- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
If you look at it (check the screenshots) it looks to be another Library (such as the ones on the Halos).
Speculate at your own risk......
EDIT #1-
I have seen the threads that say that the artifact must be the control center for the Arc (Earth).
I was stating that it looks like THE LIBRARY and could be where a KEY is to activate the Arc.
EDIT #2-
I am not saying that the Artifact is the Arc!!! Rather, I am saying that the Artifact is ANOTHER LIBRARY with a key to activate the Arc SOMEWHERE ELSE on Earth. It would pay to read my post, rather than guessing that I am saying "OMG That is teh Arcness!!!!11" like an idiot.
EDIT #3-
I am not saying that nobody knew that the arc was on Earth (if it is). But I have a better idea. I now think that the artifact IS A LIBRARY, CONTAINS A KEY, but Earth is NOT the Arc. If something could control all of the rings, why would the Forrunners put the key AND the control room on the same planet. I think that the Arc is somewhere else....
[Edited on 5/9/2006]