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Shortly after the fleet's arrival at Halo, a small scouting force with the [[Ruma-pattern light carrier|carrier]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' as its flagship was sent from ''[[High Charity]]'' to accompany the fleet in the recovery of the Forerunner construct.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 68'' (2001 edition)</ref>{{Ref/Note|In ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]'' featured in the Adjunct section of the 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Flood'', it is stated that the ''Ascendant Justice'' was already present at Installation 04 during the Battle of Installation 04. Meanwhile, page 68 of ''Halo: First Strike'' (2001 edition) specifies the ship was part of a scouting picket from ''High Charity'', separate from the Fleet of Particular Justice. From this, it can be inferred that ''Ascendant Justice'' and its scouting picket must have arrived before or very early into the battle.}} Over the next several days, the fleet remained in orbit around Halo, sending numerous troops to the surface in an attempt to both learn the secrets of the ring and to eliminate the human presence. Because the ring was considered sacred, the fleet was unable to simply wipe the humans out from orbit as they were accustomed to doing. | Shortly after the fleet's arrival at Halo, a small scouting force with the [[Ruma-pattern light carrier|carrier]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' as its flagship was sent from ''[[High Charity]]'' to accompany the fleet in the recovery of the Forerunner construct.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 68'' (2001 edition)</ref>{{Ref/Note|In ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]'' featured in the Adjunct section of the 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Flood'', it is stated that the ''Ascendant Justice'' was already present at Installation 04 during the Battle of Installation 04. Meanwhile, page 68 of ''Halo: First Strike'' (2001 edition) specifies the ship was part of a scouting picket from ''High Charity'', separate from the Fleet of Particular Justice. From this, it can be inferred that ''Ascendant Justice'' and its scouting picket must have arrived before or very early into the battle.}} Over the next several days, the fleet remained in orbit around Halo, sending numerous troops to the surface in an attempt to both learn the secrets of the ring and to eliminate the human presence. Because the ring was considered sacred, the fleet was unable to simply wipe the humans out from orbit as they were accustomed to doing. | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Fleet waiting for Autumn.jpg|thumb|250px|The fleet awaiting the arrival of the ''Pillar of Autumn''.]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Fleet waiting for Autumn.jpg|thumb|250px|The fleet awaiting the arrival of the ''Pillar of Autumn''.]] | ||
Over the course of the battle, an internal crisis occurred within the fleet between Supreme Commander 'Vadamee and the Prophet of Stewardship. After the Prophet sent several artifact retrieval teams to a supposed [[Flood containment facility|Forerunner weapons cache]], 'Vadamee ordered the Minor Prophet to stop misappropriating his forces. Receiving no response, 'Vadamee dispatched a team to ''Ascendant Justice'' to relieve the Prophet of his duties until the human forces were eliminated. However, Stewardship had the incoming ship destroyed and vowed to do the same with any future attempt to challenge his authority. 'Vadamee prepared to personally lead a strike force to apprehend the Prophet, but this was interrupted by the revelation that the [[Flood]] had broken loose on the ring. Meanwhile, the Prophet of Stewardship relocated with his personal security contingent to | Over the course of the battle, an internal crisis occurred within the fleet between Supreme Commander 'Vadamee and the Prophet of Stewardship. After the Prophet sent several artifact retrieval teams to a supposed [[Flood containment facility|Forerunner weapons cache]], 'Vadamee ordered the Minor Prophet to stop misappropriating his forces. Receiving no response, 'Vadamee dispatched a team to ''Ascendant Justice'' to relieve the Prophet of his duties until the human forces were eliminated. However, Stewardship had the incoming ship destroyed and vowed to do the same with any future attempt to challenge his authority. 'Vadamee prepared to personally lead a strike force to apprehend the Prophet, but this was interrupted by the revelation that the [[Flood]] had broken loose on the ring. Meanwhile, the Prophet of Stewardship relocated with his personal security contingent to ''Truth and Reconciliation''. 'Vadamee and his team subsequently boarded ''Ascendant Justice'' whose crew quickly swore allegiance to him.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} | ||
On September 21, the fleet's [[Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]], ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', was boarded and subsequently hijacked by the [[Flood]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> Realizing that the battle on Halo's surface would be lost due to the overwhelming Flood, Supreme Commander 'Vadamee ordered the Fleet of Particular Justice to retreat from Halo—ignoring the Prophet of Stewardship's fleet-wide requests of rescue aboard the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' was taken over by first the Flood and then the humans, but was ultimately destroyed by being crashed into the installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> Upon learning that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] was about to detonate the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s engines in an effort to destroy Halo, 'Vadamee ordered all surviving ships to take refuge behind [[Threshold]] to avoid being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} The fleet suffered extremely heavy losses by the end of the battle.{{Ref/Level|CE|[[The Maw]]|Quote=An entire Covenant fleet obliterated, and the Flood! We had no choice}} | On September 21, the fleet's [[Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]], ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', was boarded and subsequently hijacked by the [[Flood]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> Realizing that the battle on Halo's surface would be lost due to the overwhelming Flood, Supreme Commander 'Vadamee ordered the Fleet of Particular Justice to retreat from Halo—ignoring the Prophet of Stewardship's fleet-wide requests of rescue aboard the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' was taken over by first the Flood and then the humans, but was ultimately destroyed by being crashed into the installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> Upon learning that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] was about to detonate the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s engines in an effort to destroy Halo, 'Vadamee ordered all surviving ships to take refuge behind [[Threshold]] to avoid being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} The fleet suffered extremely heavy losses by the end of the battle.{{Ref/Level|CE|[[The Maw]]|Quote=An entire Covenant fleet obliterated, and the Flood! We had no choice}} |