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|name=Raid on Installation | |name=Raid on Installation 04B | ||
|image= [[File: | |image= [[File:FUD Escaping The Ark.jpg|300px]] | ||
|conflict= | |conflict=Human-Covenant War | ||
|date=[[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]<ref name="Fortitude">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> | |date=[[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]<ref name="Fortitude">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> | ||
|place=[[Installation | |place=[[Installation 04B]] | ||
|result=Decisive and final [[UNSC]]/[[ | |result=Decisive and final [[UNSC]]/[[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|separatist]] victory | ||
*Installation 00 severely damaged and Installation | *Installation 00 severely damaged and Installation 04B destroyed<ref name="Array">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/the-halo-array/7ec5ea56-3d8c-4644-a760-5baa8f35166c '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Array'']</ref> | ||
*Flood threat neutralized | *Flood threat neutralized | ||
*''Forward Unto Dawn'' escapes | *''Forward Unto Dawn'' escapes | ||
**Bow section returns to Earth | **Bow section returns to Earth | ||
**Aft section left drifting in space | **Aft section left drifting in space | ||
|side1= | |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]<br/> | ||
[[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction]] | |||
|side2= | |side2=[[Flood]] | ||
|side3= | |side3=[[Forerunner]] | ||
|commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] | |commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] | ||
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] | *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] | ||
|commanders2=[[Gravemind]]† | |commanders2=*[[Gravemind]]† | ||
|commanders3=[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{C|[[Wounded in action|WIA]]}} | |commanders3=*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{C|[[wikipedia:Wounded in action|WIA]]}} | ||
|forces1=* | |forces1=*SPARTAN-II (1) | ||
*[[Cortana|UNSC AI]] (1) | *[[Cortana|UNSC AI]] (1) | ||
* | *Separatist Sangheili Arbiter (1) | ||
*[[Sergeant Major|SgtMaj]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] | *[[Sergeant Major|SgtMaj]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] | ||
*{{ | *{{UNSCship|Forward Unto Dawn}} | ||
*[[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog]] (1) | *[[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog]] (1) | ||
*[[ | *[[Pelican dropship]] (1) | ||
|forces2=*Many [[ | |forces2=*Many [[Flood infection form]]s | ||
*Many [[Flood combat form]]s | *Many [[Flood combat form]]s | ||
*Many [[Flood carrier form]]s | *Many [[Flood carrier form]]s | ||
*Many [[Flood pure form]]s | *Many [[Flood pure form]]s | ||
*Multiple [[Flood dispersal pod]]s | *Multiple [[Flood dispersal pod]]s | ||
|forces3=*Numerous [[ | |forces3=*Numerous [[Sentinels]] | ||
|casual1=*Sergeant Johnson | |casual1=*Sergeant Johnson | ||
*John-117 and Cortana | *John-117 and Cortana MIA | ||
*''Forward Unto Dawn'' crippled | *''Forward Unto Dawn'' crippled | ||
|casual2=* | |casual2=*All remaining Flood forces | ||
|casual3=*343 Guilty Spark | |casual3=*343 Guilty Spark | ||
* | *All Sentinels | ||
*Installation | *Installation 04B | ||
*Installation 00 heavily damaged | *Installation 00 heavily damaged | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Raid on Installation 04B''' was a small engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]-[[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|Covenant separatist]] alliance, [[the Flood]] and later the [[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]]s acting under [[343 Guilty Spark]]'s orders. It took place immediately after the [[Raid on High Charity|raid]] on [[High Charity]] and marked the end of both the [[Battle of Installation 00]] and the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (level)|Halo]]''</ref> | |||
==Background== | |||
== | |||
===Battle of Installation 00=== | ===Battle of Installation 00=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Installation 00}} | {{Main|Battle of Installation 00}} | ||
After realizing that the [[Prophet of Truth]] had gained access to the Ark, a joint UNSC- | After realizing that the [[Prophet of Truth]] had gained access to the Ark, a joint UNSC-Covenant separatist attack force was sent through [[The Portal|the Portal]] to combat the Covenant loyalist force there, and stop the Covenant form activating the [[Halo Array]] and destroying all sentient life in the galaxy. | ||
The combined forces of the UNSC- | The combined forces of the UNSC-separatist alliance was enough to completely destroy the Loyalist forces and prevent the Halo Array from firing. However, the arrival of the [[Flood hive]] on High Charity changed the course of the battle. [[John-117]] set out for High Charity. His goal was to retrieve a copy of Installation 04's index from the captured [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] and fire off the newly rebuilt Halo, completely destroying the Flood in and around the Ark. | ||
===Raid on High Charity=== | ===Raid on High Charity=== | ||
{{Main|Raid on High Charity}} | {{Main|Raid on High Charity}} | ||
John-117 landed in High Charity and combated Flood forces deep into their hive. After fighting through waves of Flood forms, he retrieved Cortana, and therefore, the activation index she acquired during the events of the original [[Battle of Installation 04]]. The SPARTAN then set High Charity's secondary reactors to explode. He met up with [[Thel 'Vadam]], who had also ventured into the hive to help him, and they took off in a [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]] to activate Installation | John-117 landed in High Charity and combated Flood forces deep into their hive. After fighting through waves of Flood forms, he retrieved Cortana, and therefore, the activation index she acquired during the events of the original [[Battle of Installation 04]]. The SPARTAN then set High Charity's secondary reactors to explode. He met up with [[Thel 'Vadam]], who had also ventured into the hive to help him, and they took off in a [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]] to activate Installation 04B and destroy the [[Flood]]. As they left, High Charity exploded, killing nearly all of the Flood there. Meanwhile, the human and separatist survivors from Installation 00 were evacuated to the separatist [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' which headed back to Earth through the portal. | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
