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===The Flood=== | ===The Flood=== | ||
On December 14, 2552, just three days after the battle and the ring's activation, 000 Tragic Solitude marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of ''High Charity'', in fear that the surviving Flood forms would escape the crash site. Furthermore, he instructed his Sentinels to raze perimeter, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity.{{Ref/Game|Id=idle hands ii|HW2|Section=Phoenix Log#The Archive 2|SectionLinkText=Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"}} By [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]], the Flood were contained within ''High Charity'',{{Ref/Game|Id=uncomfortable i|HW2|Section=Phoenix Log#Manifestation 2|Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"}} with a [[battalion]] of Sentinels patrolling in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|idle hands ii}} However, their defenses were proven to be ineffective, with the [[Banished]] forces led by Jiralhanae [[Voridus]] [[Outbreak on Installation 00|releasing the Flood]] from ''High Charity'' during the [[Second Ark Conflict]] in [[2559#June|June 4, 2559]].{{Ref/Level|HW2|What Could Go Wrong?}} This inadvertently caused a Flood outbreak onto the installation, leading to a desperate struggle between the Banished and the parasite. | On December 14, 2552, just three days after the battle and the ring's activation, 000 Tragic Solitude marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of ''High Charity'', in fear that the surviving Flood forms would escape the crash site. Furthermore, he instructed his Sentinels to raze perimeter, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity.{{Ref/Game|Id=idle hands ii|HW2|Section=Phoenix Log#The Archive 2|SectionLinkText=Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"}} By [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]], the Flood were contained within ''High Charity'',{{Ref/Game|Id=uncomfortable i|HW2|Section=Phoenix Log#Manifestation 2|Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"}} with a [[battalion]] of Sentinels patrolling in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|idle hands ii}} However, their defenses were proven to be ineffective, with the [[Banished]] forces led by Jiralhanae [[Voridus]] [[Outbreak on Installation 00|releasing the Flood]] from ''High Charity'' during the [[Second Ark Conflict]] in [[2559#June|June 4, 2559]].{{Ref/Level|HW2|What Could Go Wrong?}} This inadvertently caused a Flood outbreak onto the installation, leading to a desperate struggle between the Banished and the parasite. Ultimately, the Banished managed to destroy a [[Proto-Gravemind]] that was moments away from becoming a Gravemind and the Ark's Sentinels and the Banished managed to once again contain the Flood.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Manifestation}} | ||
===The Covenant=== | |||
Despite the death of Truth, and the ravaging of the Ark a [[Covenant loyalists|small sliver of the Jiralhanae loyalist forces]] remained on the Ark guarding the ''Anodyne Spirit''. They guarded it for years using stocked supplies and Covenant issued equipment{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Sacrifice}} and had access to numerous Covenant era vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=divinechapt2}} | |||
===''Forward Unto Dawn''=== | ===''Forward Unto Dawn''=== | ||
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In [[2558#September|September 2558]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] attempted to unleash the [[Sharquoi]] on the planet [[Carrow]], having retrieved the Sharquoi control device, the ''[[vertex]]'', from the Ark during the Battle of Installation 00. Hekabe's plan was narrowly foiled by [[Gray Team]], [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and elements of the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]].{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} | In [[2558#September|September 2558]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] attempted to unleash the [[Sharquoi]] on the planet [[Carrow]], having retrieved the Sharquoi control device, the ''[[vertex]]'', from the Ark during the Battle of Installation 00. Hekabe's plan was narrowly foiled by [[Gray Team]], [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and elements of the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]].{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} | ||
The [[Banished]] arrived on the fully repaired Ark in [[2558#November|November 2558]], killing UNSC personnel across the installation. In [[2559#March|March 2559]], the crew of the newly arrived {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} [[Second Ark Conflict|engaged]] the Banished with help from [[Isabel]], the logistics AI of [[Henry Lamb Research Facility|one of the UNSC research facilities]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} | The [[Banished]] arrived on the fully repaired Ark in [[2558#November|November 2558]], killing UNSC personnel across the installation. In [[2559#March|March 2559]], the crew of the newly arrived {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} [[Second Ark Conflict|engaged]] the Banished with help from [[Isabel]], the logistics AI of [[Henry Lamb Research Facility|one of the UNSC research facilities]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} Over the course of the battle they would engage not only the Banished, but the remaining Covenant forces and forces from the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=divinechapt2|Halo: Divine Wind|Chapter=2}} | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||