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[[File:Phoenix log.png|thumb|right|300px|A log found in the game's campaign.]]

[[File:HW2_PhoenixLog_Images.jpg||thumb|right|300px|A variety of images created for the Phoenix Logs.]]

In ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', '''Phoenix Logs''' are a collection of codex entries that provide background information on units, characters, and other events of the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. Much like its [[Halo Wars|predecessor’s]] collectible [[Black Boxes]], which unlocked [[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline entries]] in the game, the Phoenix Logs can be unlocked by both feats of completion as well as collection and be accessed from the game’s campaign menu.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref>

:The expedition was spurred on by the re-activation of the existing Halo array in

:and stopped Tragic Solitude's plan to aggressively mine the Earth for materials

:to rebuild the Ark, which had been damaged as a result of the battle that

:ended the [[Human-Covenant War]].

:[[New Mombasa]] in their ship

:[[Eden Rising]] to set up base and activate dormant [[Retriever Sentinel]]s in order to

:ears dulled by the constant whine, almost delirious with starvation. I tried to

:cry when I first saw the outpost, but I was so dehydrated I could only choke out

:With the researchers long dead the outpost was filthy and a stale smell hung in

:bond lattices used in Covenant fuel rods, and is one of the materials pumped

:throughout the Ark in great rivers to keep the installation functioning.

:corrosive and mutagenic sludge during operation. Not that this has stopped

:Voridus from field testing new weapons that actually harness these dangerous

:Dragon's teeth

:though the specifics of their communication are indecipherable to others.

:Among the results of their collaboration are a unique form of vehicle barricade

:A special forces raiding unit of the Marines, ODSTs are deployed from the Spirit

:of Fire to turn the tide of battles, raid enemy bases. and assassinate high-value  

:in an armored drop pod. The ODSTs enter the atmosphere at high speed and  

:brake just short of impact. Because of the speed with which they enter the  

:and vehicle gone. The only vehicles left look to have been sabotaged.

:around the other departments. Did we have a Spartan black ops mission there?

   

:symbol to the Jiralhanae. A new leader to rally around. While we've been  

:fighting the Covenant, he's been growing and gathering his forces. The last time  

:engineers. You know what those things can do?

:My ability to communicate with the Huragoks, the sign language and the

:brothers fought in battle, I was to work with the Huragoks to secure resources

:and unlock ancient technology. How I wished we had a Unggoy [[Deacon]] that

:Our orders are to sit tight and observe. After Major Vaughan's close shave with

:that Forerunner ship, the captain has us watching all potential hot spots for

:what we've seen before, Atriox has no compunctions about messing with the

:Ark in order to get what he wants. [2/2]

:We were preparing the laser drills for power extraction when an Unggoy

:spotted the first form. We laughed at typical Unggoy panic until we saw a

:the sheer numbers of Flood when they first attacked, swarming over the

:turrets and silencing them under mounds of filth. We fell back inside, but they

:Commander Pavium has stationed me at his salvage operation to provide

:security in case the humans try to interfere. Through the Jiralhanae are usually

:mind. Though he would kill me for suggesting so, he would make a fine

:Sangheili.

:just a distant memory.

:enough to believe in them. But now that High Charity looms over us like a giant

:dead thing, those lies do not seem so foolish. Are we not as guilty as the

:the rest of the damage wrought by the war. The moon at the center of the

:Foundry has been largely depleted, and without necessary support structures

:More frequently, the same thought occurs to me; this installation's purpose is

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===The Flood===

:The Flood is a voracious hive-mind parasite that seizes, converts, and controls

:biosphere can be altered to approximate these ideal conditions.

:established hives filled with specialized Flood growths which harvest the vitality

:of the soil, soak up solar energy, and consume all native life within its

:monument of ancient sins; a self-aware compound mind that transcends

:individual hosts and lesser key minds; a formless intellect who knows all that

:through assimilation. Its only goal is the consumption of every thinking creature

:in the galaxy. The Gravemind's most recent physical avatar was destroyed