Then the manufacturing began. It took weeks, weeks Olivia spent with very little to do. She studied what she could about the dangers previous generations had faced, but found that frighteningly little was left for her to study. Olivia made up the difference by preparing the "Forerunner Base" with every defensive system in their records. She didn't care that doing so would slow the production of the equipment to found their first city. After all, if Forerunner Base was ever destroyed, it would take with it any chance of future generations.