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== Background == | == Background == | ||
[[File:Ai_core_1.jpg|thumb|right|The Superintendent's core.]] | [[File:Ai_core_1.jpg|thumb|right|The Superintendent's core.]] | ||
The data center consisted of | The data center consisted of at least twelve sublevels, with the most crucial facilities on the lower levels. The facility had a fire containment system, that if activated, would flood any section in the data center with freezing [[argon]] gas. Sublevels seven, eight and nine mainly housed maintenance tunnels and rooms, retractable data stacks and other similar facilities. The office of [[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]], the scientist responsible for managing the Superintendent, was located on Sublevel 9.<ref name="hive"/> | ||
The [[Superintendent]]'s main data core was located in | The [[Superintendent]]'s main data core was located in Sublevel 10, inside a massive cavern and suspended over an underground lake. The data core was directly below the [[ONI Alpha Site]]'s main building, with a deep shaft connecting them. Sublevel 10 also housed massive power junctures.<ref name="hive"/> | ||
A small section of the vast [[Forerunner]] [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[The Portal|Portal]] structure was also located below this facility.<ref name="hive"/><ref name="epilogue">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''Epilogue''</ref> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was aware of the artifact's existence and constructed their Alpha Site over it in order to covertly gather information on it.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> However, most of the civilian population were not informed, including Dr. Endesha, who only learned of the structure's existence as a result of a seismic survey performed by the Superintendent for a construction project moments before the [[Battle of Earth|Covenant invasion]] of Earth.<ref name="sadie">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref> | A small section of the vast [[Forerunner]] [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[The Portal|Portal]] structure was also located below this facility.<ref name="hive"/><ref name="epilogue">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''Epilogue''</ref> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was aware of the artifact's existence and constructed their Alpha Site over it in order to covertly gather information on it.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 132''</ref> However, most of the civilian population were not informed, including Dr. Endesha, who only learned of the structure's existence as a result of a seismic survey performed by the Superintendent for a construction project moments before the [[Battle of Earth|Covenant invasion]] of Earth.<ref name="sadie">'''Halo 3: ODST''', ''[[Sadie's Story]]''</ref> | ||
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Sublevel 12 housed maintainance tunnels and an elevator that provided service to the city's Sector 1. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Tunnel_common.jpg|thumb|right|A typical maintenance tunnel in the Data Center.]] | [[File:Tunnel_common.jpg|thumb|right|A typical maintenance tunnel in the Data Center.]] | ||