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{{Title|''Gargantua''-class transport}} | {{Title|''Gargantua''-class transport}} | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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/Reuse|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-Tyrene]] 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: | 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/Reuse|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-Tyrene]] 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> For protection, Spark sent two [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s, one of which returned with [[Chant-to-Green]] while the other remained behind on Earth. The Sentinel that remained behind would form the basis for a platform in a [[Kilimanjaro Forerunner complex|Forerunner complex]] containing an [[mind transfer|imprint]] of the Librarian.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]'''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
{{Forerunner|ships}} | {{Forerunner|ships}} | ||
[[Category:Forerunner ship classes]] | [[Category:Forerunner ship classes]] |
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