Phoenix Logs/The Ark/Proto-Forerunner Refugia

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The Ark continues to rebuild itself after the destruction wrought by the battle

that ended the Human-Covenant War. Like icebergs, the Forerunner

constructions on the surface are only a tiny part of the whole.

Partial-printing creates a terraced landscape of plateaus supported by colossal

columns and the substructure of the Ark dominates the space with gigantic

vertigo-inducing cavities that allow views deep into the superstructure

beneath. The surface demonstrates the building techniques and foundations of

a Refugia still being terraformed, with the layered strata giving a tantalizing

hint of the Forerunners' unfinished design.

Even incomplete, the exposed vein-like layers have a raw beauty of their own

and complement the sleek and sculptured metallic lines of finished Forerunner

architecture nearby. Mineral deposits with exotic material properties scatter the

surface, and new paths are created by massive shifting plates. their purpose

known only to the long dead race that created them.