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Finally reaching the centre, they found that they were too late: Keyes had fully merged with the calcium blob and became a part of the Proto-Gravemind. With no other option, John punched through the former Captain's head and took out the neural interface. The two commandeered a Banshee piloted by Covenant Special Operations personnel and headed straight for the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site. | Finally reaching the centre, they found that they were too late: Keyes had fully merged with the calcium blob and became a part of the Proto-Gravemind. With no other option, John punched through the former Captain's head and took out the neural interface. The two commandeered a Banshee piloted by Covenant Special Operations personnel and headed straight for the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site. | ||
===Third Raid - Capture=== | |||
Not long after the Master Chief's departure, he alerted [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] of his intent to destroy the ringworld. The relatively large force of Marines; ODSTs and crewmen deemed too important to be cryogenised -and thus were not ejected into space, were evacuated on the remaining few Pelican dropships as their home since the 19th was finally abandoned. | |||
Arriving onboard via the hanger bays, the Covenant and Flood had managed to almost kill each other off. With only a few remaining enemies, the UNSC forces managed to quickly gain control over essential systems; notably the control room. | |||
The mission commander; Major Antonio Silva, planned to take the ship into orbit and rendezvous with the master chief before jumping to Earth. His lieutenant however, disagreed with him. Realising that the Flood's parasitic nature was too dangerous to let spread, along with the potential discovery of Earth by the Covenant were the ship to enter UNSC space, she threw an [[M9 Fragmentation Grenade]] onto an important piece of circuitry. The grenade's detonation severed the link between the command centre and engineering, deactivating the ship's repulsor engines in-atmosphere. The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' collapsed onto the plateau it was resting on, resulting in a spectacular explosion of fire and plasma. | |||