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[[File:Lambsurvivors.png|thumb|left|250px|Survivors of the attack try to make it on their own.]] | |||
{{Quote|As we looked down at the horror below, we saw several hulking outlines move amongst the shadows. Jiralhanae, I think. Brutes. They were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of burning ozone as a couple of bright, electric blue shapes arced their way toward us. We scattered as the [[plasma]] blast hit, vaporizing the trees nearby and showering us with ash and debris.|Nathaniel Palmer describing the attack in his diary<ref name="The Graveyard" />}} | {{Quote|As we looked down at the horror below, we saw several hulking outlines move amongst the shadows. Jiralhanae, I think. Brutes. They were everywhere. The air was filled with the smell of burning ozone as a couple of bright, electric blue shapes arced their way toward us. We scattered as the [[plasma]] blast hit, vaporizing the trees nearby and showering us with ash and debris.|Nathaniel Palmer describing the attack in his diary<ref name="The Graveyard" />}} | ||
On [[2558#November|November 25, 2558]],<ref name="The Graveyard" /> almost one month after the portal's shutdown, the [[Banished]], a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnant|splinter group]] led by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[warlord]] [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark in in their [[flagship]], the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> Deploying Jiralhanae forces, [[Blisterback]] mobile [[missile]] platforms, [[Type-47 Scarab|Scarab]] assault platforms, [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee aircraft]], and other vehicles, the Banished began raiding the UNSC research outposts on the surface. Though the [[human]] inhabitants of the installation offered resistance against the invaders, they proved no match for the alien onslaught. One such research outpost, the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost|Henry Lamb Research Facility]], was directly bombarded by the ''Enduring Conviction''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[energy projector]]. A group of fifteen of the outpost's personnel, including archaeologist [[Nathaniel Palmer]] and scientist [[Brewer]], managed to barely escape the assault.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> By [[2559#January|January 17, 2559]], the group had atrophied to eight.<ref name="Turn of the Screw">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' – "The Turn of the Screw"</ref> | On [[2558#November|November 25, 2558]],<ref name="The Graveyard" /> almost one month after the portal's shutdown, the [[Banished]], a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnant|splinter group]] led by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[warlord]] [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark in in their [[flagship]], the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> Deploying Jiralhanae forces, [[Blisterback]] mobile [[missile]] platforms, [[Type-47 Scarab|Scarab]] assault platforms, [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee aircraft]], and other vehicles, the Banished began raiding the UNSC research outposts on the surface. Though the [[human]] inhabitants of the installation offered resistance against the invaders, they proved no match for the alien onslaught. One such research outpost, the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost|Henry Lamb Research Facility]], was directly bombarded by the ''Enduring Conviction''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[energy projector]]. A group of fifteen of the outpost's personnel, including archaeologist [[Nathaniel Palmer]] and scientist [[Brewer]], managed to barely escape the assault.<ref name="The Graveyard" /> By [[2559#January|January 17, 2559]], the group had atrophied to eight.<ref name="Turn of the Screw">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' – "The Turn of the Screw"</ref> | ||