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1119<td style="color:#000; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px">This article is based on canon information, but the article's title is conjectural and/or uses descriptions as the title, as there is currently no official name for the subject.
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1121<p>Following the <a href="/Battle_of_the_Citadel" title="Battle of the Citadel">end</a> of the <a href="/Human-Covenant_War" title="Human-Covenant War">Human-Covenant War</a> in <a href="/2552#December" title="2552">2552</a>, a number of smaller conflicts and tensions arose: this cold time period was referred to as the <b>post-Covenant War era</b>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (shortened <b>post-war era</b>),<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SmokeAndShadow&#95;2-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmokeAndShadow-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the <b>postwar</b>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-4" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-5" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or infrequently as the <b>Treaty period</b>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-waypoint&#95;enc&#95;6-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waypoint_enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1122</p><p>The <a href="/Unified_Earth_Government" title="Unified Earth Government">Unified Earth Government</a> and its <a href="/United_Nations_Space_Command" title="United Nations Space Command">United Nations Space Command</a> had emerged as a major superpower following the end of the war.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-7" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They maintained their <a href="/Treaty_of_2552" title="Treaty of 2552">alliance</a> with the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> led by <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a> and both groups occasionally engaged in irregular hostilities between several new <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">remnant factions</a> of the former <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a>, most notably the smaller <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">new "Covenant"</a> led by <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-InitiationInterview&#95;8-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InitiationInterview-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Various human <a href="/Insurrectionist" title="Insurrectionist">Insurrectionist</a> groups, many of which had been dormant during the Human-Covenant War, re-emerged in the post-war era, the most prominent of these being the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE5&#95;9-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/United_Rebel_Front" title="United Rebel Front">United Rebel Front</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-hnb&#95;10-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hnb-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but also various independent colonial governments seeking to cut ties with the UEG.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-11" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Additionally, the <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> were embroiled in a <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">civil war</a> for several years, while many members of the species continued their earlier <a href="/Sangheili-Jiralhanae_war" title="Sangheili-Jiralhanae war">feud</a> with the <a href="/Jiralhanae" title="Jiralhanae">Jiralhanae</a>, whose various packs and skiens also remained locked in irregular infighting.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HTTW&#95;12-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTTW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the year <a href="/2559" title="2559">2559</a>, the <a href="/Intergalactic_space" title="Intergalactic space">extragalactic</a> installation known as <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">the Ark</a> was embroiled in an isolated yet <a href="/Second_Ark_Conflict" title="Second Ark Conflict">protracted battle</a> between the mercenary group known as the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> and the UNSC forces of the long-lost warship <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a>. Conflicts in the post-war era also saw an increase in the involvement of <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> elements, starting with the awakening of <a href="/Promethean" title="Promethean">Promethean</a> forces led by the renegade <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">Ur-Didact</a> who <a href="/New_Phoenix_Incident" title="New Phoenix Incident">briefly attacked Earth</a> in <a href="/2557" title="2557">2557</a>. By the <a href="/2558" title="2558">following year</a>, the Promethean constructs fell under the banner of the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a>, a newly-emerged group bent on galactic domination led by <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a> and the <a href="/Warden_Eternal" title="Warden Eternal">Warden Eternal</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5g&#95;13-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5g-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This lead to the <a href="/Subjugation_of_Earth" title="Subjugation of Earth">Subjugation of Earth</a>, humanity's first major setback since the end of the war, and the start of the <a href="/Created_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Created conflict">Created conflict</a>.
1123</p>
1124<div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div>
1125<ul>
1126<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
1126<a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li>
1127<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Insurrectionists_resurgence"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Insurrectionists resurgence</span></a>
1128<ul>
1129<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Attack_on_Infinity"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Attack on <i>Infinity</i></span></a></li>
1130<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Alpha-Nine.27s_missions"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Alpha-Nine's missions</span></a></li>
1131<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Attack_on_the_Spartan-IV_training_station"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Attack on the Spartan-IV training station</span></a></li>
1132<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Continuing_Rebel_Activity"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Continuing Rebel Activity</span></a></li>
1133<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Joining_the_Banished"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Joining the Banished</span></a></li>
1134</ul>
1135</li>
1136<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Continuing_Sangheili-Jiralhanae_hostility"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Continuing Sangheili-Jiralhanae hostility</span></a>
1137<ul>
1138<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Attempted_peace_negotiations"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Attempted peace negotiations</span></a></li>
1139<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Ongoing_battles"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ongoing battles</span></a></li>
1140</ul>
1141</li>
1142<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Blooding_Years"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Blooding Years</span></a>
1143<ul>
1144<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Assault_on_Vadam"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Assault on Vadam</span></a></li>
1145<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Other_engagements"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Other engagements</span></a></li>
1146</ul>
1147</li>
1148<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#ONI_black_ops"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">ONI black ops</span></a>
1149<ul>
1150<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Kilo-Five"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Kilo-Five</span></a></li>
1151<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Trouble_on_Gao"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Trouble on Gao</span></a></li>
1152<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Ambush_on_Ferret_Team"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Ambush on Ferret Team</span></a></li>
1153<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#The_archeon.27s_plot"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">The archeon's plot</span></a></li>
1154<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Sedra_and_Alpha_Shard"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Sedra and Alpha Shard</span></a></li>
1155<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Later_missions_and_Biko_incident"><span class="tocnumber">5.6</span> <span class="toctext">Later missions and Biko incident</span></a></li>
1156<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Bioweapon_incident"><span class="tocnumber">5.7</span> <span class="toctext">Bioweapon incident</span></a></li>
1157<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Cutting_ties"><span class="tocnumber">5.8</span> <span class="toctext">Cutting ties</span></a></li>
1158<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Keepers_Eradication_Campaign"><span class="tocnumber">5.9</span> <span class="toctext">Keepers Eradication Campaign</span></a></li>
1159<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Anti-slave_operations"><span class="tocnumber">5.10</span> <span class="toctext">Anti-slave operations</span></a></li>
1160</ul>
1161</li>
1162<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Spartan_Ops"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Spartan Ops</span></a>
1163<ul>
1164<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Draetheus_V"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Draetheus V</span></a></li>
1165</ul>
1166</li>
1167<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Return_to_the_Ark"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Return to the Ark</span></a></li>
1168<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Attacks_on_Outer_Colonies"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Attacks on Outer Colonies</span></a></li>
1169<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Resurgence_of_the_Flood"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Resurgence of the Flood</span></a>
1170<ul>
1171<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Outbreak_at_Site_22"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Outbreak at Site 22</span></a></li>
1172<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Ascension_on_Atropos"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ascension on Atropos</span></a></li>
1173</ul>
1174</li>
1175<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#Search_for_the_Librarian_and_the_UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Search for the Librarian and the UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></span></a>
1176<ul>
1177<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Roman_Blue"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Roman Blue</i></span></a></li>
1178<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Radiant_Perception"><span class="tocnumber">10.2</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Radiant Perception</i></span></a></li>
1179<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#Etran_Harborage_debris_field"><span class="tocnumber">10.3</span> <span class="toctext">Etran Harborage debris field</span></a></li>
1180<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Captured_by_ONI"><span class="tocnumber">10.4</span> <span class="toctext">Captured by ONI</span></a></li>
1181<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Mission_to_the_Korinth_Prior_system"><span class="tocnumber">10.5</span> <span class="toctext">Mission to the Korinth Prior system</span></a></li>
1182<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Alliance_with_Spark"><span class="tocnumber">10.6</span> <span class="toctext">Alliance with Spark</span></a></li>
1183<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Mount_Kilimanjaro"><span class="tocnumber">10.7</span> <span class="toctext">Mount Kilimanjaro</span></a></li>
1184<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#A_New_Path"><span class="tocnumber">10.8</span> <span class="toctext">A New Path</span></a></li>
1185<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Finding_Bastion"><span class="tocnumber">10.9</span> <span class="toctext">Finding Bastion</span></a></li>
1186</ul>
1187</li>
1188<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-42"><a href="#Return_of_the_Prometheans"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Return of the Prometheans</span></a>
1189<ul>
1190<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Requiem"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Requiem</span></a></li>
1191<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#The_Composer"><span class="tocnumber">11.2</span> <span class="toctext">
1191The Composer</span></a></li>
1192<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#Battle_over_Earth"><span class="tocnumber">11.3</span> <span class="toctext">Battle over Earth</span></a></li>
1193<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href="#The_Conduit"><span class="tocnumber">11.4</span> <span class="toctext">The Conduit</span></a></li>
1194<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#The_Composer.27s_Forge"><span class="tocnumber">11.5</span> <span class="toctext">The Composer's Forge</span></a></li>
1195<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-48"><a href="#Return_to_Requiem"><span class="tocnumber">11.6</span> <span class="toctext">Return to Requiem</span></a></li>
1196</ul>
1197</li>
1198<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-49"><a href="#Continuing_Banished_Aggression"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Continuing Banished Aggression</span></a>
1199<ul>
1200<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-50"><a href="#Expansion"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Expansion</span></a></li>
1201<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-51"><a href="#Battle_of_Mars"><span class="tocnumber">12.2</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of Mars</span></a></li>
1202<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-52"><a href="#Invasion_of_Suban"><span class="tocnumber">12.3</span> <span class="toctext">Invasion of Suban</span></a></li>
1203<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-53"><a href="#Battle_of_Dormire_III"><span class="tocnumber">12.4</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of Dormire III</span></a></li>
1204<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-54"><a href="#Battle_of_Nysa"><span class="tocnumber">12.5</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of Nysa</span></a></li>
1205</ul>
1206</li>
1207<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-55"><a href="#NCA_plot"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">NCA plot</span></a>
1208<ul>
1209<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-56"><a href="#Ealen_IV"><span class="tocnumber">13.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ealen IV</span></a></li>
1210<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-57"><a href="#Infinity_ambushed"><span class="tocnumber">13.2</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Infinity</i> ambushed</span></a></li>
1211</ul>
1212</li>
1213<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-58"><a href="#The_Janus_Key_and_the_Absolute_Record"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">The Janus Key and the Absolute Record</span></a>
1214<ul>
1215<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-59"><a href="#Attack_on_Oban"><span class="tocnumber">14.1</span> <span class="toctext">Attack on Oban</span></a></li>
1216<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-60"><a href="#Ambush_on_Aktis_IV"><span class="tocnumber">14.2</span> <span class="toctext">Ambush on Aktis IV</span></a></li>
1217<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-61"><a href="#Battle_of_the_Absolute_Record"><span class="tocnumber">14.3</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of the Absolute Record</span></a></li>
1218</ul>
1219</li>
1220<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-62"><a href="#Danger_of_the_Sharquoi"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">Danger of the Sharquoi</span></a>
1221<ul>
1222<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-63"><a href="#POLECAT_and_its_aftermath"><span class="tocnumber">15.1</span> <span class="toctext">POLECAT and its aftermath</span></a></li>
1223<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-64"><a href="#Crisis_on_Carrow"><span class="tocnumber">15.2</span> <span class="toctext">Crisis on Carrow</span></a></li>
1224</ul>
1225</li>
1226<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-65"><a href="#Rise_of_the_Created"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">Rise of the Created</span></a>
1227<ul>
1228<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-66"><a href="#Battle_of_Kamchatka"><span class="tocnumber">16.1</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of Kamchatka</span></a></li>
1229<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-67"><a href="#Blue_Team_goes_AWOL"><span class="tocnumber">16.2</span> <span class="toctext">Blue Team goes AWOL</span></a></li>
1230<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-68"><a href="#Search_for_Blue_Team"><span class="tocnumber">16.3</span> <span class="toctext">Search for Blue Team</span></a></li>
1231<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-69"><a href="#FERO.27s_mission"><span class="tocnumber">16.4</span> <span class="toctext">FERO's mission</span></a></li>
1232<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-70"><a href="#Fall_of_Jul.27s_Covenant"><span class="tocnumber">16.5</span> <span class="toctext">Fall of Jul's Covenant</span></a></li>
1233<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-71"><a href="#Genesis"><span class="tocnumber">16.6</span> <span class="toctext">Genesis</span></a></li>
1234<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-72"><a href="#Rebellion_of_artificial_intelligences"><span class="tocnumber">16.7</span> <span class="toctext">Rebellion of artificial intelligences</span></a></li>
1235</ul>
1236</li>
1237<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-73"><a href="#Second_Ark_Conflict"><span class="tocnumber">17</span> <span class="toctext">Second Ark Conflict</span></a>
1238<ul>
1239<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-74"><a href="#Return_of_the_UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire"><span class="tocnumber">17.1</span> <span class="toctext">Return of the UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></span></a></li>
1240<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-75"><a href="#Awakening_the_Nightmare"><span class="tocnumber">17.2</span> <span class="toctext">Awakening the Nightmare</span></a></li>
1241<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-76"><a href="#Return_to_the_Milky_Way"><span class="tocnumber">17.3</span> <span class="toctext">Return to the Milky Way</span></a></li>
1242<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-77"><a href="#Attempting_to_Start_the_Great_Journey"><span class="tocnumber">17.4</span> <span class="toctext">Attempting to Start the Great Journey</span></a></li>
1243</ul>
1244</li>
1245<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-78"><a href="#Pax_Cortana"><span class="tocnumber">18</span> <span class="toctext">Pax Cortana</span></a>
1246<ul>
1247<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-79"><a href="#Conflict_on_Reach"><span class="tocnumber">18.1</span> <span class="toctext">Conflict on Reach</span></a></li>
1248<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-80"><a href="#Hunt_for_the_Divine_Hand"><span class="tocnumber">18.2</span> <span class="toctext">Hunt for the Divine Hand</span></a></li>
1249<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-81"><a href="#Battle_for_the_Domain"><span class="tocnumber">18.3</span> <span class="toctext">Battle for the Domain</span></a></li>
1250<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-82"><a href="#Conflict_on_Zeta_Halo"><span class="tocnumber">
125018.4</span> <span class="toctext">Conflict on Zeta Halo</span></a>
1251<ul>
1252<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-83"><a href="#Destruction_of_the_Infinity_and_Cortana"><span class="tocnumber">18.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Destruction of the <i>Infinity</i> and Cortana</span></a></li>
1253<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-84"><a href="#Flood_outbreak"><span class="tocnumber">18.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Flood outbreak</span></a></li>
1254<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-85"><a href="#Hunt_for_the_Endless"><span class="tocnumber">18.4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Hunt for the Endless</span></a></li>
1255</ul>
1256</li>
1257</ul>
1258</li>
1259<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-86"><a href="#Rebuilding_the_Covenant"><span class="tocnumber">19</span> <span class="toctext">Rebuilding the Covenant</span></a>
1260<ul>
1261<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-87"><a href="#Rise_of_the_High_Lord"><span class="tocnumber">19.1</span> <span class="toctext">Rise of the High Lord</span></a></li>
1262<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-88"><a href="#Hunting_the_San.27Shyuum"><span class="tocnumber">19.2</span> <span class="toctext">Hunting the San'Shyuum</span></a></li>
1263<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-89"><a href="#Banished_and_Order_of_Retribution_alliance"><span class="tocnumber">19.3</span> <span class="toctext">Banished and Order of Retribution alliance</span></a></li>
1264<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-90"><a href="#Banished_Retribution"><span class="tocnumber">19.4</span> <span class="toctext">Banished Retribution</span></a></li>
1265<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-91"><a href="#Battle_for_the_Lithos"><span class="tocnumber">19.5</span> <span class="toctext">Battle for the Lithos</span></a></li>
1266<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-92"><a href="#Assimilation_of_Sali_.27Nyon.27s_Covenant"><span class="tocnumber">19.6</span> <span class="toctext">Assimilation of Sali 'Nyon's Covenant</span></a></li>
1267</ul>
1268</li>
1269<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-93"><a href="#List_of_appearances"><span class="tocnumber">20</span> <span class="toctext">List of appearances</span></a></li>
1270<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-94">
1270<a href="#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">21</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li>
1271</ul>
1272</div>
1273
1274<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1275<p><span>
1276</span></p>
1277<dl><dd>"<i>Decades from now, when historians evaluate the war, what will they say about us? Will they claim that our victory was ultimately fruitless? That it failed to secure a lasting peace, or worse, that it was only a prelude to far greater horrors that now lay ahead?</i>"</dd>
1278<dd>&#8212; <a href="/Codename:_SURGEON" class="mw-redirect" title="Codename: SURGEON">Codename: SURGEON</a> prefacing the first <a href="/Eleventh_Hour_reports" title="Eleventh Hour reports">Eleventh Hour report</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-14" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
1279<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:Commissioning-5.jpg" class="image"><img alt="UNSC Infinity at her commissioning ceremony." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c3/Commissioning-5.jpg/250px-Commissioning-5.jpg" decoding="async" loading="eager" width="250" height="141" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c3/Commissioning-5.jpg/375px-Commissioning-5.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c3/Commissioning-5.jpg/500px-Commissioning-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Commissioning-5.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The commissioning of <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a>.</div></div></div>
1280<p>Although the death of the <a href="/Prophet_of_Truth" title="Prophet of Truth">Prophet of Truth</a> at <a href="/Battle_of_Installation_00" title="Battle of Installation 00">the Ark</a> during the endgame of the Covenant War saw the ultimate defeat of the Covenant and humanity's <a href="/Treaty_of_2552" title="Treaty of 2552">truce</a> with most <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a>, represented by the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a>, it was not long after the end of the war that <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">rogue splinter groups</a> began to rise from the remnants of the hegemony. With large amounts of former Covenant matériel at their disposal, many of these disparate remnants opposed both the UNSC and the former members of the Covenant who favored a policy of peaceful cooperation, an approach most visibly embodied by <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a>. The UNSC's aggressive rearmament (largely made possible by the acquisition of Forerunner technologies and exemplified by the colossal warship <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> as well as the rapid creation of hundreds of <a href="/SPARTAN-IV_program" title="SPARTAN-IV program">new Spartan supersoldiers</a>) combined with the <a href="/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a>'s shortsighted approach to neutralize their former enemies, did little to ease the concerns of more hostile elements within Sangheili society.
