35,264
edits
m (→Sources) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Era|Forerunner}} | {{Era|Forerunner}} | ||
{{Title|''Gargantua''-class transport}} | {{Title|''Gargantua''-class transport}} | ||
{{Ship Class Infobox | {{Ship Class Infobox | ||
|name=''Gargantua''-class transport | |name=''Gargantua''-class transport | ||
Line 16: | Line 15: | ||
|armament= | |armament= | ||
|complement= | |complement= | ||
|era=[[Forerunner-Flood | |era=[[Forerunner-Flood war]] | ||
|affiliation=[[Forerunner | |affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Gargantua''-class | The '''''Gargantua''-class transport''' was a class of enormous [[Forerunner]] vessel. Noted as resembling a fish in general shape,<ref>'''Halo: Rebirth'''</ref> they were used by the [[Lifeworker]]s to transport their specimens during the [[Conservation Measure]].<ref name="s261">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 261''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
During the [[Flood]]'s attack on the [[ | During the [[Flood]]'s attack on the [[greater Ark]], the [[Librarian]] ordered [[343 Guilty Spark]] to use a ''Gargantua''-class transport to transport organisms — both living specimens and reduced genetic composites — from the greater Ark to [[Omega Halo]].<ref name="s261"/> After the [[Ur-Didact]] [[Mind transfer|harvested]] Omega Halo's human population using the [[Composer]], 343 Guilty Spark took the surviving humans aboard his ''Gargantua''-class vessel to [[Installation 00]], the lesser Ark; he also saved the [[IsoDidact]] from the destruction of Omega Halo.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 304''</ref> Upon arrival at the lesser Ark, Spark sent that ship to [[Earth|Erde-Tyerene]] at the Librarian's request.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 309''</ref> At Earth, the Librarian had the ship disassemble itself and, along with necessary components mined from the Earth, construct the [[Portal at Voi]], a [[Slipspace portal|slipspace gateway]] to Installation 00.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 324''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |