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===Unleashing the Flood=== | ===Unleashing the Flood=== | ||
{{Main|Outbreak on Installation 00}} | {{Main|Outbreak on Installation 00}} | ||
[[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] | [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] were sent on a salvage mission to the wreckage surrounding [[High Charity]], with [[Atriox]] ordering them to avoid going into the [[Covenant]]'s former holy city out of fear of the [[Flood]] surviving within. Not believing in the existence of the Flood, Pavium and Voridus led the clan to High Charity, deactivated the Ark's [[Sentinel]] defense network and breached the [[quarantine shield]] with a [[Banished Scarab]]. However, when the Long Shields entered High Charity, the Flood within quickly set upon them, infecting many of the [[Banished]] forces and escaping from their quarantine to [[Outbreak on Installation 00|infest the Ark]] once more.{{Ref/Game|Id=ATN|Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare}} | ||
Pavium and Voridus quickly | Pavium and Voridus quickly regrouped with their remaining forces to contain the Flood. Regardless, Atriox became enraged by their actions which forced him to pull back from positions that he had spent months fortifying in order to focus on the threat of the Flood. As Pavium and many of the Long Shields he;d the line, Voridus led more troops into a Forerunner structure where he managed to reactivate the Sentinel defense network.{{Ref/Reuse|ATN}} | ||
With the Ark's defenses back online, the Long Shields | With the Ark's defenses back online, the Long Shields attacked a massive [[Proto-Gravemind]] which was in danger of soon becoming a [[Gravemind]]. With the help of a [[Retriever Sentinel]], the Long Shields were able to destroy the Proto-Gravemind before an angry Atriox arrived to admonish Pavium and Voridus. The Long Shields then joined a force of thousands of Sentinels in containing the Flood outbreak completely.{{Ref/Reuse|ATN}} Ultimately, the Banished and the Sentinels succeeded in "scouring" the Flood from the ruins of High Charity and plundering the ruined city's data stores, retrieving, amongst other things, various access codes for ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Detail=Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} and a [[Forerunner entanglement dish]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | ||
The conflict | The conflict cost the Long Shields hundreds of troops and vehicles - 40% of their total forces.<ref name="Manifestation">''Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare'', campaign level [[Manifestation]]</ref> | ||
===Stopping the Great Journey=== | ===Stopping the Great Journey=== |