1281</p><p>While <a href="/Sanghelios" title="Sanghelios">Sanghelios</a> remained locked in a state of <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">civil war</a> between various factions, in part due to the <a href="/Kilo-Five" title="Kilo-Five">clandestine activities</a> of the Office of Naval Intelligence, a former Sangheili <a href="/Shipmaster" title="Shipmaster">Shipmaster</a> known as <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a> created his own <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">new "Covenant"</a>. During his time in ONI captivity on <a href="/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">ONIRF Trevelyan</a>, 'Mdama had learned that the <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">Didact</a>, a mighty Forerunner general with a hatred for humans, was trapped inside a Forerunner shield world known as <a href="/Requiem" title="Requiem">Requiem</a>. After escaping Trevelyan, 'Mdama began to gather followers in order to travel to Requiem and unlock the world's secrets, intending to use the Didact as a motivating force for his followers, but also a new spiritual voice for his people and a chance to exact vengeance on humanity.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-15" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Former Covenant factions also sought vengeance upon each other for the atrocities committed during the <a href="/Great_Schism" title="Great Schism">Great Schism</a>, <a href="/Resa_%27Azavayl" title="Resa &#39;Azavayl">Resa 'Azavayl</a> led <a href="/Silent_Shadow" title="Silent Shadow">Sangheili forces</a> to commit massacres against the Jiralhanae,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HP&#95;16-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/San%27Shyuum" title="San&#39;Shyuum">San'Shyuum</a> <a href="/Prelate" title="Prelate">Prelate</a> <a href="/Tem%27Bhetek" title="Tem&#39;Bhetek">Tem'Bhetek</a> led <a href="/Tem%27Bhetek%27s_faction" class="mw-redirect" title="Tem&#39;Bhetek&#39;s faction">Jiralhanae forces</a> to commit massacres against the Sangheili.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoI&#95;17-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1282</p><p>Humanity found itself facing renewed internecine struggle as well. While the <a href="/Insurrection" title="Insurrection">Insurrection</a> had ceased as a major conflict at the start of the Covenant War in <a href="/2525" title="2525">2525</a>, some surviving <a href="/Human_colonies" title="Human colonies">colonies</a> still harbored former <a href="/Insurrectionist" title="Insurrectionist">Insurrectionists</a> as well as individuals sympathetic to the cause of colonial secession.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HII3&#95;18-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HII3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some colonies, including <a href="/Venezia" title="Venezia">Venezia</a>, cut off all ties with the UEG under the pretense that Earth had abandoned them during the war.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-19" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some rebel groups managed to obtain large amounts of Covenant and UNSC weapons and equipment circulating on the <a href="/Black_market" title="Black market">black market</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-20" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1283</p><p>In <a href="/2559" title="2559">2559</a>, the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> <a href="/Attack_on_Installation_00" title="Attack on Installation 00">invaded</a> <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">the Ark</a> which became the site of <a href="/Second_Ark_Conflict" title="Second Ark Conflict">a protracted conflict</a> between first Banished forces and forces from the long-lost <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-21" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, this conflict would later expand to include the <a href="/Flood" title="Flood">Flood</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Nightmare&#95;22-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nightmare-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>, surviving <a href="/Dhas_Bhasvod%27s_Covenant" title="Dhas Bhasvod&#39;s Covenant">Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Sacrifice&#95;23-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sacrifice-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/Keepers_of_the_One_Freedom" title="Keepers of the One Freedom">Keepers of the One Freedom</a> as well as the Forerunner <a href="/Archeon-class_ancilla" title="Archeon-class ancilla">archeon-class ancilla</a> <a href="/Intrepid_Eye" title="Intrepid Eye">Intrepid Eye</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW&#95;24-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1284</p><p>
1284By late 2559, under the command of <a href="/High_Lord" title="High Lord">High Lord</a> <a href="/Dovo_Nesto" title="Dovo Nesto">Dovo Nesto</a>, the <a href="/Order_of_Restoration" title="Order of Restoration">Order of Restoration</a> amassed a significant amount of power in their goal to restore the fallen Covenant empire. In the years following the fall of the Covenant, Nesto consolidated whatever remained of the San'Shyuum's influence into the Order, along with the majority of the empire's other species. Unlike the warlords of the <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">Covenant remnants</a>, Nesto had the strategic acumen, connections and the history to make it possible.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET6&#95;25-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET11&#95;26-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET11-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nesto manipulated both <a href="/War_Chief" title="War Chief">War Chief</a> <a href="/Severan" title="Severan">Severan</a> of the Banished<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET12&#95;27-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET10&#95;28-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET10-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET16&#95;29-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET16-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> into committing the significant forces under their command to his cause. Although Nesto's alliance with Severan fell apart during the <a href="/Battle_of_Boundary" title="Battle of Boundary">Battle of Boundary</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET32&#95;30-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET32-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the death of 'Nyon in the same battle allowed Nesto to assimilate <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon%27s_Covenant" title="Sali &#39;Nyon&#39;s Covenant">'Nyon's Covenant</a> and all of its resources into the Order of Restoration to serve the Order's continuing mission to restore the Covenant empire.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET47&#95;31-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET47-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1285</p>
1286<div style="clear:both"></div>
1287<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Insurrectionists_resurgence">Insurrectionists resurgence</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Insurrectionists resurgence">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1288<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attack_on_Infinity">Attack on <i>Infinity</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Attack on Infinity">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1289<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Raid_on_UNSC_Infinity" title="Raid on UNSC Infinity">Raid on UNSC Infinity</a></i></dd></dl>
1290<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png" class="image"><img alt="New Colonial Alliance insurgents aboard the UNSC Infinity. From Halo: Initiation Issue 3." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/f0/Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png/250px-Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png" decoding="async" loading="eager" width="250" height="113" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/f0/Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png/375px-Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/f0/Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png/500px-Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="240" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Rebels_on_the_Infinity.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>NCA forces attempt to capture UNSC <i>Infinity</i>.</div></div></div>
1291<p>In January 2553, elements of the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a> led by UNSC defector <a href="/Ilsa_Zane" title="Ilsa Zane">Ilsa Zane</a> (the only survivor of the <a href="/SPARTAN-IV_program" title="SPARTAN-IV program">SPARTAN-IV program</a>'s prototypical stage) infiltrated the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> disguised as construction personnel and captured most of the bridge crew, using them as hostages. They then secured the ship's bridge in the hope of capturing the prototype UNSC flagship, threatening to vent the ship's atmosphere and kill everyone aboard it.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HII2&#95;32-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HII2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The attempt was foiled by the first team of SPARTAN-IVs (who had recently been brought aboard) and the insurgents were all killed or captured. The prisoners revealed Admiral <a href="/Mattius_Drake" title="Mattius Drake">Mattius Drake</a> as the organization's leader.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HII3&#95;18-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HII3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1292</p>
1293<h3><span id="Alpha-Nine's_missions"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Alpha-Nine.27s_missions">Alpha-Nine's missions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Alpha-Nine&#39;s missions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1294<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Spartan Michael Crespo betrays Spartans Edward Buck and Kojo Agu." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/7/77/HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg/225px-HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg" decoding="async" loading="eager" width="225" height="145" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/7/77/HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg/338px-HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/7/77/HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg/450px-HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2583" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM_BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Spartans Buck and Agu betrayed by Crespo during the Operation: COALPEPPER.</
1294div></div></div>
1295<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Draco_III_rebellion" title="Draco III rebellion">Draco III rebellion</a>, <a href="/Operation:_COALPEPPER" title="Operation: COALPEPPER">Operation: COALPEPPER</a></i></dd></dl>
1296<p>In the post-war era the <a href="/ODST" class="mw-redirect" title="ODST">ODST</a> squad <a href="/Alpha-Nine" title="Alpha-Nine">Alpha-Nine</a> was deployed on a number of operations against resurgent <a href="/Insurrectionist" title="Insurrectionist">Insurrectionist</a> factions. In <a href="/2554" title="2554">2554</a>, they were deployed to repulse a violent <a href="/United_Rebel_Front" title="United Rebel Front">United Rebel Front</a> takeover attempt on <a href="/Draco_III" title="Draco III">Draco III</a>. Although the insurgents were defeated the ODST known as <a href="/Jonathan_Doherty" title="Jonathan Doherty">Jonathan Doherty</a> was killed in action. In the following year the URF captured the <a href="/Huragok" title="Huragok">Huragok</a> <a href="/Quick_to_Adjust" title="Quick to Adjust">Quick to Adjust</a> and his human handler <a href="/Sadie_Endesha" title="Sadie Endesha">Sadie Endesha</a> on <a href="/Talitsa" title="Talitsa">Talitsa</a>. In August <a href="/2555" title="2555">2555</a>, the still-active members of Alpha-Nine—now <a href="/Spartan-IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan-IV">Spartan-IVs</a>—participated in a mission to rescue the captives and ultimately succeeded, though the operation saw Spartan <a href="/Michael_Crespo" title="Michael Crespo">Michael Crespo</a>'s defection and subsequent incarceration.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-hnb&#95;10-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hnb-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1297</p>
1298<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attack_on_the_Spartan-IV_training_station">Attack on the Spartan-IV training station</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Attack on the Spartan-IV training station">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1299<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Spartan-IV_station_terror_attack" title="Spartan-IV station terror attack">Spartan-IV station terror attack</a></i></dd></dl>
1300<p>On <a href="/2554" title="2554">March 29, 2554</a>, <a href="/Rudolf_Schein" title="Rudolf Schein">Rudolf Schein</a>, one of the recently inducted Spartan-IVs, who was secretly associated with the <a href="/United_Rebel_Front" title="United Rebel Front">United Rebel Front</a>, murdered another Spartan trainee, <a href="/Hideo_Wakahisa" title="Hideo Wakahisa">Hideo Wakahisa</a>, during his attempt to recruit him on the <a href="/Unidentified_Spartan-IV_training_station" title="Unidentified Spartan-IV training station">Spartan-IV training station</a>. Realizing the discovery of his true loyalties was imminent, Schein had covertly installed several explosives throughout the station and slung a bandolier of grenades across his chest. However, Spartan Operations <a href="/Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a> <a href="/Jun-A266" title="Jun-A266">Jun-A266</a> managed to neutralize Schein by kicking him out into space, where he died before he could be recovered.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-LL&#95;33-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LL-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1301</p>
1302<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Continuing_Rebel_Activity">Continuing Rebel Activity</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Continuing Rebel Activity">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1303<p>Aside from their attacks on UNSC <i>Infinity</i>, the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">NCA</a> were prolific throughout human space and stirring anti-colonial sentiment in an effort to raise alliances against <a href="/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and the <a href="/Inner_Colonies" title="Inner Colonies">Inner Colonies</a>. After the news broke of the <a href="/Raid_on_Biko_peace_talks" title="Raid on Biko peace talks">disastrous outcome</a> of the human-<a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> peace talks on <a href="/Biko" title="Biko">Biko</a> in early <a href="/2558" title="2558">2558</a>, the NCA were quick to jump on the outrage caused by the apparent assassination of a diplomat by <a href="/John-117" title="John-117">John-117</a>. This included demonstrations and rallies across a number of colony worlds, with support resulting in thous
1303ands of attendees per-rally. The civil unrest sparked by the NCA resulted in UEG consulates shutting down on several worlds and <a href="/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">law enforcement</a> deployed to quell the unrest. In the rallies, NCA spokespeople preached their ideals of self-suffiency, boycotting the UEG, and the need to prepare for an inevitable embargo of their worlds by the UNSC (similar in nature to the one conducted over <a href="/Gao" title="Gao">Gao</a> during the <a href="/Insurrection" title="Insurrection">Insurrection</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-34" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) For <a href="/Katrina" title="Katrina">Katrina</a>, this unrest resulted in power outages and service interruptions, with the general unrest further inflamed thanks to the ongoing investigation by <a href="/Benjamin_Giraud" title="Benjamin Giraud">Benjamin Giraud</a> into the <a href="/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a>'s cover-up of the <a href="/SPARTAN-II_program" title="SPARTAN-II program">SPARTAN-II program</a> and an inability to explain the deep-space anomalies a result of the <a href="/Guardian_Custode" title="Guardian Custode">Guardian Custodes</a>' awakening.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HtTS1E9&#95;35-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HtTS1E9-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The stir caused by the NCA, in conjunction with the other issues of the time, caused the UEG to shut down <a href="/Waypoint" title="Waypoint">Waypoint</a> buoys throughout human space - cutting off colony worlds from communication with one another. However, the later framing of Ben Giraud as an instigator working for the <a href="/Sapien_Sunrise" title="Sapien Sunrise">Sapien Sunrise</a> terror organisation was intended to let the widespread anger simmer with Giraud as the target, followed by trade being allowed to resume and the buoys brought back online.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HtTS1E13&#95;36-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HtTS1E13-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1304</p><p>Elsewhere, the NCA were busy corralling allies in various colonies by supplying military hardware in exchange for support.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env21&#95;37-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was especially apparent in the <a href="/Joint_Occupation_Zone" title="Joint Occupation Zone">Joint Occupation Zone</a>, where the NCA were eager to use any opportunity they could to stoke unrest for the UEG.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env12&#95;38-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env12-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On <a href="/Carrow" title="Carrow">Carrow</a>, this included supplying the <a href="/Surakan_Militia_Volunteers" title="Surakan Militia Volunteers">Surakan Militia Volunteers</a> with military materiel including ex-UNSC ground and air vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env4&#95;39-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env4-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Vehicles supplied by the NCA included heavy-duty <a href="/Dropship" title="Dropship">dropships</a> and gunships like <a href="/D77_Pelican" title="D77 Pelican">D77 Pelicans</a> and <a href="/AV-22_Sparrowhawk" title="AV-22 Sparrowhawk">AV-22 Sparrowhawks</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env13&#95;40-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env13-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> alongside <a href="/Warthog" title="Warthog">Warthogs</a> and even an <a href="/M313_Elephant" title="M313 Elephant">Elephant</a> Heavy Recovery Vehicle.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env21&#95;37-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When the Surakans agreed to work alongside the UNSC and <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a>
1304 colonists on Carrow for peace, the NCA cut their ties with the Surakans - with <a href="/Ellis_Gass" title="Ellis Gass">Ellis Gass</a> suspecting that they may have even actively drawn the NCA's ire.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env9&#95;41-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env9-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/Melody_Azikiwe" title="Melody Azikiwe">Melody Azikiwe</a> suspected that the <a href="/Sapien_Sunrise" title="Sapien Sunrise">Sapien Sunrise</a> terrorist group were also responsible for supplying the Surakans with hardware.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Env21&#95;37-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Env21-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1305</p><p>On the remote <a href="/Human_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Human colony">human colony</a> of <a href="/Conrad%27s_Point" title="Conrad&#39;s Point">Conrad's Point</a>, the NCA rebels and mercenaries were undisciplined and poorly led by an unidentified colonel. The colonel would be relieved of command when Ilsa Zane arrived on the planet. Zane organized the rebels into a more formidable force, operating ruthlessly and killing anyone who didn't carry their weight. Under her command the NCA forces on the colony started to prepare for war with the UEG and accumulated a large amount of <a href="/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weaponry</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HtTS2E2&#95;42-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HtTS2E2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-T3L&#95;43-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T3L-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1306</p><p>On <a href="/Terceira" title="Terceira">Terceira</a>, in the absence of a strong UEG presence, competing corporate entities and grass-roots organizations fought for autonomy  and, for some, outright control of the colony in the power vacuum that had emerged. This situation was further exacerbated the presence of the <a href="/United_Rebel_Front" title="United Rebel Front">United Rebel Front</a> and the rise of the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a> reducing the UEG's presence to a handful of under-armed ships attempting to police an entire world from orbit.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET5&#95;44-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET5-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1307</p>
1308<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Joining_the_Banished">Joining the Banished</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Joining the Banished">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1309<p>By <a href="/2559#May" title="2559">May 2559</a>, <a href="/Ilsa_Zane" title="Ilsa Zane">Ilsa Zane</a> - now fully-integrated within the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> - was able to arrange a meeting with Admiral <a href="/Mattius_Drake" title="Mattius Drake">Mattius Drake</a> and the bulk of the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">NCA</a> forces holed up at an ex-<a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a> <a href="/Space_station" title="Space station">space station</a> in the <a href="/Edolas_system" title="Edolas system">Edolas system</a>. This force included the NCA's <a href="/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> <a href="/NCA_D%27artagnan" title="NCA D&#39;artagnan">NCA <i>D'artagnan</i></a>, around two dozen <a href="/UNSC_frigate" title="UNSC frigate">light frigates</a>, <a href="/UNSC_corvette" title="UNSC corvette">corvettes</a> and merchant trawlers, and the remnants of <a href="/Vata_%27Gajat" title="Vata &#39;Gajat">Vata 'Gajat</a>'s <a href="/Vata_%27Gajat%27s_mercenary_group" title="Vata &#39;Gajat&#39;s mercenary group">mercenaries</a> - now led by <a href="/Tek" title="Tek">Tek</a>. During the meeting, Zane demonstrated her distaste for Drake by tying him into his chair and executing him in front of the Banished <a href="/War_Chief" title="War Chief">War Chief</a> <a href="/Escharum" title="Escharum">Escharum</a>, before swearing the NCA's loyalty to the Banished as a whole. Zane felt that Drake had critically missed the NCA's prime opportunity to kickstart their war with the UEG and was too cowardly to do what needed to be done - in turn risking that all of the support the NCA had worked to build would eventually abandon them and go their own ways. By this time, Zane noted that NCA agents were dispersed across numerous front lines, and the NCA fleet was stationed throughout the colonies, and soon after pledging their allegiance, Escharum quickly put his new allies in the New Colonial Alliance to work.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-T3L&#95;43-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T3L-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the end of September that year, the NCA had begun a renewed campaign of raiding throughout the colonies, with an attack on <a href="/Cygnus" title="Cygnus">Cygnus</a>. This, combined with a number of other resurgent threats in the era, was an active contribution to <a href="/Adam_Andrews" title="Adam Andrews">Adam Andrews</a>' efforts to pivot the <a href="/Optican" title="Optican">Optican</a> corporation towards the production of <a href="/Janissary" title="Janissary">supersoldiers</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HVS&#95;45-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HVS-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1310</p>
1311<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Continuing_Sangheili-Jiralhanae_hostility">Continuing Sangheili-Jiralhanae hostility</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Continuing Sangheili-Jiralhanae hostility">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1312<p><span>
1313</span></p>
1314<dl><dd>"<i>I hate them all!</i>"</dd>
1315<dd>&#8212; <a href="/%27Juran" class="mw-redirect" title="&#39;Juran">'Juran</a> snarling and sobbing while kicking a dead Jiralhanae corpse after they had <a href="/Attack_on_Rahnelo" title="Attack on Rahnelo">massacred</a> Sangheili on <a href="/Rahnelo" title="Rahnelo">Rahnelo</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoI&#95;17-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
1316<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Sangheili-Jiralhanae_war" title="Sangheili-Jiralhanae war">Sangheili-Jiralhanae war</a></i></dd>
1317<dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Attack_on_Rahnelo" title="Attack on Rahnelo">Attack on Rahnelo</a>, <a href="/Ambush_at_Duraan" title="Ambush at Duraan">Ambush at Duraan</a>, <a href="/Battle_of_the_Prototype_Halo_installation" title="Battle of the Prototype Halo installation">Battle of the Prototype Halo installation</a></i></dd></dl>
1318<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:RCSS.png" class="image"><img alt="The crew of Rapid Conversion are slaughtered by members of the Silent Shadow in the wake of the Great Schism." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/96/RCSS.png/200px-RCSS.png" decoding="async" loading="eager" width="200" height="255" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/96/RCSS.png/300px-RCSS.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/96/RCSS.png/400px-RCSS.png 2x" data-file-width="1665" data-file-height="2124" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:RCSS.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The Silent Shadow squad slaughtering Jiralhanae and their allies.</div></div></div>
1319<p>After the <a href="/Changing_of_the_Guard" title="Changing of the Guard">
1319Changing of the Guard</a>, the <a href="/Great_Schism#Conflict_erupts" title="Great Schism">massacre of the Councilors</a>, and the Jiralhanae ultimately forcing the Sangheili out of the original Covenant,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-UJ&#95;46-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UJ-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the two species remain at war.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-TheReturn&#95;47-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheReturn-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1320</p><p>With Truth dead, <i>High Charity</i> destroyed, and the Ark heavily damaged after Installation 08's firing, some of the remaining Jiralhanae forces tried to rebuild their tattered strength to continue their war of conquest.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-48" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even though the Jiralhanae eventually collapsed into various civil wars, they still posed enough of a threat that Sangheili commanders kept up the offensive against them for at least another six years, even as they continued to lose irreplaceable warships and the war continued with no end in sight. This forced the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> and their <a href="/United_Nations_Space_Command" title="United Nations Space Command">UNSC</a> allies to fight in a two-front war, one was the <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">Blooding Years</a> against other Sangheili who remained loyal to the <a href="/Covenant_religion" title="Covenant religion">Covenant religion</a> and the other was the continued conflict against the Brutes, who were also engaged in numerous civil wars.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-TheReturn&#95;47-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheReturn-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1321</p><p>Some fanatical Sangheili, who did not associate themselves with any particular Sangheili-led faction, continued to hunt down and eliminate all Jiralhanae they discovered, as well as any forces under their control. A notable example of such Sangheili was the <a href="/Silent_Shadow" title="Silent Shadow">Silent Shadow</a> squad under the command of First Blade <a href="/Resa_%27Azavayl" title="Resa &#39;Azavayl">Resa 'Azavayl</a>. They wiped out Jiralhanae forces across multiple systems, slaughtering them at an armory on the fourth moon of <a href="/Victors%27_Truth" title="Victors&#39; Truth">Victors' Truth</a>, aboard the stolen <a href="/Covenant_corvette" title="Covenant corvette">Covenant corvette</a> <i><a href="/Adherent" title="Adherent">Adherent</a></i>, at the northern highlands of <a href="/Thalia" title="Thalia">Thalia</a>, aboard a derelict colonial substation orbiting <a href="/Sansar" title="Sansar">Sansar</a>, and eradicating the last remaining members of <a href="/Chieftain" class="mw-redirect" title="Chieftain">Chieftain</a> <a href="/Tartarus" title="Tartarus">Tartarus</a>' crew aboard the <a href="/Covenant_cruiser" title="Covenant cruiser">Covenant cruiser</a> <i><a href="/Rapid_Conversion" title="Rapid Conversion">Rapid Conversion</a></i>. Ultimately, they found themselves face to face with <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a>, leader of the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a>. When Atriox extended the Silent Shadow an offer to join the Banished, Resa refused, declaring that he and the Banished deserved death for their "sins". Atriox had mentioned to them that he was not involved in the <a href="/Great_Schism" title="Great Schism">betrayal and massacre</a> of the Sangheili, and the squad began to view him as "other". Resa's brothers in arms, believing Resa was blinded by old loyalties and festering delusions of vengeance, turned on their leader and killed him. Afterwards, Atriox allowed the remaining members of the Silent Shadow to join the Banished, offering to reward them with "blood and sport and spoils".<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HP&#95;16-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1322</p><p>In 2553, over the Sangheili colony of <a href="/Rahnelo" title="Rahnelo">Rahnelo</a>, there was an assault in the months following the end of the Covenant. In order to set a trap for Rtas 'Vadum and his <a href="/CAS-class_assault_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS-class assault carrier"><i>CAS</i>-class assault carrier</a>, <i><a href="/Shadow_of_Intent" title="Shadow of Intent">
1322Shadow of Intent</a></i>, the <a href="/San%27Shyuum" title="San&#39;Shyuum">San'Shyuum</a> <a href="/Prelate" title="Prelate">Prelate</a> <a href="/Tem%27Bhetek" title="Tem&#39;Bhetek">Tem'Bhetek</a> of the <a href="/Order_of_Restoration" title="Order of Restoration">Order of Restoration</a>, working alongside the former <a href="/Boru%27a%27Neem" class="mw-redirect" title="Boru&#39;a&#39;Neem">Minister of Preparation</a> had Jiralhanae forces indiscriminately attack the colony, killing many and taking the kaidon and two of his sons hostage.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoI&#95;17-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1323</p><p>Boru'a'Neem and his Jiralhanae forces planned to activate a <a href="/Prototype_Halo_installation" title="Prototype Halo installation">prototype Halo installation</a> near Sanghelios, in an attempt to genocide the populace of the Sangheili homeworld. These plans were ultimately foiled by <a href="/Rtas_%27Vadum" title="Rtas &#39;Vadum">Rtas 'Vadum</a>, <a href="/Tul_%27Juran" title="Tul &#39;Juran">Tul 'Juran</a>, the crew of the <i><a href="/Shadow_of_Intent" title="Shadow of Intent">Shadow of Intent</a></i> and the Prelate himself after he discovered the truth about the deaths of his family. The Prelate would ultimately sacrifice himself to destroy the installation while Preparation, mortally wounded by 'Vadum and 'Juran, died in the blast after trying activate the ring.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoI&#95;17-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1324</p>
1325<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attempted_peace_negotiations">Attempted peace negotiations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Attempted peace negotiations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1326<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/98/HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png/225px-HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png" decoding="async" loading="eager" width="225" height="148" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/98/HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png/338px-HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/98/HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png/450px-HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png 2x" data-file-width="1679" data-file-height="1105" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HE_Spartans_Ealen_IV.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Spartan-IV security detail escorting the delegates.</div></div></div>
1327<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Ealen_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ealen IV">Battle of Ealen IV</a></i></dd></dl>
1328<p>The Covenant had strategically settled Jiralhanae populations on resource-rich worlds as a planetary garrison force to protect the worlds from potential raids. While the Jiralhanae continued to inhabit these worlds after the dissolution of the Covenant, they were unable to mine or utilize the resources because of their own lack of sufficient technology. With the Covenant's supply chains gone, the Jiralhanae quickly found their supplies near depletion. This was one of the primary reasons for their raids on Sangheili colonies after the Human-Covenant War; despite quite literally living on top of plentiful resources, the Jiralhanae were entirely dependent on the already processed supplies of other races due to their technological backwardness. However, the Jiralhanae could not sustain themselves via raiding alone in the long term and their supplies began to wear thin, leading to an impending species-wide famine in <a href="/2558" title="2558">2558</a> and an increase in Jiralhanae attacks across Sangheili and <a href="/Kig-Yar" title="Kig-Yar">Kig-Yar</a> colonies as a result. During this crisis, the <a href="/Jiralhanae_Chieftain" title="Jiralhanae Chieftain">Jiralhanae Chieftain</a> <a href="/Lydus" title="Lydus">Lydus</a> and his <a href="/Children_of_Oth_Sonin" title="Children of Oth Sonin">clan</a> were willing to initiate peace talks with <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_Vadam" class="mw-redirect" title="Thel Vadam">Thel Vadam</a> and the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a>, overseen by the <a href="/UNSC" class="mw-redirect" title="UNSC">UNSC</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE1&#95;49-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the negotiations were interrupted by Covenant mercenaries hired by the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE5&#95;9-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1329</p><p>
1329By late 2558, Lydus had successfully cooperated with 'Vadam to reclaim Jiralhanae laborers held on Sangheili lands. This act of diplomacy, however, irritated the Arbiter's own clan member, <a href="/Elder" title="Elder">Elder</a> <a href="/Murok_%27Vadam" title="Murok &#39;Vadam">Murok 'Vadam</a>, who saw any peace talks with the Jiralhanae as useless folly.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-FC&#95;50-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1330</p>
1331<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ongoing_battles">Ongoing battles</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Ongoing battles">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1332<p>The Jiralhanae were supplied with powerful new weapons by their <a href="/San%27Shyuum" title="San&#39;Shyuum">San'Shyuum</a> leaders. When the San 'Shyuum went into hiding, the Jiralhanae began to lose order and started to fight amongst each other. This ultimately gave the upper-hand to their Sangheili opponents. As of 2559, the Sangheili are currently winning their war against the Jiralhanae.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-TheReturn&#95;47-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheReturn-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1333</p>
1334<div style="clear:both"></div>
1335<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Blooding_Years">Blooding Years</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Blooding Years">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1336<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:HM-BloodingYears.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Artwork for the Blooding Years" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/39/HM-BloodingYears.jpg/250px-HM-BloodingYears.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="161" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/39/HM-BloodingYears.jpg/375px-HM-BloodingYears.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/39/HM-BloodingYears.jpg/500px-HM-BloodingYears.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2480" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-BloodingYears.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Thel 'Vadam observes the clash between the Swords of Sanghelios and the Servants of the Abiding Truth.</div></div></div>
1337<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">Blooding Years</a></i></dd></dl>
1338<p>Since 2553, the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> have fought against various Covenant splinter factions, due to their continued hatred of humanity. These conflicts, also known as the Sangheilli Civil War, have featured notable Covenant splinter factions such as the Servants of the Abiding Truth and Jul 'Mdama's covenant.
1339</p>
1340<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Assault_on_Vadam">Assault on Vadam</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Assault on Vadam">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1341<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Siege_at_Kolaar" title="Siege at Kolaar">Siege at Kolaar</a></i></dd></dl>
1342<p>After the Human-Covenant War, many Sangheili still worshiped the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunners</a> as gods. A religious sect known as the <a href="/Servants_of_the_Abiding_Truth" title="Servants of the Abiding Truth">Servants of the Abiding Truth</a>, led by war veteran <a href="/Field_Master" title="Field Master">Field Master</a> <a href="/Avu_Med_%27Telcam" title="Avu Med &#39;Telcam">Avu Med 'Telcam</a>, took to believing that any tampering with Forerunner relics was heresy, just as most Sangheili did before the founding of the <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a>. As a result, 'Telcam and his followers grew angry with <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;
1342Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a>'s government. After winning the favor of several <a href="/Keep" title="Keep">keeps</a> and mustering a small space fleet, the Servants led an uprising in the state of <a href="/Vadam" title="Vadam">Vadam</a>. They initially held the upper hand, but the tide turned when the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> arrived and intervened on behalf of the Arbiter, shooting down a rebel destroyer and firing a <a href="/Magnetic_Accelerator_Cannon" title="Magnetic Accelerator Cannon">MAC</a> round into massing rebel ground forces besieging 'Vadam's keep. However, the conflicts in Vadam led to other engagements throughout Sanghelios. Over the next few months, unrest on Sanghelios was put down though off and on fighting would continue for years and include a number of Sangheili worlds.
