Archives of Suban

The Archives of Suban, more commonly known simply as the Archives, are a vast data repository located in the Annals Facility on , ' outer natural satellite. The Archives contain the recorded history of Sangheili civilization prior to their incorporation into the Covenant and following the outbreak of the Great Schism. Upon its "rediscovery" by the Swords of Sanghelios following the end of the , the information stored in the Archives played a pivotal role in the recovery of the Sangheili as a self-sufficient civilization. 
In the centuries following the abandonment of the Annals Facility by the Sangheili at the dawn of the Covenant, the Archives attained a near-mythical reputation, and were branded "unholy" under the Covenant religion. During the Great Schism and the Blooding Years, several fundamentalist splinter factions of the Covenant Empire took great offense to the use of the information stored in the Archives by more moderate factions.
== Overview ==
The Archives are stored within the Annals Facility, a vast, underground complex located roughly 70 kilometres to the northeast of Navok Keep and 45 kilometres south of Suban's equator. The Annals Facility consists of fourteen disc-shaped tiers built atop one another and extends nearly three kilometres under the ground, through Suban's crust and into the upper mantle. The facility has four primary entrances, each built within surface-based facilities which serve primarily as administrative centers and defensive outposts. The information within the Archives is contained within a semiliquid data storage matrix, itself housed within thousands of control units that line the walls of the Annals Facility's corridors. Such control units may be accessed individually from their respective information terminals, or collectively from any of the fourteen database terminals located at the center of each tier of the facility. 
Each tier of the Annals Facility is dedicated to information pertaining to a different aspect of Sangheili history. Individual information terminals chronicle "chapters" of varying scope and influence; while some contain information on only a few individals, others tell of the great wars and crises of Sangheili as well as times of prosperity. Due to the abandonment of the Archives as a result of the demands of the San'Shyuum, Sangheili history was not documented as it occurred during the era of the Covenant, and thus the associated section of the Archives only began construction in May of 2553 and remains incomplete as of January 2559. 
=== Tier One ===
The uppermost tier of the Archives details known Sangheili prehistory and includes information pertaining to the species' origins, ancient tribal predatory culture, the mastery of agriculture, and the construction of Sanghelios' oldest cities and towns.
== Tiers Two and Three ===
=== Tiers Four, Five, and Six ===
=== Tier Seven ===
=== Tiers Eight, Nine, Ten, and Eleven ===
=== Tier Twelve ===
=== Tier Thirteen ===
=== Tier Fourteen ===