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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Having discovered the location of [[Earth]], Covenant forces under the command of the [[Prophet of Truth]] were building a [[Truth's fleet|massive invasion fleet]], consisting of about five hundred ships to invade humanity's homeworld. Truth kept his knowledge of Earth's location hidden from his fellow [[Hierarchs]], [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]] and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]]. The assembly of the fleet, which was led entirely by the [[Jiralhanae]], also remained secret; Truth planned to have the Jiralhanae [[Changing of the Guard|usurp]] the [[Sangheili]] as the [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets]]' protectors, simultaneously eliminating his fellow Hierarchs.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/events/complex/ten-twenty/f4adbef8-e9bc-44f8-aefa-d8e9b69f7139 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Ten Twenty'']</ref> | Having discovered the location of [[Earth]], Covenant forces under the command of the [[Prophet of Truth]] were building a [[Truth's fleet|massive invasion fleet]], consisting of about five hundred ships to invade humanity's homeworld. Truth kept his knowledge of Earth's location hidden from his fellow [[Hierarchs]], [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]] and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]]. The assembly of the fleet, which was led entirely by the [[Jiralhanae]], also remained secret; Truth planned to have the Jiralhanae [[Changing of the Guard|usurp]] the [[Sangheili]] as the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]]' protectors, simultaneously eliminating his fellow Hierarchs.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/events/complex/ten-twenty/f4adbef8-e9bc-44f8-aefa-d8e9b69f7139 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Ten Twenty'']</ref> | ||
After discovering Truth's plan, and the location of ''Unyielding Hierophant'' in the [[Tau Ceti system]], from a piggybacked transmission, the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] and [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] formulated a counter plan that would result in either a massive victory or the deaths of the remaining active SPARTAN-IIs. | After discovering Truth's plan, and the location of ''Unyielding Hierophant'' in the [[Tau Ceti system]], from a piggybacked transmission, the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] and [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] formulated a counter plan that would result in either a massive victory or the deaths of the remaining active SPARTAN-IIs. | ||