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By March [[2555]], a large chunk of the Halo was impaled on the Ark's central hub, like a dead, arcing tree climbing thousands of kilometers into space. There was also debris from the ring in space, some of it still raining down through the atmosphere and blooming into flame before crashing on the Ark's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 141''</ref> By May [[2559]], the Ark had completed another [[Installation 09|replacement]].<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> | By March [[2555]], a large chunk of the Halo was impaled on the Ark's central hub, like a dead, arcing tree climbing thousands of kilometers into space. There was also debris from the ring in space, some of it still raining down through the atmosphere and blooming into flame before crashing on the Ark's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 141''</ref> By May [[2559]], the Ark had completed another [[Installation 09|replacement]].<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> | ||
The activation and firing of Installation 08 was not flawless and prone to a number of faults, resulting in a few Flood spores or forms surviving on the Ark as late as October 2559.<ref name="HW2 AtK">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]' | The activation and firing of Installation 08 was not flawless and prone to a number of faults, resulting in a few Flood spores or forms surviving on the Ark as late as October 2559.<ref name="HW2 AtK">'''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening The Nightmare]]'''</ref> This may have been due to the unfinished state of the ring, and/or because the ring was fired in the midst of its own destruction.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/874380206785445888 '''Twitter - Jeff Easterling:''' ''"Guns that are blowing up while firing might not be quite as effective..."'']</ref> Another possibility may be the variable harmonics of the Halo's pulse.<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/766840297498157056 '''Twitter - Jeff Easterling:''' ''"There is quite a bit we still don't know about the rings. Even Spark spoke of how variable the tuning could be."'']</ref> The [[Banished]] were drawn into a fierce conflict against the Flood on the surface of the Ark after they had inadvertently released them from the rubble of High Charity, causing them to spread and multiply.<ref name="HW2 AtK"/> After the Banished killed a [[Proto-Gravemind]] and reactivated the Ark's Sentinel defenses, the Sentinels were able to contain the Flood once more.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Fighting Retreat]]''</ref> | ||
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