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During the chaos of the battle, John-117 infiltrated High Charity, by way of teleportation from [[Gravemind]] directly into the Council Chambers using [[Installation 05]]'s [[teleportation grid]].{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} | During the chaos of the battle, John-117 infiltrated High Charity, by way of teleportation from [[Gravemind]] directly into the Council Chambers using [[Installation 05]]'s [[teleportation grid]].{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} | ||
At the same time, the Flood made their own entrance, using the captured {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} to perform a slipspace jump into the interior of High Charity, bypassing its exterior defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} Once inside, the Flood used [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] [[dropship]]s to spread both [[Flood combat form|combat]] and [[Flood carrier form|carrier forms]] | At the same time, the Flood made their own entrance, using the captured {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} to perform a slipspace jump into the interior of High Charity, bypassing its exterior defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} Once inside, the Flood used [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] [[dropship]]s to spread both [[Flood combat form|combat]] and [[Flood carrier form|carrier forms]] throughout the city, using the inhabitants as new hosts. The Flood ravaged the Jiralhanae and Sangheili forces, who were already embroiled in conflict. John-117 was unfortunately caught in the middle of the battle, but managed to escape.{{Ref/Reuse|highcharity}} | ||
Eventually, High Charity's Dreadnought took off, with both the [[Prophet of Truth]] and John-117 inside, leaving [[Cortana]] behind to detonate the crashed ''In Amber Clad''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors to destroy the city which in turn would destroy [[Installation 05]] if Tartarus activated it.{{Ref/Reuse|highcharity}} Remaining loyalist and separatist forces either evacuated from the city—likely to be destroyed by the Sangheili quarantine fleet—or were consumed by the Flood, as they overwhelmed all remaining opposition in the city. The Gravemind took complete control of the Sanctum of the Hierarchs, using the [[High Council Chamber]] itself as his "throne room".<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey|Epilogue]]''</ref> The Gravemind made drastic modifications to the former holy city in order to enable it to function without the Keyship that used to power it and to more effectively act as a carrier of the Flood parasite by altering and optimizing the native Covenant technology as well as applying its [[Precursor]]-derived knowledge.<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-9-24-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin - 9.24.14'']</ref> | Eventually, High Charity's Dreadnought took off, with both the [[Prophet of Truth]] and John-117 inside, leaving [[Cortana]] behind to detonate the crashed ''In Amber Clad''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors to destroy the city which in turn would destroy [[Installation 05]] if Tartarus activated it.{{Ref/Reuse|highcharity}} Remaining loyalist and separatist forces either evacuated from the city—likely to be destroyed by the Sangheili quarantine fleet—or were consumed by the Flood, as they overwhelmed all remaining opposition in the city. The Gravemind took complete control of the Sanctum of the Hierarchs, using the [[High Council Chamber]] itself as his "throne room".<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey|Epilogue]]''</ref> The Gravemind made drastic modifications to the former holy city in order to enable it to function without the Keyship that used to power it and to more effectively act as a carrier of the Flood parasite by altering and optimizing the native Covenant technology as well as applying its [[Precursor]]-derived knowledge.<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-9-24-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin - 9.24.14'']</ref> | ||