Why is Gravemind on Installation 05?

The purpose of Installation 05, along with its brethren, was to preclude and thwart the parasitic Flood from consuming all sentient life in the galaxy. In the event of a Flood outbreak, one of the seven installations could be triggered to annihilate all sentient life within 25,000 light-years.
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Are the Flood still on Installation 05?

In Halo 2, the Flood were released on Installation 05 as seen in the missions Sacred Icon and Quarantine Zone. The MC gets teleported off 05 and into High Charity, in which he then boards the Dreadnought to get to Earth. After that, we never see 05 again for the rest of the series.
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How did the Flood get on installation 04?

The Pillar of Autumn arrived around September 19, 2552 and was promptly shot down by the warding Covenant ships. Shortly thereafter, the Covenant ground forces on Installation 04 accidentally unleashed the Flood from captivity.
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Who is the monitor of Installation 07?

117649 Despondent Pyre was assigned as the monitor of Installation 07, and would remain in this position until her destruction during a conflict between the UNSC and Banished that began in late 2559.
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What happened to the Gravemind on Delta Halo?

The Forerunners developed a new AI, Offensive Bias, which coordinated the final battle against Mendicant Bias and the Flood. The Gravemind was destroyed or stopped by the first activation of the Halo rings.
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Why didn't the Gravemind infect Master Chief?

The Gravemind has no real reason to kill the Chief, Humanity has no weapon that can destroy the Flood that is already so far spread as it is on Installation 05 and Humanity wants to stop the Halo's.
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Is the Gravemind a precursor?

The fact the Gravemind considered itself a Precursor implies that the Precursors created it for revenge against the Forerunners. If so, then they were entirely successful.
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Why is Cortana in Zeta Halo?

Cortana wanted Zeta Halo, so she was present on it to maximize her chance of securing it. Her conversations with Atriox weren't so much her being trapped in a room as they were her not being willing to abandon the Halo to the Banished.
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Who built Zeta Halo?

Zeta Halo is built by the Forerunners at the Greater Ark in 98,445 BCE-97 as a gigantic Lifeworker Sanctuary to preserve specimens. The worsening Forerunner-Flood War results in the ring being put under command of Mendicant Bias by Master Builder Faber.
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Can the flood infect grunts?

This suggests that Grunts and Jackals are in fact readily infectable by the Flood, and are later augmented in some way to become Carrier Forms.
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Why did Halo have Flood on it?

According to Halo lore, the Flood is a product of a war between the Forerunners and the Precursors. Some Precursors, who lost the war, were turned into regenerative dust that created horrific mutations. The remaining Precursors assimilated into this newfound corruption.
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Is Halo based on Ringworld?

Conversation. Nope. The ring in Halo is actually taken from Larry Niven's Ringworld, and is an artificial world, not a gateway of any kind. For #TheExpanse I was much more inspired by older works, like Fred Pohl's Gateway and the other Heechee books.
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What happens when a Halo ring is fired?

In the games' stories, the Forerunners built the Halo Array to contain and study the Flood, an infectious alien parasite. The rings act together as a weapon of last resort; when fired, they kill all sentient life in the galaxy capable of falling prey to the Flood, thereby starving the parasite of its food.
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Why is it called Alpha Halo?

While the Halo rings are numbered in the order they were created, their designation actually refers to the order in which they were fired. Though Installation 04 was the fourth Halo of the Neoteric Array to be constructed, it is designated Alpha Halo because it was the first to fire.
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Did they destroy the Ark in Halo 3?

> The Master Chief and the Arbiter activated Installation 04B prematurely. Resulting in a massive explosion destroying both Installation 04B and The Ark.
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Are the endless precursors?

A popular theory going around at the moment is that The Endless are either disciples of the Precursors out for revenge or may even just be the Precursors themselves. Along those same lines, some fans believe that the Harbinger is ultimately trying to resurrect the Precursors (and potentially The Flood alongside them).
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Is Atriox still alive?

Halo Infinite's Legendary post-credit scene clears up a huge misconception that many players got after seeing it on other difficulties. Usually, the scene plays without voices, and it seems like somehow Atriox is still alive. However, beating the Halo Infinite on Legendary gives players a chance to see the whole thing.
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Will the Flood be in Halo Infinite?

While the terrifying parasite didn't directly appear in the Halo Infinite campaign, players did notice that in the game's second level, Foundation, a Forerunner cylix labelled with a Flood Infection Form symbol could be found in a secret room (thanks, HiddenXperia).
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Will Atriox be in Halo Infinite?

Atriox is one of the most intriguing characters to be introduced to the Halo series, so here are a few interesting tidbits about his character. Though Escharum plays the main villain throughout Halo Infinite's campaign, Atriox's role in the story is absolutely pivotal.
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Is the Arbiter in Halo Infinite?

Unfortunately, Arbiter's role in Halo Infinite is minor, leaving the character to wait for his moment to return to the spotlight. Halo Infinite takes place on Zeta Installation following the destruction of the UNSC Infinity, the ship that served as the primary base for Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians.
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How did Atriox get off the ark?

With the aid of his forces outside of the Ark, Atriox later returned to his Banished forces in the Milky Way galaxy using a Slipspace portal located on Reach to attend to a greater purpose, leaving behind his troops to hold the Ark in his absence.
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Can the Gravemind Teleport?

So when the Gravemind captured Penitent Tangent he learned about Halo and its weapons and how to teleport. And when he captured the prophet (forgot which one) he learned about the Covenant and High Charity. That's how the Gravemind can teleport and enter High Charity.
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Is the primordial a Gravemind?

As a Gravemind, the Primordial was capable of shifting its physical form to an extent, such as rearranging its limbs.
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Why is Master Chief called the Reclaimer?

A Reclaimer (Latin: Homo sapiens augeous) is a term Forerunner constructs use to refer to humanity. The term originates from the Forerunners deeming humanity to be inheritors of the Mantle and as such humans are the only ones who can activate certain Forerunner instillations like the Halo Array.
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