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During the chaos of the battle, John-117 infiltrated ''High Charity'', by way of teleportation from [[Gravemind]] directly into the Council Chambers using [[Installation 05]]'s [[teleportation grid]].<ref name="gravemind"/>
During the chaos of the battle, John-117 infiltrated ''High Charity'', by way of teleportation from [[Gravemind]] directly into the Council Chambers using [[Installation 05]]'s [[teleportation grid]].<ref name="gravemind"/>


At the same time, the Flood made their own entrance, using the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} to perform a slipspace jump into the interior of ''High Charity'', bypassing its exterior defenses.<ref name="gravemind"/> Once inside, the Flood used [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships to spread both [[Flood combat form|combat]] and [[Flood carrier form|Carrier Forms]] around the city. The Flood ravaged the Jiralhanae and Sangheili forces, who were already embroiled in conflict. [[John-117]] was unfortunately caught in the middle of the battle, but managed to escape.<ref name="highcharity"/>
At the same time, the Flood made their own entrance, using the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} to perform a slipspace jump into the interior of ''High Charity'', bypassing its exterior defenses.<ref name="gravemind"/> Once inside, the Flood used [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships to spread both [[Flood combat form|combat]] and [[Flood carrier form|carrier forms]] around the city. The Flood ravaged the Jiralhanae and Sangheili forces, who were already embroiled in conflict. [[John-117]] was unfortunately caught in the middle of the battle, but managed to escape.<ref name="highcharity"/>


Eventually, the Dreadnought at ''High Charity'''s center took off, with both the [[Prophet of Truth]] and the Master Chief inside, leaving [[Cortana]] behind. Remaining loyalist and separatist forces either evacuated from the city (likely to be destroyed by the Sangheili quarantine fleet) or were consumed by the Flood, as they overwhelmed all remaining opposition in the city. The Gravemind took complete control of the Sanctum of the Hierarchs, using the [[High Council Chamber]] itself as his "throne room".<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey|Epilogue]]''</ref> The Gravemind made drastic modifications to the former holy city in order to enable it to function without the Keyship that used to power it and to more effectively act as a carrier of the Flood parasite by altering and optimizing the native Covenant technology as well as applying its [[Precursor]]-derived knowledge.<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-9-24-14 '''Halo Waypoint''' - The Halo Bulletin: 9.24.14'']</ref>
Eventually, the Dreadnought at ''High Charity'''s center took off, with both the [[Prophet of Truth]] and the Master Chief inside, leaving [[Cortana]] behind. Remaining loyalist and separatist forces either evacuated from the city (likely to be destroyed by the Sangheili quarantine fleet) or were consumed by the Flood, as they overwhelmed all remaining opposition in the city. The Gravemind took complete control of the Sanctum of the Hierarchs, using the [[High Council Chamber]] itself as his "throne room".<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey|Epilogue]]''</ref> The Gravemind made drastic modifications to the former holy city in order to enable it to function without the Keyship that used to power it and to more effectively act as a carrier of the Flood parasite by altering and optimizing the native Covenant technology as well as applying its [[Precursor]]-derived knowledge.<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-9-24-14 '''Halo Waypoint''' - The Halo Bulletin: 9.24.14'']</ref>
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