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Over the course of the engagement on Netherop, the Divine Hand was the objective for all sides involved in the conflict, with the UNSC, Swords, and Banished aiming to each retrieve the weapon to put to use against the [[Created]]. The UNSC and Swords, having managed to get small parties onto the ground, engaged in combat with the Defenders of the Sanctum before eventually pushing into the Sanctum and finding the Divine Hand, having convinced [[Tam 'Lakosee]] that he still believed in the [[Covenant religion]]. By this time, Created [[Harrier-class vessel|harriers]] in orbit had begun to attack the Swords of Sanghelios flotilla alongside the Banished [[drekar]] ''[[Hammer of Fate]]''. Thel 'Vadam used the Divine Hand to destroy the enemy ships in orbit, though was interrupted by 'Lakosee upon realising that 'Vadam intended to destroy Forerunner ships - something he considered heretical. As such, Tam's interference caused the Divine Hand to also fire upon all of the Swords of Sanghelios and UNSC ships in orbit, leaving only the thus-far undetected Banished [[karve]]s to survive the cataclysm.{{Ref/Reuse|OC20}} This firing caused alarm for the Created, resulting in the AI [[Kathara]] authorising the deployment of ''[[Long Reverence]]'', a {{Class|Fortress|vessel}}, to Netherop, though it arrived too late to prevent the weapon from being seized.{{Ref/Novel|Id=OC23|HOut|Chapter=23}}
Over the course of the engagement on Netherop, the Divine Hand was the objective for all sides involved in the conflict, with the UNSC, Swords, and Banished aiming to each retrieve the weapon to put to use against the [[Created]]. The UNSC and Swords, having managed to get small parties onto the ground, engaged in combat with the Defenders of the Sanctum before eventually pushing into the Sanctum and finding the Divine Hand, having convinced [[Tam 'Lakosee]] that he still believed in the [[Covenant religion]]. By this time, Created [[Harrier-class vessel|harriers]] in orbit had begun to attack the Swords of Sanghelios flotilla alongside the Banished [[drekar]] ''[[Hammer of Fate]]''. Thel 'Vadam used the Divine Hand to destroy the enemy ships in orbit, though was interrupted by 'Lakosee upon realising that 'Vadam intended to destroy Forerunner ships - something he considered heretical. As such, Tam's interference caused the Divine Hand to also fire upon all of the Swords of Sanghelios and UNSC ships in orbit, leaving only the thus-far undetected Banished [[karve]]s to survive the cataclysm.{{Ref/Reuse|OC20}} This firing caused alarm for the Created, resulting in the AI [[Kathara]] authorising the deployment of ''[[Long Reverence]]'', a {{Class|Fortress|vessel}}, to Netherop, though it arrived too late to prevent the weapon from being seized.{{Ref/Novel|Id=OC23|HOut|Chapter=23}}


After firing the Divine Hand, the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios agreed to split its component parts up between the two to ensure that neither side would be able to control such a devastating weapon, and to ensure that neither [[Earth]] or [[Sanghelios]] (or any other colony world) would be rendered uninhabitable due to either side's hubris. Keely Iyuska was given charge of the nanodust samples she collected from the Sanctum, while [[Olabisi Varo'dai]] was given charge of the vacuum condenser critical for powering the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|OC21}} When the Banished landed on-world to take control of the weapon, the allied forces attempted a deception tactic, ultimately reasoning that the Banished stood a greater chance of defeating the Created, and that if they used the weapon to destroy their own worlds, it would still be a preferable outcome. However, they could not simply hand over the Divine Hand to avoid raising suspicions, and instead pretended to hide the weapon from Atriox, only for [[Rosa Fuertes]] to interrupt the negotiation and throw the nanodust bags at Atriox. This action initially appeased Atriox, which worried the Arbiter in case he actually fell for the bait. Then - as had been expected - the [[Oath Warden]] [[Crei 'Ayomuu]] stole the vacuum energy condenser and handed it over to [[Eto 'Saljhoo]], who had been his employer. While the Oath Warden believed he had fulfilled his contracted and decieved the allies, they had hoped for him to do that very action. As a result, Atriox left with the entirety of the Divine Hand, save for three sample jars of the dust that had been hidden by Keely Iyuska. After the Banished departed Netherop, Iyuska handed them over to Olympia Vale, under the promise that Vale would put in a good word for Iyuska with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] whenever they returned to the Sanctum site.{{Ref/Reuse|OC24}}
After firing the Divine Hand, the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios agreed to split its component parts up between the two to ensure that neither side would be able to control such a devastating weapon, and to ensure that neither [[Earth]] or [[Sanghelios]] (or any other colony world) would be rendered uninhabitable due to either side's hubris. Keely Iyuska was given charge of the nanodust samples she collected from the Sanctum, while [[Olabisi Varo'dai]] was given charge of the vacuum condenser critical for powering the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|OC21}} When the Banished landed on-world to take control of the weapon, the allied forces attempted a deception tactic, ultimately reasoning that the Banished stood a greater chance of defeating the Created, and that if they used the weapon to destroy their own worlds, it would still be a preferable outcome. However, they could not simply hand over the Divine Hand to avoid raising suspicions, and instead pretended to hide the weapon from Atriox, only for [[Rosa Fuertes]] to interrupt the negotiation and throw the nanodust bags at Atriox. This action initially appeased Atriox, which worried the Arbiter in case he actually fell for the bait. Then - as had been expected - the [[Oath Warden]] [[Crei 'Ayomuu]] stole the vacuum energy condenser and handed it over to [[Eto 'Saljhoo]], who had been his employer. While the Oath Warden believed he had fulfilled his contracted and decieved the allies, they had hoped for him to do that very action. As a result, Atriox left with the entirety of the Divine Hand.{{Ref/Reuse|OC24}}


It is unclear whether the Banished have used the Divine Hand since their acquisition of it, though they may have done to kill the Guardian present, and destroyed, on [[Installation 07]] during the [[Battle over Installation 07|battle over]] the megastructure in the following weeks.
It is unclear whether the Banished have used the Divine Hand since their acquisition of it, though they may have done to kill the Guardian present, and destroyed, on [[Installation 07]] during the [[Battle over Installation 07|battle over]] the megastructure in the following weeks.

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