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 The team departed High Charity on board three {{Pattern|Kez'katu|Phantom}}s, soaring past the remnants of Installation 04 towards [[Threshold]]. As they travelled, Commander 'Vadumee delivered a motivational speech to the troops under his command. As the Phantoms entered the gas giant's tempestuous atmosphere and closed with the large installation on which the gas mine was attached, 'Vadumee confronted the newly appointed Arbiter. His former commander, 'Vadumee now viewed Thel 'Vadamee with disdain following his failure to safeguard the Halo ring, and made it clear that while the lives of his troops mattered to him, the life of 'Vadamee did not. As the Phantoms closed with the gas mine, one of their pilots reported that the enormous maelstrom below the mine would undoubtedly strike the facility before long, to which 'Vadumee responded that the strike team will have long since accomplished their mission and departed by then. The Phantoms eventually arrived atop one of the many towers surrounding the main structure, and two of them deployed their complements of troops, including 'Vadamee.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
 [[File:H2A SpecOpsVsHereticGrunts.png|thumb|right|250px|Special Operations troops battling heretic Unggoy.]]
-As the team made their way towards the nearest airlock, 'Vadumee encouraged the Arbiter to make use of stealth and speed in concert with the Special Operations unit to quickly eliminate the heretic forces, notifying the team that the nearby storm had masked their approach from the heretics, and thrown their local [[Covenant battle network#Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|battle network]] into disarray, granting the team with the element of surprise. One of the teams [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili]] used a console to open the airlock, and the first [[lance]] made their way inside. The lance's commander ordered his troops to engage their [[active camouflage]], telling them to only reveal themselves once the Arbiter initiated open combat with enemy forces. 'Vadumee told the Arbiter that he could also cloak himself, but had to use it sparingly as his [[Arbiter body armor|armor]]'s systems were of a more primitive design than those of modern Sangheili [[Sangheili harness|armor]]. Upon arriving at the first room inside the gas mine, the team found a group of sleeping heretic Unggoy and a pair of patrolling Sangheili. They overheard the Sangheili conversing about missing troops, as well as the presence of 343 Guilty Spark and his Sentinels. The team quickly took out the heretic soldiers and moved forward into a larger area with several [[Conveyor belt|energy belts]] ferrying Forerunner [[Forerunner gas canister|gas canisters]] into a deep pit. This larger room was occupied by more heretics and a battle soon erupted but the Covenant, with the support of a [[Type-42 plasma cannon|''Shepsu''-pattern plasma cannon]], emerged victorious. The team pressed on, descending to a lower level below the conveyor room and eliminating several more heretics, including a group arriving from a nearby elevator. With the area clear, the Arbiter and his team boarded the elevator and descended towards a hangar bay containing a single {{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}}. One of the Sangheili in the team observed the presence of Aggressor Sentinels in the room, noting with confusion their allegiance to the heretic forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
+As the team made their way towards the nearest airlock, 'Vadumee encouraged the Arbiter to make use of stealth and speed in concert with the Special Operations unit to quickly eliminate the heretic forces, notifying the team that the nearby storm had masked their approach from the heretics, and thrown their local [[Proselytization network#Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|battle network]] into disarray, granting the team with the element of surprise. One of the teams [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili]] used a console to open the airlock, and the first [[lance]] made their way inside. The lance's commander ordered his troops to engage their [[active camouflage]], telling them to only reveal themselves once the Arbiter initiated open combat with enemy forces. 'Vadumee told the Arbiter that he could also cloak himself, but had to use it sparingly as his [[Arbiter body armor|armor]]'s systems were of a more primitive design than those of modern Sangheili [[Sangheili harness|armor]]. Upon arriving at the first room inside the gas mine, the team found a group of sleeping heretic Unggoy and a pair of patrolling Sangheili. They overheard the Sangheili conversing about missing troops, as well as the presence of 343 Guilty Spark and his Sentinels. The team quickly took out the heretic soldiers and moved forward into a larger area with several [[Conveyor belt|energy belts]] ferrying Forerunner [[Forerunner gas canister|gas canisters]] into a deep pit. This larger room was occupied by more heretics and a battle soon erupted but the Covenant, with the support of a [[Type-42 plasma cannon|''Shepsu''-pattern plasma cannon]], emerged victorious. The team pressed on, descending to a lower level below the conveyor room and eliminating several more heretics, including a group arriving from a nearby elevator. With the area clear, the Arbiter and his team boarded the elevator and descended towards a hangar bay containing a single {{Pattern|Kai|Seraph}}. One of the Sangheili in the team observed the presence of Aggressor Sentinels in the room, noting with confusion their allegiance to the heretic forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}
 [[File:H2A SecondLanceDeployed.png|thumb|left|250px|A Phantom deploying the strike team's second lance into the hangar bay.]]
 As the Arbiter and his team engaged in combat with the numerous heretic and Sentinel forces in the hangar, one of the strike team's Phantom pilots radioed 'Vadamee, requesting that they clear out the room and open the bay door so that he could enter and deploy the second lance to assist the team. The group fought their way across the room and the Arbiter opened the door. The Phantom entered and deployed reinforcements while the Arbiter assisted in repelling the attacks of both Sentinels and several fuel rod gun-wielding Unggoy. The heretics launched a final attack on the room, with groups of Unggoy and Sangheili entering from various doors around the room, including one leading deeper into the station. The heretics fought determinedly to stop the Covenant forces, with Unggoy setting up plasma cannons and an energy-sword wielding Sangheili but all of them fell to the Arbiter and his men. With the hangar clear, the team opted to follow the passageway deeper into the mine. They fought more heretics in close quarters, before emerging into another conveyor room where they encountered several heretic Sangheili wielding [[Sentinel beam]]s. Overcoming all resistance in the room, the group found another door taking them even deeper. The group proceeded through the twisting corridors, silencing several patrolling and unaware heretic soldiers as they went. The Arbiter and his forces eventually reached a room with a large window looking out onto a landing pad with several parked {{Pattern|Drailaac|Banshee}}s and heretics, including Sesa 'Refumee. the heretic leader ordered his soldiers to eliminate the Arbiter while he protected the "Oracle", before leaving in a Banshee. The strike team defeated the remaining heretics as well as several more Sentinels before pressing out to the landing pad. One of the team's Sangheili told 'Vadamee to continue his pursuit while they remained behind to secure the areas of the station they had passed through.{{Ref/Reuse|Arbiter}}