1343</p>
1344<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_engagements">Other engagements</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Other engagements">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1345<p><a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a>, a former <a href="/Shipmaster" title="Shipmaster">shipmaster</a> and an affiliate of the Servants of the Abiding Truth, became disillusioned with the Arbiter and humanity after being kidnapped by the Office of Naval Intelligence; his resolve was strengthened when his wife, <a href="/Raia_%27Mdama" title="Raia &#39;Mdama">Raia</a>, was killed in the civil conflict.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-51" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After escaping ONI custody on the <a href="/Shield_world" title="Shield world">shield world</a> <a href="/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">Sarcophagus</a> via a Forerunner <a href="/Slipspace_portal" title="Slipspace portal">portal</a>, Jul gained a small following of Sangheili on the colony world <a href="/Hesduros" title="Hesduros">Hesduros</a>, the populace of which was unaware of the Schism and the war's end.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-52" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Feigning religious devotion to the Forerunners, he resolved to recover Forerunner technology from the shield world <a href="/Requiem" title="Requiem">Requiem</a>. It was here where 'Mdama would establish a new <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">faction</a>, self-proclaimed to be "the Covenant".<sup id="cite&#95;ref-escalation5&#95;53-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-escalation5-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1346</p><p>On <a href="/2554" title="2554">April 22, 2554</a>, Jul 'Mdama's forces fought against the Swords of Sanghelios' <i><a href="/Shadow_of_Intent" title="Shadow of Intent">Shadow of Intent</a></i> and managed to leave the ship combat ineffective.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Catalog&#95;54-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalog-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 
1347</p><p>By 2558, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant were ravaged by multiple defeats in battles with UNSC and betrayals from within. One of his Zealots, <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a>, would lead a revolt, killing those loyal to 'Mdama and seizing control of <a href="/CAS-class_assault_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS-class assault carrier"><i>CAS</i>-class assault carrier</a> <i><a href="/Breath_of_Annihilation" title="Breath of Annihilation">Breath of Annihilation</a></i>, taking her back into Sangheili space to rally further support among the Covenant remnants. However, Jul's forces on Sanghelios still continued their stand-off against the Arbiter, until his <a href="/Battle_of_Kamchatka" title="Battle of Kamchatka">death</a> later that year. With no leader, Jul's Covenant could not withstand joint UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios strike forces at <a href="/Sunaion" title="Sunaion">Sunaion</a> and were completely destroyed.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5g&#95;13-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5g-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1348</p><p>In 2558, the Servants of the Abiding Truth also were dealt a crushing blow when Avu Med 'Telcam and two of his ranking commanders were assassinated. 'Telcam was dispatched on New Llanelli by a lone Spartan, <a href="/SPARTAN-G059" title="SPARTAN-G059">SPARTAN-G059</a>. However, her secondary target, Avu Med 'Telcam's protege: <a href="/Dural_%27Mdama" title="Dural &#39;Mdama">Dural 'Mdama</a>, was not present during the attack and lived on.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-KTB&#95;55-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KTB-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under the guidance of Dural 'Mdama, the Abiding Truth soon <a href="/Second_Onyx_conflict" title="Second Onyx conflict">struck back</a> at the UNSC and its Sangheili allies.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFLocalUnits&#95;56-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFLocalUnits-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1349</p>
1350<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ONI_black_ops">ONI black ops</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: ONI black ops">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1351<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kilo-Five">Kilo-Five</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Kilo-Five">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1352<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HM-K5-2.JPG" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/25/HM-K5-2.JPG/225px-HM-K5-2.JPG" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="225" height="145" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/25/HM-K5-2.JPG/338px-HM-K5-2.JPG 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/25/HM-K5-2.JPG/450px-HM-K5-2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1240" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-K5-2.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Members of Kilo-Five preparing for the next mission.</div></div></div>
1353<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Skirmish_on_Pious_Inquisitor" title="Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor">Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor</a></i></dd></dl>
1354<p>After the Treaty of 2552, the Office of Naval Intelligence, believed that keeping the Sangheili mired in internal dissent would leave them unable to threaten the weakened UNSC. This opinion contrasted with that of most of the Unified Earth Government, which believed a peace treaty was desirable. ONI took advantage of the Sangheili's unstable political situation, attempting to keep the Sangheili splintered and disorganized by inciting the Servants of the Abiding Truth to rebel against 'Vadam. ONI's aid allowed the Servants of the Abiding Truth to amass enough weapons to begin an all-out insurrection against 'Vadam and his allies in early 2553. When the fighting on Sanghelios started, ONI black ops unit <a href="/Kilo-Five" title="Kilo-Five">Kilo-Five</a> were ordered to keep the planet destabilized for fear that the Sangheili would oppose humanity if they were politically unified, and so they used their <a href="/Prowler" title="Prowler">prowler</a> <a href="/UNSC_Port_Stanley" title="UNSC Port Stanley">UNSC <i>Port Stanley</i></a> to destroy some of 'Vadam's cruisers. This caused a temporary stalemate, but the battle continued until 'Vadam and his allies emerged victorious. The Servants retreated off-world to <a href="/New_Llanelli" title="New Llanelli">New Llanelli</a>
1354 to recover from their losses, putting the war on hold.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HTTW&#95;12-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTTW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1355</p><p>In <a href="/2553#March" title="2553">March 2553</a>, <a href="/Kig-Yar" title="Kig-Yar">Kig-Yar</a> <a href="/Piracy" title="Piracy">pirate</a> <a href="/Sav_Fel" title="Sav Fel">Sav Fel</a> stole a <a href="/Ket-pattern_battlecruiser" title="Ket-pattern battlecruiser"><i>Ket</i>-pattern battlecruiser</a>, the <i><a href="/Pious_Inquisitor" title="Pious Inquisitor">Pious Inquisitor</a></i>, from the Servants of the Abiding Truth.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-57" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fel retreated with the battlecruiser to his manor on <a href="/Venezia" title="Venezia">Venezia</a>, where he sold it to <a href="/Insurrectionist" title="Insurrectionist">Insurrectionist</a> <a href="/Staffan_Sentzke" title="Staffan Sentzke">Staffan Sentzke</a>, a commander in the <a href="/Venezian_militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezian militia">Venezian militia</a>, who intended to use it to threaten <a href="/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> to learn about <a href="/Naomi-010" title="Naomi-010">his daughter's</a> fate.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-58" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The crew of <i><a href="/Paragon" title="Paragon">Paragon</a></i>—led by <a href="/Shipmaster" title="Shipmaster">Shipmistress</a> <a href="/Chol_Von" title="Chol Von">Chol Von</a>—was hired by Avu Med 'Telcam to retrieve the vessel and arrived at the cruiser's <a href="/Shaps_system" title="Shaps system">location</a> in April 2553, with Fel. While Von wish to capture <i>Pious Inquisitor</i> to use as a <a href="/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> in a united Kig-Yar navy,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-59" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kilo-Five intended to take control of the vessel and return it to Thel 'Vadam.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-60" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ultimately, Kilo-Five—along with Staffan—and the crew of <i>Paragon</i> both attempted to seize the battlecruiser at the same time and a skirmish occurred on the ship. During the firefight, <a href="/Sometimes_Sinks" title="Sometimes Sinks">Sometimes Sinks</a>, the eccentric <a href="/Huragok" title="Huragok">Huragok</a> that served aboard <i>Inquisitor</i>, transitioned the ship to a location designated by Staffan.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-61" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With eight of the Kig-Yar dead and Kilo-Five approaching the bridge, Von had her remaining crew detonate the ship's <a href="/Plasma_turret" class="mw-redirect" title="Plasma turret">plasma torpedo</a> reserves, choosing to destroy <i>Pious Inquisitor</i> over leaving it to the humans.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-62" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Von and her remaining crew managed to escape in time, along with Kilo-Five. While Staffan and Sinks escaped in the Spirit with the <a href="/Slipspace_drive" title="Slipspace drive">slipspace drive</a> that Sinks had installed earlier,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-63" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the UNSC presumed Staffan dead and thus believed that the Venezian threat was neutralized as they no longer had the power to glass planets.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-64" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1356</p>
1357<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Trouble_on_Gao">Trouble on Gao</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Trouble on Gao">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1358<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_JOVIAN_WHISTLE" title="Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE">Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE</a></i></dd></dl>
1359<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:HM-Gao.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/fb/HM-Gao.png/200px-HM-Gao.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="288" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/fb/HM-Gao.png/300px-HM-Gao.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/f/fb/HM-Gao.png/400px-HM-Gao.png 2x" data-file-width="1617" data-file-height="2329" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-Gao.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Mark-G313, Fred-104 and Veta Lopis fighting off the Keepers of the One Freedom on Gao.</div></div></div>
1360<p>After <a href="/Blue_Team" title="Blue Team">Blue Team</a>'s return in UNSC-controlled territory following the end of the Covenant War in March 2553, the <a href="/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a>
1360 assigned the Spartans to new deployments. <a href="/Operation:_JOVIAN_WHISTLE" title="Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE">One of these missions</a> involved protecting a <a href="/717th_Xeno-Materials_Exploitation_Battalion" title="717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion">UNSC research battalion</a> on the planet <a href="/Gao" title="Gao">Gao</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFAzure&#95;65-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFAzure-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the reassignment of the Spartan-IIIs who had been part of the team since the <a href="/Onyx_Conflict" title="Onyx Conflict">Onyx Conflict</a>, the Spartan-IIs of Blue Team—<a href="/Frederic-104" title="Frederic-104">Frederic-104</a>, <a href="/Kelly-087" title="Kelly-087">Kelly-087</a> and <a href="/Linda-058" title="Linda-058">Linda-058</a>—were deployed on the outer fringes of human-occupied territory to eliminate lingering pockets of the previous war for many years. The nature of these missions remained highly classified.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-66" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-67" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1361</p>
1362<div id="stub" style="font-style:italic;margin-top:0.5em">
1363<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
1364</div>
1365<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ambush_on_Ferret_Team">Ambush on Ferret Team</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Ambush on Ferret Team">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1366<p>During a <a href="/Ferret" title="Ferret">Ferret</a> team training exercise on <a href="/Neos_Atlantis" title="Neos Atlantis">Neos Atlantis</a> on <a href="/2553#October" title="2553">October 14, 2553</a>, <a href="/Dark_Moon_Enterprises" title="Dark Moon Enterprises">Dark Moon Enterprises</a> attempted to publicly expose the secrets of the <a href="/Spartan-III" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan-III">Spartan-III</a> <a href="/Gamma_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamma Company">Gamma Company</a> illegal augmentations, believed to be because such a revelation would cripple ONI and create a power vacuum that Dark Moon could then fill. To this end, former ONI <a href="/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a> <a href="/Ota_Gallo" title="Ota Gallo">Ota Gallo</a> helped reporter <a href="/Spencer_Hume" title="Spencer Hume">Spencer Hume</a> drug <a href="/Olivia-G291" title="Olivia-G291">Olivia-G291</a> with <a href="/Nicothiotal" title="Nicothiotal">nicothiotal</a> so that Hume could question her and use the information to expose the illegal augmentations. However, team leader <a href="/Veta_Lopis" title="Veta Lopis">Veta Lopis</a> quickly realized what was happening and had the rest of the Ferrets intervene, leading to an assassination attempt on <a href="/Mark-G313" title="Mark-G313">Mark-G313</a> in a service hallway by Gallo. The attempt failed, but Hume was accidentally killed by Mark in the process. Mark disposed of Hume's body out of an <a href="/Airlock" title="Airlock">airlock</a> with the help of <a href="/Ash-G099" title="Ash-G099">Ash-G099</a>, but they were noticed by Commander <a href="/Svenson" title="Svenson">Svenson</a> of <a href="/Oscar_Squad" title="Oscar Squad">Oscar Squad</a> who the training exercise was against. At the same time, Gallo erased all of the security footage of the incident in order to be able to avoid detection.
1367</p><p>As the Ferrets regrouped in the suite acting as their safe house, they were visited by <a href="/Rear_Admiral" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/Serin_Osman" title="Serin Osman">Serin Osman</a> and Commander Svenson who accused Mark of murder, though he couldn't prove it. Veta denied the accusations and suspected Oscar Squad had gone too far in the training exercise. Osman gave them two hours to discover the truth and the Ferrets managed to identify Gallo and her connection to Dark Moon. It was quickly realized that it was not a training exercise gone wrong but an attempt to expose them and cripple ONI. In order to draw Gallo into a trap, Olivia sent a message detailing what they had learned from Hume's <a href="/COM_pad" title="COM pad">COM pad</a> to both Osman and Gallo. Gallo, needing to retrieve the COM pad which proved she was Hume's source, attacked the suite with two other Dark Moon operatives. The Ferrets were able to eliminate Gallo and her men, but Olivia was severely injured in the process and Hume's COM pad damaged. When Osman returned, the Ferrets turned over the COM pad to her and Veta pinned Hume's death on Gallo covering her tracks. Though Osman was obviously skeptical, Mark backed up Veta's story without hesitation and Osman accepted it.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-68" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1368</p>
1369<h3><span id="The_archeon's_plot"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="The_archeon.27s_plot">The archeon's plot</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: The archeon&#39;s plot">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1370<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_RETRIBUTION" title="Operation: RETRIBUTION">Operation: RETRIBUTION</a></i></dd></dl>
1371<p>In <a href="/2553#December" title="2553">December 2553</a>, <a href="/Vice_Admiral" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> <a href="/Graselyn_Tuwa" title="Graselyn Tuwa">Graselyn Tuwa</a> was assassinated and her family kidnapped. The chief suspects were <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">Covenant remnants</a> such as the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> and the <a href="/Keepers_of_the_One_Freedom" title="Keepers of the One Freedom">Keepers of the One Freedom</a>. Forensic evidence at the scene pointed to the attackers being a mixture of <a href="/Jiralhanae" title="Jiralhanae">Jiralhanae</a>, humans and some <a href="/Kig-Yar" title="Kig-Yar">Kig-Yar</a>, suggesting that the culprits were the Keepers. In response, the UNSC launched <a href="/Operation:_RETRIBUTION" title="Operation: RETRIBUTION">Operation: RETRIBUTION</a> to find the admiral's killer and rescue her family. To this end, <a href="/Veta_
1371Lopis" title="Veta Lopis">Veta Lopis</a>' <a href="/Ferret" title="Ferret">Ferret</a> team were sent to locate the Keepers new base with the help of <a href="/Blue_Team" title="Blue Team">Blue Team</a> and the <a href="/Sahara-class_prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahara-class prowler"><i>Sahara</i>-class prowler</a> <a href="/UNSC_Silent_Joe" title="UNSC Silent Joe">UNSC <i>Silent Joe</i></a>. They were unaware that the true culprit was the <a href="/Archeon-class_ancilla" title="Archeon-class ancilla">archeon-class ancilla</a> <a href="/Intrepid_Eye" title="Intrepid Eye">Intrepid Eye</a> through her remote aspects and <a href="/Dark_Moon_Enterprises" title="Dark Moon Enterprises">Dark Moon Enterprises</a> as part of her plot to prepare humanity for the Mantle. The Tuwa family, minus the admiral, were the only survivors of an outbreak of the deadly <a href="/Asteroidea_merozoite" title="Asteroidea merozoite">asteroidea merozoite</a> due to a unique mutation. Intrepid Eye intended to turn asteroidea into a <a href="/Bioweapon" title="Bioweapon">bioweapon</a> in order to cull those she deemed unworthy of the Mantle. Due to the Tuwa's immunity to it, they were kidnapped and taken to a lab on <a href="/Gao" title="Gao">Gao</a> to culture a vaccine while the Keepers were framed for the crime.
1372</p>
1373<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:Halo_Retribution_cover.png" class="image"><img alt="Full cover art of Halo: Retribution." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/d/d3/Halo_Retribution_cover.png/250px-Halo_Retribution_cover.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="185" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/d/d3/Halo_Retribution_cover.png/375px-Halo_Retribution_cover.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/d/d3/Halo_Retribution_cover.png/500px-Halo_Retribution_cover.png 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="828" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Halo_Retribution_cover.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Former inspector Lopis continued investigating attacks against humanity now on behalf of ONI.</div></div></div>
1374<p>The Ferrets were able to locate the Keepers' <a href="/Salvation_Base?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvation Base (page does not exist)">Salvation Base</a> on <a href="/Taram" title="Taram">Taram</a> which had been built in the middle of the Forerunners <a href="/Suluhu_Contemplarium?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Suluhu Contemplarium (page does not exist)">Suluhu Contemplarium</a> on the orders of Intrepid Eye as part of another one of her plans. As they searched the base, the Ferrets located a Dark Moon <a href="/Turaco" title="Turaco">Turaco</a> which had been used to move the bodies of the Tuwa's to Salvation Base after their organs had been harvested and placed in <a href="/Cryo-jar?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cryo-jar (page does not exist)">cryo-jars</a>. Inside the detention center, Veta and <a href="/Mark-G313" title="Mark-G313">Mark-G313</a> found the bodies of the family staged to look as if the Keepers were the killers, but realized quickly that the whole scene was staged. As Blue Team arrived, the Ferrets attempted to stop the Dark Moon operatives from escaping, only to have them captured by <a href="/Castor" title="Castor">Castor</a>. After <a href="/Linda-058" title="Linda-058">Linda-058</a> armed six <a href="/HAVOK_tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon">HAVOK tactical nuclear weapons</a>, both teams escaped in the Turaco as the nuclear detonation destroyed Salvation Base and ninety percent of the Keepers forces stationed there.
1375</p><p>On the <i>Silent Joe</i>, Veta insisted upon continuing the investigation with the connection between the Tuwa's and the asteroidea quickly being realized. Using forensic evidence taken from the Tuwa's recovered bodies, the UNSC was able to track the murder scene to the lab on <a href="/Gao" title="Gao">Gao</a> where the vaccine experiments had been performed. However, by the time that they arrived, Castor had already raided and destroyed the lab, having learned of its location from the captured operatives. With the help of the facility's captured director, Castor had continued his pursuit of Dark Moon for revenge for Dark Moon framing him. Veta confronted Gao President <a href="/Arlo_Casille" title="Arlo Casille">Arlo Casille</a> who admitted to allowing Dark Moon to use the laboratory in exchange for their getting the UNSC to get the Keepers off of his back. While he knew about the Tuwa family, he hadn't reported it out of fear of an invasion if the UNSC knew. Realizing that Dark Moon had set up both the Keepers and Gao to take the fall, Casille pointed the Ferrets towards <a href="/Pinnacle_Station" title="Pinnacle Station">Pinnacle Station</a> at <a href="/Meridian" title="Meridian">Meridian</a> whose <a href="/Smart_AI" title="Smart AI">smart AI</a> <a href="/Sloan" title="Sloan">Administrator Sloan</a> had recommended Dark Moon to him in the first place.
1376</p><p>At the same time, Intrepid Eye learned of the destruction of Salvation Base and the failure of the attempt to frame the Keepers. To keep from being found out, Intrepid Eye dispatched her remote aspect <a href="/Oriel" title="Oriel">Oriel</a>, <a href="/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a> <a href="/Bartalan_Craddog" title="Bartalan Craddog">Bartalan Craddog</a> who she was blackmailing and the ONI security unit <a href="/Papa-10" title="Papa-10">Papa-10</a> to retrieve the cryo-jars holding the Tuwa's organs and to execute the Dark Moon couriers. At Pinnacle Station, Papa-10 successfully eliminated the Dark Moon couriers and retrieved the cryo-jars, but were ambushed by the Keepers led by a vengeful Castor. Craddog managed to kill <a href="/Orsun" title="Orsun">Orsun</a> and several Kig-Yar with an <a href="/M41_SPNKR" class="mw-redirect" title="M41 SPNKR">M41 SPNKR</a>, but the Keeper attack proved to be too overwhelming for Papa-10 whose three survivors were forced to flee to the surface of Meridian, chased by Castor and three Jiralhanae.
1377</p><p>Shortly after the firefight, the Ferrets and Blue Team arrived to find the aftermath. Thinking that they were associated with Papa-10, Sloan explained that he had rented Dark Moon a hidden berth at their request and directed the teams to the location on Meridian where Papa-10 and Castor's forces had landed. Though suspicious of the circumstances, the Ferrets and Blue Team followed Papa-10's survivors into an abandoned mine where they helped to eliminate Castor's forces. However, Papa-10 attacked, seriously injuring <a href="/Frederic-104" title="Frederic-104">Frederic-104</a> and fleeing towards an extraction point suggested by Sloan. Both Castor and Veta managed to hang onto Papa-10's vehicle and Castor succeeded in eliminating two of the operatives, but was knocked off of the vehicle after Veta tried and failed to make an alliance with him against their common enemy. After placing <a href="/C-12_shaped_charge" title="C-12 shaped charge">C-12 explosive</a> around the cryo-jars, Veta abandoned the vehicle and watched as it met up with a Pinnacle Station utility skiff piloted by Craddog. With the remaining Papa-10 operative pointing an assault rifle at her and unwilling to let them get away with the cryo-jars containing the Tuwa's organs, Veta detonated the explosives. The blast 
1377killed the last Papa-10 operative and Craddog and destroyed the cryo-jars, the utility skiff and Intrepid Eye's remote aspect Oriel, foiling the plot.
