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During the ongoing battle of Installation 05, the Prophet of Truth begun his long-planned betrayal of the [[Sangheili]], first [[Changing of the Guard|replacing]] the [[Covenant Honor Guard]]'s [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]],<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> and later ordering the execution of the Sangheili [[Sangheili High Councilor|Councilors]] at the hands of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Melchus]] and his troops.{{Ref/Reuse|bc16}} As the holy city of ''High Charity'' erupted into [[Great Schism|civil war]], the Second Fleet similarly descended into chaos. Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships began to engage one another over ''High Charity''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> At the same time other ships were trying to keep [[the Flood]] from escaping Installation 05. Some of the ships became infected by the Flood and many were destroyed, some sacrificing themselves to save the others. [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] of the {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} ''[[Incorruptible]]'' managed to negotiate a brief truce between the warring vessels to focus on eliminating the Flood threat, but the Jiralhanae attacked the Sangheili before all Flood-controlled craft had been destroyed. The ''Incorruptible'' opted to leave the ongoing fight, in order to heed the summons of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]],{{Ref/Reuse|goo22}} but was pursued by three Jiralhanae-controlled frigates.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 25</ref> | During the ongoing battle of Installation 05, the Prophet of Truth begun his long-planned betrayal of the [[Sangheili]], first [[Changing of the Guard|replacing]] the [[Covenant Honor Guard]]'s [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]],<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> and later ordering the execution of the Sangheili [[Sangheili High Councilor|Councilors]] at the hands of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Melchus]] and his troops.{{Ref/Reuse|bc16}} As the holy city of ''High Charity'' erupted into [[Great Schism|civil war]], the Second Fleet similarly descended into chaos. Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships began to engage one another over ''High Charity''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> At the same time other ships were trying to keep [[the Flood]] from escaping Installation 05. Some of the ships became infected by the Flood and many were destroyed, some sacrificing themselves to save the others. [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] of the {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} ''[[Incorruptible]]'' managed to negotiate a brief truce between the warring vessels to focus on eliminating the Flood threat, but the Jiralhanae attacked the Sangheili before all Flood-controlled craft had been destroyed. The ''Incorruptible'' opted to leave the ongoing fight, in order to heed the summons of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]],{{Ref/Reuse|goo22}} but was pursued by three Jiralhanae-controlled frigates.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 25</ref> | ||
Those Sangheili-held vessels of the Second Fleet that did not leave for the [[Salia system]] or scatter elsewhere reformed | Those Sangheili-held vessels of the Second Fleet that did not leave for the [[Salia system]] or scatter elsewhere reformed innt the [[Fleet of Retribution]], under the command of [[Rtas 'Vadum]], and continued to fight the Jiralhanae around ''High Charity'' even as the plantetoid itself fell to the Flood and the Prophet of Truth left for Earth on board the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> Eventually the Jiralhanae were defeated, with the participating loyalist ships remnants retreating to follow the Prophet of Truth's ship, and crushing almost entirely the already-weakened [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle for Earth|escalated invasion of Earth]]. The remaining Sangheili ships, still consisting of hundreds of ships,{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} proceeded to [[Glassing|glass]] the surface of Installation 05 to prevent the Flood from leaving the [[Coelest system]].<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Part 5</ref> While the remaining Sangheili ships of the Second Fleet held the Flood-infested ''High Charity'' in quarantine, [[Indulgence of Conviction|a single]] Flood-controlled ''CCS''-class battlecruiser managed to break through the blockade and make a slipspace jump to Earth, with a detachment of ships led by [[Rtas 'Vadum]] in pursuit.<ref name=floodgate>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> The fate of the remaining vessels is unknown, as the Flood [[Gravemind]] used its knowledge of [[Precursor]] science to have ''High Charity'' perform a slipspace jump out of the system without the Dreadnought, the city's primary power source.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-feet-first '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Feet First'']</ref> | ||
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