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***1+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}{{Ref/Level|Id=ark|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Ark}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|fleetsize}} | ***1+ {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}{{Ref/Level|Id=ark|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Ark}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|fleetsize}} | ||
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***1+ {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=loot5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 05 Doc1.jpg|Apollo Leader To CDR S. Palmer]]}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Novel=Halo: Envoy}} | ***1+ {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=loot5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 05 Doc1.jpg|Apollo Leader To CDR S. Palmer]]}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Novel=Halo: Envoy}} | ||
***Over 54 [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}{{Ref/Note|See [[Battle of Kenya#Notes|Battle of Kenya's Notes section]]}} | ***Over 54 [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]]{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}{{Ref/Note|See [[Battle of Kenya#Notes|Battle of Kenya's Notes section]]}} | ||
****6+ {{ | ****6+ {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} | ||
***1+ [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot5}} | ***1+ [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|loot5}} | ||
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**[[Yanme'e]] | **[[Yanme'e]] | ||
**[[Mgalekgolo]] | **[[Mgalekgolo]] | ||
|forces3=*1 captured {{ | |forces3=*1 captured {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
*[[Pod infector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | *[[Pod infector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
*[[Flood combat form|Combat forms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | *[[Flood combat form|Combat forms]]{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
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{{Quote|no=four|q1=The Flood - it's spreading all over the city.|[[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]]|q2=How do we contain it?|[[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]]|q3=Find the crashed Flood ship; overload its engine core. We either destroy this city, or risk losing the entire planet.|Commander Keyes|q4=Do it.|Admiral Hood|Commander Keyes and Admiral Hood realize the severity of the Flood threat, and order the destruction of Voi to stop it.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}}}} | {{Quote|no=four|q1=The Flood - it's spreading all over the city.|[[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]]|q2=How do we contain it?|[[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]]|q3=Find the crashed Flood ship; overload its engine core. We either destroy this city, or risk losing the entire planet.|Commander Keyes|q4=Do it.|Admiral Hood|Commander Keyes and Admiral Hood realize the severity of the Flood threat, and order the destruction of Voi to stop it.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}}}} | ||
[[File:Voi 7.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and Thel 'Vadam watch the Flood-infested ''Indulgence of Conviction'' arriving at Earth.]] | [[File:Voi 7.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and Thel 'Vadam watch the Flood-infested ''Indulgence of Conviction'' arriving at Earth.]] | ||
John and Thel moved to the edge of the cliff as the battle group soared overhead; several squadrons of Longswords bombarding the ''Anodyne Spirit'' while {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s opened fire with their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s. Explosions carpeted the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]]'s surface but the vessel was undamaged. The portal began to activate, the keyship lowered into the structure as an energy beam growing in intensity focused through the ship. As the wind of the storm intensified, John and Thel were knocked backward. The portal activated, sending out a shockwave that temporarily caused John-117 to black out. The Spartan came to in time to witness the ''Anodyne Spirit'' depart through the now-opened portal, followed by the rest of his fleet. As Thel 'Vadam roared in anger, Admiral Hood asked if the Prophet had activated the Ark, to which Commander Keyes responded in the negative. As Hood gave the order for UNSC forces to regroup, the [[Flood]]-infested {{ | John and Thel moved to the edge of the cliff as the battle group soared overhead; several squadrons of Longswords bombarding the ''Anodyne Spirit'' while {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s opened fire with their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s. Explosions carpeted the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]]'s surface but the vessel was undamaged. The portal began to activate, the keyship lowered into the structure as an energy beam growing in intensity focused through the ship. As the wind of the storm intensified, John and Thel were knocked backward. The portal activated, sending out a shockwave that temporarily caused John-117 to black out. The Spartan came to in time to witness the ''Anodyne Spirit'' depart through the now-opened portal, followed by the rest of his fleet. As Thel 'Vadam roared in anger, Admiral Hood asked if the Prophet had activated the Ark, to which Commander Keyes responded in the negative. As Hood gave the order for UNSC forces to regroup, the [[Flood]]-infested {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} exited slipspace near the city of Voi. The ship flew in low over the city, trailing rancid smoke, before crashing into Traxus Factory Complex 09. As Thel pondered the possible arrival of more Covenant, John responded that it was in fact, a far more dangerous threat - the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|storm}} | ||
