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 Following his discovery of the location of the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] that led to [[Installation 00]] in [[2552#October|October, 2552]], the [[Covenant]] [[Hierarch|High Prophet]] of [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]] hastily assembled a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] of fifteen warships and, without consulting his fellow Hierarchs, took the task force to the planet on which the portal was located.<ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal]] - "Beholden"</ref> This was, unbeknownst to the Prophet, the [[Earth|homeworld]] of [[human]]ity. During the [[Battle of Earth|battle]] that followed, the heavily-outnumbered Fleet of Sacred Consecration was decimated by Earth's [[UNSC Home Fleet|defensive fleet]] and Regret was forced to flee, [[Solemn Penance|his]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} performing a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump in atmosphere over the city of [[New Mombasa]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Metropolis]]</ref> Immediately afterwards, a larger [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] arrived to take control of the battle, driving out remaining UNSC forces while beginning to excavate the long-buried portal beneath Mombasa.<ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level, [[Coastal Highway]]</ref>
 [[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|left|250px|The portal to Installation 00 is excavated by the Prophet of Truth's fleet.]]
-Over the course of the next month, the fleet would successfully uncover the artifact, and the Prophet of Truth himself would arrive on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] on board the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]], who had stowed away on board the vessel during it's departure from [[High Charity]] amidst the chaos of the [[Great Schism]] and the city's fall to the [[Flood]], bailed out as the keyship entered Earth's atmosphere, landing in the jungles of [[Tanzania]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Arrival]]</ref> The Spartan was successfully [[Recovery of John-117|recovered]] by UNSC forces.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Sierra 117]]</ref> During the ensuing [[Battle of Kenya|battle]], the UNSC would [[Attack on Crow's Nest|destroy]] their local command center, [[Crow's Nest]], to prevent its fall to the Covenant, before mobilizing for an assault on Covenant anti-aircraft defences in the city of [[Voi]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> After [[Assault on the Tsavo Highway|clearing]] the Covenant-held [[Tsavo Highway]], a UNSC assault force spearheaded by John-117 [[Battle of Voi|pushed into]] Voi.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref> While they managed to successfully destroy a number of [[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraiths]] as well as a [[Type-27 Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannon]], the subsequent strike by [[Battle Group Victory]] failed to destroy the keyship and Truth successfully activated the portal.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[The Storm]]</ref> The Prophet fled through the portal along with his fleet while the UNSC were forced to deal with the arrival of the Flood-controlled {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]''. With the assistance of the newly-arrived [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], the Flood outbreak was contained before it could spread across the planet. After a short meeting on board the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]] allowed the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} to accompany the Sangheili through the portal in pursuit of the Prophet of Truth while he remained behind to coordinate the remaining UNSC defences at Earth.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Floodgate]]</ref>
+Over the course of the next month, the fleet would successfully uncover the artifact, and the Prophet of Truth himself would arrive on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] on board the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]], who had stowed away on board the vessel during it's departure from [[High Charity]] amidst the chaos of the [[Great Schism]] and the city's fall to the [[Flood]], bailed out as the keyship entered Earth's atmosphere, landing in the jungles of [[Tanzania]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Arrival]]</ref> The Spartan was successfully [[Recovery of John-117|recovered]] by UNSC forces.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Sierra 117]]</ref> During the ensuing [[Battle of Kenya|battle]], the UNSC would [[Attack on Crow's Nest|destroy]] their local command center, [[Crow's Nest]], to prevent its fall to the Covenant, before mobilizing for an assault on Covenant anti-aircraft defences in the city of [[Voi]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> After [[Assault on the Tsavo Highway|clearing]] the Covenant-held [[Tsavo Highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]], a UNSC assault force spearheaded by John-117 [[Battle of Voi|pushed into]] Voi.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref> While they managed to successfully destroy a number of [[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraiths]] as well as a [[Type-27 Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannon]], the subsequent strike by [[Battle Group Victory]] failed to destroy the keyship and Truth successfully activated the portal.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[The Storm]]</ref> The Prophet fled through the portal along with his fleet while the UNSC were forced to deal with the arrival of the Flood-controlled {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]''. With the assistance of the newly-arrived [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], the Flood outbreak was contained before it could spread across the planet. After a short meeting on board the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]] allowed the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} to accompany the Sangheili through the portal in pursuit of the Prophet of Truth while he remained behind to coordinate the remaining UNSC defences at Earth.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Floodgate]]</ref>
 Upon their arrival at the Ark, the Prophet of Truth's fleet remained in orbit above the installation to face the human and Sangheili forces they knew would follow, while the Hierarch fortified himself within [[Installation 00 Citadel|one]] of the Ark's superluminal communication arrays. The Prophet activated a defensive barrier around the citadel and the Ark's [[Foundry]], while deploying large numbers of ground forces around the [[barrier tower]]s maintaining the shield as well as sending a contingent of Covenant troops led by the ambitious [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Cethegus]] to a nearby [[Cartographer]] facility, in order to keep his location hidden while he prepared to activate the [[Halo Array]] and commence the Covenant's [[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|"Great Journey"]].<ref name="ark"/><ref name="covenant">''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]</ref>