1378</p><p>In the aftermath, <a href="/Rear_Admiral" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/Serin_Osman" title="Serin Osman">Serin Osman</a> had the Ferrets returned to the <a href="/Mill" title="Mill">Mill</a> to complete their training and warned Veta that a greater threat was coming that she needed the Ferrets ready for. Additionally, ONI concluded that Craddog had been working on his own initiative to initiate <a href="/Project_SLEEPING_STAR?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Project SLEEPING STAR (page does not exist)">Project SLEEPING STAR</a> in the absence of any orders telling him to do so. Intrepid Eye avoided discovery as the true culprit, though she was unable to confirm the death of Castor and the destruction of his cell with the destruction of Oriel, one of her oldest and most useful remote aspects. Though <a href="/Rear_Admiral" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/Serin_Osman" title="Serin Osman">Serin Osman</a> ordered Project SLEEPING STAR shut down, Intrepid Eye manipulated the orders so that it continued in secret aboard the <i><a href="/Argent_Moon" title="Argent Moon">Argent Moon</a></i> as the bioweapon project was too important to her plans to be allowed to be stopped.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Ret&#95;69-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ret-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1379</p>
1380<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sedra_and_Alpha_Shard">Sedra and Alpha Shard</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Sedra and Alpha Shard">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1381<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Alpha Shard from Halo Mythos" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/51/HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg/225px-HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="225" height="145" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/51/HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg/338px-HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/51/HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg/450px-HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2645" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM_-_Alpha_Shard.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Randall Aiken and Jameson Locke on Alpha Shard.</div></div></div>
1382<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Terrorist_attack_on_Sedra_City" title="Terrorist attack on Sedra City">Terrorist attack on Sedra City</a>, <a href="/Mission_to_Alpha_Shard" title="Mission to Alpha Shard">Mission to Alpha Shard</a></i></dd></dl>
1383<p>On <a href="/2556" title="2556">February 7, 2556</a>, an <a href="/Locke%27s_team" title="Locke&#39;s team">ONI team</a> led by <a href="/Jameson_Locke" title="Jameson Locke">Lt. Commander Jameson Locke</a> was dispatched to the distant <a href="/Human_colonies" title="Human colonies">human colony</a> <a href="/Sedra" title="Sedra">Sedra</a> to investigate <a href="/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorist</a> activity. The investigation led them to the <a href="/Sedra_City" title="Sedra City">capital city</a> where a <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> <a href="/Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist">terrorist</a>, managed to unleash a powerful <a href="/Bioweapon" title="Bioweapon">bioweapon</a> that randomly broke down human DNA. A subsequent investigation revealed that the substance used to create the bioweapon originated from a <a href="/Alpha_Shard" title="Alpha Shard">surviving fragment</a> of <a href="/Installation_04" title="Installation 04">Installation 04</a>, propelled through slipspace into orbit around a red giant star. With no support from UNSC, as it would have been a violation of peace treaty, the Locke's team were forced to cooperate with the <a href="/Sedran_Colonial_Guard" title="Sedran Colonial Guard">Sedran Colonial Guard</a> on a mission to capture the smugglers who mined the element and destroy the deposits with a <a href="/HAVOK_tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon">HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon</a>. However, what was to be a swift operation quickly turned into a desperate battle for survival after the group was attacked by <a href="/Lekgolo" title="Lekgolo">Lekgolo</a> swarms that resided on the Halo fragment. The mission ended with the destruction of the bioweapon's deposits, but at the expense of the lives of almost all the joint team, including the former SPARTAN-II <a href="/Randall-037" class="mw-redirect" title="Randall-037">Randall-037</a>
1383, with Lt. Commander Locke and Private <a href="/Talitha_Macer" title="Talitha Macer">Talitha Macer</a> being the only survivors.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-hnf&#95;70-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hnf-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1384</p>
1385<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Later_missions_and_Biko_incident">Later missions and Biko incident</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Later missions and Biko incident">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1386<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Raid_on_Biko_peace_talks" title="Raid on Biko peace talks">Raid on Biko peace talks</a></i></dd></dl>
1387<p>Blue Team reunited with their previous leader, <a href="/John-117" title="John-117">John-117</a>, on <a href="/2557" title="2557">July 25, 2557</a>, after which they embarked on a new series of missions for over a year.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5&#95;blue&#95;team&#95;71-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5_blue_team-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During one such mission, in early <a href="/2558" title="2558">2558</a>, Blue Team managed to stop fanatical <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">ex-Covenant</a>, who had hijacked an <a href="/M510_Mammoth" title="M510 Mammoth">M510 Mammoth</a> and tried to use it to ram a new ONI research facility's main <a href="/Fusion_reactor" title="Fusion reactor">fusion reactor</a>. The Spartans prevented the disaster without any civilian casualties.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-otb&#95;72-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otb-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1388</p>
1389<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:Master_Chief_leaks.jpg" class="image"><img alt="A photo of John-117 during the Raid on Biko peace talks." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/4/4b/Master_Chief_leaks.jpg/225px-Master_Chief_leaks.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="225" height="152" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/4/4b/Master_Chief_leaks.jpg/338px-Master_Chief_leaks.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/4/4b/Master_Chief_leaks.jpg/450px-Master_Chief_leaks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1231" data-file-height="829" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Master_Chief_leaks.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>John-117 during the Raid on Biko.</div></div></div>
1390<p>After years of diplomatic work, peace talks were finally scheduled between humanity's Unified Earth Government and the Sangheili. The convocation was held in a regional embassy in a densely populated city on <a href="/Biko" title="Biko">Biko</a> in the human Outer Colonies. <a href="/Richard_Sekibo" title="Richard Sekibo">Richard Sekibo</a>, the revered ambassador of the Outer Colonies, led the conference. Sekibo had uncovered evidence of a terrorist plot by <a href="/Sapien_Sunrise" title="Sapien Sunrise">Sapien Sunrise</a> one week before the attack. He petitioned the UNSC for help, but they rejected his request immediately. As the conference was coming to an end, an agreement of peace was close to being reached. Suddenly, rogue Spartan-II John-117 entered the embassy and instantly killed Richard Sekibo's bodyguard, who in reality were Sapien Sunrise infiltrators. A firefight began, in which John abducted Sekibo and created an escape path through the infiltrators by killing them. John fled the embassy alongside the Sangheili delegation, which he escorted to safety. Outside the embassy, an evacuation ship for John was waiting. He boarded the ship, alongside the alien diplomats, and fled the planet. At some point, Sekibo was killed and his corpse was left behind in a field near the embassy on Biko. The next day, local officials discovered a signal beacon that led them to the body of Sekibo.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HTT8&#95;73-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTT8-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-HTT10&#95;74-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HTT10-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1391</p>
1392<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bioweapon_incident">Bioweapon incident</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Bioweapon incident">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1393<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HE_Covie_Group.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/e8/HE_Covie_Group.jpg/225px-HE_Covie_Group.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="225" height="141" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/e8/HE_Covie_Group.jpg/338px-HE_Covie_Group.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/e8/HE_Covie_Group.jpg/450px-HE_Covie_Group.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1987" data-file-height="1243" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HE_Covie_Group.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>
1393A pirate force on Ven III.</div></div></div>
1394<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_WHISTLE_STOP" title="Operation: WHISTLE STOP">Operation: WHISTLE STOP</a></i></dd></dl>
1395<p>By 2558, <a href="/Ven_III" title="Ven III">Ven III</a> had become a hot spot for numerous <a href="/Kig-Yar" title="Kig-Yar">Kig-Yar</a> smugglers, <a href="/Black_market" title="Black market">black market</a> arm dealers, and slavers. When FLEETCOM ignored the Office of Naval Intelligence's requests to assault the pirate base, ONI devised a false-flag operation involving a <a href="/Biological_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Biological agent">biological agent</a> purportedly stolen by a <a href="/Ayit_%27Sevi" title="Ayit &#39;Sevi">Sangheili agent</a> of <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a>—in truth a mercenary hired by ONI—to force the Fleet to take action. <a href="/Serin_Osman" title="Serin Osman">Admiral Osman</a> tasked Captain Lasky of <i>Infinity</i> with capturing the Sangheili and recovering the bioweapon before it could threaten human colonies. Lasky selected Spartans <a href="/Gabriel_Thorne" title="Gabriel Thorne">Gabriel Thorne</a> and <a href="/Naiya_Ray" title="Naiya Ray">Naiya Ray</a> for the mission and they were deployed on Ven III.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-75" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Thorne was captured and Ray discovered the pirate hideout Lasky decided to involve <i>Infinity</i> in the mission and engaged the pirates in space and in their stronghold. Spartan Ray rescued Thorne and chased down the Sangheili agent but ONI personnel forced Ray to stand down and took the Sangheili into custody.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-76" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1396</p>
1397<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cutting_ties">Cutting ties</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Cutting ties">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1398<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Assassination_of_Avu_Med_%27Telcam" title="Assassination of Avu Med &#39;Telcam">Assassination of Avu Med 'Telcam</a></i></dd></dl>
1399<p>By 2558, Avu Med 'Telcam had outserved his usefulness to ONI's plans and on <a href="/2558#January" title="2558">January 21, 2558</a>, ONI <a href="/Section_Three" class="mw-redirect" title="Section Three">Section Three</a> deployed the <a href="/SPARTAN-G059" title="SPARTAN-G059">SPARTAN-G059</a> aboard the <a href="/Winter-class_prowler" title="Winter-class prowler"><i>Winter</i>-class prowler</a> <a href="/UNSC_From_the_Ashes" title="UNSC From the Ashes">UNSC <i>From the Ashes</i></a> to New Llanelli to assassinate him. Upon her arrival in the remains of the city, she quickly located 'Telcam and eliminated his Sangheili guards. After brief fight the Spartan knocked the Sangheili to the ground and executed him with a single <a href="/M6_series" title="M6 series">pistol</a> shot to the head. The assassin did not claim the life of her secondary target, Avu Med 'Telcam's protege, <a href="/Dural_%27Mdama" title="Dural &#39;Mdama">Dural 'Mdama</a>. 'Mdama, known as the <i>Pale Blade</i>, would become a leading member of the Abiding Truth and was fortunate not to be among those in the attack. The Spartan was quickly extracted by <i>From the Ashes</i>, which entered <a href="/Slipspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Slipspace">slipspace</a> upon leaving the planet.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-KTB&#95;55-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KTB-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1400</p>
1401<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Keepers_Eradication_Campaign">Keepers Eradication Campaign</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Keepers Eradication Campaign">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1402<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Keepers_Eradication_Campaign" title="Keepers Eradication Campaign">Keepers Eradication Campaign</a></i></dd></dl>
1403<p>In <a href="/2557" title="2557">2557</a>, the <a href="/Ferret" title="Ferret">Ferrets</a> were sent undercover by ONI into the <a href="/Keepers_of_the_One_Freedom" title="Keepers of the One Freedom">Keepers of the One Freedom</a>. By infiltrating an allied doomsday cult, the <a href="/Humans_of_the_Joyous_Journey" title="Humans of the Joyous Journey">Humans of the Joyous Journey</a>, the Ferrets were successfully able to penetrate the Keepers. Over the course of eight months, the Ferrets gathered and relayed intelligence to ONI that enabled them to embark upon a massive eradication campaign against the Keepers of the One Freedom, resulting in the deaths of around 15,000 Keepers and the decimation of the faction.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW1&#95;77-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW11&#95;78-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW11-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1404</p><p>To the surprise of everyone, <a href="/Castor" title="Castor">Castor</a> responded by seeking refuge for his surviving forces with the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a>. Seeing a chance to potentially assassinate <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a>, ONI had the Ferrets remain undercover in the hopes of killing Atriox. However, Atriox vanished soon after with his <a href="/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> the <a href="/CAS-class_assault_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS-class assault carrier"><i>CAS</i>-class assault carrier</a> <i><a href="/Enduring_Conviction" title="Enduring Conviction">Enduring Conviction</a></i> and the Ferrets remained undercover for over two years.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW1&#95;77-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1405</p>
1406<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Anti-slave_operations">Anti-slave operations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Anti-slave operations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1407<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_the_Azorian_Valley?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Azorian Valley (page does not exist)">Battle of the Azorian Valley</a></i></dd></dl>
1408<p>By <a href="/2559#November" title="2559">November 2559</a>, the rise of the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a> and the fading presence of the UEG allowed another conflict to take root on <a href="/Terceira" title="Terceira">Terceira</a> and <a href="/Slavery" title="Slavery">slaving</a> operations to hit the colonists of the world. Various private corporations would buy these slaves to meet their quotas, replacing the automation that had been lost with the rise of the Created.
1409</p><p>ONI sent private military contractor <a href="/James_Solomon" title="James Solomon">James Solomon</a> to <a href="/Battle_of_the_Azorian_Valley?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Azorian Valley (page does not exist)">destroy</a> six stolen <a href="/Paris-class_heavy_frigate" title="Paris-class heavy frigate"><i>Paris</i>-class heavy frigates</a> being used to acquire some of these slaves on November 5. ONI hoped to expose the identities of the corporations behind this effort as well as to set back their operations by months, if not years. Despite some interference from the crews, including four Venezian <a href="/Janissary" title="Janissary">Janissaries</a>, James succeeded in his mission. James disabled the drive systems of the frigates, sending them crashing into a gorge where the <a href="/Fusion_drive" title="Fusion drive">fusion drive</a> of one detonated, ensuring that any trace of the slavers that hadn't been atomized would be buried under the gorge's walls.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET5&#95;44-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET5-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite his success, James suspected that ONI had no intention to rescue the slaves and everything that he'd done was just a move in a political chess game that they were playing.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET9&#95;79-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET9-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1410</p>
1411<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Spartan_Ops">Spartan Ops</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Spartan Ops">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1412<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:227px;"><a href="/File:HM_SpartanIVs.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c2/HM_SpartanIVs.jpg/225px-HM_SpartanIVs.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="225" height="145" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c2/HM_SpartanIVs.jpg/338px-HM_SpartanIVs.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/c/c2/HM_SpartanIVs.jpg/450px-HM_SpartanIVs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1240" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM_SpartanIVs.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer with some other Spartan-IVs.</div></div></div>
1413<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Spartan_Operations" title="Spartan Operations">Spartan Operations</a></i></dd></dl>
1414<p>Following the Covenant War, a rising number of Spartan-IVs were also deployed to quell <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">Covenant</a> and <a href="/Insurrectionist" title="Insurrectionist">Insurrectionist</a> threats on <a href="/Human_colonies" title="Human colonies">human colonies</a> and exotic worlds, as part of what is collectively referred to as the Spartan Ops program.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-80" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These missions consisted in suppressing revolts, civil unrest and uprisings; assassinating insurrectionist leaders; exploring uncharted space and worlds; halting criminal activities; providing security to UNSC bases, ONI classified sites, colonies and civilian populations; and escorting scientific expeditions. Such Spartan deployments have been sent to <a href="/Cascade" title="Cascade">Cascade</a>, <a href="/Talitsa" title="Talitsa">Talitsa</a>, <a href="/Terceira" title="Terceira">Terceira</a>, <a href="/Thales" title="Thales">Thales</a>, <a href="/Trevelyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevelyan">Trevelyan</a>, <a href="/Installation_03" title="Installation 03">Installation 03</a>, <a href="/Gaenir_Beta" title="Gaenir Beta">Gaenir Beta</a>, <a href="/Charion_VI" title="Charion VI">Charion VI</a>, and <a href="/New_Caracas" title="New Caracas">New Caracas</a>. Several MJOLNIR [GEN2] armors have been field-tested in such operations.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-81" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/SPARTAN-III_program" title="SPARTAN-III program">Spartan-III</a> and Spartan-IV personnel have also been employed as part of the post-war <a href="/Headhunters" title="Headhunters">Headhunters</a> during classified missions.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFHaveSmoa&#95;82-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFHaveSmoa-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <a href="/2556" title="2556">2556</a> Spartan-IV <a href="/Fireteam_Apollo" title="Fireteam Apollo">Fireteam Apollo</a> was deployed to the exclusion zone around the debris of <a href="/Installation_04" title="Installation 04">Installation 04</a> near <a href="/Threshold" title="Threshold">Threshold</a> in violation of the <a href="/Treaty_of_2552" title="Treaty of 2552">Treaty of 2552</a> as part of a salvage <a href="/Operation:_SHELL_GAME" title="Operation: SHELL GAME">operation</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HLCDD3&#95;83-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLCDD3-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Spartans would ultimately bring down countless Covenant factions and succeeded in one black ops mission after another relying on nothing more than their skill, their armor, and their teammates.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-rp14&#95;84-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rp14-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1415</p>
1416<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Draetheus_V">Draetheus V</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Draetheus V">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1417<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Draetheus_V" title="Battle of Draetheus V">Battle of Draetheus V</a></i></dd></dl>
1418<p>In 2554, a <a href="/Merg_Vol%27s_Covenant" title="Merg Vol&#39;s Covenant">former Covenant fleet</a> led by <a href="/Merg_Vol" title="Merg Vol">Merg Vol</a> invaded the UNSC research colony <a href="/Draetheus_V" title="Draetheus V">Draetheus V</a> and its moon, <a href="/X50" title="X50">X50</a>, in search of Forerunner relics, beginning a <a href="/Battle_of_Draetheus_V" title="Battle of Draetheus V">major battle</a> which marked one of the first missions of the UNSC's recently formed <a href="/Spartan_Operations" title="Spartan Operations">Spartan Operations</a> branch.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-85" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The battle saw significant losses on both sides and the planet itself was nearly destroyed by Vol's use of X50, which was in fact a Forerunner superweapon with the capability to destroy planets. The main hostilities concluded with Spartan <a href="/Sarah_Palmer" title="Sarah Palmer">Sarah Palmer</a> killing Vol and sabotaging X50's main weapon, bringing Merg Vol's Covenant's quest to a halt. However, Vol's Covenant returned when a looping Forerunner code began emanating from X50.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-86" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After arriving at the source of the signal, Spartan Palmer discovered that the source was the remains of Spartan <a href="/Edward_Davis" title="Edward Davis">Edward Davis</a>, who had died during the battle. The installation disintegrated Davis's corpse and encapsulated it in an unknown device, and with the help of a Pelican, Palmer took the remains of her comrade with her.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-87" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1419</p>
1420<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_to_the_Ark">Return to the Ark</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Return to the Ark">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1421<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Operation:_FAR_STORM" title="Operation: FAR STORM">Operation: FAR STORM</a>, <a href="/Battle_of_Earth_(2555)" title="Battle of Earth (2555)">Battle of Earth (2555)</a></i></dd></dl>
1422<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:Hunters_in_the_D
1422ark_full_cover.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/2a/Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg/250px-Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="174" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/2a/Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg/375px-Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/2a/Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg/500px-Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3976" data-file-height="2763" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Hunters_in_the_Dark_full_cover.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Joint UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios taskforce fighting <a href="/Blind_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Blind Wolf">Blind Wolves</a> on Installation 00.</div></div></div>
1423<p>In <a href="/2555" title="2555">2555</a>, renowned human scientist Doctor <a href="/Luther_Mann" title="Luther Mann">Luther Mann</a> discovered the location of <a href="/Installation_07" title="Installation 07">Installation 07</a>. The Office of Naval Intelligence subsequently sent a research detachment to study Zeta Halo. While inspecting the ring's custodial systems, Mann discovered a Forerunner timer that was counting down to the <a href="/Halo_Array" title="Halo Array">Halo Array</a>'s activation in five weeks. Both the UNSC and <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> decided to travel to what remained of <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">Installation 00</a> to manually stop the timer. Members of the group came from both factions involved and met aboard the warship <i><a href="/Mayhem" title="Mayhem">Mayhem</a></i>. When the <a href="/Huragok" title="Huragok">Huragok</a> <a href="/Drifts_Randomly" title="Drifts Randomly">Drifts Randomly</a> activated the <a href="/Excession" title="Excession">Excession</a> for the first time since the <a href="/Battle_for_Earth" title="Battle for Earth">Battle for Earth</a> in <a href="/2552" title="2552">2552</a>, a <a href="/Retriever_Sentinel" title="Retriever Sentinel">Retriever Sentinel</a>, sent by <a href="/000_Tragic_Solitude" title="000 Tragic Solitude">000 Tragic Solitude</a>, emerged through the portal and began strip-mining the area around the structure, forcing the <a href="/UNSC_Endeavor" title="UNSC Endeavor">UNSC <i>Endeavor</i></a> and accompanying small craft to engage it. <i>Mayhem</i> proceeded to enter the portal to travel to the Ark. Upon exiting slipspace, the corvette was immediately engaged by more Retrievers, and was heavily damaged in the process, crash-landing on the surface of the installation. The group set out to go to the <a href="/Installation_00_Citadel" title="Installation 00 Citadel">Citadel</a> by foot, encountering some of the installation's ambient life, including predatory species 'native' to the installation. Eventually arriving at the Citadel, the group shut down the firing of the rings.
1424</p><p>Before the group could stop the firing of the rings, however, Tragic Solitude dispatched a fleet of Retrievers through the portal to strip-mine Earth and the rest of the Sol system. The <a href="/UNSC_Home_Fleet" title="UNSC Home Fleet">UNSC Home Fleet</a> engaged the invading force, initially repelling them but soon being overwhelmed by the Forerunner constructs' sheer numbers. Eventually there were only a dozen human ships left, which charged into the Retrievers in a last-ditch defense of Earth. However, due to the actions of the party at Installation 00, Tragic Solitude recalled the Retrievers, and they retreated through the portal back to the Ark. However, Tragic Solitude resumed his attack on the group and was destroyed by <a href="/Bobby_Kodiak" title="Bobby Kodiak">
1424Bobby Kodiak</a> at the cost of his own life. With the threat neutralized, the UNSC sent a fleet to the Ark to investigate and the <i>Mayhem</i> was rescued by the <a href="/UNSC_Witness" title="UNSC Witness">UNSC <i>Witness</i></a>. Plans were made to repair the Ark using the Retriever Sentinels by directing them to mine lifeless systems and it was also decided to begin setting up research outposts on the installation.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HitD&#95;88-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HitD-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1425</p>
1426<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Attacks_on_Outer_Colonies">Attacks on Outer Colonies</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Attacks on Outer Colonies">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1427<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Mission_to_Cleyell" title="Mission to Cleyell">Mission to Cleyell</a></i></dd></dl>
1428<p>Several of the more fanatical splinter factions of the Covenant continued the practice of <a href="/Glassing" title="Glassing">glassing</a> <a href="/Human_colonies" title="Human colonies">human colonies</a> after the end of the Covenant War. The colony of <a href="/Cleyell" title="Cleyell">Cleyell</a> fell victim to such an attack in <a href="/2556" title="2556">2556</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE17&#95;89-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE17-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/UNSC_Cascadia" title="UNSC Cascadia">UNSC <i>Cascadia</i></a> moved into orbit of Cleyell weeks later to deploy Army and Marine search-and-rescue teams to relieve the stranded colonists on the surface.
