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[[File:Lambsurvivors.png|thumb|left|250px|Survivors of the attack try to make it on their own.]]
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{{Quote|As we looked down at the horror below, we saw several hulking outlines move amongst the shadows. Jiralhanae, I think. Brutes. They were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of burning ozone as a couple of bright, electric blue shapes arced their way toward us. We scattered as the [[plasma]] blast hit, vaporizing the trees nearby and showering us with ash and debris.|Nathaniel Palmer describing the attack in his diary<ref name="The Graveyard" />}}
{{Quote|As we looked down at the horror below, we saw several hulking outlines move amongst the shadows. Jiralhanae, I think. Brutes. They were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of burning ozone as a couple of bright, electric blue shapes arced their way toward us. We scattered as the [[plasma]] blast hit, vaporizing the trees nearby and showering us with ash and debris.|Nathaniel Palmer describing the attack in his diary<ref name="The Graveyard" />}}
On [[2558#November|November 25, 2558]],<ref name="The Graveyard" /> almost one month after the portal's shutdown, the [[Banished]], a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnant|splinter group]] led by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[warlord]] [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark in in their [[flagship]], the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> Deploying Jiralhanae forces, [[Blisterback]] mobile [[missile]] platforms, [[Type-47 Scarab|Scarab]] assault platforms, [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee aircraft]], and other vehicles, the Banished began raiding the UNSC research outposts on the surface. Though the [[human]] inhabitants of the installation offered resistance against the invaders, they proved no match for the alien onslaught.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> One such research outpost, the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost|Henry Lamb Research Facility]], was attacked by Banished forces led by Atriox's lieutenant, General [[Decimus]],<ref name="A New Enemy" /> before being directly bombarded by the ''Enduring Conviction''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[energy projector]]. A group of fifteen of the outpost's personnel, including archaeologist [[Nathaniel Palmer]] and scientist [[Brewer]], managed to barely escape the assault.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> By [[2559#January|January 17, 2559]], the group had atrophied to eight.<ref name="Turn of the Screw">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' – "The Turn of the Screw"</ref>
On [[2558#November|November 25, 2558]],<ref name="The Graveyard" /> almost one month after the portal's shutdown, the [[Banished]], a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnant|splinter group]] led by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[warlord]] [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark in their [[flagship]], the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> Deploying Jiralhanae forces, [[Blisterback]] mobile [[missile]] platforms, [[Type-47 Scarab|Scarab]] assault platforms, [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee aircraft]], and other vehicles, the Banished began raiding the UNSC research outposts on the surface. Though the [[human]] inhabitants of the installation offered resistance against the invaders, they proved no match for the alien onslaught.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> One such research outpost, the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost|Henry Lamb Research Facility]], was attacked by Banished forces led by Atriox's lieutenant, General [[Decimus]],<ref name="A New Enemy" /> before being directly bombarded by the ''Enduring Conviction''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[energy projector]]. A group of fifteen of the outpost's personnel, including archaeologist [[Nathaniel Palmer]] and scientist [[Brewer]], managed to barely escape the assault.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> By [[2559#January|January 17, 2559]], the group had atrophied to eight.<ref name="Turn of the Screw">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' – "The Turn of the Screw"</ref>


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==

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This article is about the assault on the Ark by the Banished. For other battles that occurred on the Ark, see Battle of Installation 00 (disambiguation).

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"That ship brought these monsters. Killed everyone I was supposed to protect."
— Isabel on the arrival of the Enduring Conviction[1]

On November 25, 2558, a Covenant splinter group known as the Banished launched an attack on the UNSC research outposts established on Forerunner Installation 00.[2] The assault followed the unexpected shutdown of the installation's portal to Earth during Cortana's takeover of Earth.[3]

Prelude

On October 28, 2558, the smart AI Cortana, leader of an AI conglomerate known as the Created, arrived at Earth with Forerunner Guardians. Firing an EMP blast at the planet, Cortana caused the shutdown of Earth's defenses.[3] In the wake of the attack the ancient extra-galactic Forerunner sanctuary known as Installation 00, or "the Ark", shutdown the Portal at Voi to prevent the Created from being able to access the installation.[4] With the slipspace portal gone the United Nations Space Command research teams on the installation's surface found themselves stranded.[5]

The attack

File:Lambsurvivors.png
Survivors of the attack try to make it on their own.

"As we looked down at the horror below, we saw several hulking outlines move amongst the shadows. Jiralhanae, I think. Brutes. They were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of burning ozone as a couple of bright, electric blue shapes arced their way toward us. We scattered as the plasma blast hit, vaporizing the trees nearby and showering us with ash and debris."
— Nathaniel Palmer describing the attack in his diary[2]

On November 25, 2558,[2] almost one month after the portal's shutdown, the Banished, a Covenant splinter group led by the Jiralhanae warlord Atriox, arrived at the Ark in their flagship, the assault carrier Enduring Conviction.[1] Deploying Jiralhanae forces, Blisterback mobile missile platforms, Scarab assault platforms, Banshee aircraft, and other vehicles, the Banished began raiding the UNSC research outposts on the surface. Though the human inhabitants of the installation offered resistance against the invaders, they proved no match for the alien onslaught.[2] One such research outpost, the Henry Lamb Research Facility, was attacked by Banished forces led by Atriox's lieutenant, General Decimus,[5] before being directly bombarded by the Enduring Conviction's energy projector. A group of fifteen of the outpost's personnel, including archaeologist Nathaniel Palmer and scientist Brewer, managed to barely escape the assault.[2] By January 17, 2559, the group had atrophied to eight.[6]

Aftermath

After the attack, the Banished established their forces on the installation.

The destruction of the UNSC presence on the Ark allowed the Banished to establish their forces and set up salvage operations[5] on the installation before the eventual arrival of the long-lost UNSC vessel, the UNSC Spirit of Fire,[7] on March 28, 2559.[8]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Hold the Line
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named The Graveyard
  3. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Guardians
  4. ^ Halo Mythos, page 202
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named A New Enemy
  6. ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs – "The Turn of the Screw"
  7. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named The Signal
  8. ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs – "Alice-130 Report #1"
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