User:Saberstorm/Nundinae System



The Nundinae System is located deep inside the core of the Milky Way galaxy. It is the location of the planet Fabrica as well as Halo Installation 07 (Omega Halo). It is also the birthplace of the Antis'Grafen Hive.

The Golden Age
During the height of the Forerunner's culture, Fabrica was a major population center as well as a primary source of Trade and Commerce. It's location near the core made it an excellent location for ships and crew to rest and resupply. It was also the location of a massive and unique tower called the Obelisk of Diadect (not the same Diadect who fired the Halo Array). The massive skyscraper was created to operate similar to a homing beacon, using Slipspace Crystals similar to the one found on Reach (see Halo: First Strike ) to locate ships lost in Slipspace and pull them to the planet and out of Slipspace safely.

Ships lost in Slipspace is a rare phenomenon that occurs when a mechanical failure causes Slipspace Drives to remain trapped in an 'active' state, trapping the ship within the multi-dimensional realm of wormholes. While rare in occurrence (about 1 in every 20,000 ships), the Forerunner Empire was vast enough that it did prove to be an annoyance when it did happen. The Obelisk was, for the most part, a fail-safe in case of emergencies.

Standby for Activation
As the Hive continued to struggle against both Insurrectionists and Sentenals to prevent Halo from being activated, their worst fears began to be realized. Reports streamed in from the Control Room that the Array's fail-safe had been triggered at another Installation. The entire Array was now standing by for remote activation via the Ark.