The Chronicles

The Chronicles were a series of ancient Forerunner artifacts closely related to The Archive. The Archive, contradictory to the thoughts of many, did not hold all information on the Forerunner. The 7 Chronicles were required to truly access the most important data.

Creation and Purpose
Like the Index of the Halos, The Archive needed the 7 Chronicles to truly operate. Without these, the information provided was meager and had low importance. They were created to prevent the Flood, or any other forces to obtain critical information easily.

Locations
The Chronicles were each held on various other Forerunner installations. These included;


 * The Center (On Installation-07. Destroyed, but Chronicle is lost in space)


 * The Satellite (Chronicle presumed to be lost in space)


 * The Archive (Chronicle retrieved by 117649 Annihilative Repentance)


 * Ceres Installation (Chronicle retrieved by 823543 Discordant Fervor)


 * The Ark (Chronicle retrieved by 343 Guilty Spark. After his destruction, it was lost in space)


 * Onyx (Chronicle retrieved by Covenant Separatist forces. Current whereabouts are unknown)


 * Last Installation Unknown (Chronicle presumed intact and in place)

Names
The Chronicles had a simple naming;

Arch-Chron-0#

Arch stands for Archive, Chron stands for Chronicle, and after that is the number. For example;

Arch-Chron-07

Appearance
The Chronicles were spherical in shape, and when left alone, would float in place. They were essentially metallic spheres, with the outside covered in various ring-like layers adorned with Forerunner glyphs. Data access required extensive knowledge of Forerunner dialect; impossible for Covenant or Humans to decode. Each Chronicle possesses a different coloring, much like monitors, although they are much smaller; about the size of a Power Drain, Flare, or Radar Jammer.