Editing Hall of Honored Dead

{{Room-infobox
|image=[[File:Hall of Honored Dead mp2 Screenshot 01.png|300px]]
|caption=The Hall of Honored Dead
|game=''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''
|location=[[Temple Grounds]]
|connected=*[[Path of Honor]]
*[[Sky Temple Gateway]] (via unsafe Portal)
|counterpart=[[Sky Temple Gateway]]
|items=[[Seeker Missile|Seeker Missile Launcher]]
|music=[http://metroid.retropixel.net/mprime2/music/mp217.mp3 Temple Grounds Main Theme]
}}

The '''Hall of Honored Dead''' is a room in ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''. It is located in the center of the [[Temple Grounds]] and acts as a [[Luminoth Statue|statuary]] honoring [[Aether|Aether's]] first four [[Sentinel of Aether|Sentinels]]: [[X-Qar]], [[Q-Cis]], [[V-Mos]], and [[J-Gnk]]. A [[Luminoth Holoprojector|holographic message]] left behind by the [[Sentinel of the Temple|Sentinel]] of the [[Torvus Temple]], [[A-Voq]], reveals that the chamber is also a vault for the [[Seeker Missile|Seeker Launcher]] and is considered sacred by the [[Luminoth]].<ref>{{cite|The missile launcher of our last champion was a potent weapon. It had the ability to hit multiple targets at once. Claim this weapon from its sacred vault.|[[A-Voq]]|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>

==Themes and Navigation==
The room is initially accessed using a [[Morph Ball]] tunnel that hangs above the [[Path of Honor]], as the main [[Door]] from the Path of Honor is covered by a [[Blast Shield]] that can only be destroyed using the Seeker Missile, which is obtained in the room.

The chamber is a massive, open-air arena. A Luminoth-built [[Portal]] to [[Dark Aether]] rests on a high ledge opposite the main entrance that cannot be reached by conventional means; additionally, though the Portal is active, it is unstable and security measures on the Portal Generation System prevent travel through the rift. There is also a corpse of an aged Luminoth, beneath the statue of X-Qar, and an adolescent Luminoth, beneath the statue of V-Mos, both of whom died while defending the site.<ref name=ElderlyLuminoth>{{cite|Bioscan complete.<br>Target has been dead for 1.5 decacycles. Subject was an elderly Luminoth. Approximate age is 4.2 centicycles. Advanced age did not keep him from defending this site or engaging in combat, however.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref><ref name=YoungLuminoth>{{cite|Bioscan complete.<br>Luminoth subject expired 1.5 decacycles ago. Scan indicates that this Luminoth was very young at time of death, not quite to adulthood. That a child would be pressed into combat duty suggests how desperate the Luminoth were at the war's end.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> In the center of the room is the Seeker Launcher upgrade, surrounded by an advanced security system set in place by the Luminoth.

The security system can only be deactivated using the [[Boost Ball]] in conjunction with the four [[Spinner]] devices that rest at the base of the Sentinel Statues. She must rotate them in the proper sequence and the correct number of times to align the circular sections of the chamber floor in the correct order. Upon completion of the puzzle, a large structure equipped with beam emitters rises out of the floor and focuses beams of ultra-high frequency waves at the central containment chamber, shattering it and unveiling the Seeker Missile, the missile launcher previously used by the [[A-Kul|Champion of Aether]].

