Editing Battle of Installation 00

|name=Battle of Installation 00

|image=[[File:H3 LesserArkConflict.png|400px]]

|date= [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Fortitude|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/a/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Hero-Fortitude|D=9|M=5|Y=2012|local=Heroes Never Die#Hero-Fortitude}}

|result= '''Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]/[[Fleet of Retribution|Sangheili]] victory'''

*End of the [[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|cov}}

|commanders3=[[Gravemind]]†

|forces1=[[Fleet of Retribution]]/[[Seventh Fleet]]

**1 [[Sangheili]] [[battle group]]{{Ref/Note|Id=composition|See [[Fleet of Retribution#Notes|here]].}}

***1+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

***9+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

**[[Battle Group Victory]]

*Many air vehicles

**Numerous [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] fighters{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

***[[D77H-TCI Pelican]]s{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

**Numerous [[AV-14 Hornet]]s{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

**Many [[Seraph|T-31 Seraph]] fighters

***{{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}}s{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

**[[Forerunner automated turret|Automated turrets]]{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

*[[Mendicant Bias]]

**1+ {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=loot5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 05 Doc1.jpg|Apollo Leader To CDR S. Palmer]]}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Novel=Halo: Envoy}}

**1+ [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot5}}

*Many air vehicles

**Many [[Seraph|T-31 Seraph]] fighters

With support from his accompanying ODST squad and his [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle]], John-117 cleared out two Covenant camps of Jiralhanae, Unggoy, and Kig-Yar. At the second camp, they disrupted the Covenant's efforts to assemble a [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis]]. Emerging on the other side of the Forerunner structures, they linked up with Dubbo and other survivors seeking refuge from the downed Pelican, where a lance of Covenant searched for survivors. Dubbo informed John-117 of the potential landing zone for the ''Dawn''. Upon defeating the Covenant patrol at the Pelican, a pair of [[Qavardu Workshop Prowler|Prowlers]] arrived at the area, but their operators were eliminated by the UNSC. Salvaging both UNSC and Covenant vehicles, John-117 and his team advanced into the Covenant-occupied canyon. At this point, the Covenant have set up an attack force of infantry and {{Pattern|Rizsheda|Shade}}s at a nearby [[Forerunner]] wall, which was defended by [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s. John-117 and his team eliminated the Covenant attackers, and the Sentinels, recognizing the humans as [[Reclaimer]]s, withheld their attacks. [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]], onboard ''Kilo 023'', spotted a structure that was similar to the [[Cartographer]] of [[Installation 04]] on the other side of the wall, and Keyes set the structure as the objective.{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

After entering the wall and emerging from the other side, the UNSC encountered a [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]]. Although the Scarab quickly left the area, the canyon leading from the wall to the Cartographer was defended by a battalion-sized force of Covenant heavy armor, including Choppers, Ghosts, Wraiths, and infantry with [[Pez'tk-pattern fuel rod gun|heavy weapons]], reinforced by a Phantom. Two of the three Warthogs, which emerged from the wall first, were quickly overwhelmed, and their operators were killed. A single [[M12G1 Gauss Warthog]], taking a winding path to the side, was harassed by Ghosts and lost its gunner, though it regrouped with John-117, who had left the group earlier when they travel across the wall. The Spartan commandeered the vehicle and rejoined the Scorpion tanks. John-117 and Stacker then led the Scorpions against the Covenant armor. When the UNSC forces broke through the Covenant defenses, the Scarab returned to the area, with Choppers as its escorts. Stacker ordered Marines from Bravo unit to flank the Scarab to cover John-117's assault on the Scarab. They succeed, with John-117 personally taking down the Scarab. After the Scarab's destruction, the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' arrived at the Cartographer, and Rtas 'Vadum announced that his fleet had destroyed Truth's fleet.{{Ref/Reuse|theark}}

===The Covenant===

Although the Battle of Installation 00 marked the end of the Human-Covenant War, numerous new [[Covenant remnants|splinter factions from the Covenant]] were created in its wake. These factions ranged from pragmatic mercenaries to fanatical religious cultists.{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Escalation|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|5]]}} These factions would come into [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|conflict with each other]], with notable conflicts like [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|a war between the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae]] following the Great Schism, and [[Blooding Years|numerous civil conflicts]] fought between the Swords of Sanghelios and various other Sangheili factions.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/sanghelios|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Locations - Sanghelios|D=20|M=10|Y=2021}}

In [[2558#September|September 2558]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] attempted to unleash the [[Sharquoi]] on the planet [[Carrow]], having retrieved the Sharquoi control device, the ''[[vertex]]'', from the Ark during the Battle of Installation 00. Hekabe's plan was narrowly foiled by [[Gray Team]], [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and elements of the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]].{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}}

==Participants==

! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->

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|{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}

|Destroyed, split in half

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