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The team departed High Charity on board three {{Pattern|Kez'katu|Phantom}}s, soaring past the remnants of Installation 04 towards [[Threshold]]. As they travelled, Commander 'Vadumee delivered a motivational speech to the troops under his command. As the Phantoms entered the gas giant's tempestuous atmosphere and closed with the large installation on which the gas mine was attached, 'Vadumee confronted the newly appointed Arbiter. His former commander, 'Vadumee now viewed Thel 'Vadamee with disdain following his failure to safeguard the Halo ring, and made it clear that while the lives of his troops mattered to him, the life of 'Vadamee did not. As the Phantoms closed with the gas mine, one of their pilots reported that the enormous maelstrom below the mine would undoubtedly strike the facility before long, to which 'Vadumee responded that the strike team will have long since accomplished their mission and departed by then. The Phantoms eventually arrived atop one of the many towers surrounding the main structure, and two of them deployed their complements of troops, including 'Vadamee.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
The team departed High Charity on board three {{Pattern|Kez'katu|Phantom}}s, soaring past the remnants of Installation 04 towards [[Threshold]]. As they travelled, Commander 'Vadumee delivered a motivational speech to the troops under his command. As the Phantoms entered the gas giant's tempestuous atmosphere and closed with the large installation on which the gas mine was attached, 'Vadumee confronted the newly appointed Arbiter. His former commander, 'Vadumee now viewed Thel 'Vadamee with disdain following his failure to safeguard the Halo ring, and made it clear that while the lives of his troops mattered to him, the life of 'Vadamee did not. As the Phantoms closed with the gas mine, one of their pilots reported that the enormous maelstrom below the mine would undoubtedly strike the facility before long, to which 'Vadumee responded that the strike team will have long since accomplished their mission and departed by then. The Phantoms eventually arrived atop one of the many towers surrounding the main structure, and two of them deployed their complements of troops, including 'Vadamee.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
[[File:H2A SpecOpsVsHereticGrunts.png|thumb|250px|Special Operations troops battling heretic Unggoy.]]
[[File:H2A SpecOpsVsHereticGrunts.png|thumb|250px|Special Operations troops battling heretic Unggoy.]]
As the team made their way towards the nearest airlock, 'Vadumee encouraged the Arbiter to make use of stealth and speed in concert with the Special Operations unit to quickly eliminate the heretic forces, notifying the team that the nearby storm had masked their approach from the heretics, and thrown their local [[Proselytization network#Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|battle network]] into disarray, granting the team with the element of surprise. One of the teams [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili]] used a console to open the airlock, and the first [[lance]] made their way inside. The lance's commander ordered his troops to engage their [[active camouflage]], telling them to only reveal themselves once the Arbiter initiated open combat with enemy forces. 'Vadumee told the Arbiter that he could also cloak himself, but had to use it sparingly as his [[Arbiter body armor|armor]]'s systems were of a more primitive design than those of modern Sangheili [[Sangheili harness|armor]]. Upon arriving at the first room inside the gas mine, the team found a group of sleeping heretic Unggoy and a pair of patrolling Sangheili. They overheard the Sangheili conversing about missing troops, as well as the presence of 343 Guilty Spark and his Sentinels. The team quickly took out the heretic soldiers and moved forward into a larger area with several energy belts ferrying Forerunner [[Forerunner gas canister|gas canisters]] into a deep pit. This larger room was occupied by more heretics and a battle soon erupted but the Covenant, with the support of a [[Type-42 plasma cannon|''Shepsu''-pattern plasma cannon]], emerged victorious. The team pressed on, descending to a lower level below the conveyor room and eliminating several more heretics, including a group arriving from a nearby elevator. With the area clear, the Arbiter and his team boarded the elevator and descended towards a hangar bay containing a single {{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}}. One of the Sangheili in the team observed the presence of Aggressor Sentinels in the room, noting with confusion their allegiance to the heretic forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
