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'''Lifeworkers''' were a [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> They specialized in all living things and medicine, including experimenting with new forms of life. Paradoxically, despite the ideological basis of the Forerunners' [[Mantle]] to protect all life, the Lifeworkers were rated rather low,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 150''</ref> below [[Miner]]s but above [[Warrior-Servant]]s. The highest possible rank achievable by a Lifeworker was [[Lifeshaper]]. The most prominent Lifeworker was the [[Librarian]], a Lifeshaper and one of the most powerful Lifeworkers to have ever lived.<ref name="c17">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 16-17''</ref>
'''Lifeworkers''' were a [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society.{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}} They specialized in all living things and medicine, including experimenting with new forms of life. Paradoxically, despite the ideological basis of the Forerunners' [[Mantle]] to protect all life, the Lifeworkers were rated rather low,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 150''</ref> below [[Miner]]s but above [[Warrior-Servant]]s. The highest possible rank achievable by a Lifeworker was [[Lifeshaper]]. The most prominent Lifeworker was the [[Librarian]], a Lifeshaper and one of the most powerful Lifeworkers to have ever lived.<ref name="c17">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 16-17''</ref>


The Lifeworkers were responsible for creating and maintaining the ecosystems on [[Installation 00]] and the [[Halo Array]], this being part of the [[Librarian]]'s pact with [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], providing a contingency plan for sentient species in the event the Halo rings were used. The ecosystems were used by the Lifeworkers to research, store and index species collected from numerous worlds across the galaxy in the [[Conservation Measure]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> For nine thousand years, after the end of the [[human-Forerunner wars]], [[Earth]], then called "Erde-Tyrene", was an experimental planet under the care of the Librarian, who ensured that [[human]]ity would recover from their forced regression and prepared them for their role as [[Reclaimer]]s with her ''[[geas]]''.<ref name="c17"/>
==Overview==
The Lifeworkers were responsible for creating and maintaining the ecosystems on [[Installation 00]] and the [[Halo Array]], this being part of the [[Librarian]]'s pact with [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], providing a contingency plan for sentient species in the event the Halo rings were used. The ecosystems were used by the Lifeworkers to research, store and index species collected from numerous worlds across the galaxy in the [[Conservation Measure]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> For nine thousand years, after the end of the [[human-Forerunner wars]], [[Earth]], then called "Erde-Tyrene", was an experimental planet under the care of the Librarian, who ensured that [[human]]ity would recover from their forced regression and prepared them for their role as [[Reclaimer]]s with her ''[[geas]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|c17}}


Lifeworker [[form]]s were typically graceful and tall compared to other rates.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 330''</ref> Some types of Lifeworker [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]] enabled floating as opposed to walking. This is seen quite prominently with the Librarian and her Lifeworkers on [[Omega Halo]].  
[[File:HINF ForbiddenTemple.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A Lifeworker station on Installation 07.]]
Lifeworker [[form]]s were typically graceful and tall compared to other rates.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 330''</ref> Some types of Lifeworker [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]] enabled floating as opposed to walking. This is seen quite prominently with the Librarian and her Lifeworkers on [[Omega Halo]]. Senior Lifeworkers were able to attain the title of [[Archmedicus]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=381}}


Lifeworkers also employed a type of [[Huragok]] specializing in organisms and medicine rather than machinery.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref>
Lifeworkers also employed a type of [[Huragok]] specializing in organisms and medicine rather than machinery.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref> As part of their effort to preserve and foster life across the galaxy, Lifeworkers also made use of dedicated [[terraforming]] [[Lifeworker terraforming vessel|vessel]]s with the ability to bring life to dead worlds.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEchoes|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-echoes-with-dinh|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Echoes With-Dinh|D=24|M=10|Y=2023}} They also maintained Lifeworker-specific facilities, such as the Lifeworker stations on [[Installation 07]]. Following the initiation of the [[Zeta Halo project]] in [[2555]], the [[UNSC]] would discover some of these facilities, losing contact with several researcher teams and search parties within the stations, presumably due to advanced [[dazzler]] and [[baffler]] technologies.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFBloodMoon|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fly-me-to-the-blood-moon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon|D=12|M=1|Y=2024}}


==Known Lifeworkers==
==Known Lifeworkers==
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*[[Celebrator-of-Birth]]
*[[Celebrator-of-Birth]]
*[[Chant-to-Green]]
*[[Chant-to-Green]]
*[[Genemender Folder of Fortune]]
*[[Genemender-Folder-of-Fortune]]
*[[Librarian]]
*[[Librarian]]
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]]
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]]
*[[Harmony-in-Gifted-Symmetry]]
*Librarian's mother


