Fall of High Charity: Difference between revisions

Since the Forerunner Dreadnought served as the power source to High Charity, most of the lighting shut down as a result of the Dreadnought leaving the city's power grid. The Flood spread virulently through the High Charity, the Covenant's holy city already ravaged by civil war between the Jiralhanae and Sangheili. As Flood forms swarmed the Tower Districts, the Covenant forces led by the Jiralhanae were overrun after the Sangheili were wiped out.<ref name="hc"/> After the Tower Districts fell, the Flood moved on to the city's many other levels, quickly overwhelming the remaining populace despite fierce resistance.<ref name="shadow of intent"/> The large body count from the battle only fueled the Flood's progress and they soon spread all over the city, including the docks where countless ships were trying to evacuate from the doomed city.<ref name="shadow of intent"/> The air soon became saturated with [[Flood spore]]s and [[Flood growth pod|growth pod]]s began to grow throughout the station. Mere hours after the Flood arrived, High Charity had completely fallen.<ref>'''Halo 2''', Legendary Ending</ref> It didn't take long for Flood-infested ships to start launching from High Charity, intending to spread the infection to the warring ships in the airspace around the city. At least one Sangheili, [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]], managed to negotiate a temporary truce between the Jiralhanae and Sangheili ships in order to focus their efforts on preventing the Flood from escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 197''</ref> This truce was short-lived, as the Jiralhanae began to target Sangheili ships again before all of the Flood had been wiped out. At some point during the battle, the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' [[Glassing|glassed]] part of High Charity in an attempt to combat the Flood aboard it.<ref name="shadow of intent"/>