Builder Security: Difference between revisions

'''Builder Security''' was a [[Forerunner]] military organization. They conducted security and combat matters for the [[Builder]] [[rate]];<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> in many cases, they effectively served as the [[Faber|Master Builder]]'s private army.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''pages 191-192''</ref> After the [[Ur-Didact]] went into exile for the first time, Builder Security almost entirely supplanted the [[Warrior-Servant]] [[rate]], with most former Warrior-Servants joining their ranks after their own rate was diminished.<ref name="string 3">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''String 3''</ref> However, many former Warriors retained their loyalties to their original rate.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 212''</ref>

Builder Security was a full-fledged military force with formidable equipment, including [[Seeker (armor)|seeker]] combat craft.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 195''</ref> They used hundreds of {{Class|Dignity|escort}}s and {{Class|Preservation|escort}}s to their own fleet, typically to protect high-ranking individuals or larger vessels. Builder Security also used {{Class|Diversion|}} war machines.{{Ref/Reuse|hc192}} When Builder Security took part in defense of large-scale evacuations of Forerunner planets, they often made use of the [[Z-180 Close Combat Rifle]] in close quarter combat against the [[Flood]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 98''</ref> During the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] recommissioned the production of [[armiger]] constructs to support the ranks of Builder Security forces.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/soldier '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Soldier'']</ref><ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-under-locke-keynote '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Under Locke & Keynote'']</ref>