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Installation Studies
Here is some information that I have studied and put together so far about the 7 Halos and the Ark with the help of my AI and friend, 36-08 Radiant Beauty.

The Ark
After the Ark was discovered by the Prophet of Truth in 2553, there was little time to gather information about it, for it was partially destroyed and lost. However, there is some information about Installation 00, and here is some of it. The terrain of the Ark is possibly different in each one of it's "arms." In one arm, it could be hot and dry, a desert. In another arm, there are many forests, oceans, mountains, and snowy climates. The Ark's known functions are to act as a shield from Halos fire, and to control each Halo. The Monitor of the Ark could have possibly been Adjutant Reflex.

Installation 04
"Whoever controls Halo controls the fate of the universe."

- Captain Jacob Keyes

After the Pillar of Autumn crashed on Halo, many research teams were deployed on the ring to explore it document it. So, there is a lot of information about this Halo, though it was destroyed. The known terrain of Alpha Halo is flat; plains, hills, deserts, and flat snowy climates mostly. Very few forests or mountains were recorded. This installation's primary function is to study and contain the Flood and to exterminate all sentient life in the case of Flood outbreak. The Monitor of Installation 04 was 343 Guilty Spark, who was destroyed by the Master Chief.

Installation 05
"Halo! It's divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy on the path to salvation."

- Prophet of Mercy

When Regret fled to this Halo, a lot of information was discovered about it and there is a wealth of information about this now Flood infested Halo. There are a lot of jungles and lakes recorded, also some snowy climates and mountains. This installation's primary functions are the same as the rest of the Halos, including Installation 04. They are to study and contain the Flood and to exterminate all sentient life in the case of Flood outbreak. 2401 Penitent Tangent is the Monitor of Installation 05 and he is currently missing after being caught by the Gravemind, most likely destroyed with him.

The temples in the middle of the large lake, one of which the Prophet of Regret was murderd in, are likely to be Pulse Generators. They may also be communications beacons, or things to hold the ring together, judging from the blue beams of light ascending from the roofs of the temples to the sky.

Other Installations
There are many other Forerunner installations spread throughout the galaxy as recorded by many people who encountered them. There are minor installations like the Forerunner Gas Mine, and major installations like the Portal to the Ark. The Dreadnought in the center of High Charity was made by the Forerunners and it had it's own AI, Mendicant Bias.

There are 7 Halos and they are all different. Installation 01 has a possible moon-like surface, riddled with holes and craters. Installation 02 most likely has an icy cold surface and Installation 03 in contrast has a hot, volcanic surface. Installation 06 seems to be similar to Installation 05, with many forests, lakes and jungles. Installation 07 is one of the more intersting cases. It may have a mountainous terrain with many plains and deserts. However, it has been thought that this could be the result of large-scale Flood infestation. The Monitor of Installation 07 could possibly be 117649 Rampant Guardian. The second Installation 04 is very similar to the original and after Guilty Sparks destruction, shortly before the new Halos firing, the Ark might have started building a replacement before it's destruction.

The Flood
"A Reclaimer? Here? At last! We have much to do! This facility must be activated if we are to control this outbreak!"

- 2401 Penitent Tangent

At the end of the Forerunner-Flood War, the Forerunners activated the Halos and killed all sentient life in the galaxy, including themselves, in order to destroy the Flood. 100,000 years later, during the Human-Covenant War, a human ship, the Pillar of Autumn stumbled upon one of the Halos and a Covenant fleet followed. Unfortunatley, when the Covenant and the Humans accidently released the Flood that had been contained in Flood Containment Facilities and the Halo (which was Installation 04) was subsequently destroyed. The Flood were again encountered by the Arbiter on a Forerunner Gas Mine, but that station was destroyed by the Arbiter and the Flood were killed. On Installation 05, the Flood again escaped containment, and the ring was not destroyed, so it must be said that the entire surface of that Halo is infested by Flood. During the Battle of the Ark, a second Installation 04 had been being built but it was prematurely fired, and it's monitor was destroyed. The resulting firestorm consumed the new Halo and destroyed a lot of the Ark. It has been believed by the narrow-minded that the Flood have been destroyed. However, evidence has surfaced that the entire surface of Installation 07 is a giant Flood Hive, due to the yellowish-brown color of the surface. It may be false, however. The surface may just be covered in deserts and mountain. However, there were Flood Labs on Installation 04, 05 and the Gas Mine, so it must be presumed that there are also more Flood on the other Halos.

