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<center>''Were you looking for [[Porta]], a [[Flood]] door?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for [[Porta]], a [[Flood]] door?''</center> | ||
[[Image:Ark2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Portal to the [[Ark]] Activates.]][[Image:The Kenyan Savannah overrun by Loyalists.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Covenant forces above the Portal.]] | [[Image:Ark2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Portal to the [[Ark]] Activates.]][[Image:The Kenyan Savannah overrun by Loyalists.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Covenant forces above the Portal.]] | ||
The '''Portal''' is a [[Forerunner]] complex in Kenya, Africa | The '''Portal''' is a [[Forerunner]] complex in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] on planet [[Earth]]. It is buried outside the city of Voi, underneath the Voi river. It was uncovered by the [[Covenant]] during the [[Second Battle of Earth]] in late [[2552]] or early [[2553]]. | ||
It is the Forerunner artifact revealed in the ''[[Halo 3 E3 2006 Trailer]]'', although the artifact. The Covenant excavated it shortly after they subdued West Africa. According to messages from a Forerunner known as [[Librarian]] contained throughout the [[Ark]], the portal on Earth was the last of numerous gateways constructed throughout the galaxy, and was buried shortly before the activation of the Halo rings.[[Image:Portal.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Rift that the Gateway created.]] | It is the Forerunner artifact revealed in the ''[[Halo 3 E3 2006 Trailer]]'', although the artifact. The Covenant excavated it shortly after they subdued West Africa. According to messages from a Forerunner known as [[Librarian]] contained throughout the [[Ark]], the portal on Earth was the last of numerous gateways constructed throughout the galaxy, and was buried shortly before the activation of the Halo rings.[[Image:Portal.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Rift that the Gateway created.]] | ||
Revision as of 11:37, February 19, 2008
The Portal is a Forerunner complex in Kenya, Africa on planet Earth. It is buried outside the city of Voi, underneath the Voi river. It was uncovered by the Covenant during the Second Battle of Earth in late 2552 or early 2553.
It is the Forerunner artifact revealed in the Halo 3 E3 2006 Trailer, although the artifact. The Covenant excavated it shortly after they subdued West Africa. According to messages from a Forerunner known as Librarian contained throughout the Ark, the portal on Earth was the last of numerous gateways constructed throughout the galaxy, and was buried shortly before the activation of the Halo rings.
The High Prophet of Truth landed the Forerunner Dreadnaught on the forerunner structure, and an unusual electric storm started up above it. The UNSC military unit ONI Recon 111 reported to Commander Miranda Keyes that the "cruisers above the crater have stopped...they've found something"[1]. The UNSC attempted to attack the structure, falsely presumed to be the Ark by UNSC intelligence; but was unsuccessful due to heavy Covenant loyalist anti-aircraft fire batteries. A small strike force in the city of Voi, consisting of Master chief and some Marines and factory workers neutralised an AA battery to clear a path for three Frigates and numerous Longswords. These then made several attacks on the Dreadnaught with MAC Cannons and Air-Air Missiles, but with no effect.
Truth then activated the Gateway, opening a large Slipspace rift above the artifact which led to the Ark ,which is revealed to be outside the Milky Way galaxy. Truth and the rest of the Loyalist fleet advance through the rift as the Separatist fleet, along with the Arbiter, Miranda Keyes, and SPARTAN-117 pursue them to the Ark.
The Portal is estimated to have a diameter of 25,515 meters [2]. Its centre is located between 3°15' and 3°20' South and between 38°30' and 38°35' East
Trivia
The 14 monoliths that lift up after activation of the portal is another reference to the number 7. 14÷2=7