As the team made their way towards the nearest airlock, 'Vadumee encouraged the Arbiter to make use of stealth and speed in concert with the Special Operations unit to quickly eliminate the heretic forces, notifying the team that the nearby storm had masked their approach from the heretics, and thrown their local [[Proselytization network#Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|battle network]] into disarray, granting the team with the element of surprise. One of the teams [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili]] used a console to open the airlock, and the first [[lance]] made their way inside. The lance's commander ordered his troops to engage their [[active camouflage]], telling them to only reveal themselves once the Arbiter initiated open combat with enemy forces. 'Vadumee told the Arbiter that he could also cloak himself, but had to use it sparingly as his [[Arbiter body armor|armor]]'s systems were of a more primitive design than those of modern Sangheili [[Sangheili harness|armor]]. Upon arriving at the first room inside the gas mine, the team found a group of sleeping heretic Unggoy and a pair of patrolling Sangheili. They overheard the Sangheili conversing about missing troops, as well as the presence of 343 Guilty Spark and his Sentinels. The team quickly took out the heretic soldiers and moved forward into a larger area with several [[Conveyor belt|energy belts]] ferrying Forerunner [[Forerunner gas canister|gas canisters]] into a deep pit. This larger room was occupied by more heretics and a battle soon erupted but the Covenant, with the support of a [[Type-42 plasma cannon|''Shepsu''-pattern plasma cannon]], emerged victorious. The team pressed on, descending to a lower level below the conveyor room and eliminating several more heretics, including a group arriving from a nearby elevator. With the area clear, the Arbiter and his team boarded the elevator and descended towards a hangar bay containing a single {{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}}. One of the Sangheili in the team observed the presence of Aggressor Sentinels in the room, noting with confusion their allegiance to the heretic forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
[[File:H2A SecondLanceDeployed.png|thumb|left|250px|A Phantom deploying the strike team's second lance into the hangar bay.]]
[[File:H2A SecondLanceDeployed.png|thumb|left|250px|A Phantom deploying the strike team's second lance into the hangar bay.]]
As the Arbiter and his team engaged in combat with the numerous heretic and Sentinel forces in the hangar, one of the strike team's Phantom pilots radioed 'Vadamee, requesting that they clear out the room and open the bay door so that he could enter and deploy the second lance to assist the team. The group fought their way across the room and the Arbiter opened the door. The Phantom entered and deployed reinforcements while the Arbiter assisted in repelling the attacks of both Sentinels and several fuel rod gun-wielding Unggoy. The heretics launched a final attack on the room, with groups of Unggoy and Sangheili entering from various doors around the room, including one leading deeper into the station. The heretics fought determinedly to stop the Covenant forces, with Unggoy setting up plasma cannons and an energy-sword wielding Sangheili but all of them fell to the Arbiter and his men. With the hangar clear, the team opted to follow the passageway deeper into the mine. They fought more heretics in close quarters, before emerging into another conveyor room where they encountered several heretic Sangheili wielding [[Sentinel beam]]s. Overcoming all resistance in the room, the group found another door taking them even deeper. The group proceeded through the twisting corridors, silencing several patrolling and unaware heretic soldiers as they went. The Arbiter and his forces eventually reached a room with a large window looking out onto a landing pad with several parked {{Pattern|Drailaac|Banshee}}s and heretics, including Sesa 'Refumee. the heretic leader ordered his soldiers to eliminate the Arbiter while he protected the "Oracle", before leaving in a Banshee. The strike team defeated the remaining heretics as well as several more Sentinels before pressing out to the landing pad. One of the team's Sangheili told 'Vadamee to continue his pursuit while they remained behind to secure the areas of the station they had passed through.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
