Installation 08: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Disambig header|the replacement megastructure|other uses|Installation 04 (disambiguation)}}

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|location=Over the [[Installation 00|Ark]]

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|type=[[Halo Array|Halo Installation]]

|caretaker=[[343 Guilty Spark]] (''de facto'')

|constructed=Between [[2552|September 2552]] and [[2552#December|December 2552]]

|destroyed=[[2552#December|December 11, 2552]];<ref name="Fortitude">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> destroyed due to premature firing

|diameter={{Convert|10000|km|mi}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref>

|surface temperature=-23°C to 40°C (-9°F to 104°F) (controlled){{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}

|atmosphere=1 ([[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|N₂]], [[Oxygen|O₂]]){{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}

{{Quote|A replacement. For the ring you destroyed.|[[Thel 'Vadam]] observing the second Installation 04's construction alongside [[John-117]].<ref name="TC">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>}}

'''Installation 08'''<ref name="grim">[https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/70wbxc/return_to_the_denomination_installation_04_b_c/dn6n4h7/ ''Reddit: Return to the denomination. Installation 04 (B), (C). Canonically. 343 PLS''] "Sorry, 08 and 09 make way more sense :-)

[[Jeff Easterling]]</ref> was a partially completed [[Halo Array|Halo installation]] which was constructed at the [[Installation 00|Ark]] after the destruction of [[Installation 04]].<ref name="Halo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> Incomplete to the point where firing would result in its destruction, this replacement was destroyed by [[Spartan-II]] [[Master Chief]] [[John-117]], only for yet [[Installation 09|another replacement]] to be constructed years later.

Installation 08 was designed as a very similar replacement to [[Installation 04]], or Alpha Halo, in order to ensure that the [[Forerunner]]s' Halo network was intact, and therefore able to encompass the entire [[Milky Way]] galaxy.

===Locations===

==History==

===Construction===

Before it was released into space, the installation had a number of primary features available even though it was still not complete. These included the environment, atmosphere and main structures, and the main weapon, though the ring structure was not yet stable enough to survive this weapon's discharge.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}} This installation was intended to be a replica of Installation 04, as similarities can be noted with the design of the control room for this ring and that of its predecessor. Installation 08 was not a complete replica in every physical characteristic as it was noted that 343 Guilty Spark as custodian of the ring had made modifications and changes to the installation.{{Ref/Reuse|Lorestream}}

At some point prior to the Battle of Installation 00, Cortana became aware of Installation 08's existence. While being held prisoner by the [[Gravemind]] on High Charity, she sent a covert message to John-117 on Earth informing him of a "solution to the Flood" that did not require activating the Halo Array.<ref name="Floodgate">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign mission ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref>

The still-incomplete installation was released into space just above the Ark. John-117 first discovered its existence shortly after he and Thel 'Vadam killed the Prophet of Truth. He decided that the only way to stop the local [[Flood]] infestation (which included the [[Gravemind]] from [[Installation 05]]) was to fire the incomplete Installation, which was out of range of the other rings.{{Ref/Reuse|TC}}

John headed to the Flood-controlled [[High Charity]] to retrieve [[Cortana]], as she held the [[Activation Index]] from the first Installation 04. Aided in his escape by Thel, John found a crashed Pelican near the exterior of High Charity and piloted it to the incomplete ring.<ref name="C">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> The Pelican crashed in a snowy valley near the ring's [[Control Room]], which was situated atop a high tower. As John and Thel made their way towards the tower, [[Flood dispersal pod]]s descended from the sky to prevent them from activating the new Halo. The two, aided by [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]], fended off the Flood and reunited with [[343 Guilty Spark]], who let them into the Control Room.

