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Shield World 006<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 120''</ref> (designated "ONI Research Facility Trevelyan" by the UNSC)<ref name="glass397">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 397''</ref> is a Dyson sphere formerly housed within a slipspace bubble of compressed dimensionality, having a diameter of only 23 centimeters in normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''chapter 10''</ref> The slipspace bubble was located in the center of the artificial planet Onyx before the planet dissolved and the slipspace rift was deactivated.<ref name="glass378">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 378''</ref> The sphere itself is approximately two astronomical units (300 million kilometers) in diameter and weighs approximately 1.37 solar masses. The Dyson sphere's default environmental conditions are suitable for [[Earth]]-based life but the climate settings can be adjusted for other species' requirements. When Onyx was intact, the only means of access to Shield World 006 was a small portal, which was located inside a [[Core room antechamber|massive antechamber]] in the core of the artificial planet.<ref name="goo311"/> | Shield World 006<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 120''</ref> (designated "ONI Research Facility Trevelyan" by the UNSC)<ref name="glass397">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 397''</ref> is a Dyson sphere formerly housed within a slipspace bubble of compressed dimensionality, having a diameter of only 23 centimeters in normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''chapter 10''</ref> The slipspace bubble was located in the center of the artificial planet Onyx before the planet dissolved and the slipspace rift was deactivated.<ref name="glass378">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 378''</ref> The sphere itself is approximately two astronomical units (300 million kilometers) in diameter and weighs approximately 1.37 solar masses. The Dyson sphere's default environmental conditions are suitable for [[Earth]]-based life but the climate settings can be adjusted for other species' requirements. When Onyx was intact, the only means of access to Shield World 006 was a small portal, which was located inside a [[Core room antechamber|massive antechamber]] in the core of the artificial planet.<ref name="goo311"/> | ||
Near the end of the [[Onyx Conflict]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|his forces]] in an attempt to access Shield World 006. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access. The human survivors, including Spartan-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]], Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> After spending several days in the sphere — over three months in normal space-time — the survivors encountered a population of [[Huragok]] which had been left behind to maintain the sphere. They eventually managed to convince the Huragok into transitioning the shield world into normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 380''</ref> Soon after, the Office of Naval Intelligence made the installation into a research facility in order to acquire the Forerunner technologies housed there.<ref name="glass397"/> With the outbreak of the [[Created conflict]], the residents of the shield world had it returned to slipspace to act as a measure of protection against [[Cortana]] and her [[Created]] servants. However, conflict continues between the joint human-Sangheili forces on the shield world and the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] who later retreated to [[Mackintosh]], a planet in the [[Zeta Doradus system]] that had been caught in Sarcophagus' orbit | Near the end of the [[Onyx Conflict]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|his forces]] in an attempt to access Shield World 006. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access. The human survivors, including Spartan-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]], Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref> After spending several days in the sphere — over three months in normal space-time — the survivors encountered a population of [[Huragok]] which had been left behind to maintain the sphere. They eventually managed to convince the Huragok into transitioning the shield world into normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 380''</ref> Soon after, the Office of Naval Intelligence made the installation into a research facility in order to acquire the Forerunner technologies housed there.<ref name="glass397"/> With the outbreak of the [[Created conflict]], the residents of the shield world had it returned to slipspace to act as a measure of protection against [[Cortana]] and her [[Created]] servants. However, conflict continues between the joint human-Sangheili forces on the shield world and the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] who later retreated to [[Mackintosh]], a planet in the [[Zeta Doradus system]] that had been caught in Sarcophagus' orbit when it had been removed from slipspace. Mackintosh was subsequently pulled into the slipspace bubble with the shield world when the residents ordered its return for their protection against the Created.<ref>'''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'''</ref> | ||
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