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*The [[Flood]] are released onto the Ark but contained quickly by the [[Banished]] and then scoured from the rubble of High Charity.{{Ref/Level|Id=Fighting|HW2|Fighting Retreat}}{{Ref/Reuse|Manifestation}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|SoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} | *The [[Flood]] are released onto the Ark but contained quickly by the [[Banished]] and then scoured from the rubble of High Charity.{{Ref/Level|Id=Fighting|HW2|Fighting Retreat}}{{Ref/Reuse|Manifestation}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|SoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} | ||
*Revelation of [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s [[Covenant loyalists]] who begin fighting both sides for their own gains.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | *Revelation of [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s [[Covenant loyalists]] who begin fighting both sides for their own gains.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | ||
*Destruction of [[Intrepid Eye]], [[Epsilon Clarion]] and the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array, and destruction of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW|DW}} | *Destruction of [[Intrepid Eye]], [[Epsilon Clarion]] and the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array, and destruction of [[Castor]]'s detachment of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW|DW}} | ||
*Revelation of Halo's true purpose causes Castor to abandon the Keepers.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P247|Enc22|Page=247}} | |||
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|side2=*{{Icon|Banished}} [[Banished]]{{Ref/Level|Id=A New Enemy|HW2|A New Enemy}} | |side2=*{{Icon|Banished}} [[Banished]]{{Ref/Level|Id=A New Enemy|HW2|A New Enemy}} | ||
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*[[Intrepid Eye]] | *[[Intrepid Eye]] | ||
* | *Destruction of Castor's small Keepers detachment | ||
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**[[Proto-Gravemind]]{{Ref/Reuse|Manifestation}} | **[[Proto-Gravemind]]{{Ref/Reuse|Manifestation}} | ||
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===Attempting to Start the Great Journey=== | ===Attempting to Start the Great Journey=== | ||
{{Main|Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon|Battle of Epsilon Clarion}} | {{Main|Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon|Battle of Epsilon Clarion}} | ||
In October 2559, the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] arrived on the Ark in the midst of a [[Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon|three-way battle]] for control of the slipspace portal between the UNSC, Banished and [[Covenant loyalists]]. After crashing, | In October 2559, the detachment of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] led by [[Castor]] arrived on the Ark in the midst of a [[Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon|three-way battle]] for control of the slipspace portal between the UNSC, Banished and [[Covenant loyalists]]. After crashing, Castor formed an alliance with [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]], the leader of the Covenant loyalists. The Forerunner {{Class|Archeon|ancilla}} [[Intrepid Eye]], who was believed to have been destroyed during [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]], revealed herself and resumed her guise as "the Oracle" in order to manipulate Castor for her own ends. Really, the ancilla intended to fire the [[Halo Array]] - in turn destroying the [[Domain]] and rendering [[Cortana]] vulnerable to Intrepid Eye. The ancilla then intended to use the Ark's resources to reseed the galaxy and tailor humanity over the course of hundreds of millennia to be ready to take up the [[Mantle of Responsibility]].{{Citation needed}} | ||
The combined Keepers/Covenant alliance set out to one of the installation's [[Cartographer#Installation 00|Cartographers]] in order to find a new facility to fire the Halo Array from, the [[Installation 00 Citadel|original Citadel]] having been destroyed in the midst of the upheaval caused by the Ark's repairs. [[Veta Lopis]] left behind a message capsule in an attempt to alert ''[[Romeo-008]]'', a reconnaissance Pelican that was observing the battle from nearby, to the threat. However, the message was instead found by [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] who rallied the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] to stop Castor. At the Cartographer, Lopis' Reclaimer status was used to get the location of the [[Epsilon Clarion]] facility, the only one of the Ark's [[Clarion]] facilities that was either accessible or operable, from the facility's monitor. During this time, Intrepid Eye was able to confirm Lopis' identity as an ONI spy. This reveal lead to Castor, [[blademaster]] [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] and Bhasvod using the [[Ferret]]s and a captured Banished data pad to draw their two enemies into a trap where they would fight each other, thus buying time for the allied