Light bridge: Difference between revisions

{{Era|Forerunner|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW}}

[[File:Light bridge.jpg|right|thumb|275px|A hardlight bridge at the entrance to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]'s [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]].]]

There are usually two components to an energy bridge: a control panel, and the light emitters. The control panel is a semi-translucent holographic array of [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner symbols and glyphs]] that are projected over the surface of a pedestal. Though a variety of control panel configurations have been observed, in the case of one of the energy bridges on [[Installation 04]], tapping the "blue-green circle" activated the light emitters.<ref name="tf"/>

A cascade of coherent, high-energy photons are emitted through the air, generating a visible, horizontal band of light. Through unspecified physics, the coherent band of light interacts with the illuminated air, and pushes aside the air within and around it it, becoming a firm, solid mass capable of supporting extremely heavy weights, ranging from a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog LRV]] to several [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion MBTs]].<ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref><ref name="covenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> When damaged, the emitters flicker on and off, causing the light bridge to flicker, creating a less stable force.<ref name="gs">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref>

Energy bridges are commonly seen on most Forerunner constructs. The [[Relic|Forerunner complex]] on [[Harvest]] featured energy bridges crossing over a series of chasms surrounding the center of the main chamber. These were used by the UNSC forces as they made their way in and out of the facility during the [[Harvest Campaign]] in [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Interior]]''</ref> [[Shield 0459]], discovered by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in the same year, had a multitude of energy bridges to span chasms within its interior. Unlike most energy bridges encountered by the UNSC, which manifested as simple beams of blue-white light, these energy bridges featured arrangements of lines forming symmetrical, geometric patterns characteristic of Forerunner art and architecture.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref>

Energy bridges were used by John-117 during the UNSC's operations on the surface of [[Installation 04]], in the [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|subterranean complexes]] and the [[Flood containment facility]].<ref name="tf"/><ref name="gs"/> Though mainly unseen on [[Installation 05]], they were also present on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], again in a [[The Ark (level)#Forward Unto Dawn|subterranean area]],<ref name="ark"/> and another one at the entrance to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] near the Ark's [[Strip mining moon|Core]].<ref name="covenant"/> The [[Promethean]]s' shield installation [[Requiem]] and the [[Didact]]'s ship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', also contained a great amount of light bridges.

File:HCE-BridgeControlPanel-screen.png|The [[John-117|Master Chief]] using a control panel that activates the hardlight bridge.

File:HCE-HardLightEnergyBridge-screen.jpg|A hardlight bridge as part of an underground tunnel network on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.

File:Energy Bridge.jpg|The remastered hardlight bridge on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.

File:HaloWars-HardLightBridge.jpg|The hardlight bridge in the Relic in ''Halo Wars''.

File:H4-HardlightEnergyBridge.jpg|A hardlight bridge on the ''Mantle's Approach'' above a slipspace rupture in ''Halo 4''.

*''[[Halo 4]]

*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''

<references/>