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Over the next month, fighting would [[Battle for Earth|spread across]] the planet, as Covenant warships continued to arrive, attacking targets such as [[North America]],<ref name="loot2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref> [[Australia]]<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', page 287 (2011)</ref> and the [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctic]], as well as the [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] and [[Cuba]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''Chapter 23''</ref> Despite the widespread combat across the globe, the Covenant under command of the Prophet of Truth and his Jiralhanae loyalists continued to focus most of their attention in eastern Africa, deploying an array of extensive defences around the excavation site around the ruins of Mombasa and [[Battle of Kenya|heavily occupying]] the surrounding region of Kenya, including the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] and the industrial city of [[Voi]].<ref name="tsavo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} The final remaining [[UNSC]] stronghold in the region by mid-November was the 20th century [[Military base|airbase]] [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]. During the latter days of the Battle of Kenya, the base would house large numbers of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] wounded during the ongoing conflict.<ref name="crows"/> | Over the next month, fighting would [[Battle for Earth|spread across]] the planet, as Covenant warships continued to arrive, attacking targets such as [[North America]],<ref name="loot2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref> [[Australia]]<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', page 287 (2011)</ref> and the [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctic]], as well as the [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] and [[Cuba]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''Chapter 23''</ref> Despite the widespread combat across the globe, the Covenant under command of the Prophet of Truth and his Jiralhanae loyalists continued to focus most of their attention in eastern Africa, deploying an array of extensive defences around the excavation site around the ruins of Mombasa and [[Battle of Kenya|heavily occupying]] the surrounding region of Kenya, including the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] and the industrial city of [[Voi]].<ref name="tsavo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} The final remaining [[UNSC]] stronghold in the region by mid-November was the 20th century [[Military base|airbase]] [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]. During the latter days of the Battle of Kenya, the base would house large numbers of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] wounded during the ongoing conflict.<ref name="crows"/> | ||
During the onset of the [[Great Schism]] on November 3, 2552, [[Chieftain | During the onset of the [[Great Schism]] on November 3, 2552, [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]] would attempt to activate [[Installation 05]] using the captured [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]]. Ultimately he would be [[Battle for the Control Room (Installation 05)|stopped]] by the combined forces of [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee and [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] and the activation sequence would be averted. Despite this, Installation 05 would be moved to standby mode whereby it, along with the remaining Halo rings were primed to be activated remotely from [[Installation 00|the Ark]], which lay outside the rim of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy and accessible by means of the portal on Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref> To accomplish this goal, the Prophet of Truth departed from [[High Charity]] on board the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' as the Covenant holy city fell to the [[Flood]] and made a slipspace jump to the [[Sol system]], accompanied by remaining Jiralhanae-held ships of the splintered [[High Charity defense fleet]]. Unbeknownst to the Prophet of Truth, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] had managed to stow away on the vessel as it decoupled from High Charity.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | ||
While [[Sangheili]] warships remained in the [[Coelest system]] to quarantine the Flood-infested Installation 05 and High Charity, Commander Keyes and Sergeant Johnson, along with Thel 'Vadam and [[343 Guilty Spark]], the monitor of the [[Battle of Installation 04|destroyed]] [[Installation 04]] departed for Earth in pursuit of the Prophet of Truth. While Truth's arrival at Africa would be [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|delayed]] as the Covenant forces on the ''Anodyne Spirit'' attempted to repel the Spartan, Keyes and her forces would arrive on Earth around November 15.{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} Keyes would quickly take command of Crow's Nest, coordinating UNSC resistance against the Covenant and devising a plan to assault the Covenant excavation site beneath the ruins of Mombasa.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} On November 17, the ''Anodyne Spirit'' would descend into Earth's atmosphere, ultimately coming to rest on the now-mostly excavated portal while John-117 was forced to bail out of the ship, landing in the jungles of [[Tanzania]]. The Spartan was easily located due to the efforts of UNSC forces battling in [[Pakistan]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Landfall]]''', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''</ref> and several squads of Marines led by Sergeant Johnson managed to [[Recovery of John-117|recover]] John-117 and bring him to Crow's Nest.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Arrival]]''</ref>{{Ref/Level|Id=sierra117|Game=Halo 3|Level=Sierra 117}} | While [[Sangheili]] warships remained in the [[Coelest system]] to quarantine the Flood-infested Installation 05 and High Charity, Commander Keyes and Sergeant Johnson, along with Thel 'Vadam and [[343 Guilty Spark]], the monitor of the [[Battle of Installation 04|destroyed]] [[Installation 04]] departed for Earth in pursuit of the Prophet of Truth. While Truth's arrival at Africa would be [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|delayed]] as the Covenant forces on the ''Anodyne Spirit'' attempted to repel the Spartan, Keyes and her forces would arrive on Earth around November 15.{{Ref/Reuse|coastal}} Keyes would quickly take command of Crow's Nest, coordinating UNSC resistance against the Covenant and devising a plan to assault the Covenant excavation site beneath the ruins of Mombasa.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} On November 17, the ''Anodyne Spirit'' would descend into Earth's atmosphere, ultimately coming to rest on the now-mostly excavated portal while John-117 was forced to bail out of the ship, landing in the jungles of [[Tanzania]]. The Spartan was easily located due to the efforts of UNSC forces battling in [[Pakistan]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Landfall]]''', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''</ref> and several squads of Marines led by Sergeant Johnson managed to [[Recovery of John-117|recover]] John-117 and bring him to Crow's Nest.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Arrival]]''</ref>{{Ref/Level|Id=sierra117|Game=Halo 3|Level=Sierra 117}} |