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Unlike on Installation 04, where the Sentinels had contained the Flood until the Covenant began to meddle with the Forerunner containment measures, on Installation 05, the Flood had been in continual war with the Sentinels since the firing of the Halos 100,000 years ago. Even up to 2552, the Flood were presumably dwindling with no fresh supply of hosts (perhaps they were involved more in hiding than in open warfare). However, like on Installation 04, the fresh suitable host bodies of a newly-arrived Covenant armada and a UNSC strike force fueled the Flood's exponential parasitic capabilities, and Flood infestation increased at a surprisingly rapid rate, and within hours, Sentinel forces were being overrun, causing a risk that the Ring would fall to the parasite.

In order for the activation of the Halos and the facilitation of the ultimate Flood containment measure to occur, a [[Reclaimer]] had to retrieve [[the Index]] from [[Installation 05]]'s own [[Library]], making [[the Library]] a high-priority target for the Flood: if it could control the Library and prevent any Reclaimer from entering, it would make itself essentially invulnerable. Installation 05's Library was nestled in a tenuous series of wintry and snowy canyons and boasted three levels of defense: an exterior [[Sentinel Wall]] kilometers in the distance, an underground honeycombed facility that produced large numbers of Sentinels (that impeded any invaders from advancing), a [[Containment Shield]] (an [[energy shield]] that denied access by any means to the Library until it was deactivated), and a [[Quarantine Zone]] (a type of biological "airlock"<ref>''[[Halo 2 Multi-player Map Pack]]''</ref> to prevent the Flood from spreading any further. This multi-tiered defense was patrolled by hundreds of Sentinels and [[Sentinel Major]]s, and several [[Enforcers]].

In order for the activation of the Halos and the facilitation of the ultimate Flood containment measure to occur, a [[Reclaimer]] had to retrieve [[the Index]] from [[Installation 05]]'s own [[Library]], making [[the Library]] a high-priority target for the Flood: if it could control the Library and prevent any Reclaimer from entering, it would make itself essentially invulnerable. Installation 05's Library was nestled in a tenuous series of wintry and snowy canyons and boasted three levels of defense: an exterior [[Sentinel Wall]] kilometers in the distance, an underground honeycombed facility that produced large numbers of Sentinels (that impeded any invaders from advancing), a [[Containment Shield]] (an [[energy shield]] that denied access by any means to the Library until it was deactivated), and a [[Quarantine Zone]] (a type of biological "airlock"<ref>''[[Halo 2 Multi-player Map Pack]]''</ref> to prevent the Flood from spreading any further). This multi-tiered defense was patrolled by hundreds of Sentinels and [[Sentinel Major]]s, and several [[Enforcers]].

However, two external forces, the Covenant and the United Nations Space Command, wanted the Index as well: the Covenant, to activate the Halos and set off the misinterpreted "sublimation event"<ref>http://www.halo3.com</ref> of the [[Great Journey]], and the [[UNSC]] to secure the Index and prevent the [[Covenant]] from doing so. The Covenant sent a Strike Team of Special Operations [[Elite]]s, commanded by [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, and led into battle by the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]], to retrieve the Index in a multi-staged assault. However, the Covenant first needed to deactivate the Containment Shield by disconnecting its power generator in the center of the Sentinel Wall. Previously, a force of [[Brutes]], [[Grunts]], and [[Jackals]] had been dispatched to complete that operation, but they were overwhelmed by Sentinel defenders and forced into a defensive position instead of an attacking one. The Arbiter was personally ordered by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to find and retrieve the "Sacred Icon" (the Covenant term for the "Index") for the Covenant. Because the Sentinels activated the Containment Shield, he could not be directly air-dropped to the Library; instead, he had to land at the periphery of the Sentinel Wall, disable the generator, and then proceed to deactivate the generator. [[Tartarus]] deployed the Arbiter in a Phantom drop ship, where the Arbiter entered the first half of the Sentinel Wall, where there was evidence of heavy Covenant casualties and abandoned infrastructure, making his way down through the facility and finally deactivating the Containment Shield. While the first half of the Sentinel Wall had remained pristine, the second half, the one buttressing the Quarantine Zone, was infested by Flood. Sentinel resistance had been destroyed in some segments of the Flood-Infested Wall<ref>''[[The Official Halo 2 Strategy Guide]]''</ref>, and in heavily infested areas, The Flood appeared to be beginning to terraform the Forerunner facility, spreading murky spores into the air. The UNSC deployed a number of Marines to fight through the Flood-Infested Wall, but they were grossly overrun. The Arbiter was able to battle through hundreds of Flood forms that had taken up positions in the Wall, which had entered through wall-mounted conduits, although later, the Covenant deployed a team of three Special Operations Elites in the lower levels of the Flood-infested Wall, although they were killed as well. Finally, the Arbiter was able to make his way out of the Wall, emerging at the ground levels: the Quarantine Zone.

