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[[File:FOR-ArkAI-logo2.png|thumb|240px|The avatar icon of [[000 Tragic Solitude]]<ref name="Terminals"/>]] | [[File:FOR-ArkAI-logo2.png|thumb|240px|The avatar icon of [[000 Tragic Solitude]]<ref name="Terminals"/>]] | ||
Installation 00 resembles a massive flattened dish with a series of eight curved arms, known as spires, four large and four small, arranged around its rim, similar to the petals of a flower. The entire upper surface is [[Terraforming|terraformed]], with oceans, forests and deserts.<ref name="The Ark"/><ref name="Covenant"/> Installation 00 is {{Convert|127530|km|mi|sigfig=5}} in diameter and thus one of the largest known Forerunner constructs.<ref name="vis"/> Spread throughout the installation are hundreds of refugia, artificial biomes designed to sustain diverse flora and fauna as part of the Conservation Measure. Each of these refugia are separated by massive quarantine walls.<ref name="mythos ark">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''pages 122-123''</ref> Twelve refugia are located on the central hub, while an additional twenty are located on the arms of the structure.<ref name="Refugia">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - Refugia</ref> The various refugia are intended to mimic common planetary environments - one such refugia known as the Halo Refugia<ref name"HaloRefugia">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Phoenix Log]]'' - Halo Refugia</ref> bore a notable similarity to Earth's climate, though much more extreme; mountains are higher, chasms are deeper and the sea and sky are a deeper blue.<ref name="HaloRefugia" /> | Installation 00 resembles a massive flattened dish with a series of eight curved arms, known as spires, four large and four small, arranged around its rim, similar to the petals of a flower. The entire upper surface is [[Terraforming|terraformed]], with oceans, forests and deserts.<ref name="The Ark"/><ref name="Covenant"/> Installation 00 is {{Convert|127530|km|mi|sigfig=5}} in diameter and thus one of the largest known Forerunner constructs.<ref name="vis"/> Spread throughout the installation are hundreds of refugia, artificial biomes designed to sustain diverse flora and fauna as part of the Conservation Measure. Each of these refugia are separated by massive quarantine walls.<ref name="mythos ark">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''pages 122-123''</ref> Twelve refugia are located on the central hub, while an additional twenty are located on the arms of the structure.<ref name="Refugia">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - Refugia</ref> The various refugia are intended to mimic common planetary environments - one such refugia known as the Halo Refugia<ref name"HaloRefugia">''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', ''[[Phoenix Log]]'' - Halo Refugia</ref> bore a notable similarity to Earth's climate, though much more extreme; mountains are higher, chasms are deeper and the sea and sky are a deeper blue.<ref name="HaloRefugia"/> | ||
At the center of the installation is the [[Foundry]], an enormous circular facility used to construct Halos. The core of the 10,000-kilometer-wide Foundry is a hollow space, home to a stripped remnant of a material-rich celestial body used to obtain the vast amounts of resources required for the construction of a Halo ring. When active, the Foundry generates so much heat that the Ark requires multiple cooling stations. At least two such systems span a snowy gorge; it is possible that the massive cooling systems caused this icy climate.<ref>'''Halo 3''' level ''[[Narrows]]'': ''"Without cooling systems such as these, excess heat from the Ark's forges would render the construct uninhabitable."''</ref> | At the center of the installation is the [[Foundry]], an enormous circular facility used to construct Halos. The core of the 10,000-kilometer-wide Foundry is a hollow space, home to a stripped remnant of a material-rich celestial body used to obtain the vast amounts of resources required for the construction of a Halo ring. When active, the Foundry generates so much heat that the Ark requires multiple cooling stations. At least two such systems span a snowy gorge; it is possible that the massive cooling systems caused this icy climate.<ref>'''Halo 3''' level ''[[Narrows]]'': ''"Without cooling systems such as these, excess heat from the Ark's forges would render the construct uninhabitable."''</ref> | ||