John-117 piloted the damaged Pelican and crash-landed the dropship nearby the Installation's [[control room]]. At the same time, [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] landed the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} on the Installation, far away from the control room. On foot, John, along with Cortana and Thel 'Vadam, made their way to the control room. The Gravemind, succumbing from the damage inflicted upon him from the High Charity explosion, sent waves of [[Flood dispersal pod]]s to prevent the activation of the Installation. The SPARTAN and the Arbiter fought through the Flood forces as they progressed to the top of the tower, with some assistances from the [[Sentinel]]s and Sergent Johnson. Once at the top, the team met up with the sergeant, secured the area and entered the control room. | |||
John-117 crash-landed the | |||
Once inside, the team hesitantly tried to activate the Installation immediately. [[343 Guilty Spark]], after realizing that firing the partially-completed Installation would destroy the megastructure as well as the Ark, turned against the team. His initial attack mortally wounded the sergeant and blasted the former Arbiter out of the control room. John-117 was severely injured by the initial blast to the point of draining his shield. The SPARTAN was locked into a battle with the rampant Monitor and struggled to destroy it. The mortally wounded Sergeant Johnson took the rogue Monitor by surprise with his [[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser]], temporarily incapacitated the Forerunner construct. John, seizing the moment, used the sergeant's Spartan Laser to destroy Guilty Spark. John tended to the grievously wounded sergeant, whose dying words being ''"send me out, with a bang."'' Cortana gave her condolence and activated the Installation using the Activation Index. | |||
[[ | |||
The team | As the team exited the control room, they find themselves having to battle against the Sentinels and the Flood. The team made their way out of the vicinity of the tower and commandeered an abandoned [[Warthog]] left behind by Sergeant Johnson. With the vehicle, the team rode to the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' as fast as they could, passing through a labyrinth of construction tunnels, and collapsing platforms. The team eventually made it to the ''Dawn'' by crash-landing into the ship's cargo bay. Thel quickly climbed to the bridge and started piloting the ship to safety, while John struggled to hold on in the cargo bay of the vessel. As they approached the Portal, the Installation fired. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
This battle marked the end of the Flood threat. As the incomplete Installation 04B fired, it obliterated the Ark, along with all Flood and Sentinel forces as well as any surviving Covenant forces present on both constructs.<ref name="Array"/> | |||
This battle | |||
While ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was entering the Portal the field collapsed, severing the ship in two. The bow, with Thel inside, made it to the exit coordinates above Earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean. The stern section was less fortunate, being thrown out of the collapsing slipspace field on the way. John and Cortana were trapped in the wreckage as it drifted in space for several years, eventually being caught in the gravity of [[Requiem]], a Forerunner [[shield world]], in [[2557]]. This led to a series of [[Battle of Requiem|series of skirmishes]] as the Master Chief and Cortana struggled to find a way back to human space, opposed by a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|reformed Covenant | While ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was entering the Portal the field collapsed, severing the ship in two. The bow, with Thel inside, made it to the exit coordinates above Earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean. The stern section was less fortunate, being thrown out of the collapsing slipspace field on the way. John and Cortana were trapped in the wreckage as it drifted in space for several years, eventually being caught in the gravity of [[Requiem]], a Forerunner [[shield world]], in [[2557]]. This led to a series of [[First Battle of Requiem|series of skirmishes]] as the Master Chief and Cortana struggled to find a way back to human space, opposed by a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|reformed Covenant sect]] which had sought out Requiem and the [[Promethean]] forces within the shield world.<ref>'''Halo 4'''</ref> | ||
Some time after the battle, the UNSC dispatched a number of scouting groups to the wreckage of the Ark. While it was originally assumed that 343 Guilty Spark was destroyed by John-117, it was later found that he survived his damages, albeit in an irreversibly damaged state. He sent a distress signal that was heard by the UNSC teams. In response, a scout vessel, {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}, was sent to investigate. The crew discovered the remains of Guilty Spark's monitor shell among the wreckage and brought him back to the ship,<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports|Eleventh Hour report 4]]'''</ref> where he told them [[Halo: Primordium|his life story]]. Afterward, his crippled shell was jettisoned into space. Just before this, however, he uploaded his consciousness into the ship's computer, purged its AI, rendered the crew unconscious, and set a course for where he believed the [[Librarian]] to be.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium'''</ref> | |||
Some time after the battle, the UNSC dispatched | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Soiark.jpg|John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Cortana approach Installation 04B on a Pelican while the ''Shadow of Intent'' looms below. | |||
File:Soiark.jpg|John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Cortana approach Installation | |||
File:1578645048 c67a9b7a49 b.jpg|The Pelican crash-landing in the installation's canyons. | File:1578645048 c67a9b7a49 b.jpg|The Pelican crash-landing in the installation's canyons. | ||
File: | File:1578649590 bd337a0283 b.jpg|The trio enters the Control Room. | ||
File:DeathofAveryJohnson.jpg|Guilty Spark mortally wounds Johnson. | |||
File:DeathofAveryJohnson.jpg| | |||
File:ChiefBeam-large.jpg|The replacement Halo is activated. | File:ChiefBeam-large.jpg|The replacement Halo is activated. | ||
File:1577758987 aa8783f570 b.jpg|John-117 and the Arbiter race through the collapsing Halo. | File:1577758987 aa8783f570 b.jpg|John-117 and the Arbiter race through the collapsing Halo. | ||
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*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | ||
**''[[Origins]]'' | **''[[Origins]]'' | ||
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