forces to complete their mission. | The combined Keepers/Covenant alliance set out to one of the installation's [[Cartographer#Installation 00|Cartographers]] in order to find a new facility to fire the Halo Array from, the [[Installation 00 Citadel|original Citadel]] having been destroyed in the midst of the upheaval caused by the Ark's repairs. [[Veta Lopis]] left behind a message capsule in an attempt to alert ''[[Romeo-008]]'', a reconnaissance Pelican that was observing the battle from nearby, to the threat. However, the message was instead found by [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] who rallied the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] to stop Castor. At the Cartographer, Lopis' Reclaimer status was used to get the location of the [[Epsilon Clarion]] facility, the only one of the Ark's [[Clarion]] facilities that was either accessible or operable, from the facility's monitor. During this time, Intrepid Eye was able to confirm Lopis' identity as an ONI spy. This reveal lead to Castor, [[blademaster]] [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] and Bhasvod using the [[Ferret]]s and a captured Banished data pad to draw their two enemies into a trap where they would fight each other, thus buying time for the allied forces to complete their mission. | ||
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After entering Epsilon Clarion, Intrepid Eye prepared to transfer herself into the facility's systems, but Lopis declared a [[logic plague]] emergency in order to buy more time. This caused [[Epsilon Clarion ancilla|the facility's ancilla]] to immediately cut off contact with the rest of the Ark's systems and block Intrepid Eye's entry. As a result, Intrepid Eye was forced to manifest an [[avatar]] of herself and argue with the ancilla about allowing them to activate the Array. In the process, Castor learned the truth about Halos purpose as a last resort weapon against the [[Flood]] rather than a means of Transcendence by triggering the Great Journey. Intrepid Eye eventually managed to trick the ancilla into granting her access and once she was in, Lopis signalled the ''Spirit of Fire'' to begin an [[orbital bombardment]] with [[EMP]] [[MAC]] rounds. Although Intrepid Eye raised the facility's shields, the EMPs were enough to damage the power systems and they would inevitably bring down the shield, allowing the MAC rounds to destroy Epsilon Clarion. In addition, any EMP powerful enough to take down the shield would also be powerful enough to wipe out Intrepid Eye's code and destroy the ancilla. Effectively trapped, Intrepid Eye managed to force Epsilon Clarion's ancilla to open the control room and attempted to have Castor use Lopis to trigger Halo's activation, intending to escape by piggybacking on the activation signal. However, Castor's faith had been shattered by what he had witnessed, and he turned against both the ancilla and Bhasvod as [[Ash-G099]] and [[Olivia-G291]] stormed Epsilon Clarion in order to rescue Lopis. A skirmish ensued that left Ash and Olivia severely wounded, Arcas dead and Bhasvod thrown into a pit. With Epsilon Clarion on the verge of destruction and no longer intending to go through with their plan to fire the Halo Array, 'Gadogai convinced Castor to flee with the Ferrets doing the same. The ''Spirit of Fire's'' bombardment destroyed both Epsilon Clarion and Intrepid Eye, taking with it the Ark's ability to fire the Array until a new Clarion facility could be constructed.{{Citation needed}} | After entering Epsilon Clarion, Intrepid Eye prepared to transfer herself into the facility's systems, but Lopis declared a [[logic plague]] emergency in order to buy more time. This caused [[Epsilon Clarion ancilla|the facility's ancilla]] to immediately cut off contact with the rest of the Ark's systems and block Intrepid Eye's entry. As a result, Intrepid Eye was forced to manifest an [[avatar]] of herself and argue with the ancilla about allowing them to activate the Array. In the process, Castor learned the truth about Halos purpose as a last resort weapon against the [[Flood]] rather than a means of Transcendence by triggering the Great Journey. Intrepid Eye eventually managed to trick the ancilla into granting her access and once she was in, Lopis signalled the ''Spirit of Fire'' to begin an [[orbital bombardment]] with [[EMP]] [[MAC]] rounds. Although Intrepid Eye raised the facility's shields, the EMPs were enough to damage the power systems and they would inevitably bring down the shield, allowing the MAC rounds to destroy Epsilon Clarion. In addition, any EMP powerful enough to take down the shield would also be powerful enough to wipe out Intrepid Eye's code and destroy the ancilla. Effectively trapped, Intrepid Eye managed to force Epsilon Clarion's ancilla to open the control room and attempted to have Castor use Lopis to trigger Halo's activation, intending to escape by piggybacking on the activation signal. However, Castor's faith had been shattered by what he had witnessed, and he turned against both the ancilla and Bhasvod as [[Ash-G099]] and [[Olivia-G291]] stormed Epsilon Clarion in order to rescue Lopis. A skirmish ensued that left Ash and Olivia severely wounded, Arcas dead and Bhasvod thrown into a pit. With Epsilon Clarion on the verge of destruction and no longer intending to go through with their plan to fire the Halo Array, 'Gadogai convinced Castor to flee with the Ferrets doing the same. The ''Spirit of Fire's'' bombardment destroyed both Epsilon Clarion and Intrepid Eye, taking with it the Ark's ability to fire the Array until a new Clarion facility could be constructed.{{Citation needed}} | ||