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H4-Librarian-ScanRender.png|The Lifeshaper and most well known Lifeworker, ''The Librarian''.
File:Enc22 ChantToGreen.jpg| The Librarian's successor, Chant-to-Green.
File:Enc22-Growth.png|Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change.
File:H4 - Lifeworkers.jpg|Two Lifeworkers surveying the effects of the [[Composer]] on a human village on Omega Halo.
File:H4 - Lifeworkers.jpg|Two Lifeworkers surveying the effects of the [[Composer]] on a human village on Omega Halo.
File:H4 - Lifeworker.jpg|A male Lifeworker.
File:H4 - Lifeworker.jpg|A male Lifeworker.
File:Lifeworker.jpg|Concept art of a Lifeworker.
File:Lifeworker.jpg|A Lifeworker, as depicted in ''Halo Mythos''.
File:ForeunnerCGI.jpg|A Lifeworker facing a [[Monitor]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|terminals]].
File:ForeunnerCGI.jpg|A Lifeworker facing a [[Monitor]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|terminals]].
File:OriginsLifeworkers.png|Cortana's interpretation of the IsoDidact and Lifeworkers.
File:MonitorsTerminal.jpeg|Several installation monitors among Lifeworkers.
File:BornstellarLifeworkersLegends.png|Cortana's interpretation of the IsoDidact activating the Halo Array with several Lifeworkers.
File:HINF S3Intel2.jpg|An active Lifeworker terraforming vessel.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Origins]]'' (possible appearance)<ref group="note">Several Forerunners are shown in ''Origins'' that resemble the Lifeworkers seen in the Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals, however, as stated by [[Frank O'Connor]] in the episode commentary, the visuals shown in ''Origins'' are not entirely accurate as a result of Cortana's incomplete data stores and her progressing [[rampancy]].</ref>
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
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*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{C|Technology only}}
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{C|Technology only}}
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]''


==Notes==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}


==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 01:39, February 27, 2024

Lifeworker
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Rate overview

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Lifeshaper

Societal overview

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Forerunner symbols

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Tier 1

Historical overview

Affiliation:

Forerunner ecumene

 

Lifeworkers were a rate in Forerunner society.[1] They specialized in all living things and medicine, including experimenting with new forms of life. Paradoxically, despite the ideological basis of the Forerunners' Mantle to protect all life, the Lifeworkers were rated rather low,[2] below Miners but above Warrior-Servants. The highest possible rank achievable by a Lifeworker was Lifeshaper. The most prominent Lifeworker was the Librarian, a Lifeshaper and one of the most powerful Lifeworkers to have ever lived.[3]

Overview[edit]

The Lifeworkers were responsible for creating and maintaining the ecosystems on Installation 00 and the Halo Array, this being part of the Librarian's pact with Faber, the Master Builder, providing a contingency plan for sentient species in the event the Halo rings were used. The ecosystems were used by the Lifeworkers to research, store and index species collected from numerous worlds across the galaxy in the Conservation Measure.[4] For nine thousand years, after the end of the human-Forerunner wars, Earth, then called "Erde-Tyrene", was an experimental planet under the care of the Librarian, who ensured that humanity would recover from their forced regression and prepared them for their role as Reclaimers with her geas.[3]

Screenshot of the overall structure of Forbidden.
A Lifeworker station on Installation 07.

Lifeworker forms were typically graceful and tall compared to other rates.[5] Some types of Lifeworker armor enabled floating as opposed to walking. This is seen quite prominently with the Librarian and her Lifeworkers on Omega Halo. Senior Lifeworkers were able to attain the title of Archmedicus.[6]

Lifeworkers also employed a type of Huragok specializing in organisms and medicine rather than machinery.[7] As part of their effort to preserve and foster life across the galaxy, Lifeworkers also made use of dedicated terraforming vessels with the ability to bring life to dead worlds.[8] They also maintained Lifeworker-specific facilities, such as the Lifeworker stations on Installation 07. Following the initiation of the Zeta Halo project in 2555, the UNSC would discover some of these facilities, losing contact with several researcher teams and search parties within the stations, presumably due to advanced dazzler and baffler technologies.[9]

Known Lifeworkers[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • The Lifeshaper and most well known Lifeworker, The Librarian.

    The Lifeshaper and most well known Lifeworker, The Librarian.

  • The Librarian's successor, Chant-to-Green.

    The Librarian's successor, Chant-to-Green.

  • Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change.

    Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change.

  • Two Lifeworkers surveying the effects of the Composer on a human village on Omega Halo.

    Two Lifeworkers surveying the effects of the Composer on a human village on Omega Halo.

  • A male Lifeworker.

    A male Lifeworker.

  • A Lifeworker, as depicted in Halo Mythos.

    A Lifeworker, as depicted in Halo Mythos.

  • A Lifeworker facing a Monitor in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals.

    A Lifeworker facing a Monitor in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals.

  • Several installation monitors among Lifeworkers.

    Several installation monitors among Lifeworkers.

  • An active Lifeworker terraforming vessel.

    An active Lifeworker terraforming vessel.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint, Cryptum Glossary (Retrieved on Mar 14, 2014) [local archive] [external archive]
  2. ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 150
  3. ^ a b Halo: Cryptum, pages 16-17
  4. ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 334
  5. ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 330
  6. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 381
  7. ^ Halo: Hunters in the Dark
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Echoes With-Dinh (Retrieved on Oct 24, 2023) [archive]
  9. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon (Retrieved on Jan 12, 2024) [archive]

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