining population, leadership, and military strength. Additionally, a large portion of the [[Lifeworker]]s' biological samples of the galaxy's species stored on the greater Ark and Omega Halo were lost; in addition to the destruction wrought by the star roads, the [[Ur-Didact]] used a [[Composer]] to harvest Omega Halo's sizable transplanted [[human]] population, severely complicating the [[Librarian]]'s plans for mankind and the galaxy on the whole.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 31''</ref> The Librarian and her aide, [[343 Guilty Spark|Monitor Chakas]], managed to salvage a few of the specimens; Chakas also saved a handful of Forerunners, including the [[IsoDidact]] from Omega Halo, aboard a {{Class|Gargantua|transport}}.{{Ref/Reuse|ReferenceA}} Using coordinates provided by the [[Master Builder]], [[Faber]] - killed during Omega Halo's destruction - the few survivors traveled to [[Installation 00]], the lesser Ark, its location still secret from the Flood, for the moment. The IsoDidact, the last legal commander of the Forerunner race, accepted that a true victory was now impossible. As such, the final [[Halo Array]] would be distributed across the galaxy by Offensive Bias and fired by the IsoDidact, killing most of the Flood and starving those that survived, ending the war.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 36''</ref> | The battle marked a catastrophic defeat for the Forerunners, who lost the vast majority of their remaining population, leadership, and military strength. Additionally, a large portion of the [[Lifeworker]]s' biological samples of the galaxy's species stored on the greater Ark and Omega Halo were lost; in addition to the destruction wrought by the star roads, the [[Ur-Didact]] used a [[Composer]] to harvest Omega Halo's sizable transplanted [[human]] population, severely complicating the [[Librarian]]'s plans for mankind and the galaxy on the whole.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 31''</ref> The Librarian and her aide, [[343 Guilty Spark|Monitor Chakas]], managed to salvage a few of the specimens; Chakas also saved a handful of Forerunners, including the [[IsoDidact]] from Omega Halo, aboard a {{Class|Gargantua|transport}}.{{Ref/Reuse|ReferenceA}} Using coordinates provided by the [[Master Builder]], [[Faber]] - killed during Omega Halo's destruction - the few survivors traveled to [[Installation 00]], the lesser Ark, its location still secret from the Flood, for the moment. The IsoDidact, the last legal commander of the Forerunner race, accepted that a true victory was now impossible. As such, the final [[Halo Array]] would be distributed across the galaxy by Offensive Bias and fired by the IsoDidact, killing most of the Flood and starving those that survived, ending the war.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 36''</ref> | ||
The Battle of the greater Ark also seemed to have another effect: when Mendicant Bias [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|attacked the portal]] leading to the lesser Ark, it did not use star roads or any Precursor artifacts.{{Ref/Reuse|terminal6}} Whether due to arrogance, disdain, overwhelming rage, or a simple desire for a "personal" kill, this omission would enable Mendicant's defeat by the "inferior metarch", Offensive Bias. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||