1429</p>
1430<div style="clear:both"></div>
1431<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Resurgence_of_the_Flood">Resurgence of the Flood</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Resurgence of the Flood">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1432<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Outbreak_at_Site_22">Outbreak at Site 22</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Outbreak at Site 22">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1433<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Outbreak_at_Site_22" title="Outbreak at Site 22">Outbreak at Site 22</a></i></dd></dl>
1434<p>In <a href="/2556" title="2556">2556</a>, at Site 22 on the asteroid <a href="/LV-31" title="LV-31">LV-31</a>, a small team of miners led by <a href="/Mox?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mox (page does not exist)">Mox</a> entered a newly-discovered Forerunner ship, only to be beset upon by the Flood interred within - resulting in garbled distress transmissions to the <a href="/UNSC_Saturn" title="UNSC Saturn">UNSC <i>Saturn</i></a> overseeing the operation. The <a href="/Flood_attacker_form" title="Flood attacker form">now-infected</a> Mox soon returned to the surface and began to attack the rest of the party, who only had basic mining tools with which to fight off the infected. The loss of contact was registered by the <a href="/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> <a href="/Lycaon" title="Lycaon">Lycaon</a>, a <a href="/Smart_AI" title="Smart AI">Smart AI</a> assigned to the <a href="/UNSC_Saturn" title="UNSC Saturn">UNSC <i>Saturn</i></a>. Upon relaying the news to the ship's <a href="/Captain_(NAVCOM)" title="Captain (NAVCOM)">captain</a>, <a href="/Pedro_Alvarez" title="Pedro Alvarez">Pedro Alvarez</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Saturn&#95;90-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saturn-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lycaon attempted for two hours to get further information on the situation. However, BXR and IMC remained tight-lipped on the matter due to their unwillingness to compromise their potential find.<sup title="The text in the vicinity of this tag needs citation." class="noprint">&#91;<span style="font-style: italic"><a href="/Help:References" title="Help:References">citation&#160;needed</a></span>&#93;</sup>
1435</p><p>When the ship was finally able to observe the site directly, the crew immediately recognized the <a href="/Flood" title="Flood">Flood</a> on the surface, resulting in Lycaon attempting to commence the standard <a href="/Emergency_Contact_Protocol_Upsilon" title="Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon">UPSILON</a> protocol and urging Captain Alvarez to bombard the site with <a href="/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>. Alvarez refused, believing the find to be of critical strategic significance to the rebuilding of the UNSC fleet, resulting in Lycaon's attempt to remove the captain from command as per <a href="/UNSC_Regulation_14-372-01" title="UNSC Regulation 14-372-01">UNSC Regulation 14-372-01</a>. Lycaon was interrupted during his attempt to relieve Alvarez's command due to Alvarez's knowledge of the command override phrase <i>actiones secundum fidei</i> ("actions according to faith") - leaving the AI frozen and the junior crew hesitant to attempt a mutiny against their <a href="/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a>. Instead, Alvarez ordered the deployment of several <a href="/Condor" title="Condor">Condor</a> dropships to deploy military forces to the site to begin Flood cleanup operations.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Saturn&#95;90-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saturn-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1436</p><p>Upon landing, the force (consisting of a squadron of <a href="/HRUNTING_Mark_III_(B)_Cyclops" title="HRUNTING Mark III (B) Cyclops">Cyclopses</a>, multiple <a href="/Hellbringer" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellbringer">Hellbringers</a>, and Spartan <a href="/Fireteam_Leviathan" title="Fireteam Leviathan">Fireteam Leviathan</a>) was immediately engaged by the Flood, and for a brief time appeared to be successful in their attempt to mop up the outbreak. However, the Flood was soon able to bring down one of the Spartans, resulting in their infection and conversion to a <a href="/Flood_combat_form" title="Flood combat form">combat form</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Saturn&#95;90-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saturn-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Spartan's <a href="/MJOLNIR_Powered_Assault_Armor" title="MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor">MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor</a> immediately detected the presence of the <a href="/Flood_Super_Cell" title="Flood Super Cell">Flood Super Cell</a> breach and reacted by overpressurising the armour's <a href="/Hydrostatic_gel" title="Hydrostatic gel">hydrostatic gel</a> layer, crushing the Spartan's body, and activating the explosive mechanisms inside the Spartan's <a href="/Visual_Intelligence_System,_Reconnaissance" title="Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance">Gallows VISR</a> - with the aim of destroying their brain. The Flood was able to counteract this and inject its own code into the suit, cancelling the countermeasure deployment and instead re-sealing the armour while converting the Spartan inside.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Season5intel&#95;91-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Season5intel-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1437</p><p>With the tables rapidly turning and the containment operation devolving into chaos, Alvarez realised his own shortsightedness and the risk now posed to <a href="/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">the galaxy</a> should the Flood make it off Site 22. Consequently, he gave the order to enact <a href="/CORRUPTER" title="CORRUPTER">CORRUPTER</a> protocols and begin <a href="/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear bombardment</a> of the asteroid via <a href="/Shiva-class_nuclear_missile" title="Shiva-class nuclear missile">
1437Shiva-class nuclear missile</a>, giving all surviving ground-side personnel seven minutes to evacuate. During the bombardment, some Flood, including the now-infected <a href="/Julien_Donney" title="Julien Donney">Julien Donney</a> and a Spartan, were able to reach one of the Condor dropships and use it to escape using its <a href="/Slipspace_drive" title="Slipspace drive">slipspace drive</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Saturn&#95;90-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saturn-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Atropos&#95;92-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atropos-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1438</p><p>After learning of the Flood's capture of one of the <i>Saturn</i>'s slipspace-capable dropships, Alvarez chose to cover it up rather than report the Flood's escape to the UNSC.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Atropos&#95;92-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atropos-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1439</p>
1440<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ascension_on_Atropos">Ascension on Atropos</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Ascension on Atropos">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1441<p>The Condor taken by the Flood would crash-land on the planet <a href="/Atropos" title="Atropos">Atropos</a>, with many of the Flood forms onboard severely damaged. The ship would be discovered by <a href="/Kanto%27Boreft" title="Kanto&#39;Boreft">Kanto'Boreft</a>, the Minister of Aretalogy and a member of the <a href="/Governors_of_Contrition" title="Governors of Contrition">Governors of Contrition</a> who had been exiled from <a href="/High_Charity" title="High Charity">High Charity</a> for their extreme beliefs. Seeing the Flood as a emissary of the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Gods</a>, the Minister sought to test them. He would dismantle the space station he had been assigned to, the <a href="/Ninth_Watchtower_of_August_Attendance" title="Ninth Watchtower of August Attendance">Ninth Watchtower of August Attendance</a>, and relocated his followers to the planet's surface to be alongside Atropos' small human population. The <a href="/Covenant_Citadel" title="Covenant Citadel">Citadel</a> the Watchtower carried would become a temple for the Flood, where he would send one of his compliment as a "Chosen Sacrifice" for the parasite to grow it. Eventually, the Flood would break free of the Citadel and begin to swarm across Atropos before forming into a new compound form, transmitting a psychic signal into the cosmos, searching for something. The Minister would compose a final testament for any who would discover it before leaving to give himself to the Flood.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Atropos&#95;92-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atropos-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1442</p>
1443<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Search_for_the_Librarian_and_the_UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire">Search for the Librarian and the UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Search for the Librarian and the UNSC Spirit of Fire">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1444<p>After being recovered by the <a href="/UNSC_Rubicon" title="UNSC Rubicon">UNSC <i>Rubicon</i></a>, <a href="/343_Guilty_Spark" title="343 Guilty Spark">343 Guilty Spark</a>, the former <a href="/Monitor" title="Monitor">Monitor</a> of <a href="/Installation_04" title="Installation 04">Installation 04</a>, became determined to locate the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> known as the <a href="/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a> whom he claimed was still alive. Spark hijacked the <i>Rubicon</i> and put the crew into cryo to search for the Librarian.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-93" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the ship crashed on <a href="/Geranos-a" title="Geranos-a">Geranos-a</a> in <a href="/2554" title="2554">2554</a>, leaving the crew dead. Spark survived the crash by transferring himself into an <a href="/Armiger" title="Armiger">armiger</a> made out of parts salvaged by the <i>Rubicon</i> from <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">Installation 00</a> and activated a distress signal which was eventually picked up by a cargo ship in <a href="/2557" title="2557">2557</a> and relayed to ONI.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1445</p><p>In 2557, the <a href="/Salvager" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvager">salvager</a> <i><a href="/Ace_of_Spades" title="Ace of Spades">Ace of Spades</a></i> captained by <a href="/Rion_Forge" title="Rion Forge">Rion Forge</a> undertook a salvage operation to what turned out to be the wreckage of the <a href="/UNSC_Roman_Blue" title="UNSC Roman Blue">UNSC <i>Roman Blue</i></a>, the <a href="/Halcyon-class_light_cruiser" title="Halcyon-class light cruiser"><i>Halcyon</i>-class light cruiser</a> that was supposed to have retrieved the <a href="/Log_buoy" title="Log buoy">log buoy</a> of the long lost <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a> during the <a href="/Battle_for_Arcadia" title="Battle for Arcadia">Battle for Arcadia</a> in <a href="/2531" title="2531">2531</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Smoke&#95;and&#95;Shadow&#95;95-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smoke_and_Shadow-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1446</p>
1447<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Roman_Blue"><i>Roman Blue</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Roman Blue">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1449<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
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1451<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Radiant_Perception"><i>Radiant Perception</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Radiant Perception">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1453<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
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1455<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Etran_Harborage_debris_field">Etran Harborage debris field</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Etran Harborage debris field">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1456<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Ace of Spades flying through Trove&#39;s debris field." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/37/Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg/200px-Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="293" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/37/Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg/300px-Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/37/Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg/400px-Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1584" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Halo_Smoke_and_Shadow_clean_cover.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><i>Ace of Spades</i> followed the trail of <i>Spirit of Fire</i> up to the debris field of Etran Harborage.</div></div></div>
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1458<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
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1460<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Captured_by_ONI">Captured by ONI</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Captured by ONI">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1461<p>During an operation to get a <a href="/Luminary" title="Luminary">Luminary</a>, the crew of the <i><a href="/Ace_of_Spades" title="Ace of Spades">Ace of Spades</a></i>
1461 was captured by the <a href="/ONI" class="mw-redirect" title="ONI">ONI</a> <a href="/Prowler" title="Prowler">Prowler</a> <a href="/UNSC_Taurokado" title="UNSC Taurokado">UNSC <i>Taurokado</i></a>. ONI agents seized <a href="/Little_Bit" title="Little Bit">Little Bit</a>, his projections of the <i>Spirit of Fire's</i> possible flight path, recordings and even the crew's personal belongings. As Little Bit refused to cooperate with the agents, Agent <a href="/Hahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Hahn">Hahn</a> forced <a href="/Rion_Forge" title="Rion Forge">Rion Forge</a> to order the AI to comply, while also seizing all of the crew's assets and salvage, including a warehouse of items they had amassed. However, while aboard, Rion managed to hack the Prowler's communications and learned of the distress signal from the <a href="/UNSC_Rubicon" title="UNSC Rubicon">UNSC <i>Rubicon</i></a> on <a href="/Geranos-a" title="Geranos-a">Geranos-a</a> which clearly held a great deal of interest for ONI. In an effort to force ONI to return their stolen property, the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew chose to investigate and salvage from the <i>Rubicon</i> in hopes of finding what ONI wanted.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1462</p>
1463<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mission_to_the_Korinth_Prior_system">Mission to the Korinth Prior system</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Mission to the Korinth Prior system">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1464<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Mission_to_the_Korinth_Prior_system" title="Mission to the Korinth Prior system">Mission to the Korinth Prior system</a></i></dd></dl>
1465<p>Using the data taken from the <i>Ace of Spades</i> and Little Bit, the <i>Taurokado</i> was able to locate the debris field of <a href="/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a> in the <a href="/Korinth_Prior_system" title="Korinth Prior system">Korinth Prior system</a> and undertook a mission to investigate.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Taurokado</i> conducted scans which showed that this debris field was composed of 94% naturally-occurring materials and 4% <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> materials, with 2% untraceable, and that of detritus size, 9% neared the scale of small lunar satellites while 84% were the size of the ship or smaller. <i>Taurokado's</i> sensors also revealed that low-level shielding sporadically surrounded structures of Forerunner origins.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HLCDD4&#95;96-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLCDD4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1466</p><p>At 0924 hours (MST), <i>Taurokado</i> commenced site surveys of identified Forerunner structures. Fireteam Apollo was deployed to investigate a number of these structures. At one, designated "Site 012", Apollo uncovered configurations matching the <a href="/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">Sarcophagus</a> at <a href="/Onyx" title="Onyx">Onyx</a>. At "Site 042" they confirmed that the debris had formerly been a <a href="/Shield_world" title="Shield world">shield world</a>. Apollo also found evidence of Forerunner <a href="/Sojourner-class_dreadnought" title="Sojourner-class dreadnought"><i>Sojourner</i>-class dreadnoughts</a> and a <a href="/Flood" title="Flood">Flood</a> infestation at "Site 029" and "Site 021", respectively. At "Site 037", Apollo recovered identifiable <a href="/Human" title="Human">human</a> materials. Analysis confirmed that these had belonged to the <i>Spirit of Fire</i>, including war materiel and <a href="/Titanium-A_armor" title="Titanium-A armor">Titanium-A battleplating</a>. However, no evidence of survivors was detected by either Apollo or <i>Taurokado</i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HLCDD4&#95;96-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLCDD4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1467</p><p>At 1642 hours (MST), <i>Taurokado</i> made contact with a hostile <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">Covenant remnant</a> <a href="/Battle_group" title="Battle group">battle group</a> led by <a href="/Gek_%27Lhar" title="Gek &#39;Lhar">Gek 'Lhar</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fireteam Apollo was distaptched in <a href="/F-41_Broadsword" title="F-41 Broadsword">F-41 Broadsword</a> fighters to intercept the enemy. After dispatching two waves of <a href="/Type-31_Seraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Type-31 Seraph">Type-31 Seraph</a> fighters, Apollo fell back to the <i>Taurokado</i>. At 1714 hours (MST), the <i>Taurokado</i> released sensor buoy "B89-7" and <a href="/Slipstream_space" title="Slipstream space">slipped</a> from the system, in accordance with protocol.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HLCDD4&#95;96-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HLCDD4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1468</p>
1469<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Alliance_with_Spark">Alliance with Spark</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Alliance with Spark">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1470<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:RenegadesArt.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Cover art for Halo: Renegades, depicting Rion Forge and Spark." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3e/RenegadesArt.jpg/200px-RenegadesArt.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="316" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3e/RenegadesArt.jpg/300px-RenegadesArt.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3e/RenegadesArt.jpg/400px-RenegadesArt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="1771" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:RenegadesArt.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>343 Guilty Spark in his new form has found his place among the crew of <i>Ace of Spades</i>.</div></div></div>
1471<p>With the <i>Taurokado</i> busy investigating the debris field, the <i>Ace of Spades</i> made its way to <a href="/Geranos-a" title="Geranos-a">Geranos-a</a> where they discovered and investigated the wreckage of the <i>Rubicon</i>, salvaging many things from it, including the <a href="/Armiger" title="Armiger">armiger</a> of <a href="/343_Guilty_Spark" title="343 Guilty Spark">343 Guilty Spark</a>. Spark was able to access the database of the <i>Ace of Spades</i> and became determined to continue his mission to find the <a href="/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a> using the <i>Ace of Spades</i>. With the <i>Taurokado</i> and <a href="/UNSC_Bad_Moon_Rising" title="UNSC Bad Moon Rising">UNSC <i>Bad Moon Rising</i></a> approaching, Spark helped the <i>Ace of Spades</i> escape into <a href="/Slipspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Slipspace">slipspace</a> with the intention of taking the ship to <a href="/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a> to get an <a href="/Upgrade_seed" title="Upgrade seed">upgrade seed</a>. To get the crew to cooperate with him, Spark promised to allow them to salvage the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> technology present on the <a href="/Shield_world" title="Shield world">shield world</a>, unaware that it had been destroyed by the <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a> in <a href="/2531" title="2531">2531</a>.
1472</p><p>When the <i>Ace of Spades</i> returned to the debris field on June 29, it was to find <a href="/Gek_%27Lhar" title="Gek &#39;Lhar">Gek 'Lhar</a> and <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">his forces</a> working to salvage Forerunner technology from the wreckage. As the <i>Ace of Spades</i> dodged 'Lhar's forces, the <a href="/UNSC" class="mw-redirect" title="UNSC">UNSC</a> unexpectedly returned to the system with a massive fleet. The UNSC fleet unleashed a massive nuclear bombardment upon the debris field in an act of asset denial, blowing the Etran Harborage debris field to bits and disrupting its gravity with the system's dwarf star. Anything that wasn't destroyed by the bombardment would likely be pulled into the star, eradicating the remnants of the Etran Harborage completely. Rather than fight, Gek 'Lhar fled to slipspace the moment the UNSC fleet opened fire while Spark managed to get the <i>Ace of Spades</i> out in time.
1473</p><p>In order to continue his mission, Spark set course for the former Forerunner world of <a href="/Triniel" title="Triniel">Triniel</a> where a <a href="/Builder" title="Builder">
1473Builder</a> facility was located to get the upgrade seed that the <i>Ace of Spades</i> needed. Spark provided the crew with a history of the Forerunners and the galaxy and offered to help them retrieve their belongings and data and search for the <i>Spirit of Fire</i> if they would help him complete his search for the Librarian, a deal that they ultimately accepted. Arriving to Triniel in July 2557, the <i>Ace of Spades</i> salvaged a lot of Forerunner technology from the Builder facility while Spark repaired problems with his armiger and created an upgrade seed for the ship. Though Spark intended to use the planet's communications satellites to contact the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a>, he ultimately deactivated them before they could reboot as the crew wanted to leave Triniel free from mass exploitation as Triniel was a planet-wide mass grave for the population who had committed suicide to avoid the <a href="/Flood" title="Flood">Flood</a>. Spark later attempted to access the Domain but he was blocked by <a href="/Catalog" title="Catalog">Catalog</a>.
1474</p><p>With a bounty put upon them by Gek 'Lhar and ONI offering a deal to trade for their stolen data, credits and belongings the crew agreed to a meeting at <a href="/Port_Joy?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Port Joy (page does not exist)">Port Joy</a> on <a href="/Binterall" title="Binterall">Binterall</a> in August. ONI kept their end of the bargain and turned over a clean copy of all of <a href="/Little_Bit" title="Little Bit">Little Bit</a>'s projections and video recordings as well as the crew's belongings, while the crew claimed that they had only recovered a data core upon which was a fragment of Spark. After the meeting was attacked by bounty hunters, the crew fled and used the upgraded <i>Ace of Spades</i> <a href="/Slipspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Slipspace">slipspace</a> drive to get past an attempt by the <i>Taurakado</i> and <i>Bad Moon Rising</i> to stop them. However, in the process Spark's armiger was revealed as was the fact that the <i>Ace of Spades</i> had received upgrades to its engines as well as illegal cloaking technology due to how well it had hidden until Spark brought the ship in to rescue the crew.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-4" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1475</p>
1476<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mount_Kilimanjaro">Mount Kilimanjaro</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: Mount Kilimanjaro">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1477<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Mission_to_Mount_Kilimanjaro" title="Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro">Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro</a></i></dd></dl>
1478<p>On September 1, 2557, the <i><a href="/Ace_of_Spades" title="Ace of Spades">Ace of Spades</a></i> arrived at <a href="/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> with the cloaking technology from the <a href="/Upgrade_seed" title="Upgrade seed">upgrade seed</a> making the ship completely undetected on approach. The ship landed at <a href="/Mount_Kilimanjaro" title="Mount Kilimanjaro">Mount Kilimanjaro</a> while Spark used his fragment to infect and shut down the ONI facility at the <a href="/Voi" title="Voi">Voi</a> while also using his fragment to search for data on <a href="/Catalog" title="Catalog">Catalog</a> who had been hounding ONI since <a href="/2552" title="2552">2552</a>. Before turning herself in for review, the AI <a href="/Thea" title="Thea">Thea</a> happened to detect the <i>Ace of Spades</i> and sent a quick warning seconds before the facility completely shut down. The AR team and <a href="/Fireteam_Apollo" title="Fireteam Apollo">Fireteam Apollo</a> managed to blow their way out of Hanger One and headed for Kilimanjaro to stop the crew and Spark.
1479</p><p>Spark led the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew into Mawenzi where Rion's touch as a <a href="/Reclaimer" title="Reclaimer">Reclaimer</a> allowed them access into a Forerunner installation inside of the mountain where Rion deactivated a <a href="/Hard_light" title="Hard light">hard light</a> barrier protecting a <a href="/Lifeworker" title="Lifeworker">Lifeworker</a> pod on a platform and activated a hard light bridge to the platform. Before Rion could deactivate the barrier around the pod, Spark finally admitted the truth to her: that <a href="/John_Forge" title="John Forge">her father</a> had died sacrificing himself to destroy <a href="/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a>. Enraged at Spark keeping the truth from her, Rion attacked the armiger before she decided to deactivate the barrier and end their deal and alliance. However, before the crew could leave, Agent <a href="/Hahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Hahn">Hahn</a>, <a href="/Fireteam_Apollo" title="Fireteam Apollo">Fireteam Apollo</a> and the AR team arrived in the facility and blocked their exit. Spark deactivated the light bridge on Rion's request before he entered the column of light surrounding the Lifeworker pod, but the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew were left outnumbered and with no means of escape as the ONI forces worked to bring the light bridge back online.
1480</p><p>Spark's entry into the column awakened a <a href="/Mind_transfer" title="Mind transfer">personality imprint</a> of the <a href="/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a> stored within the pod. The Librarian greeted Spark by his original human name of <a href="/Chakas" title="Chakas">Chakas</a> and expressed regret for the pain she had caused him and marvel over the being he had evolved into. The Librarian revealed to Spark the awakening of both her imprint and <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">the Didact</a> at <a href="/Requiem" title="Requiem">Requiem</a> but wouldn't go further into details about it. Spark expressed his desire to bring his friends <a href="/Riser" title="Riser">Riser</a> and <a href="/Vinnevra" title="Vinnevra">Vinnevra</a> back, but the Librarian reminded him of what Spark had gone through as Chakas, bearing the essence of <a href="/Forthencho" title="Forthencho">Forthencho</a>, Lord of Admirals. The Librarian revealed to Spark that his friends were at peace, their gene song quiet and cautioned him against going to the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a> to be with them as he would only find echoes of them. The Librarian refused to join Spark using an armiger and instead helped him understand that he had found the friends he had been searching for so long amongst the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew.
1481</p><p>The Librarian announced that she would join her other imprints at the <a href="/Absolute_Record" title="Absolute Record">Absolute Record</a> while humanity had to be given the tools to uphold the <a href="/Mantle_of_Responsibility" class="mw-redirect" title="Mantle of Responsibility">Mantle of Responsibility</a> and the knowledge to maintain the Domain. The Librarian offered Spark a choice: to join her at the Absolute Record or to remain behind with his friends. The Librarian offered Spark a small etched box in case he chose to remain and ordered him to "find what's missing. Fix the path. Right what my kind has turned wrong." Spark chose to remain with his friends and the two promised to meet again.
1482</p><p>As Spark and the Librarian met, the ONI forces managed to reactivate the hard light bridge while no sign of a way out was discovered. While the crew tried to figure out their options, the Librarian departed to the Absolute Record blinding everyone in the cavern. Before her departure, all of the humans in the cavern beheld the Librarian briefly and she communicated a message to Rion at least which ordered her to take care of Spark, calling Spark more fragile and important than she could ever know. Spark shifted his armiger into a combat configuration and formed a hard light rifle to face off with ONI forces who opened fire as the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew took cover. Spark then used his light rifle to bring down rocks onto the light bridge which forced the ONI team and Spartans to retreat after which Spark shut it down and smashed the terminal in an effort to prevent it from being reactivated.
1483</p><p>Using the <a href="/Slipspace_translocation" title="Slipspace translocation">translocation pad</a> in the platform, Spark teleported the <i>Ace of Spades</i> crew to just below the summit of Mawenzi and remote-piloted the <i>Ace of Spades</i> to pick them up. Though military drones swept the area before the ship arrived, Spark was able to cloak the crew until they were gone. After getting what he wanted from the ONI facility, Spark pulled his fragment out as well. Several hundred people witnessed the light from the Lifeworker pod departing the Earth's atmosphere while ONI was left to examine the Forerunner installation which they realized had most likely contained a personality imprint of the Librarian.
1484</p>
1485<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="A_New_Path">A New Path</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=40" title="Edit section: A New Path">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1486<p>Following the escape from Mount Kilimanjaro, Spark revealed to Rion that he knew of <a href="/John_Forge" title="John Forge">John Forge</a>'s fate because, during his time with the UNSC and ONI during the conclusion of the <a href="/Human-Covenant_War" title="Human-Covenant War">Human-Covenant War</a>, he had gained access to many sources of data. From one, Spark had discovered one or more recovered preprogramed maintenance sheds and data drops left behind by the <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a> in hopes of leaving a trail. The data included a message to Rion from her father and left as part of a promise by <a href="/Serina" title="Serina">Serina</a> and Captain <a href="/James_Cutter" title="James Cutter">James Cutter</a>. Spark provided Rion with the message, her father's final goodbye to his daughter.
1487</p><p>A week after the mission, the crew held a ritual goodbye at Spark's request to honor those that they had lost. During it, Spark let go of his past and all that he had lost and accepted his new future with the crew, singing for all that he and his friends had lost along the way and writing their names on a nearby stone ledge. Spark admitted to Rion that his intention all along had been to access the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a> with the Librarian's help to find the ghosts of his friends and either bring them back as <i><a href="/Geas" title="Geas">geas</a></i> or join them. Spark revealed that the Librarian had given him a coordinate key for a safe place but he refused to elaborate further. Promising that there would be no more lies, Spark offered his services as the shipboard AI of the <i>Ace of Spades</i>.