As the Arbiter and his team engaged in combat with the numerous heretic and Sentinel forces in the hangar, one of the strike team's Phantom pilots radioed 'Vadamee, requesting that they clear out the room and open the bay door so that he could enter and deploy the second lance to assist the team. The group fought their way across the room and the Arbiter opened the door. The Phantom entered and deployed reinforcements while the Arbiter assisted in repelling the attacks of both Sentinels and several fuel rod gun-wielding Unggoy. The heretics launched a final attack on the room, with groups of Unggoy and Sangheili entering from various doors around the room, including one leading deeper into the station. The heretics fought determinedly to stop the Covenant forces, with Unggoy setting up plasma cannons and an energy-sword wielding Sangheili but all of them fell to the Arbiter and his men. With the hangar clear, the team opted to follow the passageway deeper into the mine. They fought more heretics in close quarters, before emerging into another conveyor room where they encountered several heretic Sangheili wielding [[Sentinel beam]]s. Overcoming all resistance in the room, the group found another door taking them even deeper. The group proceeded through the twisting corridors, silencing several patrolling and unaware heretic soldiers as they went. The Arbiter and his forces eventually reached a room with a large window looking out onto a landing pad with several parked {{Pattern|Drailaac|Banshee}}s and heretics, including Sesa 'Refumee. the heretic leader ordered his soldiers to eliminate the Arbiter while he protected the "Oracle", before leaving in a Banshee. The strike team defeated the remaining heretics as well as several more Sentinels before pressing out to the landing pad. One of the team's Sangheili told 'Vadamee to continue his pursuit while they remained behind to secure the areas of the station they had passed through.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
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The Arbiter ascended up a series of winding ramps, fighting Flood forms until he reached an elevator platform guarded by Sentinels. After dealing with them, 'Vadamee took the elevator up to the room in which the cable was anchored to the station. 'Vadumee reported that all of the strike force's Phantoms had left the facility, allowing the Arbiter to cut the cable. The Arbiter made his way around the room battling Flood and Sentinels as he located three points where the cable was anchored. After using his energy sword to sever these points, the Arbiter quickly returned to the elevator platform as the station violently tore away from the cable, plummeting into freefall. Upon returning to the station, the Arbiter made his way back to the door that had previously been sealed, fighting Flood and surviving heretics as he went. A group of heretic soldiers waited inside the formerly-shielded room that 'Refumee had since vacated, one of them yelling to his men to give their lives for the truths that the heretics had realized about the Covenant. The Arbiter soon slew 'Refumee's rearguard and took an elevator down, making his way through a chamber with a massive generator in the center and fighting past several more heretics as he went, including an energy sword-wielding Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Oracle}}
The Arbiter ascended up a series of winding ramps, fighting Flood forms until he reached an elevator platform guarded by Sentinels. After dealing with them, 'Vadamee took the elevator up to the room in which the cable was anchored to the station. 'Vadumee reported that all of the strike force's Phantoms had left the facility, allowing the Arbiter to cut the cable. The Arbiter made his way around the room battling Flood and Sentinels as he located three points where the cable was anchored. After using his energy sword to sever these points, the Arbiter quickly returned to the elevator platform as the station violently tore away from the cable, plummeting into freefall. Upon returning to the station, the Arbiter made his way back to the door that had previously been sealed, fighting Flood and surviving heretics as he went. A group of heretic soldiers waited inside the formerly-shielded room that 'Refumee had since vacated, one of them yelling to his men to give their lives for the truths that the heretics had realized about the Covenant. The Arbiter soon slew 'Refumee's rearguard and took an elevator down, making his way through a chamber with a massive generator in the center and fighting past several more heretics as he went, including an energy sword-wielding Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Oracle}}
[[File:H2A ThelVsSesaBanshee.png|thumb|250px|The Arbiter exchanges shots with 'Refumee's Banshee.]]
[[File:H2A ThelVsSesaBanshee.png|thumb|250px|The Arbiter exchanges shots with 'Refumee's Banshee.]]