[[File:Picture 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Marine under attack by Flood combat forms.]]As the Flood began to [[Flood outbreak|rapidly spread]] from the ''Indulgence of Conviction's'' crash site into the surrounding city of Voi and assimilating the corpses of humans and Covenant killed during the battle, Commander Keyes, recognizing the severity of the threat, ordered John-117 to make his way to the downed battlecruiser and overload its engines, knowing that that was their only chance to prevent the Flood from spreading across the entire planet. Admiral Hood agreed with her assessment and John, accompanied by Thel made his way back down the hill towards the Traxus facility. The recently-victorious UNSC forces scattered across Voi began to encounter the new hostiles, and with most of them having never encountered the Flood before, were easily assimilated by the parasite. John and Thel made it back to the entrance of the facility where a squad of Marines were regrouping. Suddenly, swarms of [[Pod infector]]s and [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] descended from the rooftops, landing amidst the Marines and rapidly infecting most of them, forcing John, Thel and the survivors to turn their weapons on them. Eventually beating back the wave of Flood, Thel urged the Spartan to hurry and find the crash site, knowing that speed was imperative to stop the Flood outbreak.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | [[File:Picture 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Marine under attack by Flood combat forms.]]As the Flood began to [[Flood outbreak|rapidly spread]] from the ''Indulgence of Conviction's'' crash site into the surrounding city of Voi and assimilating the corpses of humans and Covenant killed during the battle, Commander Keyes, recognizing the severity of the threat, ordered John-117 to make his way to the downed battlecruiser and overload its engines, knowing that that was their only chance to prevent the Flood from spreading across the entire planet. Admiral Hood agreed with her assessment and John, accompanied by Thel made his way back down the hill towards the Traxus facility. The recently-victorious UNSC forces scattered across Voi began to encounter the new hostiles, and with most of them having never encountered the Flood before, were easily assimilated by the parasite. John and Thel made it back to the entrance of the facility where a squad of Marines were regrouping. Suddenly, swarms of [[Pod infector]]s and [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] descended from the rooftops, landing amidst the Marines and rapidly infecting most of them, forcing John, Thel and the survivors to turn their weapons on them. Eventually beating back the wave of Flood, Thel urged the Spartan to hurry and find the crash site, knowing that speed was imperative to stop the Flood outbreak.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
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{{Quote|Hail, humans, and take heed. This is the carrier ''Shadow of Intent''. Clear this sector, while we deal with the Flood.|[[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] as the ''Shadow of Intent''{{'}}s battle group of the Fleet of Retribution arrives at Earth.}} | {{Quote|Hail, humans, and take heed. This is the carrier ''Shadow of Intent''. Clear this sector, while we deal with the Flood.|[[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] as the ''Shadow of Intent''{{'}}s battle group of the Fleet of Retribution arrives at Earth.}} | ||
[[File:Conversing Sangheili.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Sangheili Major revealing the fall of High Charity and the Flood's evolution to Thel 'Vadam.]] | [[File:Conversing Sangheili.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Sangheili Major revealing the fall of High Charity and the Flood's evolution to Thel 'Vadam.]] | ||
During the ongoing Battle for Earth, the Sangheili warships still at [[Installation 05]] had been hard at work maintaining a quarantine of the Flood-infested [[High Charity]]. While they had successfully managed to glass the infested surface of the installation and destroy the majority of Flood-controlled vessels attempting to escape the system, the {{ | During the ongoing Battle for Earth, the Sangheili warships still at [[Installation 05]] had been hard at work maintaining a quarantine of the Flood-infested [[High Charity]]. While they had successfully managed to glass the infested surface of the installation and destroy the majority of Flood-controlled vessels attempting to escape the system, the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' had managed to bypass the quarantine and move to slipspace, intending to spread the Flood infection to Earth. A portion{{Ref/Note|Id=composition|See [[Fleet of Retribution#Notes|here]].