Inside the Control Room, Guilty Spark informed the trio that the installation would be completed in a few more days. However, with Flood reinforcements banging on the Control Room doors, Johnson declared they didn't have time and decided to activate the installation immediately. Guilty Spark, realizing that a premature activation would destroy the new ring, turned against the trio and fatally wounded Sergeant Johnson. The Chief used Johnson's [[M6 Spartan Laser]] to seemingly destroy the rampant Monitor. John then proceeded to activate the new Halo with the Index kept by Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}}

===Destruction===

By March [[2555]], a large chunk of the Halo was impaled on the Ark's central hub, like a dead, arcing tree climbing thousands of kilometers into space. There was also debris from the ring in space, some of it still raining down through the atmosphere and blooming into flame before crashing on the Ark's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 141''</ref> By May [[2559]], the Ark had been repaired and completed another [[Installation 09|replacement]].<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref>

The activation and firing of Installation 08 was extremely impractical and prone to many of faults, resulting in a few Flood spores or forms surviving on the Ark as late as [[2559#June|June 2559]],<ref name="HW2 AtK">'''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'''</ref> and even a few [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Jiralhanae]] surviving inside the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Book|Sacrifice}} This may have been due to the unfinished state of the ring, and/or because the ring was fired in the midst of its own destruction.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/874380206785445888 '''Twitter - Jeff Easterling:''' ''"Guns that are blowing up while firing might not be quite as effective..."'']</ref> Another possibility may be the variable harmonics of the Halo's pulse.<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/766840297498157056 '''Twitter - Jeff Easterling:''' ''"There is quite a bit we still don't know about the rings. Even Spark spoke of how variable the tuning could be."'']</ref> The [[Banished]] were drawn into a fierce conflict against the Flood on the surface of the Ark after they had inadvertently released them from the rubble of High Charity, causing them to spread and multiply. After the Banished killed a [[Proto-Gravemind]] and reactivated the Ark's Sentinel defenses, the Sentinels and the Banished were able to contain the Flood and seal off High Charity once more.{{Ref/Reuse|HW2 AtK}}

During the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s [[Second Ark Conflict|battle]] with the [[Banished]] at the Ark in [[2559#March|March 2559]], Captain [[James Cutter]], Professor [[Ellen Anders]], and logistics AI [[Isabel]] formed a plan to deploy the second replacement for Alpha Halo, Installation 09, to the Soell system in an attempt to send a [[distress beacon|distress signal]] to [[Human colonies|human space]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} On the way to the original site of Installation 04 however, a Forerunner [[Guardian|Guardian construct]] controlled by Cortana's [[Created]] intercepted the ring.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]''</ref>

*''[[Halo 3]]''{{'}}s cut [[Halo 3 skulls#Cut Hints|skull hint]] for the [[Mythic]] skull refers to Installation 08 as "Installation 04v2," likely meaning that this was the name Bungie used internally to refer to the replacement ring.

*The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' identified Installation 08 (which had not been given an official designation at the time) as '''Installation 04B'''.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 176''</ref> This naming convention has since been retconned by [[343 Industries]], with the rings' numeric designations being assigned sequentially in their order of construction.{{Ref/Reuse|grim}}<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/70wbxc/return_to_the_denomination_installation_04_b_c/dn6zt7s/ ''Reddit: Return to the denomination. Installation 04 (B), (C). Canonically. 343 PLS'' "&#91;...&#93; No, I'm saying that the main reason you would build a replacement ring is to make sure you covered for the area that was suddenly now uncovered. The Alpha etc nomenclature itself denotes the firing order of each ring. The "Installation XX" number simply denotes which number that ring is in relation to the total number of rings manufactured - regardless of where they are positioned or in which order they would fire." - Jeff Easterling]</ref>

File:H3_Installation08_ControlRoom_Concept_2.jpg|Finalized concept art of the structure, now bearing clear similarities to the original ring's control room.

File:H3 RingConstructionConcept2.jpg|Concept art for the interior of the partially-constructed Halo.

File:Halo3Mythos.jpg|Thel 'Vadam, John-117, 343 Guilty Spark, and Avery Johnson on Installation 08 in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.

File:H3 - I08 Unfinished.png|An incomplete section of Installation 08, as seen from space.

File:H3 - I08 pulse charging.png|Halo charging above the ark.

File:H3 Halo Glowing.png|The ring charging as it prepares to fire.

==List of appearances==

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