The Arbiter soon found himself in close pursuit of the heretic leader, and the two traded shots even as 'Refumee ran for a Banshee on the nearby landing pad. The heretic made it to the Banshee as Thel arrived, the latter firing several shots from his {{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}} at the Banshee. Unfortunately, these shots were absorbed by the Banshee's [[Energy shielding|energy shield]] and he was forced to roll into cover behind another parked Banshee as 'Refumee opened fire with his Banshee's [[Class-2 directed energy cannon|plasma cannons]]. 'Refumee then flew away, making for the hangar bay where his single Seraph fighter was parked. The Arbiter was quick to pursue, taking control of the remaining Banshee on the platform and racing after the heretic leader while dodging pieces of the station that were breaking off as it continued to fall into the raging maelstrom. Initially believing the heretic to be making an impossible escape from the station in a Banshee, 'Vadumee remembered the presence of the Seraph in the hangar and urged the Arbiter to make his way back after the heretic. 'Vadamee attempted to land his Banshee on the platform leading into the station but the roaring winds caused him to instead crash violently into it. Unharmed, the Sangheili pulled himself up and hastily made his way through the door and back inside. Once back in the station, the Arbiter was forced to backtrack the path he had taken during his initial push through the mine. On the way, he was accosted by Flood forms as well as Sentinels as he raced through the darkened corridors which were now only illuminated by red emergency lighting. As he passed through a conveyor room in which all of the energy belts were now inactive, he encountered several surviving heretics who were attempting to flee back to the hangar to cover their leader. After cutting through these forces and making his way through corridors filled with Flood forms, he found a final heretic strongpoint in the final room before the hangar. Here, the heretics mustered their remaining forces; numerous Sangheili and Unggoy took cover behind [[Covenant portable shield|stationery shield generators]] and fought furiously against encroaching Flood forms as well as the Arbiter in order to buy 'Refumee time to escape. 'Vadamee eventually broke through these defenses and made his way into the hangar bay.{{Ref/Reuse|Oracle}}
The Arbiter soon found himself in close pursuit of the heretic leader, and the two traded shots even as 'Refumee ran for a Banshee on the nearby landing pad. The heretic made it to the Banshee as Thel arrived, the latter firing several shots from his [[Type-51 Carbine|''Vostu''-pattern carbine]] at the Banshee. Unfortunately, these shots were absorbed by the Banshee's [[Energy shielding|energy shield]] and he was forced to roll into cover behind another parked Banshee as 'Refumee opened fire with his Banshee's [[Class-2 directed energy cannon|plasma cannons]]. 'Refumee then flew away, making for the hangar bay where his single Seraph fighter was parked. The Arbiter was quick to pursue, taking control of the remaining Banshee on the platform and racing after the heretic leader while dodging pieces of the station that were breaking off as it continued to fall into the raging maelstrom. Initially believing the heretic to be making an impossible escape from the station in a Banshee, 'Vadumee remembered the presence of the Seraph in the hangar and urged the Arbiter to make his way back after the heretic. 'Vadamee attempted to land his Banshee on the platform leading into the station but the roaring winds caused him to instead crash violently into it. Unharmed, the Sangheili pulled himself up and hastily made his way through the door and back inside. Once back in the station, the Arbiter was forced to backtrack the path he had taken during his initial push through the mine. On the way, he was accosted by Flood forms as well as Sentinels as he raced through the darkened corridors which were now only illuminated by red emergency lighting. As he passed through a conveyor room in which all of the energy belts were now inactive, he encountered several surviving heretics who were attempting to flee back to the hangar to cover their leader. After cutting through these forces and making his way through corridors filled with Flood forms, he found a final heretic strongpoint in the final room before the hangar. Here, the heretics mustered their remaining forces; numerous Sangheili and Unggoy took cover behind [[Covenant portable shield|stationery shield generators]] and fought furiously against encroaching Flood forms as well as the Arbiter in order to buy 'Refumee time to escape. 'Vadamee eventually broke through these defenses and made his way into the hangar bay.{{Ref/Reuse|Oracle}}


===Final confrontation===
===Final confrontation===
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File:H2A SpecOpsVsCombatForms.png|SpecOps troops fighting Flood combat forms.
File:H2A SpecOpsVsCombatForms.png|SpecOps troops fighting Flood combat forms.
File:H2A PhantomReinforcements.png|A Phantom deploying reinforcements to assist the Arbiter.
File:H2A PhantomReinforcements.png|A Phantom deploying reinforcements to assist the Arbiter.
File:H2A-Gas mine free-fall.png|The gas mine in free-fall after the Arbiter destroyed its cable.
File:H2A-Gas mine free-fall.png|The gas mine in free-fall after the Arbiter destroyed it's cable.
File:H2A LurkingHeretics.png|Heretic Sangheili guarding the formerly-shielded doorway.  
File:H2A LurkingHeretics.png|Heretic Sangheili guarding the formerly-shielded doorway.  
File:H2A HereticGruntVsFlood.png|A heretic Unggoy is overwhelmed by Flood Pod infectors.
File:H2A HereticGruntVsFlood.png|A heretic Unggoy is overwhelmed by Flood Pod infectors.

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