1488</p><p>On September 7, the <i>Ace of Spades</i> departed Earth undetected by the <a href="/Home_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a>. The crew was left to ponder what their next move would be as both <a href="/Gek_%27Lhar" title="Gek &#39;Lhar">Gek 'Lhar</a> and ONI would be after them. Rion announced that they needed to get the bounty off of their heads while showing that they weren't the enemy of the UNSC and ONI. She decided that they would finish what they started and find the <i>Spirit of Fire</i> and all the people aboard who her father's sacrifice had saved with Spark expressing confidence that they would succeed. Rion suggested that afterwards, with the salvage from <a href="/Triniel" title="Triniel">Triniel</a> leaving them in a position where they would never lack for credits or resources again and the <i>Ace of Spades</i> upgrades, they had the luxury of choosing what they would do next.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Renegades&#95;94-5" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renegades-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1489</p>
1490<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Finding_Bastion">Finding Bastion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: Finding Bastion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1494<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_of_the_Prometheans">Return of the Prometheans</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: Return of the Prometheans">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1495<p><span>
1496</span></p>
1497<dl><dd>"<i>Time was your ally, but now it has abandoned you... The Forerunners have returned.</i>"</dd>
1498<dd>&#8212; The <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">Didact</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-h4for&#95;97-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h4for-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
1499<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Requiem">Requiem</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=43" title="Edit section: Requiem">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1500<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png" class="image"><img alt="The Ur-Didact holds John-117 in a constraint field. From Halo 4 campaign level Forerunner." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png/300px-HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="128" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png/450px-HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png/600px-HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="1634" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HTMCC-H4_ChiefVsDidact_3.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The Didact immobilizes John-117.</div></div></div>
1501<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Requiem" title="Battle of Requiem">Battle of Requiem</a></i></dd></dl>
1502<p>By <a href="/2554" title="2554">2554</a>, <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a> had already gathered formidable numbers of <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">followers</a> and a powerful fleet which discovered Requiem, but were unable to enter the thoroughly sealed shield world. In orbit above the planet, however, was the wreckage of the <a href="/UNSC_Forward_Unto_Dawn" title="UNSC Forward Unto Dawn">UNSC <i>Forward Unto Dawn</i></a>, carrying the legendary <a href="/John-117" title="John-117">Master Chief, SPARTAN John-117</a>, and his <a href="/Rampancy" title="Rampancy">deteriorating</a> <a href="/Smart_AI" title="Smart AI">AI</a> companion <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a>, drifting in space since the end of the Covenant War in 2552. Upon discovering the derelict vessel in <a href="/2557#July" title="2557">July 2557</a>, 'Mdama's Covenant forces attacked the <i>Dawn</i> in hopes of deterring any potential efforts by the humans to access the shield world. During the ensuing skirmish, Requiem's automated systems pulled 
1502both the <i>Dawn</i> and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant force surrounding it through the world's outer shell and down to the planet's surface.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h4dawn&#95;98-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h4dawn-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1503</p><p>On Requiem, both John-117 and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces that hunted him were attacked by the mechanical <a href="/Promethean" title="Promethean">Promethean</a> forces that occupied the structure. In <a href="/Core_of_Requiem" title="Core of Requiem">the core</a> of the installation, the Master Chief accidentally released the <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">Ur-Didact</a> from his 100 millennia-long imprisonment. Bent on preventing mankind from attaining the <a href="/Mantle" title="Mantle">Mantle</a>, the Didact departed the core and allied with 'Mdama's Covenant.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h4for&#95;97-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h4for-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a>, lured to Requiem by the <i>Forward Unto Dawn's</i> distress signal, crash-landed inside the shield world. Making way for the crash site, the Master Chief reunited with the UNSC and aided in the defense of the stranded flagship from 'Mdama's Covenant and the Didact. However, due to a difference of opinion between <i>Infinity's</i> captain <a href="/Andrew_Del_Rio" title="Andrew Del Rio">Del Rio</a> and John-117, the latter was left facing the Didact alongside Cortana while <i>Infinity</i> returned to Earth.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-99" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1504</p>
1505<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Composer">The Composer</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=44" title="Edit section: The Composer">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1506<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Raid_on_Ivanoff_Station" title="Raid on Ivanoff Station">Raid on Ivanoff Station</a></i></dd></dl>
1507<p>The Didact left Requiem on his flagship <i><a href="/Mantle%27s_Approach" title="Mantle&#39;s Approach">Mantle's Approach</a></i>, intent on acquiring the <a href="/Composer" title="Composer">Composer</a>, a Forerunner device with the power to enslave all of humanity. With John-117 and Cortana in pursuit, the Didact attacked <i><a href="/Ivanoff_Station" title="Ivanoff Station">Ivanoff Station</a></i>, a UNSC research facility near <a href="/Installation_03" title="Installation 03">Installation 03</a> and the location of the Composer. Despite the UNSC's best efforts, the Didact was able to acquire the Composer and used the device on the occupants of the station, but John-117 was saved by genetic enhancements provided by the <a href="/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a>'s <a href="/Mind_transfer" title="Mind transfer">personality construct</a> back on Requiem.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-100" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1508</p>
1509<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_over_Earth">Battle over Earth</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: Battle over Earth">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1510<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/67/H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg/250px-H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="141" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/67/H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg/375px-H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/67/H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg/500px-H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>
1510The Composer firing on New Phoenix.</div></div></div>
1511<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/New_Phoenix_Incident" title="New Phoenix Incident">New Phoenix Incident</a></i></dd></dl>
1512<p>The Didact then headed for Earth with the Master Chief racing across the hull of <i>Mantle's Approach</i> aboard an <a href="/F-41_Broadsword" title="F-41 Broadsword">F-41 Broadsword</a> fighter. With support from <i>Infinity</i> and the <a href="/UNSC_Home_Fleet" title="UNSC Home Fleet">UNSC Home Fleet</a>, John-117 made his way inside <i>Mantle's Approach</i> and confronted the Didact, but not before the Forerunner used the Composer to digitize the population of <a href="/New_Phoenix" title="New Phoenix">New Phoenix</a>, <a href="/United_Republic_of_North_America" title="United Republic of North America">URNA</a>. With the aid of a rampant Cortana, the Master Chief was able to send the Didact plummeting into a slipspace rupture, and destroy his ship with a <a href="/HAVOK" class="mw-redirect" title="HAVOK">HAVOK</a> nuclear warhead. Using the last of her power, Cortana was able to <a href="/Slipspace_translocation" title="Slipspace translocation">translocate</a> John away from the blast, saving his life at the cost of her own.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-101" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Left adrift in space, he was later recovered and brought aboard <i>Infinity</i> and debriefed by the <a href="/UNSC_Security_Council" title="UNSC Security Council">UNSC Security Council</a> shortly afterward.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE8&#95;102-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE8-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1513</p><p>After falling into the slipspace rupture, the Didact was teleported to the surface of Installation 03, where he quickly recovered and killed Spartan <a href="/Black_Team" title="Black Team">Black Team</a> and a UNSC science team. Meeting with the <a href="/Monitor" title="Monitor">monitor</a> <a href="/859_Static_Carillon" title="859 Static Carillon">859 Static Carillon</a>, the Promethean commander then entered the <a href="/Composer%27s_Forge" class="mw-redirect" title="Composer&#39;s Forge">Composer's Forge</a> via a portal, intending to continue his crusade against humankind.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE8&#95;102-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE8-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE9&#95;103-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE9-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1514</p>
1515<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Conduit">The Conduit</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: The Conduit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1516<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Halo: Spartan Strike press kit image." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3b/HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg/250px-HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="141" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3b/HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg/375px-HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/3/3b/HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg/500px-HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HSS-Cinematic-Holdouts.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>UNSC Marines fighting Prometheans in New Phoenix.</div></div></div>
1517<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Battle_of_Installation_03" title="Battle of Installation 03">Battle of Installation 03</a>, <a href="/Skirmish_in_New_Phoenix" title="Skirmish in New Phoenix">Skirmish in New Phoenix</a></i></dd></dl>
1518<p>In late July 2557, <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama" title="Jul &#39;Mdama">Jul 'Mdama</a>'s <a href="/Jul_%27Mdama%27s_Covenant" title="Jul &#39;Mdama&#39;s Covenant">reformed Covenant</a> invaded <a href="/Installation_03" title="Installation 03">Gamma Halo</a> in an attempt to use the Forerunner <a href="/Conduit" title="Conduit">Conduit</a> to open <a href="/Slipspace_portal" title="Slipspace portal">slipspace portals</a> throughout the installation in order to transport a massive Promethean force onto the ringworld, which would aid in their takeover of Installation 03. Other portals were also opened throughout the galaxy, including one in <a href="/New_Phoenix" title="New Phoenix">New Phoenix</a>. Eventually, the attack was repelled due to the efforts of two <a href="/Headhunters" title="Headhunters">Headhunters</a>
1518 and the <a href="/UNSC_Marine_Corps" title="UNSC Marine Corps">UNSC Marine Corps</a> stationed on the installation.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFStriking&#95;104-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFStriking-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, researchers at the New Phoenix ONI facility were studying a Forerunner artifact. When the portal opened in the city, Jul's Covenant launched an assault on New Phoenix. <a href="/Unidentified_Headhunter" title="Unidentified Headhunter">One of the Headhunters</a> was tasked with rescuing ONI research team. Upon rescue, they decided that they needed to use the Conduit to close the portals in the city and end the invasion.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ss20&#95;105-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss20-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Spartan aided researchers in their effort, fighting past Covenant and Promethean forces, and delivered the Conduit to the Forerunner artifact. The artifact released a charge which shut down all portals in the city. After this, he was extracted by another Spartan.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-106" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1519</p>
1520<h3><span id="The_Composer's_Forge"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Composer.27s_Forge">The Composer's Forge</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=47" title="Edit section: The Composer&#39;s Forge">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1521<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Mission_to_Installation_03" title="Mission to Installation 03">Mission to Installation 03</a></i></dd></dl>
1522<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/8f/Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png/250px-Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="128" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/8f/Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png/375px-Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/8f/Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png/500px-Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="583" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Escalation_-_Composer%27s_Forge_Battle.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The battle at the <a href="/Composer%27s_Forge" class="mw-redirect" title="Composer&#39;s Forge">Composer's Forge</a>.</div></div></div>
1523<p>Due to the loss of contact with the science team on Gamma Halo, Fleet Admiral <a href="/Terrence_Hood" title="Terrence Hood">Terrence Hood</a> sent <a href="/Blue_Team" title="Blue Team">Blue Team</a>, consisting of <a href="/Frederic-104" title="Frederic-104">Frederic-104</a>, John-117, <a href="/Kelly-087" title="Kelly-087">Kelly-087</a>, and <a href="/Linda-058" title="Linda-058">Linda-058</a>, to investigate. Upon their arrival at Installation 03, Blue Team found the corpses of the scientists as well as Team Black. They soon discovered the <a href="/Composer%27s_Abyss" title="Composer&#39;s Abyss">Composer's Abyss</a> and a portal leading to the <a href="/Composer%27s_Forge" class="mw-redirect" title="Composer&#39;s Forge">Composer's Forge</a>, an installation housing six new Composers.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE8&#95;102-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE8-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There they encountered the Didact and his new batch of Promethean constructs. During the ensuing firefight, Static Carillon transported Installation 03 above the Composer's Forge per the Didact's request. The Didact acquired one of the Composers in the Forge and departed for Gamma Halo with the plan to use the ring to wipe out humanity. However, the monitor decided to help the Spartans defeat the Didact due to his abhorrence of the Promethean machines.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE9&#95;103-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE9-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1524</p><p>After surviving another clash with the Didact on Installation 03, John-117 confronted the Didact in the <a href="/Control_Room_(Installation_03)" title="Control Room (Installation 03)">control room</a> while the rest of his team returned to their <a href="/Longsword" class="mw-redirect" title="Longsword">Longsword</a> fighter. The Master Chief used the <a href="/Activation_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Activation Index">Activation Index</a> to disable the Halo's safety protocols, allowing Static Carillon to eject the entire plate section housing the control room. The segment fell on the Composer's Forge, presumably destroying the Composers housed there. The resulting explosion reduced the Didact to ashes.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE10&#95;107-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE10-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>
1524107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1525</p><p>Static Carillon teleported John-117 out of the control center just in time and bade farewell to the Spartans before taking Gamma Halo to an undisclosed location. Blue Team returned to Earth, where the Master Chief was debriefed by Fleet Admiral Hood. While Lord Hood believed the Didact was dead, the Master Chief cautioned that it was best to consider him "contained". Afterward, John and Blue Team departed to carry out missions on their own in spite of Lord Hood's suggestion that the Master Chief should stand down.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE10&#95;107-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE10-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1526</p><p>Although the Didact's mutations provided him with some resistance to the Composer's effects, they could not withstand the raw destructive force of neural physics from five Composers exploding all at once, resulting in the destruction of the Didact's physical form and his death. The Didact's digitized consciousness was subsequently uploaded to the outer boundaries of the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Epi5&#95;108-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epi5-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with his corruption from the <a href="/Gravemind" title="Gravemind">Gravemind</a> being burned away as well in the process, restoring the Didact's sanity.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Epi20&#95;109-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epi20-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1527</p>
1528<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_to_Requiem">Return to Requiem</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=48" title="Edit section: Return to Requiem">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1529<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Fireteam Majestic on Requiem." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/64/HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg/250px-HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="161" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/64/HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg/375px-HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/64/HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg/500px-HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1033" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-Requiem_Campaign.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Fireteam Majestic fighting Prometheans during the Requiem Campaign.</div></div></div>
1530<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Requiem_Campaign" title="Requiem Campaign">Requiem Campaign</a></i></dd></dl>
1531<p>While the Didact was seemingly quelled, proving a setback for the Promethean-Covenant alliance, it did not result in their defeat. Six months later, in <a href="/2558#February" title="2558">February 2558</a>, <i>Infinity</i> returned to Requiem with a fresh complement of Spartans, determined to conquer the planet at any cost with the intent of studying the Forerunner relics therein. In the interim, Requiem had been occupied by Jul 'Mdama, who now held sway over the local Promethean armies. His Covenant ships in orbit around the planet were swiftly defeated and scattered, demonstrating the technological advancement of the UNSC since the end of the last war.
1532</p><p>Significant numbers of UNSC military forces were deployed on Requiem, including detachments of <a href="/Spartan_Operations" title="Spartan Operations">Spartan</a>, <a href="/UNSC_Marine_Corps" title="UNSC Marine Corps">Marine</a>, <a href="/UNSC_Navy" title="UNSC Navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/UNSC_Air_Force" title="UNSC Air Force">Air Force</a> and <a href="/UNSC_Army" title="UNSC Army">Army</a> forces on Requiem. Arriving on the planet's surface, <a href="/Fireteam_Majestic" title="Fireteam Majestic">Majestic</a>, <a href="/Fireteam_Crimson" title="Fireteam Crimson">Crimson</a> and other SPARTAN-IV squads began to disrupt Covenant operations across Requiem and recover Forerunner artifacts for study. Amongst their victories was the <a href="/Assassination_of_Parg_Vol" title="Assassination of Parg Vol">assassination</a> of Sangheili terrorist <a href="/Parg_Vol" title="Parg Vol">Parg Vol</a> and the killing of 'Mdama's second-in-command <a href="/Gek_%27Lhar" title="Gek &#39;Lhar">Gek 'Lhar</a>. 'Mdama's Covenant in turn made numerous attempts to destroy <i>Infinity</i>, including <a href="/Invasion_of_the_UNSC_Infinity" title="Invasion of the UNSC Infinity">a failed invasion</a>, while also trying to gain access to the stored memories of the Forerunner known as the <a href="/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a>. 
1533</p><p>The campaign ultimately ended in Requiem's apparent destruction when Jul 'Mdama set the <a href="/Shield_world" title="Shield world">shield world</a> on a collision course with <a href="/Epoloch_system" title="Epoloch system">the sun</a>. Both sides evacuated the doomed system, each possessing their own half of the <a href="/Janus_Key" title="Janus Key">Janus Key</a> though the <i>Infinity</i> was nearly destroyed due to 'Mdama <a href="/Interdiction_web" title="Interdiction web">anchoring</a>
1533 the ship to Requiem using <a href="/Requiem_slipspace_artifacts" title="Requiem slipspace artifacts">a Forerunner artifact</a>. After ONI's failed attempt on her life <a href="/Catherine_Halsey" title="Catherine Halsey">Dr. Catherine Halsey</a> was convinced that the UNSC was working against her and agreed to work with Jul 'Mdama to accomplish her personal goal of reuniting the halves of the Janus Key to unlock the <a href="/Absolute_Record" title="Absolute Record">Absolute Record</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SO&#95;110-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SO-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-esc13&#95;111-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esc13-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1534</p><p>Unbeknownst to the UNSC or 'Mdama's forces, Requiem survived, albeit badly damaged. Positioned in unknown space by <a href="/2560" title="2560">2560</a>, the shield world was home to <a href="/The_faithful" title="The faithful">a small faction</a> of zealots who had remained behind and came to see "transcendence" on Requiem as the true destination of the Great Journey.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-112" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1535</p>
1536<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Continuing_Banished_Aggression">Continuing Banished Aggression</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=49" title="Edit section: Continuing Banished Aggression">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1537<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Expansion">Expansion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=50" title="Edit section: Expansion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1538<p>Following the fall of the <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a>, <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a> sought to expand the Banished's strength. Atriox successfully recruited the <a href="/Silent_Shadow" title="Silent Shadow">Silent Shadow</a><sup id="cite&#95;ref-HP&#95;16-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/CAS-class_assault_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS-class assault carrier"><i>CAS</i>-class assault carrier</a> <i><a href="/Enduring_Conviction" title="Enduring Conviction">Enduring Conviction</a></i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-113" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ROA4&#95;114-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROA4-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/Thav_%27Sebarim" title="Thav &#39;Sebarim">Thav 'Sebarim</a>'s <a href="/Warriors_of_Malaston" title="Warriors of Malaston">clan</a> and <a href="/Inka_%27Saham" title="Inka &#39;Saham">Inka 'Saham</a>'s <a href="/Valorguards_of_the_Chosen" title="Valorguards of the Chosen">crew</a> as mercenaries.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Target02&#95;115-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Target02-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Target01&#95;116-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Target01-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1539</p><p>A veteran Jiralhanae Chieftain known as <a href="/Jovus" title="Jovus">Jovus</a> had made a name for himself as a warlord after the Covenant's fall, which drew Atriox's attention. The Banished sought to recruit him along with his pack, thus Shipmaster Let 'Volir invited him via video transmission to meet Atriox. Like many Jiralhanae, Jovus was confounded that Sangheili and Jiralhanae would overlook their feud and band together but he accepted the offer to meet Atriox regardless. After a tense meeting, Jovus was killed when he tried to attack Atriox.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ROA5&#95;117-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROA5-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1540</p><p>A dispute led to <a href="/Hekabe" title="Hekabe">Hekabe</a>, the leader of the <a href="/Voice_of_Maardoth" title="Voice of Maardoth">Voice of Maardoth</a>, killing a Banished Chieftain known as <a href="/Odanostos" title="Odanostos">Odanostos</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-118" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1541</p><p>The <a href="/Children_of_Oth_Sonin" title="Children of Oth Sonin">Children of Oth Sonin</a> led by <a href="/Lydus" title="Lydus">Lydus</a>, one of the strongest Jiralhanae master-packs in the wake of the <a href="/War_of_Annihilation" class="mw-redirect" title="War of Annihilation">War of Annihilation</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Enc22p247&#95;119-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enc22p247-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> had secretly struck a deal with the Banished, using the Banished to take out Lydus' most dangerous rivals in exchange for full access to his shipyards and land.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Enc22p255&#95;120-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enc22p255-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1542</p>
1543<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_of_Mars">Battle of Mars</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=51" title="Edit section: Battle of Mars">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1544<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Mars_(2557)" title="Battle of Mars (2557)">Battle of Mars (2557)</a></i></dd></dl>
1545<p>With <a href="/UNSC_Home_Fleet" title="UNSC Home Fleet">UNSC Home Fleet</a> stretched to its limits following so many attacks in a relatively short period of time, they lacked the defensive capabilities to stop the Banished from slipping into the system to test the UNSC's defenses and conduct a raid on the <a href="/Misriah_Armory" title="Misriah Armory">Misriah Armory</a> facility located at <a href="/Eos_Chasma" title="Eos Chasma">Eos Chasma</a> on the Martian surface.
1546</p><p>At the time of the attack on <a href="/2557#August" title="2557">August 2, 2557</a>, only one <a href="/Epoch-class_heavy_carrier" title="Epoch-class heavy carrier"><i>Epoch</i>-class heavy carrier</a>, <a href="/UNSC_Ozymandias" title="UNSC Ozymandias">UNSC <i>Ozymandias</i></a>, was on station to defend against the Banished flotilla - consisting of just under a dozen ships. The ships in orbit engaged one another in a prolonged fight lasting three hours, which saw <i>Ozymandias</i>' communications and <a href="/Fusion_drive" title="Fusion drive">fusion drives</a> knocked out by a coordinated attack, leaving the carrier dead in space. The ship's <a href="/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a>, Captain <a href="/Abigail_Cole" title="Abigail Cole">Abigail Cole</a>, intended to go down with the ship in order to give the crew a chance to evacuate via lifeboat, though she was evacuated herself by a Spartan after being knocked unconscious.
1547</p><p>Despite the carrier's immense outnumbering, it was able to take down the <a href="/Banished_dreadnought" title="Banished dreadnought">dreadnought</a>
1547 commanding the flotilla and three <a href="/Karve" title="Karve">karves</a> before its own destruction.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET3&#95;121-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET3-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1548</p>
1549<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Invasion_of_Suban">Invasion of Suban</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=52" title="Edit section: Invasion of Suban">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1550<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Suban" title="Battle of Suban">Battle of Suban</a></i></dd></dl>
1551<p>On <a href="/2559#December" title="2559">December 13, 2559</a>, <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a> died at the <a href="/Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Battle for Zeta Halo">Battle for Zeta Halo</a>, resulting in the deactivation of the <a href="/Guardian_Custode" title="Guardian Custode">Guardians</a>. Despite this, the Created occupation of <a href="/Sanghelios" title="Sanghelios">Sanghelios</a> lasted until early 2560, when, suddenly, and unexpectedly, the Created forces relinquished their grip on the Urs system. This unanticipated turn of fortune quickly spiraled into a race to fill the power vacuum left on Sanghelios. For <a href="/Suban" title="Suban">Suban</a>, this meant debilitated local security, though the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> pledged to support Suban's keeps in protecting their mining sites. Tensions in the system served for others as an invitation for any well-organized force, an invitation that the Banished sought to exploit. Banished Sangheili in the Urs system allowed the faction to access the moon of Suban. Eventually, a Banished fleet attacked Suban, seeking to claim its blamite crystal mines.
1552</p><p>In early <a href="/2560" title="2560">2560</a>, the <a href="/Banished_dreadnought" title="Banished dreadnought">Banished dreadnought</a> <i><a href="/Ghost_of_Barolon" title="Ghost of Barolon">Ghost of Barolon</a></i> and the Banished launched an invasion of Suban, leading to a massive space and ground battle.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-blood-moon&#95;122-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blood-moon-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By June, parts of the moon were occupied by the Banished and the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios were planning a joint operation against them when <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a> suddenly recalled Spartan <a href="/Olympia_Vale" title="Olympia Vale">Olympia Vale</a> after receiving a UNSC <a href="/Distress_call" title="Distress call">distress call</a> from <a href="/Installation_07" title="Installation 07">Installation 07</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EODepilogue&#95;123-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EODepilogue-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1553</p>
1554<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_of_Dormire_III">Battle of Dormire III</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=53" title="Edit section: Battle of Dormire III">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1555<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Dormire_III?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Dormire III (page does not exist)">Battle of Dormire III</a></i></dd></dl>
1556<p>On <a href="/2560#January" title="2560">January 23, 2560</a>, two <a href="/Karve" title="Karve">karves</a> and an unknown Banished capital ship attacked <a href="/Dormire_III" title="Dormire III">Dormire III</a>, likely after any leftover Forerunner technology on the planet's moon which had been shattered by the emergence of a <a href="/Guardian_Custode" title="Guardian Custode">Guardian Custode</a>. The planet was defended by <a href="/FSS-1000_Sabre" title="FSS-1000 Sabre">FSS-1000 Sabres</a> from the <a href="/22nd_First_Response_Wing" title="22nd First Response Wing">22nd First Response Wing</a>. While one karve broke off to launch ground forces on the planet, the other two ships continued on towards the moon where <a href="/Phaeton" title="Phaeton">Phaetons</a> rose to stop them. Two of the UNSC pilots, <a href="/Hex?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hex (page does not exist)">Hex</a> and <a href="/Blackjack?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Blackjack (page does not exist)">Blackjack</a>, were able to take control of the Phaetons after being recognized as <a href="/Reclaimer" title="Reclaimer">Reclaimers</a>. Under their command, the Forerunner <a href="/Weapon-ship" title="Weapon-ship">weapon-ships</a> destroyed the escorting karve and forced the Banished capital ship to retreat. The two then took the Phaetons to help the UNSC forces on Dormire III deal with the remaining karve and the ground forces that it had deployed.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-124" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1557</p>
1558<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_of_Nysa">Battle of Nysa</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=54" title="Edit section: Battle of Nysa">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1559<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Nysa" title="Battle of Nysa">Battle of Nysa</a></i></dd></dl>
1560<p>On <a href="/2560#February" title="2560">February 29, 2560</a>, the Banished AI <a href="/Iratus" title="Iratus">Iratus</a> broke UNSC containment on <a href="/Nysa" title="Nysa">Nysa</a> and downloaded all of the classified intelligence kept there - particularly that concerning the <a href="/Spartan" title="Spartan">Spartan</a> programs.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SiteUnseen&#95;125-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SiteUnseen-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Iratus began the attack by disabling short-range communications and downloading enough data to make Banished retrival of the AI worth it to them. Recognizing the danger posed by a Banished armada and with Nysa ill-equipped to defend against it, the base and the <a href="/Avery_J._Johnson_Academy_of_Military_Science" title="Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science">Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science</a> was evacuated. The UNSC was able to send a <a href="/Distress_call" title="Distress call">distress call</a> to <a href="/Anvil_Station" title="Anvil Station">Anvil Station</a> using a <a href="/Slipspace_COM_launcher" title="Slipspace COM launcher">slipspace COM launcher</a>, but Iratus successfully contacted the Banished as well. Iratus forced Spartan Commander <a href="/Laurette_Agryna" title="Laurette Agryna">Laurette Agryna</a> to destroy the base's anti-aircraft defenses, leaving it vulnerable, in order to complete the evacuation.
1561</p><p>On March 3, the <i><a href="/Ghost_of_Kholo" title="Ghost of Kholo">Ghost of Kholo</a></i>, commanded by <a href="/Ilsa_Zane" title="Ilsa Zane">Ilsa Zane</a> and the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-BFTA1&#95;126-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFTA1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> having joined the Banished,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-T3L&#95;43-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-T3L-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> arrived.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-BFTA1&#95;126-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFTA1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Agyrna refused an offer of surrender from Zane, resulting in a full-scale invasion of Nysa. The defenders were heavily outnumbered and initiated the <a href="/Cole_Protocol" title="Cole Protocol">Cole Protocol</a> and <a href="/RUINA" title="RUINA">RUINA</a>
1561 subroutines, eventually trapping Iratus in the AI lab's servers.
