The Greater ark was part of the Master Builders plan for battling the Flood, this plan consisted of the twelve original Halo rings, and a smaller Ark, Installation 00. Located about 260,000 light-years from the galactic center, the Greater Ark was located outside the galaxy and was thus safe from the Halo Array. The purpose of this installation was to remotely activate the 12 original Halo rings then in existence, from outside the blast radius of the array. In addition, This installation can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations (only the original 30,000 km ones). This installation was the Librarians original haven for her species, but they had to be moved when more Forerunners moved to this location. One of the last battles in the Forerunner-Flood War took place in the space around this installation. In this battle, the Flood used captured Forerunner ships, and star roads to engulf the Ark, and soon after destroy it. The only survivors of this battle were the Ur-Didact, the IsoDidact, the Librarian, a small Forerunner fleet (this fleet may not have come from this battle though) and a number of Lifeworkers. It was in orbit around this Ark where the Ur-Didact composed the human populations on the Omega Halo. The Omega Halo was destroyed during the battle, killing everyone on it (including the Master Builder). The only known survivors from the destruction of the Omega Ring and the Greater Ark were the Librarian, the Ur and Iso Didacts, and 343 Guilty Spark (Who took with him a Gargantua class ship with some of the Librarians human specimens on board). This is the post of the last pop quiz winner. I will be making another two parts for this post. -[049 Abject Testament]
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:06:28 +0000