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After the [[Battle for Earth]], a message from [[Cortana]] notified [[John-117]] that the [[Gravemind]] was speeding the infested High Charity toward [[Earth]], and that the [[Portal at Voi]] led to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. However, Cortana claimed that there was a solution to stopping the Flood on the Ark, one that did not require firing the remaining Halo rings.{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} | After the [[Battle for Earth]], a message from [[Cortana]] notified [[John-117]] that the [[Gravemind]] was speeding the infested High Charity toward [[Earth]], and that the [[Portal at Voi]] led to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. However, Cortana claimed that there was a solution to stopping the Flood on the Ark, one that did not require firing the remaining Halo rings.{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} | ||
On November 18, 2552, High Charity arrived in the [[Sol system]] and made a slipspace jump bound for the Ark near [[Mars]] at 1545 hours. | On November 18, 2552, High Charity arrived in the [[Sol system]] and made a slipspace jump bound for the Ark near [[Mars]] at 1545 hours.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/query-catalog-old/7fbf60e8-92f7-4826-ac2a-ab1b5e4e3603/posts|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Query: Catalog(old)|D=29|M=12|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Query: Catalog(old)}} The Gravemind was able to perform the jump under the city's own power rather than using the [[Portal at Voi]] due to the major modifications it had made and its knowledge of the esoteric techniques the [[Precursor]]s once used.{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin924}} During the [[Battle of Installation 00]] while the combined human and Sangheili forces were attempting to reach [[Installation 00 Citadel|the Citadel]], High Charity appeared, disgorging [[Flood dispersal pod]]s—one of which pierced [[Rtas 'Vadum]]'s {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''—and crashed on the installation,<ref name="h3covenant">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> having been weakened by the Gravemind's desperate ''ad hoc'' transit measure.{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin924}} Covered with Flood biomass and with the interior transformed into a Flood hive, High Charity was almost unrecognizable.{{Ref/Reuse|h3covenant}} | ||
[[File:H3 High Charity Blowing up.jpg|250px|thumb|left|High Charity explodes.]] | [[File:H3 High Charity Blowing up.jpg|250px|thumb|left|High Charity explodes.]] |