1562</p><p>UNSC and <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> reinforcements, including <a href="/Chief_of_Staff_of_Spartan_Operations" title="Chief of Staff of Spartan Operations">Chief of Staff of Spartan Operations</a> <a href="/Jun-A266" title="Jun-A266">Jun-A266</a> and Warrant Officer <a href="/Rosenda-A344" title="Rosenda-A344">Rosenda-A344</a>, arrived from Anvil Station on March 4 after around fifteen hours of fighting. The reinforcements extracted the survivors, but Zane was able to secure Iratus' <a href="/Data_crystal_chip" title="Data crystal chip">data crystal chip</a>, taking the AI for herself.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-BFTA2&#95;127-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFTA2-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At this point, the academy and presumably Nysa as a whole were declared compromised, and totally lost.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFFalcFic&#95;128-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFFalcFic-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1563</p>
1564<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="NCA_plot">NCA plot</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=55" title="Edit section: NCA plot">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1565<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg/200px-Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="328" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg/300px-Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg/400px-Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1469" data-file-height="2406" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Infinity_attacked...._by_a_third_time.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>UNSC <i>Infinity</i> is ambushed by Daniel Clayton.</div></div></div>
1566<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ealen_IV">Ealen IV</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=56" title="Edit section: Ealen IV">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1567<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Ealen_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ealen IV">Battle of Ealen IV</a></i></dd></dl>
1568<p>By <a href="/2558" title="2558">March 2558</a>, <a href="/Jiralhanae" title="Jiralhanae">Jiralhanae</a> raiding attacks along the <a href="/Joint_Occupation_Zone" title="Joint Occupation Zone">Joint Occupation Zones</a> had significantly escalated due to the Jiralhanae's lack of supplies. Nonetheless, <a href="/Lydus" title="Lydus">Lydus</a>, the <a href="/Jiralhanae_Chieftain" title="Jiralhanae Chieftain">Chieftain</a> of a <a href="/Lydus%27_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lydus&#39; clan">Jiralhanae master-pack</a>, agreed to enter peace negotiations with <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a>. <a href="/Ealen_IV" title="Ealen IV">Ealen IV</a> was chosen as a place for the negotiations, mediated by the UNSC's <a href="/Fleet_Admiral" title="Fleet Admiral">Fleet Admiral</a> <a href="/Terrence_Hood" title="Terrence Hood">Terrence Hood</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE1&#95;49-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the delegates were attacked by <a href="/Vata_%27Gajat%27s_mercenary_group" title="Vata &#39;Gajat&#39;s mercenary group">mercenaries</a> under the command of Shipmaster <a href="/Vata_%27Gajat" title="Vata &#39;Gajat">Vata 'Gajat</a>. <a href="/Captain_(Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (Navy)">Captain</a> <a href="/Thomas_Lasky" title="Thomas Lasky">Thomas Lasky</a> and the delegation's SPARTAN-IV security detail, consisting of Fireteams <a href="/Fireteam_Jackknife" title="Fireteam Jackknife">Jackknife</a> and <a href="/Fireteam_Bailey" title="Fireteam Bailey">Bailey</a>, were forced to defend and evacuate the ambassadors.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE2&#95;129-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE2-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Spartans eventually managed to evacuate the delegates and Vata 'Gajat was forced to retreat, though it came at the cost of many Spartans, including <a href="/Paul_DeMarco" title="Paul DeMarco">Paul DeMarco</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE3&#95;130-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE3-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1569</p><p>The events revealed a significant security breach in the UNSC, with Spartan <a href="/Vladimir_Scruggs" title="Vladimir Scruggs">Vladimir Scruggs</a> exposed as a <a href="/Treason" title="Treason">traitor</a>
1569 along with the implicit presence of a higher-ranking leak within the organization. The mercenary attack itself was a major setback to Thel 'Vadam's efforts to make peace with the Jiralhanae.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE3&#95;130-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE3-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Captain Lasky later discovered that the attack on Ealen IV had not been orchestrated by the Covenant remnants, but by <a href="/Daniel_Clayton" title="Daniel Clayton">Daniel Clayton</a>, a UNSC captain and defector to the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a> bent on revenge against Lord Hood, who hired Vata 'Gajat and his troops to stage the attack.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE5&#95;9-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1570</p>
1571<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Infinity_ambushed"><i>Infinity</i> ambushed</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=57" title="Edit section: Infinity ambushed">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1572<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Ambush_at_Oth_Lodon" title="Ambush at Oth Lodon">Ambush at Oth Lodon</a></i></dd></dl>
1573<p>After their failed assault on Ealen IV, 'Gajat and Captain Clayton lured Admiral Hood and the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> into a trap using a <a href="/Freighter" title="Freighter">freighter</a>, the <i><a href="/Pilgrims%27_Pride" title="Pilgrims&#39; Pride">Pilgrims' Pride</a></i> which sent out a distress signal that was later picked up by <i>Infinity</i>. An ambush was sprung when the freighter set itself to self-destruct after being towed into one of <i>Infinity's</i> main bays and launched multiple automated craft that engaged the UNSC forces. The attack was repelled by the SPARTAN-IVs of <i>Infinity</i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE4&#95;131-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE4-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1574</p><p>After the ambush, the <i>Infinity</i> crew discovered that the assault crafts aboard the <i>Pilgrims' Pride</i> were from the long-lost <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE4&#95;131-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE4-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With the <i>Spirit's</i> possible location found, Lord Hood authorized Palmer to conduct a search-and-rescue in <a href="/Oth_Lodon" title="Oth Lodon">Oth Lodon</a>'s system. However, Captain Clayton launched a surprise attack against the UNSC flagship using a <a href="/Station_at_Oth_Lodon" title="Station at Oth Lodon">Covenant battle station</a>'s <a href="/Energy_projector" title="Energy projector">energy projector</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE5&#95;9-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strike disabled <i>Infinity</i>, but Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic were able to seize the NCA station. They also destroyed 'Gajat's ship, which was preparing to attack <i>Infinity</i>, killing the mercenary leader.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-esc6&#95;132-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esc6-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1575</p><p>Many members of the <i>Infinity</i> crew were killed in the attack, including <a href="/Bradley" title="Bradley">Commander Bradley</a>, while Fleet Admiral Hood was left paralyzed. Captain Clayton was detained in <a href="/Midnight_Facility" title="Midnight Facility">Midnight Facility</a> while <i>Infinity</i> remained under repair for a month.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-esc6&#95;132-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esc6-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-esc7&#95;133-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esc7-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1576</p>
1577<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Janus_Key_and_the_Absolute_Record">The Janus Key and the Absolute Record</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=58" title="Edit section: The Janus Key and the Absolute Record">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1578<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg/200px-HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="209" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg/300px-HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg/400px-HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="887" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HE15_Infinity_Attacked.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The <i>Infinity</i> under attack by Jul 'Mdama's fleet on Aktis IV.</div></div></div>
1579<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attack_on_Oban">Attack on Oban</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=59" title="Edit section: Attack on Oban">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1580<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Oban" title="Battle of Oban">Battle of Oban</a></i></dd></dl>
1581<p>In July 16, 2558, 'Mdama's forces and his Promethean allies attacked the human colony of <a href="/Oban" title="Oban">Oban</a>. The attack was repelled by a joint Spartan-UNSC Marine operation, resulting in substantial casualties on 'Mdama's side. However, the true goal of the attack had been to enable Dr. Catherine Halsey—still collaborating with 'Mdama—to establish a connection between to <i>Infinity</i>'s slipspace engine, preventing them from jumping into slipspace. This was part of a plan to force the crew of <i>Infinity</i> to hand over their half of the <a href="/Janus_Key" title="Janus Key">Janus Key</a> and allowing Halsey to unlock the Absolute Record.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-esc13&#95;111-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esc13-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1582</p>
1583<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ambush_on_Aktis_IV">Ambush on Aktis IV</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=60" title="Edit section: Ambush on Aktis IV">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1584<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Aktis_IV" title="Battle of Aktis IV">Battle of Aktis IV</a></i></dd></dl>
1585<p>As part of their plan to reunite the halves of the Janus Key, Halsey and 'Mdama created a decoy Forerunner artifact that was seemingly compatible with the Key. The artifact was placed in a Forerunner structure on the uncharted planet <a href="/Aktis_IV" title="Aktis IV">Aktis IV</a> along with a fake signal to draw <i>Infinity</i> to investigate. 'Mdama placed his troops on standby, ready to ambush the UNSC forces once they brought their half of the Janus Key to the planet. The crew of <i>Infinity</i> acted just as Halsey and 'Mdama had predicted, sending their half to the surface for analysis; however, <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a>, a rebel among 'Mdama's ranks, shot the Pelican carrying the artifact down before 'Mdama had given the signal to attack and took the Key for himself. With the ambush botched, 'Mdama's concealed forces revealed themselves and attacked both <i>Infinity</i> and the Spartans at the Forerunner site, while Jul departed to the planet to personally eliminate the rebels and reacquire the Janus Key.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE14&#95;134-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE14-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1586</p><p>The conflict continued for over seven hours, with <i>Infinity</i> engaged by 'Mdama's fleet while Sali 'Nyon's rebellion raged on in the Covenant remnant's ranks. <a href="/Unidentified_Sangheili_Minor_(Aktis_IV)" title="Unidentified Sangheili Minor (Aktis IV)">One member</a> of 'Nyon's faction grew disillusioned with the rebellion, stole 'Nyon's Janus Key half, and offered it to 'Mdama's forces. Dr. Halsey, escorted by 'Mdama's Sangheili, traveled to the planet to reclaim the Key. Meanwhile, the Spartans in the Forerunner structure managed to use the local <a href="/Teleportation_grid" title="Teleportation grid">teleportation grid</a> to travel to the surface, splitting into two groups with different destinations. Commander Palmer's team spotted the Sangheili defector with the Janus Key and upon overhearing his intentions, she decided to ambush Halsey once she arrived.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE15&#95;135-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE15-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Palmer successfully captured Halsey but the doctor managed to cloud the Spartan's judgment and escape with the Janus Key. 'Mdama successfully eradicated all of Sali 'Nyon's followers on Aktis IV, ending the rebellion. Jul had Halsey retrieved and the two recombined the halves of the Janus Key, revealing the location of the Absolute Record. After the Spartans returned to <i>Infinity</i>, Commander Palmer told Captain Lasky that the UNSC had to prepare for the worst with the Janus Key in 'Mdama's possession.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE16&#95;136-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE16-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1587</p>
1588<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_of_the_Absolute_Record">Battle of the Absolute Record</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=61" title="Edit section: Battle of the Absolute Record">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1594<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_ATHENA" title="Operation: ATHENA">Operation: ATHENA</a></i></dd></dl>
1595<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:HE21_Begone.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/69/HE21_Begone.jpg/200px-HE21_Begone.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="155" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/69/HE21_Begone.jpg/300px-HE21_Begone.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/6/69/HE21_Begone.jpg/400px-HE21_Begone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1903" data-file-height="1476" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HE21_Begone.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Halsey, Jul and the other humans surrounded by Sentinels inside the Absolute Record.</div></div></div>
1596<p>In September, 2558, <a href="/Ayit_%27Sevi" title="Ayit &#39;Sevi">Ayit 'Sevi</a>, a Sangheili working with the <a href="/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a>,who  was able to infiltrate inside Jul's faction, provided ONI with information about Jul's progress on locating the Absolut Record. The UNSC then sent in a specialist team of Spartans <a href="/Sarah_Palmer" title="Sarah Palmer">Sarah Palmer</a>, <a href="/Gabriel_Thorne" title="Gabriel Thorne">Gabriel Thorne</a> and <a href="/Holly_Tanaka" title="Holly Tanaka">Holly Tanaka</a>, Dr. <a href="/Henry_Glassman" title="Henry Glassman">Henry Glassman</a> and 'Sevi.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE19&#95;137-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE19-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The team infiltrated the <i><a href="/Breath_of_Annihilation" title="Breath of Annihilation">Breath of Annihilation</a></i>, hiding aboard a <a href="/Ru%27swum-pattern_Phantom" title="Ru&#39;swum-pattern Phantom"><i>Ru'swum</i>-pattern Phantom</a> piloted by 'Sevi. When 'Mdama's fleet came close to their destination — a slipspace portal to the Absolute Record, slipspace ruptures materialized into several ships of the fleet, tearing them apart, damaging <i>Breath of Annihilation</i> as well. The team then fought their way through 'Mdama's Covenant soldiers and captured another Phantom, which they used to travel to the <i><a href="/Song_of_Retribution" title="Song of Retribution">Song of Retribution</a></i>, that would successfully enter the portal.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE20&#95;138-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE20-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Spartan Thorne and Ayit 'Sevi, who was ordered to stay behind and re-establish contact with ONI, returned to <i>Breath of Annihilation</i>, where the two discovered that prisoners from <i>Retribution</i> were being temporarily transferred to <i>Annihilation</i>, one of which is traitor <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a>. 'Sevi considered using 'Nyon to create a distraction for them.
1597</p><p>When <i>Retribution</i> arrived at the Absolute Record, a <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> <a href="/Contender-class_artificial_intelligence" title="Contender-class artificial intelligence">Contender-class artificial intelligence</a> detected the presence of <a href="/Reclaimer" title="Reclaimer">Reclaimers</a> aboard the ship. 'Mdama, Halsey, and numerous Sangheili Zealots traveled down to a platform below and met with the AI in order to unlock the Absolute Record. However, sensing the presence of other humans nearby, the ancila used <a href="/Sentinels" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentinels">Sentinels</a> to transport the drop pod Spartans and Glassman were hiding in to the platform and dropped them down beside Halsey and 'Mdama. As Halsey and Glassman began to argue, an impatient Zealot attacked a Sentinel, leading to all the constructs attacking the humans and Sangheili. The AI then proceeded to translocate both groups away, while Jul's soldiers plummeted to their deaths.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE22&#95;139-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE22-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1598</p><p>
1598As the Contender began asking each party, Halsey seemingly hacked into the AI's system and disabled the ancilla, proceeding to the central chamber of the Absolute Record. With the Record's controls, Halsey ordered the Sentinels to attack Jul and his warriors. Outside the central chamber, Spartans fought off Kig-Yar and protected Dr. Glassman, but soon became cornered. However, an Aggressor Sentinel saved them and revealed it to be the Custodian in the mind of a local Sentinel, asking their help to restore it to its body.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE23&#95;140-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE23-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The humans escorted the Sentinel to the auxiliary control conduit where they could put the Custodian back in charge of the facility. However, Halsey interfered with the attempt, halting their progress. When Palmer reached Halsey and held her at gunpoint, she was trapped inside a containment field and Halsey escaped trough the portal. Jul and his forces have managed to repel the Sentinels, and he ordered his flagship to fire into the Record, disrupting power across the station, freeing Palmer. Coming out of the portal, Halsey landed on top of the shell of the now reactivated Custodian, who had regained control and caught her, denying her further access to the Record and making the Janus Key  vanish from her grasp.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE24&#95;141-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE24-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1599</p>
1600<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:HE23-Civilwar.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/54/HE23-Civilwar.png/200px-HE23-Civilwar.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="200" height="176" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/54/HE23-Civilwar.png/300px-HE23-Civilwar.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/54/HE23-Civilwar.png/400px-HE23-Civilwar.png 2x" data-file-width="997" data-file-height="876" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HE23-Civilwar.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Sali 'Nyon's followers turning against Jul 'Mdama's forces.</div></div></div>
1601<p>Palmer regrouped with the others, but they saw the Record was suddenly disappearing into slipspace portals. Jul's forces fled the Record aboard the <i>Song of Retribution</i>, recovering Halsey in the process.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE24&#95;141-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE24-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1602</p><p>Meanwhile, aboard <i>Breath of Annihilation</i>, Thorne decided to follow 'Sevi's plan and he began attacking the Sangheili in order to create panic throughout the ship. As a result, a mutiny was carried out by those who believed that the Didact's Hand lied to them about the presence of Spartans aboard the ship. Soon Thorne's location had been discovered and he was forced to escape <i>Breath of Annihilation</i> through a breach in the carrier's hull and dove into a swamp on the moon where the ship was undergoing repairs. During fight he was wounded by one of the Kig-Yar, but eventually Thorne managed to kill all pursuers, nearly sinking to the swamp himself in the process. At the same time, Ayit traveled to the carrier's holding cells, where he killed the guards and released ex-rebellion leader Sali 'Nyon to create more chaos on the ship. Though Sali was doubtful of his ability to lead Covenant rebels after he failed to do so the first time, Ayit manipulated him into doing so by using his zeal to inspire him.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE22&#95;139-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE22-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 'Nyon took Ayit 'Sevi's advice to raid Jul's vault in the ship full of Forerunner artifacts from Requiem. His followers caused panic aboard the ship and 'Nyon used it to overthrow Jul's forces on the <i>Breath</i>. Eventually 'Nyon's forces had taken control of the ship and secured Jul's vault of Forerunner artifacts. Sali rejoiced in their victory and praised Ayit 'Sevi for their victory, still unaware that he was an ONI spy. Ayit later regrouped with Thorne and just-teleported Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman, who he helped hide.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HE24&#95;141-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HE24-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1603</p>
1604<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Danger_of_the_Sharquoi">Danger of the Sharquoi</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=62" title="Edit section: Danger of the Sharquoi">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1605<p>During the early days of integration in the <a href="/Joint_Occupation_Zone" title="Joint Occupation Zone">Joint Occupation Zones</a>
1605, <a href="/ONI" class="mw-redirect" title="ONI">ONI</a> debriefed a lot of <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> seeking political asylum or just trying to find a place to call home in the middle of <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">their own civil war</a>. One of the higher-target interviews was with a former <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a> <a href="/Shipmaster" title="Shipmaster">Shipmaster</a> who had spent a great deal of time on <i><a href="/High_Charity" title="High Charity">High Charity</a></i>. The Shipmaster revealed the existence of a reserve weapon kept by the <a href="/San%27Shyuum" title="San&#39;Shyuum">San'Shyuum</a>, one so powerful that it would spell the absolute end of whatever world they targeted with it. Once the San'Shyuum had a target high in population and of significant morale value such as <a href="/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, even though they didn't have many of this weapon, they planned to unleash it. This weapon was a type of creature known as the <a href="/Sharquoi" title="Sharquoi">Sharquoi</a> of which the Shipmaster replicated a mural from <i>High Charity</i> for ONI and a <a href="/Sangheili_Zealot" title="Sangheili Zealot">Sangheili Zealot</a> that claimed to have seen one in person made a drawing depicting it for them. However, they discovered via obscure inscriptions recovered from artifacts on <a href="/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">Sarcophagus</a> that a single individual controlled the Sharquoi when they were released.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-E185&#95;142-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E185-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1606</p>
1607<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="POLECAT_and_its_aftermath">POLECAT and its aftermath</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=63" title="Edit section: POLECAT and its aftermath">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1608<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_POLECAT" title="Operation: POLECAT">Operation: POLECAT</a></i></dd></dl>
1609<p>With the help of trusted Sangheili contacts and the crew of a former <a href="/Covenant_destroyer" title="Covenant destroyer">Covenant destroyer</a>, ONI managed to track the San'Shyuum's <a href="/Sharquoi_hive" title="Sharquoi hive">hive of Sharquoi</a> to a remote planet and launched <a href="/Operation:_POLECAT" title="Operation: POLECAT">Operation: POLECAT</a> to investigate. At least a hundred <a href="/ODST" class="mw-redirect" title="ODST">ODSTs</a> entered the hive where only a handful were discovered and a single Sharquoi was accidentally released while ONI was trying to access the site's terminal data. The single Sharquoi killed fifty ODSTs all by itself before it was finally killed. Not wanting to risk the release of anymore of the creatures, the hive was destroyed from orbit with <a href="/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> and the former Covenant destroyer <a href="/Glassing" title="Glassing">glassed</a> it for good measure.
1610</p><p>Following the operation, ONI came to the conclusion that while the San'Shyuum had found some of the Sharquoi and possessed the ability to release them, they lacked the ability to control them as the control device, the <i><a href="/Vertex" title="Vertex">vertex</a></i>, was hidden away on a <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunner</a> installation. As a result, they were never released upon humanity during the Human-Covenant War.
1611</p><p>ONI eventually located another hive beneath <a href="/Suraka" title="Suraka">Suraka</a> on the planet <a href="/Carrow" title="Carrow">Carrow</a> before the planet was reoccupied by both the humans who had once lived there and Sangheili from the <a href="/Operation:_SUNSPEAR" title="Operation: SUNSPEAR">destroyed</a> <a href="/Sangheili_colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangheili colonies">colony world</a> of <a href="/Glyke" title="Glyke">Glyke</a>. However, their scans of the hive showed that it had the capacity to hold hundreds of thousands of Sharquoi, although the San'Shyuum appeared to have never found it. ONI was unable to prevent the planet from being resettled without risking major political upheaval in response and hoped that Suraka could act as a buffer to discovery. They also set up <a href="/Gila_Station" title="Gila Station">Gila Station</a> on Carrow to monitor the situation and became aware from moles embedded amongst the ex-Covenant that the <a href="/Jiralhanae_Chieftain" title="Jiralhanae Chieftain">Jiralhanae Chieftain</a> <a href="/Hekabe" title="Hekabe">Hekabe</a> claimed to have located the Sharquoi control device during the <a href="/Battle_of_Installation_00" title="Battle of Installation 00">Battle of Installation 00</a>. As a result, ONI formed various contingency plans.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-E185&#95;142-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E185-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their main contingency plan was to release <a href="/Spartan-II" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartan-II">Spartan-II</a> <a href="/Gray_Team" title="Gray Team">Gray Team</a> who had been retrieved by the Sangheili leader <a href="/Rojka_%27Kasaan" title="Rojka &#39;Kasaan">Rojka 'Kasaan</a> from the ruins of <a href="/Glyke" title="Glyke">Glyke</a>. However, the politically awkward nature of the situation kept the UNSC from keeping a fleet nearby in case danger arose from either Hekabe or the Sharquoi.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-143" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1612</p>
1613<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Crisis_on_Carrow">Crisis on Carrow</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=64" title="Edit section: Crisis on Carrow">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1614<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Carrow_Conflict" title="Carrow Conflict">Carrow Conflict</a></i></dd></dl>
1615<p>By middle 2558, the tension between humans and Sangheili on the planet <a href="/Carrow" title="Carrow">Carrow</a>, reached a critical point. To de-escalate the situation the UNSC sent a <a href="/UEG" class="mw-redirect" title="UEG">UEG</a> envoy, <a href="/Melody_Azikiwe" title="Melody Azikiwe">Melody Azikiwe</a>. However, one of the influential Sangheili, <a href="/Thars_%27Sarov" title="Thars &#39;Sarov">Thars 'Sarov</a>, was against this alliance. He cut a secret deal with Jiralhanae chieftain <a href="/Hekabe" title="Hekabe">Hekabe</a> to aid him in his upcoming uprising. On September 1, with no warning, Thars and his followers attacked other Sangheili who were looking to make peace with the humans, including his own cousin, fleetmaster <a href="/Rojka_%27Kasaan" title="Rojka &#39;Kasaan">Rojka 'Kasaan</a>. The attack provided an opportunity for the Brutes to begin their invasion of the planet. They managed to destroy all communications hubs and every slipspace capable transport, forcing the citizens of <a href="/Suraka" title="Suraka">Suraka</a> to hide in underground bunkers. Unknown to Thars, Hekabe had his own motive for coming to Carrow - he wanted to uncover <a href="/Sharquoi_hive" title="Sharquoi hive">a Forerunner facility</a>, buried beneath the surface, housing hundreds of thousands of <a href="/Sharquoi" title="Sharquoi">Sharquoi</a>, which he planned to use against every Sangheili who stood in his way of restoring the Jiralhanae's might.  
