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The '''Maginot Line''',<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[Terminals]]</ref> otherwise known as the '''Maginot Sphere''' and referred to by the Forerunners as the '''Jat-Krula protected boundary''' or simply '''Jat-Krula''',<ref name="silentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 7''</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] defensive line that protected the [[ecumene]]'s core worlds within the [[Orion complex]]. It consisted of numerous [[Line installation]]s, defensive outposts which utilized a variety of measures to prevent enemy ships from entering the line.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 221''</ref> Millions of these fortifications | {{Mergefrom|Line installation}} | ||
The '''Maginot Line''',<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[Terminals]]</ref> otherwise known as the '''Maginot Sphere''' and referred to by the Forerunners as the '''Jat-Krula protected boundary''' or simply '''Jat-Krula''',<ref name="silentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 7''</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] defensive line that protected the [[ecumene]]'s core worlds within the [[Orion complex]]. It consisted of numerous [[Line installation]]s, defensive outposts which utilized a variety of measures to prevent enemy ships from entering the line.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 221''</ref> Millions of these fortifications formed a sphere along hundreds of outlying systems of the Orion complex, intended to cover every possible entry trajectory within both normal space and the higher dimensions of [[Slipstream space]], particularly along the most trafficked and efficient slipspace routes. The Line was originally thought to be an impenetrable defense, since any enemy fleet would be forced to pass through the boundary in order to mount an assault on the systems within, and the entirety of the Line could supposedly be rendered impregnable at a moment's notice.<ref name="sil104">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 104-105''</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a [[legion]] of [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] commanders bypassed the line using a novel strategy; by altogether eschewing the [[Slipspace flake|crystal]]-based slipspace manipulation commonly used by Forerunner ships, they flew twenty attack squadrons through the boundary via a non-mediated slipspace trajectory. Though the assault force suffered 50-percent losses, the remaining ships emerged within the sphere and quickly conquered fourteen key systems. This became a notorious example taught to Warrior-Servants at all levels to demonstrate the impossibility of an impregnable defense. However, it did not have a lasting impact on Forerunner strategy in the long term, and the Line continued to be employed as a defense in many conflicts to come.<ref name="sil104"/> | During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a [[legion]] of [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] commanders bypassed the line using a novel strategy; by altogether eschewing the [[Slipspace flake|crystal]]-based slipspace manipulation commonly used by Forerunner ships, they flew twenty attack squadrons through the boundary via a non-mediated slipspace trajectory. Though the assault force suffered 50-percent losses, the remaining ships emerged within the sphere and quickly conquered fourteen key systems. This became a notorious example taught to Warrior-Servants at all levels to demonstrate the impossibility of an impregnable defense. However, it did not have a lasting impact on Forerunner strategy in the long term, and the Line continued to be employed as a defense in many conflicts to come.<ref name="sil104"/> | ||
After the [[Flood]] outbreak began to expand out of control during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Forerunner leadership made a decision to leave all systems beyond the Line to fend for themselves, while focusing their efforts on protecting the systems within the perimeter.<ref name="sil104"/> In the last years of the war, the [[IsoDidact]] led Forerunner defense from within the Maginot Sphere, frequently sending transmissions the Librarian, who continued [[Conservation Measure|her duties]] outside the boundary, asking her to retreat behind it to where the Didact's fleets could protect her. Late into the war, the Maginot Line began to fail, with Flood-infested ships breaking through certain sections of the the boundary.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 193''</ref> In the endgame of the conflict, when the IsoDidact was preparing to fire the [[Halo Array]], the Flood, led by the rampant Forerunner [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], staged a massive assault on the Line in order to reach [[Installation 00]] and stop the rings' activation. However, the loyal AI [[Offensive Bias]] was waiting for Mendicant on the other side with the remnants of the Forerunners' fleet. This led to [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|an enormous naval battle]] between the two fleets.<ref name="terminals"/> | After the [[Flood]] outbreak began to expand out of control during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Forerunner leadership made a decision to leave all systems beyond the Line to fend for themselves, while focusing their efforts on protecting the systems within the perimeter.<ref name="sil104"/> In the last years of the war, the [[IsoDidact]] led Forerunner defense from within the Maginot Sphere, frequently sending transmissions the Librarian, who continued [[Conservation Measure|her duties]] outside the boundary, asking her to retreat behind it to where the Didact's fleets could protect her. Late into the war, the Maginot Line began to fail, with Flood-infested ships breaking through certain sections of the the boundary.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 193''</ref> In the endgame of the conflict, when the IsoDidact was preparing to fire the [[Halo Array]], the Flood, led by the rampant Forerunner [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], staged a massive assault on the Line in order to reach [[Installation 00]] and stop the rings' activation. However, the loyal AI [[Offensive Bias]] was waiting for Mendicant on the other side with the remnants of the [[Forerunner fleet|Forerunners' fleet]]. This led to [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|an enormous naval battle]] between the two fleets.<ref name="terminals"/> | ||
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