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During the waning years of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]] in the midst of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Soell system was chosen as the location for [[Installation 04]], with the gas giant Threshold serving as its anchor. With the Halo Array fully distributed across the galaxy, the [[IsoDidact]] activated the installation, triggering the remaining rings and eradicating both the [[Flood]] and all sentient life in the galaxy. For nearly a hundred thousand years the Soell system and its strategic significance went unnoticed even as the galaxy steadily repopulated. | During the waning years of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]] in the midst of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Soell system was chosen as the location for [[Installation 04]], with the gas giant Threshold serving as its anchor. With the Halo Array fully distributed across the galaxy, the [[IsoDidact]] activated the installation, triggering the remaining rings and eradicating both the [[Flood]] and all sentient life in the galaxy. For nearly a hundred thousand years the Soell system and its strategic significance went unnoticed even as the galaxy steadily repopulated. | ||
In [[2552]], in the penultimate year of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the humans of the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' made a supposedly blind [[slipspace]] jump into the Soell system, having narrowly fled the [[Covenant]] who had [[ | In [[2552]], in the penultimate year of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the humans of the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' made a supposedly blind [[slipspace]] jump into the Soell system, having narrowly fled the [[Covenant]] who had [[Fall of Reach|completely destroyed]] the colony world of [[Reach]]. As the ''Pillar of Autumn'' approached the ring in Threshold's orbit, [[343 Guilty Spark]] sent a signal to the human vessel threatening to activate the ring's defensive countermeasures if they did not retreat from its immediate vicinity. However, upon recognizing the humans, the apparent [[Reclaimer]]s of the Forerunner race, Guilty Spark disabled the ring's defenses and welcomed the humans to approach. During this, the Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] emerged, having beaten the humans to Soell and initiating an attack on the cruiser, thus triggering the climactic [[Battle of Installation 04]]. | ||
In the days that followed, the humans and Covenant battled for control of the installation, both unaware of its true value as a weapon of mass destruction. During the prolonged engagement, the Covenant unknowingly unleashed the Flood, which had laid in stasis as the installation's vast army of [[Sentinels]] studied its nature. The parasite spread quickly and soon overtook both sides, threatening to use the Covenant's remaining ships to flee the Soell system and eradicate all life in the galaxy. 343 Guilty Spark sought the aid of [[Spartan-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] [[John-117]] in activating the ring's defenses and with it the entire Halo Array. Instead, the Master Chief with the aid of [[Cortana]] evaded both Spark and the Covenant invaders and detonated the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s fusion reactors, causing a chain reaction that destroyed Installation 04 and prevented the Flood from escaping the system. | In the days that followed, the humans and Covenant battled for control of the installation, both unaware of its true value as a weapon of mass destruction. During the prolonged engagement, the Covenant unknowingly unleashed the Flood, which had laid in stasis as the installation's vast army of [[Sentinels]] studied its nature. The parasite spread quickly and soon overtook both sides, threatening to use the Covenant's remaining ships to flee the Soell system and eradicate all life in the galaxy. 343 Guilty Spark sought the aid of [[Spartan-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] [[John-117]] in activating the ring's defenses and with it the entire Halo Array. Instead, the Master Chief with the aid of [[Cortana]] evaded both Spark and the Covenant invaders and detonated the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s fusion reactors, causing a chain reaction that destroyed Installation 04 and prevented the Flood from escaping the system. | ||
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After the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War that saw the final collapse of the Covenant, the Soell system fell into the newly-established [[Joint Occupation Zone]] and is under the strict supervision of the Sangheili-led [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | After the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War that saw the final collapse of the Covenant, the Soell system fell into the newly-established [[Joint Occupation Zone]] and is under the strict supervision of the Sangheili-led [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | ||
The Soell system was chosen to host the [[Installation 04B|replacement]] [[Installation 04C|installations]] constructed by [[Installation 00]] immediately after Halo's destruction. The first of these was destroyed in 2552 and the second was seized by the [[Created]] while in slipspace in [[2559]]. | The Soell system was chosen to host the [[Installation 04B|replacement]] [[Installation 04C|installations]] constructed by [[Installation 00]] immediately after Halo's destruction. The first of these was destroyed in 2552 and the second was seized by the [[Created]] while in slipspace in [[2559]]. | ||
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