Monitor Studies
The monitors are little Forerunner AIs that are in charge of the Halos. Only the names of two are known. 343 Guilty Spark, the Monitor of Installation 04, and 2401 Penitent Tangent, the Monitor of Installation 05. Here I study the strange little AIs with the help of my own personal AI, 36-08 Radiant Beauty.

343 Guilty Spark
343 Guilty Spark was the Monitor of Installation 04, as he frequently and proudly annouced. This little AI was created by the Forerunners to look after the Installation. For 100,000 lonely and uneventful years he did just that, until the UNSC Pillar of Autumn crash-landed on the ring. After that, many events happened. The Flood escaped, and the Monitor had to find a Reclaimer to activate Installation 04 and starve them, thus following protocol. He found a Reclaimer, the Master Chief, but as the Reclaimer was reuniting the Index with the Core, he changed his mind and destroyed Guilty Spark's Installation. Spark escaped, and he floated in space until he was rescued by a group of the Covenant that later became Heretics.

He taught the Heretics that the Great Journey was a lie, and that caught the attention of the High Prophets. They sent the Arbiter to kill the Heretic Leader, and he did. Tartarus then kidnapped the Monitor and the Prophets took possesion of him. Tartarus later took him to Installation 05. Tartarus was killed, and Guilty Spark joined the Elites on the way to Earth and the Ark. He helped the Master Chief and the Elites go through the portal to the Ark, and he assisted them on the Installation. When he, Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson went to the replacement Installation 04, which the Ark had been building, he went rampant at a threat made to his Installation. He killed Johnson, had had to be destroyed. Notable facts are that when rampant, he turned a bright red colour. As soon has he was destroyed, the Ark most likely copied his files and began construction on a new Monitor, and again, another Installation 04 to replace the replacement which had destroyed itself by firing. Whether this process was stopped by the massive destruction to the Ark is unknown.

2401 Penitent Tangent
Very little is known about this Monitor, only that he is the Monitor of Installation 05, and glows a dim red. This red color may be the result of his going into Safe Mode, or him being Rampant, or maybe it is a result of the damage. His normal color was most likely blue, like his brother Monitor, 343 Guilty Spark. Penitent Tangent's fate is unknown, he was most likely destroyed along with the Gravemind and his files copied to the Ark's computers.

Other Monitors
Cold Storage Monitor
 * A giant blue monitor is inserted in the ceiling of the Halo 3 Multiplayer Map Cold Storage, based on Installation 05. It was thought to be 2401 Penitent Tangent, but those have been proved false. It is most likely a minor monitor in charge of the Flood Containment Facility.

Monitor Color
The only times you see the Monitor of Installation 05, 2401 Penitent Tangent, are in the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Backwash and in the Halo 2 Campaign, during the cutscene preceding the level Gravemind. He is red when you see him, but 343 Guilty Spark, the Monitor of Installation 04, is blue when you first encounter him. As Guilty Spark turns red when rampant, it has been theorized that 2401 Penitent Tangent was also originally blue, until captured by the Gravemind, when he turned red and became rampant. Since he is red in Backwash, prior to being captured, he might actually have gone rampant when the Flood infestation got really bad. Or he was in Safe Mode, or in a combat mode of some sort, only quelled by the appearence of a Reclaimer. Either way, the evidence concludes that the Monitors are all blue. The Monitor in Cold Storage supports this, for it is on Installation 05, yet Penitent Tangent is red.