Miranda Keyes: Difference between revisions

Upon their return to Earth around November 15, 2552, Keyes took up command at the [[military base|base]] [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]] outside of the town of [[Voi]], near the location of the [[Portal at Voi|supposed Ark]], undergoing excavation.<ref name="lootcrate2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref> Truth's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] arrived two days later, landing directly on the artifact while John-117, who had secretly stowed away during its departure from ''High Charity'', bailed out into the [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungle. Johnson and the Arbiter [[Recovery of John-117|recovered]] the Chief and extracted him back to Crow's Nest, where Keyes detailed her plan to have the Spartan lead an effort to neutralize one of the [[Type-27 Mantis|AA batteries]] defending the excavation site in order to allow Lord Hood's ships to attack the Dreadnought. However, the base suddenly came under [[Attack on Crow's Nest|heavy Covenant attack]] and as it was overrun, Keyes and the command staff evacuated the wounded Marines and escaped on the last Pelican. A [[Improvised UNSC bomb|large explosive device]] that Keyes ordered left behind was detonated by the Master Chief, destroying a large portion of the attacking Covenant and most of the base itself.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref> Keyes supported the [[Assault on the Tsavo Highway|offensive towards]] [[Voi]] from Pelican [[Kilo 23]], from which she dropped off supplies for the Master Chief.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>

While [[Battle of Voi|pushing into]] the main town of Voi in an attempt to stop the [[Prophet of Truth]] from activating the now fully uncovered "Ark", Keyes spotted [[Unidentified Flood-captured battlecruiser|a single Covenant battlecruiser]] coming towards Earth. However, Hood decided to ignore it, stating that they would not have another shot at stopping Truth. After Truth succeeded in opening and retreating through [[the Portal]] outside Voi, the battlecruiser that Keyes had spotted was revealed to be infected by the [[Flood]]. It crash-landed near the Portal and the Flood began to spread throughout Voi.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> Keyes came up with a plan to overload the battlecruiser's engine core to destroy the city and the Flood. Keyes was contacted by the Sangheili of the newly-arrived [[Fleet of Retribution]] and informed that [[Cortana]] was seemingly aboard the cruiser. The Master Chief found the small data unit seemingly holding Cortana, but it was simply a damaged [[hologram|holographic]] message. As the Sangheili began to partially glass Voi to destroy the Flood, John-117, Keyes, Johnson, Hood, the Arbiter, [[Rtas 'Vadum]], and [[343 Guilty Spark]] met aboard the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' to discuss the current situation. After Guilty Spark repaired the [[Covenant storage device|Covenant storage unit]], Cortana's damaged message implied that the solution to the Flood was through the Portal. At Keyes' insistence, Hood allowed her to go through the Portal, donating his personal flagship, the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, to aid the Fleet of Retribution in the expedition.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref>