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After the Forerunners learned of the parasite known as the [[Flood]] in the later stages of the war with the humans, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] began to champion the construction of more shield worlds as part of his [[star-hopping]] strategy. Many shield worlds were planned to be mobile, able to be deployed directly into infected systems to purge local infestations,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} and would be designed as facilities from which to fight and research the Flood, an alternate solution to [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s plan to construct the Halos.<ref name="sil47">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 47''</ref> Eventually, a compromise between the two rates was reached: the [[Builder]]s would continue building shield worlds while designing the Halos, with both types of installations planned to be used in tandem.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} Numerous shield worlds of different configurations were built over thousands of years, but the Builder rate's growing influence eventually led the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] to deem the Master Builder's Halo project superior. The Didact, who stubbornly continued to advocate his strategy to the Council, was ultimately ordered to cease his project and was forced into [[Cryptum|exile]].{{Ref/Reuse|sil47}} | After the Forerunners learned of the parasite known as the [[Flood]] in the later stages of the war with the humans, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] began to champion the construction of more shield worlds as part of his [[star-hopping]] strategy. Many shield worlds were planned to be mobile, able to be deployed directly into infected systems to purge local infestations,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} and would be designed as facilities from which to fight and research the Flood, an alternate solution to [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s plan to construct the Halos.<ref name="sil47">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 47''</ref> Eventually, a compromise between the two rates was reached: the [[Builder]]s would continue building shield worlds while designing the Halos, with both types of installations planned to be used in tandem.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} Numerous shield worlds of different configurations were built over thousands of years, but the Builder rate's growing influence eventually led the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] to deem the Master Builder's Halo project superior. The Didact, who stubbornly continued to advocate his strategy to the Council, was ultimately ordered to cease his project and was forced into [[Cryptum|exile]].{{Ref/Reuse|sil47}} | ||
Though the construction of the shield worlds was abandoned after the Didact's exile, they still found use as shelters for the various species the [[Lifeworker]]s indexed and collected in the [[Conservation Measure]]. Many Forerunners also intended to evacuate to the shield worlds, but the betrayal by the Forerunners' supreme defense AI [[Mendicant Bias]] and its defection to the Flood forced the Forerunners to abandon these plans: Mendicant Bias revealed the locations of the shield worlds to the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 232''</ref> | Though the construction of the shield worlds was abandoned after the Didact's exile, they still found use as shelters for the various species the [[Lifeworker]]s indexed and collected in the [[Conservation Measure]]. Many Forerunners also intended to evacuate to the shield worlds, but the betrayal by the Forerunners' supreme defense AI [[Mendicant Bias]] and its defection to the Flood forced the Forerunners to abandon these plans: Mendicant Bias revealed the locations of the shield worlds to the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''', ''page 232''</ref> | ||
The [[Covenant]] owe much of their rapid technological advancement to the discovery of a small number of shield worlds early in their history. They stripped these installations of usable technologies,<ref name="Timeline">'''Halo Wars''', ''Timeline''</ref> though whether they continued to inhabit them is unclear. | The [[Covenant]] owe much of their rapid technological advancement to the discovery of a small number of shield worlds early in their history. They stripped these installations of usable technologies,<ref name="Timeline">'''Halo Wars''', ''Timeline''</ref> though whether they continued to inhabit them is unclear. | ||