==Data==
===Available Logbook Entries===
*[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Logbook#Sandbats|Sandbats]]
*[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Logbook#Spinner|Spinner]]

===Scan Data===
{{scan
|data=Bioscan complete.<br>Target has been dead for 1.5 decacycles. Subject was an elderly Luminoth. Approximate age is 4.2 centicycles. Advanced age did not keep him from defending this site or engaging in combat, however.<ref name=ElderlyLuminoth/>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Deceased Luminoth
|order=top
}}
{{scan
|data=Bioscan complete.<br>Luminoth subject expired 1.5 decacycles ago. Scan indicates that this Luminoth was very young at time of death, not quite to adulthood. That a child would be pressed into combat duty suggests how desperate the Luminoth were at the war's end.<ref name=YoungLuminoth/>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Deceased Luminoth
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=This is a statue of X-Qar, the first Sentinel of Aether. It was X-Qar who discovered the world of Aether, and led her people to settle on its wondrous surface.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of X-Qar, the first Sentinel of Aether. It was X-Qar who discovered the world of Aether, and led her people to settle on its wondrous surface.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Statue of X-Qar
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=This is a statue of Q-Cis, the second Sentinel of Aether. Q-Cis was the first Sentinel born on Aether, and protected the planet for three centicycles.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of Q-Cis, the second Sentinel of Aether. Q-Cis was the first Sentinel born on Aether, and protected the planet for three centicycles.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Statue of Q-Cis
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=This is a statue of V-Mos, the third Sentinel of Aether. She died giving birth to her son U-Mos, who, in time, became the fifth Sentinel of Aether.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of V-Mos, the third Sentinel of Aether. She died giving birth to her son U-Mos, who, in time, became the fifth Sentinel of Aether.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Statue of V-Mos
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=This is a statue of J-Gnk, the fourth sentinel of Aether. J-Gnk was the Sentinel of Aether when the Ing brought war to Aether. He died in battle while defending the Great Temple.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of J-Gnk, the fourth sentinel of Aether. J-Gnk was the Sentinel of Aether when the Ing brought war to Aether. He died in battle while defending the Great Temple.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Statue of J-Gnk
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=System analysis complete. Portal is online, but unstable. Security system active. Portal use is currently impossible due to safety measures in place on the system.<ref>{{cite|System analysis complete. Portal is online, but unstable. Security system active. Portal use is currently impossible due to safety measures in place on the system.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Unstable Portal
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=Structural analysis complete.<br>Object is part of a containment system. It is secured by a series of rotating locks around it, which are in turn controlled by a group of Spinners.<ref>{{cite|Structural analysis complete.<br>Object is part of a containment system. It is secured by a series of rotating locks around it, which are in turn controlled by a group of Spinners.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Central Containment Unit
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=Structural analysis complete.<br>Structure is part of a security system. Powerful beam emitters are turned to the frequency needed to shatter the central containment chamber.<ref>{{cite|Structural analysis complete.<br>Structure is part of a security system. Powerful beam emitters are turned to the frequency needed to shatter the central containment chamber.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Containment Structure
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=Seeker Launcher<ref>{{cite|Seeker Launcher|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Seeker Missile
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=There is a Blast Shield on the door blocking access. Analysis indicates that the Blast Shield is powered by 5 energy pods nearby. Destroy all 5 pods at once to remove the Blast Shield.<ref>{{cite|There is a Blast Shield on the door blocking access. Analysis indicates that the Blast Shield is powered by 5 energy pods nearby. Destroy all 5 pods at once to remove the Blast Shield.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Blast Shield
|order=mid
}}
{{scan
|data=Spinner unit offline. Unable to restore function to this unit.<ref>{{cite|Spinner unit offline. Unable to restore function to this unit.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
|game=mp2
|location=[[Temple Grounds]] - [[Hall of Honored Dead]]
|image=
|description=Offline Spinner
|order=bottom
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Hall_of_Honored_Dead_puzzle.jpg|The containment puzzle
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
*The portal on the ledge can be reached by using advanced jumping techniques or through cheating devices, such as an Action Replay. Even if players do make it up there, Samus walks through the portal, yet nothing happens. This portal is eventually used in the final cutscene of the game to escape a collapsing Dark Aether after Samus steals back the last of the [[Light of Aether]].
*According to the map of the Temple Grounds, the entire [[Great Temple]] is considered a part of this room. It is most likely that the image could not be put in the map unless it had room data, and so was integrated into the Hall of Honored Dead map image.

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