}} of the [[Fleet of Retribution]] led by [[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] was quick to follow and they arrived at Earth a short while after the Flood-infested vessel's arrival. Emerging from slipspace in the city of Voi's airspace, 'Vadum sent out a message to the remaining human forces in the area, telling them to vacate the city while they dealt with the Flood. The Sangheili had also learned of what they thought was the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]]'s presence on the Flood ship, in truth a message sent by Cortana who was still on High Charity being tortured by the [[Gravemind]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''[[Human Weakness]]''</ref> The Sangheili revealed this to the senior UNSC command, who didn't want to believe them at first. Seeking to recover the AI before destroying the crash site, the Fleet of Retribution disgorged a number of [[Covenant drop pod|drop pods]] carrying [[Special Operations Sangheili]] to the surface. Several of these pods landed in close proximity to John-117 and Thel 'Vadam, arriving in the ruins of the lake bed and promptly engaging the Flood combat forms surrounding them. John and Thel fought their way over to the team and with the area secure, their commanding [[Sangheili Major]] addressed Thel, revealing to the Arbiter the [[Fall of High Charity|fall]] of High Charity, the failure of their quarantine effort and the [[Flood pure form|evolution]] of the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
[[File:H3 FloodgateTank.png|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and Special Operations Sangheili engaging a Flood tank form.]] | [[File:H3 FloodgateTank.png|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and Special Operations Sangheili engaging a Flood tank form.]] | ||
Now accompanied by the team of Special Operations Sangheili, John-117 and Thel continued to push towards the Flood ship's crash site, making their way around the rim of the devastated lake bed while engaging numerous Flood forms that leaped up from below to attack them. After fighting their way around the lake bed, they re-entered the factory, engaging another large group of combat forms. Yet more Flood forms leapt down on them from the broken glass roof where John had fought the Yanme'e previously while another cluster of combat forms approached from the next office. Commander Keyes and Johnson then contacted the Spartan, revealing that Cortana was indeed on board the ship, and his priority was to recover the AI. As they reached the lake bed where the ''Indulgence of Conviction'' had crashed, the group was confronted by a [[Flood pure form|pure form]]: a highly-mobile [[Flood stalker form|stalker form]], upon being confronted by the team, transformed into a hulking [[Flood tank form|tank form]] which lumbered into close-quarters combat. After a scuffle, the team managed to put the pure form down. As John, Thel and the Special Operations Sangheili fought their way across the lake bed, fighting more pure forms and combat forms, now including infected Sangheili, a Phantom deployed another team of Sangheili closer to the vessel, but they were overwhelmed by massive numbers of Flood before John could reach them. The team was forced to fight through huge numbers of Flood forms including [[Flood ranged form|ranged forms]] which nestled onto walls and rooftops and fired organic projectiles at the group. Despite fierce resistance, the team managed to fight their way up to the ship, where a rent torn into the hull represented a path into the ship. Thel 'Vadam told John that he would remain behind while the Spartan ventured inside, in order to prevent any Flood forms from entering after him.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | Now accompanied by the team of Special Operations Sangheili, John-117 and Thel continued to push towards the Flood ship's crash site, making their way around the rim of the devastated lake bed while engaging numerous Flood forms that leaped up from below to attack them. After fighting their way around the lake bed, they re-entered the factory, engaging another large group of combat forms. Yet more Flood forms leapt down on them from the broken glass roof where John had fought the Yanme'e previously while another cluster of combat forms approached from the next office. Commander Keyes and Johnson then contacted the Spartan, revealing that Cortana was indeed on board the ship, and his priority was to recover the AI. As they reached the lake bed where the ''Indulgence of Conviction'' had crashed, the group was confronted by a [[Flood pure form|pure form]]: a highly-mobile [[Flood stalker form|stalker form]], upon being confronted by the team, transformed into a hulking [[Flood tank form|tank form]] which lumbered into close-quarters combat. After a scuffle, the team managed to put the pure form down. As John, Thel and the Special Operations Sangheili fought their way across the lake bed, fighting more pure forms and combat forms, now including infected Sangheili, a Phantom deployed another team of Sangheili closer to the vessel, but they were overwhelmed by massive numbers of Flood before John could reach them. The team was forced to fight through huge numbers of Flood forms including [[Flood ranged form|ranged forms]] which nestled onto walls and rooftops and fired organic projectiles at the group. Despite fierce resistance, the team managed to fight their way up to the ship, where a rent torn into the hull represented a path into the ship. Thel 'Vadam told John that he would remain behind while the Spartan ventured inside, in order to prevent any Flood forms from entering after him.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}} | ||
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|''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' | |''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' | ||
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