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===The Flood===
===The Flood===
[[File:H3 - I08 Detonates.png|300px|thumb|Installation 08 fires above the Ark, severely damaging everything on its surface.]]
[[File:H3 - I08 Detonates.png|300px|thumb|Installation 08 fires above the Ark, severely damaging everything on its surface.]]
On December 14, 2552, just three days after the battle and the ring's activation, 000 Tragic Solitude marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of ''High Charity's'' ruins, in fear that any few surviving Flood remnants would escape the crash site. Furthermore, he instructed his Sentinels to raze perimeter, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity.{{Ref/Game|Id=idle hands ii|HW2|Phoenix Log#The Archive 2|Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"}} By [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]], the Flood remnants were contained within the rubble of ''High Charity'',{{Ref/Game|Id=uncomfortable i|HW2|Phoenix Log#Manifestation 2|Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"}} with a [[battalion]] of Sentinels patrolling in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing them.{{Ref/Reuse|idle hands ii}}  
On December 14, 2552, just three days after the battle and the ring's activation, 000 Tragic Solitude marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of ''High Charity's'' ruins, in fear that any few surviving Flood remnants would escape the crash site. Furthermore, he instructed his Sentinels to raze a perimeter, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity.{{Ref/Game|Id=idle hands ii|HW2|Phoenix Log#The Archive 2|Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"}} By [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]], the Flood remnants were contained within the rubble of ''High Charity'',{{Ref/Game|Id=uncomfortable i|HW2|Phoenix Log#Manifestation 2|Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"}} with a [[battalion]] of Sentinels patrolling in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing them.{{Ref/Reuse|idle hands ii}}  


However, their defenses were proven to be ineffective, with [[Banished]] forces, led by Jiralhanae [[Voridus]], [[Outbreak on Installation 00|releasing the Flood]] from the ruins of ''High Charity'' and providing them with hosts to infect during the [[Second Ark Conflict]] on [[2559#June|June 4, 2559]].{{Ref/Reuse|wrong}} This inadvertently caused a Flood outbreak onto the installation, leading to a desperate struggle between the Banished and the parasite. Ultimately, the Banished managed to destroy a [[Proto-Gravemind]] that was moments away from becoming a Gravemind and the Ark's Sentinels and the Banished managed to once again contain the Flood.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Manifestation}}
However, their defenses were proven to be ineffective, with [[Banished]] forces, led by Jiralhanae [[Voridus]], [[Outbreak on Installation 00|releasing the Flood]] from the ruins of ''High Charity'' and providing them with hosts to infect during the [[Second Ark Conflict]] on [[2559#June|June 4, 2559]].{{Ref/Reuse|wrong}} This inadvertently caused a Flood outbreak onto the installation, leading to a desperate struggle between the Banished and the parasite. Ultimately, the Banished managed to destroy a [[Proto-Gravemind]] that was moments away from becoming a Gravemind and the Ark's Sentinels and the Banished managed to once again contain the Flood.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Manifestation}}