In the aftermath of the bombardment, the ''Spirit of Fire'' dispatched [[Red Team]] in a Pelican to perform a search-and-rescue mission for the Ferrets. Having survived his fall, Bhasvod attempted to attack Lopis, Ash and Olivia, but he was attacked and wounded by Mark before Bhasvod killed Mark. Bhasvod was left with his plan foiled and unable to, for the time being, recover the shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] with which he intended to open a slipspace portal to [[Cloister]] and inform [[Jom G'e'qth]] that their plan had failed. Mark's sacrifice allowed Red Team to rescue the other Ferrets and recover Mark's body. The only survivors of the Long Shields, aside from possibly [[Thalazan]], Pavium and Voridus decided to report to [[Let 'Volir]] that their actions had bought the ''Spirit of Fire'' enough time to launch its bombardment. Now the only survivors of the Keepers of One Freedom, Castor and 'Gadogai, symbolically destroyed Bhasvod's glaive despite it being fried by the EMP as it was the last surviving piece of equipment that had held Intrepid Eye before the ancilla's transfer into Epsilon Clarion. Teams from the ''Spirit of Fire'' subsequently conducted a thorough search of the area and confirmed that Intrepid Eye had in fact been destroyed with no transmissions having been detected from Epsilon Clarion before, during or after the bombardment which had reduced whatever the ancilla might've been hiding into slag.{{Citation needed}} | In the aftermath of the bombardment, the ''Spirit of Fire'' dispatched [[Red Team]] in a Pelican to perform a search-and-rescue mission for the Ferrets. Having survived his fall, Bhasvod attempted to attack Lopis, Ash and Olivia, but he was attacked and wounded by Mark before Bhasvod killed Mark. Bhasvod was left with his plan foiled and unable to, for the time being, recover the shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] with which he intended to open a slipspace portal to [[Cloister]] and inform [[Jom G'e'qth]] that their plan had failed. Mark's sacrifice allowed Red Team to rescue the other Ferrets and recover Mark's body. The only survivors of the Long Shields, aside from possibly [[Thalazan]], Pavium and Voridus decided to report to [[Let 'Volir]] that their actions had bought the ''Spirit of Fire'' enough time to launch its bombardment. Now the only survivors of their sect of the Keepers of One Freedom, Castor and 'Gadogai, symbolically destroyed Bhasvod's glaive despite it being fried by the EMP as it was the last surviving piece of equipment that had held Intrepid Eye before the ancilla's transfer into Epsilon Clarion.{{Citation needed}} Because of the revelation of Halo's bitter truth, Castor decided to abandon the Keepers' faith.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P247}} Teams from the ''Spirit of Fire'' subsequently conducted a thorough search of the area and confirmed that Intrepid Eye had in fact been destroyed with no transmissions having been detected from Epsilon Clarion before, during or after the bombardment which had reduced whatever the ancilla might've been hiding into slag.{{Citation needed}} | ||
Ten days later, the ''Spirit of Fire'' held a funeral for Mark and [[John Cassidy]], the co-pilot of ''Romeo-008'' who had also lost his life in the fighting. Unable to return home, Lopis and the surviving Ferrets decided to accept Cutter's offer to join the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' and help them in their continuing fight against the Banished.{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | Ten days later, the ''Spirit of Fire'' held a funeral for Mark and [[John Cassidy]], the co-pilot of ''Romeo-008'' who had also lost his life in the fighting. Unable to return home, Lopis and the surviving Ferrets decided to accept Cutter's offer to join the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' and help them in their continuing fight against the Banished.{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | ||
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===October 14, 2559=== | ===October 14, 2559=== | ||
*The [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]] results in the destruction of [[Intrepid Eye]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] and [[Epsilon Clarion]] as well as the death of [[Mark-G313]]. | *The [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]] results in the destruction of [[Intrepid Eye]], Castor's detachment of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] and [[Epsilon Clarion]], as well as the death of [[Mark-G313]]. | ||
===October 24, 2559=== | ===October 24, 2559=== |