User:HALONAPSTER/Index Guardian

The Index Guardian is a forerunner Super Carrier, the last one still functioning to date. Originally the ship the librarian used to travel in, it was heavily modified to have amazing offensive capabilities, Outstanding stealth while traveling, and a very reliable A.I. guardian. The ship is also connected to almost every forerunner network, including the halo array.

Physical Description
A giant forerunner vessel, estimated to be 100 kilometers long. It looks similar to the reported appereance of the Heavy Dreadnough found within the Apex on Shield World 02. This seems to be originally designed as a colony ship, as the interior contains large green houses that fills the ship with fresh supplies of oxygen and food resources.

Function
The function of this ship is to keep safe all the knowledge of the forerunner safe, even if the halo effect killed them, so the data banks could be put into good use by the Reclaimers in the future. The ship was heavily augmented to have extreme stealth capabilities, making it nearly undetectable even by forerunner radars. It navigates the galaxy on a regular basis, overseeing the overall development of life, recording the developmentof the sentient species detected, and waiting for the eventual Reclaimer understanding of the forerunners in order to deliver them the knowledge and the mantle.

Protection
The Index Heaven keeps every single piece of information that at the time was vital to the forerunners, and all of it was commanded by Librarian to be accessed only by the Reclaimers, if any outsider manages to bypass the heavy anti vessel weapons and access the ship, there is a very strong onyx sentinel prescence onboard. There is a failsafe mechanism onboard, thet in case the sentinels could not stop the intruders, the ship would launch a halo effect on a 300 kilomiter radius, effectively ending the threat

Early History
The forerunner Super Carrier served as Librarian's personal transport for her crew and the saved lifeforms. The rather imppresive onyx-type sentinel onboard make it almost impossible for a small flood attack to come even close to capture it. Librarian used to leave the ship camoflaged as far away of planets as possible when visiting a new solar system, while individual ships investigated each of the system's planets. Librarian's personal A.I., 693 Riot Cryout was the one commanding the ship. Once the carrier was filled, Librarian proceded to leave them in the Ark to keep them safe from the Array's pulse.

Medicant's Betrayal and the firing of the array
When Medicant Bias decided to turn on the forerunners and help the Gravemind, Librarian was beginning to build the last portal to the ark on the Earth. When she realized that time was running out, she began to modify her Carrier, and she uploaded every piece of information she could gather on it. While the halo effect purged the galaxy, the carrier now baptised as The Index Guardian was already navigating through the empty galaxy, waiting for the flood to die before it could begin to reaccommodate the specimens on the Ark in their respective homeworlds.

The retrieving of the Foward Unto Dawn
Around 2630, the Index Guardian ran into the remnants of the UNSC Foward Unto Dawn drifting in space, just as 693 Riot Cryout headed towards Planet Reach, to finally deliver the mantle to the Reclaimer government, eventually delivering it first to Spartan 117.