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 Unlike on Installation 04, where the Sentinels had contained the Flood until the Covenant began to meddle with the Forerunner containment measures, on Installation 05, the Flood had been in continual war with the Sentinels since the firing of the Halos 100,000 years ago. Even up to 2552, the Flood were presumably dwindling with no fresh supply of hosts (perhaps they were involved more in hiding than in open warfare). However, like on Installation 04, the fresh suitable host bodies of a newly-arrived Covenant armada and a UNSC strike force fueled the Flood's exponential parasitic capabilities, and Flood infestation increased at a surprisingly rapid rate, and within hours, Sentinel forces were being overrun, causing a risk that the Ring would fall to the parasite.
-In order for the activation of the Halos and the facilitation of the ultimate Flood containment measure to occur, a [[Reclaimer]] had to retrieve [[the Index]] from [[Installation 05]]'s own [[Library]], making [[the Library]] a high-priority target for the Flood: if it could control the Library and prevent any Reclaimer from entering, it would make itself essentially invulnerable. Installation 05's Library was nestled in a tenuous series of wintry and snowy canyons and boasted three levels of defense: an exterior [[Sentinel Wall]] kilometers in the distance, an underground honeycombed facility that produced large numbers of Sentinels (that impeded any invaders from advancing), a [[Containment Shield]] (an [[energy shield]] that denied access by any means to the Library until it was deactivated), and a [[Quarantine Zone]] (a type of biological "airlock"<ref>''[[Halo 2 Multi-player Map Pack]]''</ref> to prevent the Flood from spreading any further. This multi-tiered defense was patrolled by hundreds of Sentinels and [[Sentinel Major]]s, and several [[Enforcers]].
+In order for the activation of the Halos and the facilitation of the ultimate Flood containment measure to occur, a [[Reclaimer]] had to retrieve [[the Index]] from [[Installation 05]]'s own [[Library]], making [[the Library]] a high-priority target for the Flood: if it could control the Library and prevent any Reclaimer from entering, it would make itself essentially invulnerable. Installation 05's Library was nestled in a tenuous series of wintry and snowy canyons and boasted three levels of defense: an exterior [[Sentinel Wall]] kilometers in the distance, an underground honeycombed facility that produced large numbers of Sentinels (that impeded any invaders from advancing), a [[Containment Shield]] (an [[energy shield]] that denied access by any means to the Library until it was deactivated), and a [[Quarantine Zone]] (a type of biological "airlock"<ref>''[[Halo 2 Multi-player Map Pack]]''</ref> to prevent the Flood from spreading any further). This multi-tiered defense was patrolled by hundreds of Sentinels and [[Sentinel Major]]s, and several [[Enforcers]].
 However, two external forces, the Covenant and the United Nations Space Command, wanted the Index as well: the Covenant, to activate the Halos and set off the misinterpreted "sublimation event"<ref>http://www.halo3.com</ref> of the [[Great Journey]], and the [[UNSC]] to secure the Index and prevent the [[Covenant]] from doing so. The Covenant sent a Strike Team of Special Operations [[Elite]]s, commanded by [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, and led into battle by the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]], to retrieve the Index in a multi-staged assault. However, the Covenant first needed to deactivate the Containment Shield by disconnecting its power generator in the center of the Sentinel Wall. Previously, a force of [[Brutes]], [[Grunts]], and [[Jackals]] had been dispatched to complete that operation, but they were overwhelmed by Sentinel defenders and forced into a defensive position instead of an attacking one. The Arbiter was personally ordered by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to find and retrieve the "Sacred Icon" (the Covenant term for the "Index") for the Covenant. Because the Sentinels activated the Containment Shield, he could not be directly air-dropped to the Library; instead, he had to land at the periphery of the Sentinel Wall, disable the generator, and then proceed to deactivate the generator. [[Tartarus]] deployed the Arbiter in a Phantom drop ship, where the Arbiter entered the first half of the Sentinel Wall, where there was evidence of heavy Covenant casualties and abandoned infrastructure, making his way down through the facility and finally deactivating the Containment Shield. While the first half of the Sentinel Wall had remained pristine, the second half, the one buttressing the Quarantine Zone, was infested by Flood. Sentinel resistance had been destroyed in some segments of the Flood-Infested Wall<ref>''[[The Official Halo 2 Strategy Guide]]''</ref>, and in heavily infested areas, The Flood appeared to be beginning to terraform the Forerunner facility, spreading murky spores into the air. The UNSC deployed a number of Marines to fight through the Flood-Infested Wall, but they were grossly overrun. The Arbiter was able to battle through hundreds of Flood forms that had taken up positions in the Wall, which had entered through wall-mounted conduits, although later, the Covenant deployed a team of three Special Operations Elites in the lower levels of the Flood-infested Wall, although they were killed as well. Finally, the Arbiter was able to make his way out of the Wall, emerging at the ground levels: the Quarantine Zone.