Halo
Spoilers are ahead for Halo time of year 2 , episode 7 .
Summary
Haloseason 2 , episode 7 , " Thermopylae,“reveals that the Forerunner installation on Onyx is a library — at least that ’s what Dr. Catherine Halsey ( Natascha McElhone ) claims . Previously , insurrectionist Kwan Ha ( Yerin Ha ) and Dr. Halsey peeled off from the declamatory group on Onyx , leaving Master Chief ( Pablo Schreiber ) and Soren ( Bokeem Woodbine ) to pursue their own missions . While Soren and his married woman , Laera ( Fiona O’Shaughnessy ) , grapple withwhy the UNSC would take their son , Kessler(Tylan Bailey ) , the Chief infiltrate the ONI base on Onyx to find Spartan - III mastermind James Ackerson ( Joseph Morgan ) andAdmiral Parangosky(Shabana Azmi ) .
This leave Dr. Halsey to followKwan Ha ’s imagination of The Mother(Olwen Fouéré ) , a shaman from Sanctuary , through a web of Forerunner tunnels . While Kwan is get by the underground adeptness , Halsey explains that it ’s where " it all started,“explaining that she antecedently worked on the project . To make matter even stranger , Dr. Halsey claims that the pathway have changed ; there are wall obstructing her path that were n’t there before . At the end of episode 6 , Kwan ’s visual sense lead them to an inner - chamber , where Olive Gray’sCommander Miranda Keyes , Halsey ’s girl , is working to solve a Forerunner puzzle .
In Halo time of year 2 , sequence 6 , " Onyx , " The Arbiter — a.k.a . the high - range Elite called Var ' Gatanai — post himself with a key symbol from Halo 2 .
Dr. Halsey Calls The Forerunner Installation On Onyx A Library
When Miranda and Halsey reunite , the alienated mother - daughter duet manage to connect over their enthrallment with Forerunner technology . Miranda explicate that Dr. Halsey ’s past " error " have actually aided her own enquiry in that she was able-bodied to solve more of the Forerunner cipher . While Halsey based her dead reckoning on mathematical patterns , Miranda understands that philology are also part of the puzzler . Eventually , Halsey shares what she found in the chamber all those years ago : DNA — that of both the Covenant and ancient human being . In fact , the discovery drove inquiry efforts forDr . Halsey ’s Spartan - II curriculum .
The intent is to practice the Libraries ' genic material to re - seed life in the galaxy …
Interestingly , Halsey refers to the site as a " library . " On a base degree , the installing is a repository of information , even if that knowledge is hidden behind ciphers . Although theHaloTV show is localise in the disjoined Silver Timeline , the inclusion of a Forerunner library stems from the core canon . The complex body part are n’t just archival complex , butresearch facility that household collated inherited selective information of a number of sentient life forms . The purpose , of course , is to expend the Libraries ' inherited material to re - seeded player life in the galax after the Forerunners activate the galaxy - sterilizing Halo array .
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Halo season 2 , episode 6 , " Onyx , " connect Dr. Halsey ’s Forerunner twist with Kwan Ha and The Mother ’s news report about The Flood ’s close at hand arrival .
Halo Season 2’s Forerunner Library Teases The Flood
InHalo : Combat acquire , there is a layer called " The Library . " Not only does the library on the Installation-04 ringworld contain the superweapon ’s activation index , but the genetic information ask to repopulate the universe . However , the core canyon make it clear that Forerunner library are n’t single to the Halos . Onyx , which has a secret Forerunner connexion as a shieldworld , is a lucid place for such a genetic repository . Notably,“The Library " inCombat Evolvedis where Master Chief meetsvarious course of The Flood , which further hint at the villain ’s introduction inHaloseason 2 ’s finale .
Haloseason 2 ’s finale airs on March 21 , 2024 , on Paramount+ .
