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| {{Center|"Halo" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Halo (disambiguation)]].}}
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| [[File:TerminalArkArray.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Array at [[Installation 00]], just before their departure to firing sites across the galaxy.]]
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| {{Quote|Halo doesn't kill Flood, it kills their ''food''! Humans, Covenant, whatever—we're all equally edible! The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death. And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do: wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life!|[[Cortana]] during the Battle of Installation 04.<ref name="TB">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref>}}
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| The '''Halo Array''', sometimes known simply as '''Halo'''<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 92</ref> or '''the Array''',<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Terminal/Halo 3|"Terminal Four"]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|"Terminal Two"]]</ref> is a network of colossal ring-shaped superweapons individually known as '''Halos''' or '''Halo rings''', constructed by the [[Forerunner]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> The Halos were referred to by the [[Covenant]] as the '''Sacred Rings''',<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', page 38</ref><ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> and labeled '''Fortress Worlds'''<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 193''</ref> and '''Installations''' by the Forerunners and their [[monitor]]s.
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| The first array of twelve Halos was constructed by order of [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] circa [[98,445 BCE]] with the intent of being an ultimate weapon, one that would secure the preeminence of the [[Builder]] [[rate]] in Forerunner society.<ref name="c274">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 274''</ref> Later, the weapons would be refined further and a new array of six smaller and significantly more lethal installations was constructed; the newer Halos are known as the "neoteric" rings.<ref name="neoteric">[https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/70wbxc/return_to_the_denomination_installation_04_b_c/dn76nzc/ ''Reddit: Return to the denomination. Installation 04 (B), (C). Canonically. 343 PLS (comment by GrimBrotherOne)]</ref> Eventually, eleven were destroyed and/or lost while the remaining [[seven]] were used by the Forerunners as a last resort when combating the parasitic [[Flood]]. All [[sentience|sentient]] beings in the galaxy were killed, robbing the Flood of hosts and starving it to death.
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| In addition to serving as weapons of last resort, Halo installations are also research facilities dedicated to containing and studying many different kinds of life forms. The life forms that were hand-selected by the [[Librarian]] included marine life, fauna, and land vertebrates. With the Master Builder's permission, the Librarian would research each animal to detect if their bodies reacted to Flood infection. The research on the animals would be more deeply analyzed if they did become infected. The Librarian's studies also helped determine if the rings could be used to repopulate the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]].<ref name="c313">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 313, 334''</ref>
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| [[File:H2_halo_surfaceland.jpg|thumb|250px|A section of a Halo's surface.]] | | [[File:H2_halo_surfaceland.jpg|thumb|250px|A section of a Halo's surface.]] |
