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'''Design seeds''', also known as '''"ship-seeds"'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 128''</ref> were pieces of technology used by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. [[The Librarian]] somehow acquired a design seed that was placed inside a mountain near [[the Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]] on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], which then gave birth to [[Didact's ship|a large ship]] for his escape.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 98''</ref> | |||
'''Design seeds''' were pieces of technology used by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. | |||
==Design and | ==Design and operation== | ||
A design seed | A design seed was comprised of software which contained the schematics for the machine, as well as machinery, which would obtain construction materials on-site and turn them into several main components; a large octagonal platform surrounded by eight curved pillars, each rising a thousand meters from the ground. The machinery worked remarkably quickly; the mountain at the center of [[Djamonkin Crater]] was dismantled and reshaped into the core components within a single night.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 88-89, 94''</ref> | ||
When the machine was activated, these pillars would begin to rotate around the central platform. As they spun, they projected [[hard light]] components, which used raw materials obtained on-site and reconstituted them into the alloys and components needed to build a ship or other machine. The construction process was extraordinarily rapid; the Didact's ship was approximately one kilometer long, and yet the entire vessel was materialized within a matter of minutes. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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Revision as of 04:58, June 21, 2011
Design seeds, also known as "ship-seeds"[1] were pieces of technology used by Forerunner Builders to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. The Librarian somehow acquired a design seed that was placed inside a mountain near the Didact's Cryptum on Erde-Tyrene, which then gave birth to a large ship for his escape.[2]
Design and operation
A design seed was comprised of software which contained the schematics for the machine, as well as machinery, which would obtain construction materials on-site and turn them into several main components; a large octagonal platform surrounded by eight curved pillars, each rising a thousand meters from the ground. The machinery worked remarkably quickly; the mountain at the center of Djamonkin Crater was dismantled and reshaped into the core components within a single night.[3]
When the machine was activated, these pillars would begin to rotate around the central platform. As they spun, they projected hard light components, which used raw materials obtained on-site and reconstituted them into the alloys and components needed to build a ship or other machine. The construction process was extraordinarily rapid; the Didact's ship was approximately one kilometer long, and yet the entire vessel was materialized within a matter of minutes.
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