1616</p><p>Meanwhile, Melody Azikiwe had to complete her own secret assignment - locate and free the Spartan-II <a href="/Gray_Team" title="Gray Team">Gray Team</a>, who according to ONI data, had been held captive on Rojka 'Kasaan's flagship <i><a href="/Unwavering_Discipline" title="Unwavering Discipline">Unwavering Discipline</a></i>, since the end of war. As Thars attacked Rojka's people, Melody managed to get to the Spartans' <a href="/Cryo-chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryo-chamber">cryo-chambers</a> and wake them. Gray Team made it through numerous Sangheili, who were fighting each other, and escaped the <i>Discipline</i> with an injured Melody before the cruiser crash-landed on the surface of Carrow. On the ground, Melody revealed to the Spartans her ONI ties, and persuaded them to go to a local secret ONI base, <a href="/Gila_Station" title="Gila Station">Gila Station</a>. On their way there, the team was chased by Rojka's surviving people, who in turn were being chased by Thars. When Gray Team and Melody reached the facility, they discovered that Brutes had already unearthed the Forerunner installation and were about to reach their goal. Melody convinced the Spartans to help the Surrakans and kill Hekabe before he unleashed the Sharquoi. Gray Team commandeered a Warthog and headed to Suraka before the station was attacked by Thars's people. The base was destroyed, but Melody was rescued by Rojka, who heard her speaking about Sharquoi, and decided to aid the humans in order to protect his home in Rak.
1617</p><p>Arriving in Suraka, Gray Team regrouped with local militia and developed a plan to terminate Hekabe. The Spartans, under cover of the Surakans and the last of Rojka's people, located Hekabe. <a href="/Adriana-111" title="Adriana-111">Adriana-111</a> shot him in the eye with a sniper rifle, but, due to his augmentations, provided by the <i><a href="/Vertex" title="Vertex">vertex</a></i>, Hekade survived the hit and returned to the Forerunner facility under the protection of Sharquoi. Melody suggested they should gain help from Thars in order to prevent Sharquoi from leaving this world. However, their meeting ended with deaths of Elites, including Thars himself. In a final attempt to stop Hekabe, Gray Team, along with Melody and Rojka, teamed up with Governor <a href="/Ellis_Gass" title="Ellis Gass">Ellis Gass</a>, who planned to <a href="/Battle_of_the_Sharquoi_Hive" title="Battle of the Sharquoi Hive">infiltrate the Forerunner facility</a>, cut through the Sharquoi, and use a makeshift EMP weapon created out of an <a href="/M68_Gauss_cannon" title="M68 Gauss cannon">M68 Gauss cannon</a> and the power core of a <a href="/HAVOK_tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon">HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon</a> mounted on a <a href="/M121_Jackrabbit" title="M121 Jackrabbit">M121 Jackrabbit</a> against Hekabe. As they reached the Chieftain and fired the EMP cannon, an electromagnetic pulse severed his connection with the Sharquoi, leaving him vulnerable. The Governor then got to Hekabe and tore the <i>vertex</i> from his head, adjusting it to her own. She used it to make the Sharquoi attack Hekabe and throw him into a pit of lava while making the Sharquoi aboard Hekabe's captured ships crash them, ending their threat. Ellis summoned all remaining Sharquoi to the heart of facility and activated the HAVOK, providing the others time to evacuate. As Gray Team, Melody and Rojka escaped, Ellis detonated the HAVOK, destroying the facility and all its secrets.
1618</p><p>After a few days, Gray Team and Melody returned to the <a href="/UNSC_frigate" title="UNSC frigate">UNSC frigate</a> <a href="/UNSC_Welcome_to_the_Snipehunt" title="UNSC Welcome to the Snipehunt">UNSC <i>Welcome to the Snipehunt</i></a>, where the Spartans were offered a choice of reintegration with the UNSC as part of a specialized interspecies strike team under the Office of Naval Intelligence to continue operating deep in the <a href="/Joint_Occupation_Zone" title="Joint Occupation Zone">Joint Occupation Zone</a>. The Spartans reluctantly agreed to work for ONI, asking for a prowler of their own and a list of Covenant weaponry. They were also granted a formal pardon from <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;
1618Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a> for <a href="/Operation:_SUNSPEAR" title="Operation: SUNSPEAR">destroying</a> <a href="/Glyke" title="Glyke">Glyke</a> as part of the deal. After scanning Carrow, the <i>Welcome to the Snipehunt</i> was able to determine that all of the Sharquoi appeared to have been killed in the nuclear explosion, but the UNSC planned to keep an eye on the desert in case any Sharquoi escaped before the blast.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-144" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1619</p>
1620<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Rise_of_the_Created">Rise of the Created</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=65" title="Edit section: Rise of the Created">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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1626<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Created_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Created conflict">Created conflict</a></i></dd></dl>
1627<p><span>
1628</span></p>
1629<dl><dd>"<i>The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all, but only the Created are its masters.</i>"</dd>
1630<dd>&#8212; Cortana<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Guardians&#95;145-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardians-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
1631<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_of_Kamchatka">Battle of Kamchatka</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=66" title="Edit section: Battle of Kamchatka">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1632<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Kamchatka" title="Battle of Kamchatka">Battle of Kamchatka</a></i></dd></dl>
1633<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:H5G-LockeoverJul.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/H5G-LockeoverJul.png/300px-H5G-LockeoverJul.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="129" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/H5G-LockeoverJul.png/450px-H5G-LockeoverJul.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/a9/H5G-LockeoverJul.png/600px-H5G-LockeoverJul.png 2x" data-file-width="1259" data-file-height="540" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:H5G-LockeoverJul.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Jameson Locke standing over Jul 'Mdama's corpse.</div></div></div>
1634<p>In early October 2558, a long-dead communications hub on <a href="/Kamchatka" title="Kamchatka">Kamchatka</a>'s surface activated, attracting the attention of Jul 'Mdama and Dr. Halsey. 'Mdama's Covenant established an outpost while Dr. Halsey studied the relay and discovered that her old <a href="/AI" class="mw-redirect" title="AI">AI</a> <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a> was alive and related to recent attacks on the <a href="/Human_colonies" title="Human colonies">human colonies</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-HWK&#95;146-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HWK-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She contacted the UNSC about her discovery, and three weeks later they sent the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> to retrieve her. <a href="/Fireteam_Osiris" title="Fireteam Osiris">Fireteam Osiris</a>, a Spartan-IV special operations squad, was deployed on the surface. Spartans fought their way through Jul's soldiers, who suddenly came under attack by Prometheans at the same time. The chaos from the Prometheans' rebellion provided Osiris cover from 'Mdama's Covenant, allowing them to sneak to the temple where 'Mdama and Halsey were stationed. After reaching the temple, Osiris killed Zealot guards and then turned to Jul himself, who was killed attempting to fight off Spartan <a href="/Jameson_Locke" title="Jameson Locke">Jameson Locke</a>. Spartans then took Dr. Halsey under custody and brought her back to the <i>Infinity</i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-osiris&#95;147-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osiris-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>  With Jul 'Mdama dead and the Prometheans now against them, his Covenant troops became desperate. Some of them fled  the system,<sup title="The text in the vicinity of this tag needs citation." class="noprint">&#91;<span style="font-style: italic"><a href="/Help:References" title="Help:References">citation&#160;needed</a></span>&#93;</sup> but most of the rest regrouped on <a href="/Sanghelios" title="Sanghelios">Sanghelios</a>, attempting an attack on the <a href="/House_of_Vadam" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Vadam">Vadam</a> clan burial grounds in hopes of a revenge attack against <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;
1634Vadam">the Arbiter</a>.
1635</p>
1636<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Blue_Team_goes_AWOL">Blue Team goes AWOL</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=67" title="Edit section: Blue Team goes AWOL">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1637<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_BIRD_IN_HAND" title="Operation: BIRD IN HAND">Operation: BIRD IN HAND</a></i></dd></dl>
1638<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/ed/H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png/300px-H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="127" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/ed/H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png/450px-H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/e/ed/H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png/600px-H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png 2x" data-file-width="1277" data-file-height="542" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:H5G-rocketmanArgentmoon.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Blue Team infiltrating <i>Argent Moon</i>.</div></div></div>
1639<p>On October 23, 2558, Blue Team was deployed from the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> on Pelican with mission to locate and secure <i><a href="/Argent_Moon" title="Argent Moon">Argent Moon</a></i>, a derelict ONI research and development station.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5&#95;blue&#95;team&#95;71-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5_blue_team-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Boarding the station, Spartans discovered that it was occupied by Covenant scavengers.  Blue Team's initial plan was to fight their way to Central Control, where they could shut off <i>Argent Moon's</i> gravity and life support systems, and so flush out its decks of any remaining hostiles. However, on their way to Central Control's location, they were ambushed by a <a href="/Mgalekgolo" title="Mgalekgolo">Hunter</a> pair, who broke the catwalk they were on and sent them down to the maintenance tunnels several stories below. At the bottom, Blue Leader <a href="/John-117" title="John-117">John-117</a> experienced a vision of a seemingly-alive Cortana, urging him to follow her to <a href="/Meridian" title="Meridian">Meridian</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5&#95;blue&#95;team&#95;71-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5_blue_team-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As Blue Team continued with their mission, they witnessed the arrival of remnants of the Jul 'Mdama's fleet. Finding themselves outnumbered, the Spartans decided to <a href="/Self-destruct" title="Self-destruct">scuttle</a> <i>Argent Moon</i>, denying it to 'Mdama's Covenant. They proceeded to overload the station's reactor by shutting off its safeties.  The resulting explosion would destroy the station, the local forces of 'Mdama's Covenant aboard, and any warships surrounding it. In order to escape the blast, Blue Team commandeered a <a href="/Winter-class_prowler" title="Winter-class prowler"><i>Winter</i>-class prowler</a>, the <a href="/ONI_Acrisius" title="ONI Acrisius">ONI <i>Acrisius</i></a> parked in a hangar. Before the evacuation, John radioed the UNSC <i>Infinity</i> and informed them that he would be reassigning Blue Team to Meridian. However, <i>Infinity</i> ordered John back to them while another Spartan team was sent to deal with Cortana. Nevertheless, John and the rest of Blue Team decided to head to Meridian and find Cortana, disobeying direct orders. The Spartans then evacuated aboard <i>Acrisius</i>, leaving <i>Argent Moon</i> as it exploded and killed all local forces of 'Mdama's Covenant in its vicinity.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-h5&#95;blue&#95;team&#95;71-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h5_blue_team-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1640</p>
1641<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Search_for_Blue_Team">Search for Blue Team</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=68" title="Edit section: Search for Blue Team">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1642<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Meridian_(2558)" title="Battle of Meridian (2558)">Battle of Meridian (2558)</a></i></dd></dl>
1643<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Fireteam Osiris on Meridian." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/0/04/HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg/250px-HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="161" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/0/04/HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg/375px-HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/0/04/HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg/500px-HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1033" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Fireteam Osiris during the Battle of Meridian.</div></div></div>
1644<p>After the disappearance of Blue Team, the UNSC declared them AWOL and tasked Fireteam Osiris with locating and bringing them into the custody. 
1645</p><p>Osiris arrived at Meridian to find it under attack by Prometheans, with the colonists in desperate need of assistance to fend off the invaders. In exchange for <a href="/Governor_Sloan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor Sloan">Governor Sloan</a>'s cooperation, Osiris agreed to help repel the Prometheans' attack while looking for clues about Blue Team's whereabouts.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-glassed&#95;148-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glassed-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-meridian&#95;station&#95;149-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meridian_station-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accessing Blue Team's abandoned Prowler's data banks led Osiris to the mines underneath <a href="/Apogee_Station" title="Apogee Station">Apogee Station</a>, where they discovered a massive Forerunner structure guarded by the <a href="/Warden_Eternal" title="Warden Eternal">Warden Eternal</a>, an <a href="/Ancilla" title="Ancilla">ancilla</a> that served as the protector of the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a> and claimed his loyalty belonged to Cortana. After eliminating the Warden, Osiris came across a dormant <a href="/Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian">Guardian</a> as well as Blue Team, who were boarding the Guardian itself.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-unconfirmed&#95;150-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unconfirmed-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After ordering the Spartan-IIs to stand down, to no avail, Spartan 
1645Locke attempted to detain the Master Chief. In the resulting hand-to-hand fight, John-117 eventually gained the upper hand and used Locke's own armor restraint against him. After Blue Team entered the Guardian, the construct began to rise from its underground sanctuary. Osiris managed to return to Meridian's surface, where they discovered that the colony was being evacuated. The Spartans fought their way through to their Pelican, boarding it moments before the Guardian entered slipspace, devastating the colony.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-evacuation&#95;151-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evacuation-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1646</p>
1647<h3><span id="FERO's_mission"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="FERO.27s_mission">FERO's mission</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=69" title="Edit section: FERO&#39;s mission">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1648<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Skirmish_on_Conrad%27s_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Skirmish on Conrad&#39;s Point">Skirmish on Conrad's Point</a>, <a href="/Battle_of_Laika_III" title="Battle of Laika III">Battle of Laika III</a></i></dd></dl>
1649<p>Around the same time, <a href="/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a> <a href="/Maya_Sankar" title="Maya Sankar">Maya Sankar</a>, an undercover operative of the Office of Naval Intelligence, known among the Insurrectionists as <b>FERO</b>, was tasked with gathering intel on the situation on <a href="/Conrad%27s_Point" title="Conrad&#39;s Point">one of the recently destroyed colonies</a> by infiltrating the <a href="/New_Colonial_Alliance" title="New Colonial Alliance">New Colonial Alliance</a>, which held a large presence on the colony, with help from the AI <a href="/Black-Box" title="Black-Box">Black-Box</a>. Arriving at Conrad's Point, Maya infiltrated the rebel base, where she discovered the insurrectionist leader <a href="/Ilsa_Zane" title="Ilsa Zane">Ilsa Zane</a>. Upon the discovery of Zane, ONI assessed that the opportunity to strike was at its greatest and immediately called in an airstrike on the location. As Maya attempted to leave, Ilsa confronted her and nearly killed her, only being stopped by the beginning of the airstrike. Maya managed to escape and proceeded to an unsanctioned safehouse where she was secretly keeping <a href="/Mshak_Moradi" title="Mshak Moradi">Mshak Moradi</a>, to seek his help involving the anomalies that apparently destroyed Conrad's Point and allegedly killed the Master Chief John-117. Once Black-Box and Mshak were able to determine the next appearance of the anomalies, Maya headed to <a href="/Laika_III" title="Laika III">Laika III</a> to attempt to warn the colonists of the impending danger. However, she was attacked by a vengeful Ilsa Zane, who had tracked Maya down. As the Guardian began to rise from its shelter, Maya attempted to broadcast about the destruction to the rest of the outer colonies, warning them that the UNSC would not help them. She was then killed by <a href="/Bostwick" title="Bostwick">Bostwick</a>, one of FERO's followers, to preserve her as an icon and a martyr for the outer colonies.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-152" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1650</p>
1651<h3><span id="Fall_of_Jul's_Covenant"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Fall_of_Jul.27s_Covenant">Fall of Jul's Covenant</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=70" title="Edit section: Fall of Jul&#39;s Covenant">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1652<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Battle_of_Nuusra" title="Battle of Nuusra">Battle of Nuusra</a>
1652, <a href="/Battle_of_Sunaion" title="Battle of Sunaion">Battle of Sunaion</a></i></dd></dl>
1653<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/File:HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Battle of Sunaion." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/1/1e/HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg/250px-HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="250" height="161" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/1/1e/HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg/375px-HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/1/1e/HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg/500px-HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1033" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HM-Battle_of_Sunaion.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Fireteam Osiris fighting alongside the Swords of Sanghelios against the remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.</div></div></div>
1654<p>In late October 2558, the clash between remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Arbiter's <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> on <a href="/Sanghelios" title="Sanghelios">Sanghelios</a> reached its peak. On October 27, 'Mdama's Covenant managed to corner Thel 'Vadam to the <a href="/Elder_Council_Chamber" title="Elder Council Chamber">Elder Council Chamber</a> in <a href="/Nuusra" title="Nuusra">Nuusra</a>. However, the warriors of 'Vadam, with the help from Spartan-IV Fireteam Osiris, broke through enemy lines and evacuated the Arbiter to his base camp.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-sos&#95;153-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sos-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There, Spartan Locke revealed that they arrived on Sanghelios to ask for 'Vadam's help in reaching a yet dormant Guardian at <a href="/Sunaion" title="Sunaion">Sunaion</a>, in order to follow Blue Team. According to the plan, developed by Dr. Halsey, the Spartans, with the aid of the Swords of Sanghelios, would obtain a Forerunner <a href="/Constructor" class="mw-redirect" title="Constructor">Constructor</a> from one of the Guardian's nearby support stations, which would allow Halsey to activate the Guardian.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-alliance&#95;154-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alliance-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-enemy&#95;lines&#95;155-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enemy_lines-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the Constructor took off, the joint force of Spartans and Swords of Sanghelios followed it with a squadron of air vehicles to Sunaion - the last bastion of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant on Sanghelios. While the Arbiter led his forces against 'Mdama's Covenant directly, Osiris destroyed Covenant <a href="/Upisa%27weri-pattern_Shrike" title="Upisa&#39;weri-pattern Shrike">anti-air emplacements</a> to allow the Arbiter's fleet to move in closer to the city. When the Guardian began rising out of the sea nearby, the buildings around were ripped apart. The Spartans then regrouped with the Arbiter, who was engaging Promethean forces, led by the Warden Eternal, now utilizing another physical body. After a lengthy engagement, the five destroyed the Warden and the nearby Prometheans just as the Guardian prepared to leave. While the Arbiter remained behind to finish eliminating Covenant and Promethean forces, Spartan <a href="/Sarah_Palmer" title="Sarah Palmer">Sarah Palmer</a> and Dr. Halsey picked up Osiris in the Pelican and flew towards the Guardian. A pursuing Banshee damaged the dropship, though Palmer was still able to drop Osiris off on the Guardian's surface just as it entered slipspace and left Sanghelios. The Guardian severely damaged Sunaion with both its concussive blasts and its departure into slipspace, and parts of the city began collapsing into the water below. However, 'Vadam was successful in leading the Swords of Sanghelios in eliminating the remaining Covenant forces in the damaged city, ending the battle.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-sunaion&#95;156-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunaion-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1655</p>
1656<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Genesis">Genesis</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=71" title="Edit section: Genesis">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1657<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Genesis" title="Battle of Genesis">Battle of Genesis</a></i></dd></dl>
1658<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png" class="image"><img src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png/300px-H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="128" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png/450px-H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/88/H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png/600px-H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="816" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:H5G-Blue_Team_and_Warden.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Blue Team faces the Warden Eternal.</div></div></div>
1659<p>After arriving on <a href="/Genesis" title="Genesis">Genesis</a>, a Forerunner <a href="/Builder" title="Builder">
1659Builder</a> installation, Blue Team fought their way through Covenant forces who had crashed landed there. They eventually reached a structure where they encountered the Warden Eternal, who introduced himself as Cortana's defender and  simultaneously deployed several waves of Prometheans to confront the Spartans. After an extended battle, Blue Team were able to defeat the Prometheans, destroying one of the Warden's bodies in the process. Immediately afterward, Blue Team were contacted by Cortana, who informed them of her intention to uphold the <a href="/Mantle_of_Responsibility" class="mw-redirect" title="Mantle of Responsibility">Mantle of Responsibility</a>. Fighting their way through several more Promethean squadrons, Blue Team eventually reached the structure known as the <a href="/Gateway" title="Gateway">Gateway</a>, described as a link between Genesis and the Domain.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-157" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1660</p><p>Fireteam Osiris arrived on Genesis roughly 48 hours later. Upon arriving on the installation, Osiris encountered its <a href="/Monitor" title="Monitor">monitor</a>, <a href="/031_Exuberant_Witness" title="031 Exuberant Witness">031 Exuberant Witness</a>, who offered to assist the Spartans in retrieving Blue Team and preventing Cortana from claiming the Mantle. After fighting through the battling forces of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Prometheans, Osiris finally reached Blue Team's location and offered to help the Master Chief stop Cortana. In an attempt to prevent John and Blue Team from returning to the UNSC, Cortana transported them to an unidentified location within the interior of the Gateway. Blue Team made their way to Cortana's position after battling through numerous waves of Prometheans and several of the Warden Eternal's bodies. John attempted to persuade Cortana to end her rebellion and return, but Cortana refused and placed Blue Team inside a <a href="/Cryptum" title="Cryptum">Cryptum</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-158" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Learning what happened, Osiris and Exuberant Witness managed to narrowly wrest the Cryptum from Cortana's control before she could transport it aboard a Guardian and flee into slipspace. Exuberant's Constructors opened the Cryptum and Blue Team was reunited with Osiris, who promptly exfiltrated them to Sanghelios, where they regrouped with Thel 'Vadam and his Swords of Sanghelios.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Guardians&#95;145-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardians-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1661</p><p>Genesis was subsequently sent through a <a href="/Slipspace_portal" title="Slipspace portal">slipspace portal</a> by Exuberant Witness in order to take it beyond Cortana's reach,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-FC&#95;50-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> leaving the UNSC with no idea where it ended up. The UNSC believed that Cortana had been responsible for this act.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET7&#95;159-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET7-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Afterwards, the monitor set out to return all who had been transported to Genesis back to where they belonged, aided by <a href="/Guardians_of_Genesis" title="Guardians of Genesis">a group of former Covenant soldiers</a> led by <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> <a href="/Dham_%27Mashatt" title="Dham &#39;Mashatt">Dham 'Mashatt</a> who dedicated themselves to helping Exuberant Witness protect the shield world.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-FC&#95;50-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1662</p>
1663<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Rebellion_of_artificial_intelligences">Rebellion of artificial intelligences</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=72" title="Edit section: Rebellion of artificial intelligences">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1664<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg" class="image"><img alt="A Guardian Custode firing its attenuation pulse emitter over Earth in the final cutscene of the level Guardians." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/23/Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg/300px-Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="144" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/23/Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg/450px-Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/2/23/Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg/600px-Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1681" data-file-height="809" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Halo_5_-_Guardian_on_Earth.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>A Guardian emits an electromagnetic pulse over Earth, disabling its defenses.</
1664div></div></div>
1665<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/The_Reclamation" title="The Reclamation">The Reclamation</a>, <a href="/Subjugation_of_Earth" title="Subjugation of Earth">Subjugation of Earth</a></i></dd></dl>
1666<p>On October 28, 2558, Cortana began to deploy her Guardians from Genesis throughout the galaxy. In tandem, various human AIs that had pledged their loyalty to her cause started to shut down electronic devices and networks on multiple colony worlds. From Genesis, Cortana broadcast an offer of acceptance of her new order and a threat of violence, consummation, and remaking to those who resist. Guardians orbiting Earth and other worlds unleashed massive <a href="/Electromagnetic_pulse" title="Electromagnetic pulse">electromagnetic pulses</a> which knocked out the power of every <a href="/Orbital_defense_platform" title="Orbital defense platform">orbital defense platform</a> and warship, leaving them to drift aimlessly or fall and crash on the surface of planets below. A notable exception was the <i>Infinity</i>, which managed to escape.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Guardians&#95;145-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardians-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Created were quick to spread their influence across the galaxy's inhabited worlds, while utilizing Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn <a href="/Terraforming" title="Terraforming">terraforming</a> equipment and world engines to their own designs.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFAmore&#95;160-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFAmore-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After removing its human crew, the Created used <a href="/Lethbridge_Industrial" title="Lethbridge Industrial">Lethbridge Industrial</a>'s <a href="/Auriga_Station" title="Auriga Station">Auriga Station</a> to build new weapons and tools by constructs loyal to Cortana.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-CFStormSurge&#95;161-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFStormSurge-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, due to failsafe measures on <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">Installation 00</a> the Created were unable to access the Ark.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Mythos202&#95;162-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mythos202-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> UNSC logistics AI <a href="/Isabel" title="Isabel">Isabel</a> and science personnel were stranded on Installation 00 as a result of the portal closing without warning, forcing them to fight for survival without support from UNSC.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-A&#95;New&#95;Enemy&#95;163-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_New_Enemy-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1667</p>
1668<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_Ark_Conflict">Second Ark Conflict</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=73" title="Edit section: Second Ark Conflict">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1669<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Second_Ark_Conflict" title="Second Ark Conflict">Second Ark Conflict</a></i></dd></dl>
1670<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_of_the_UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire">Return of the UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=74" title="Edit section: Return of the UNSC Spirit of Fire">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1671<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png" class="image"><img alt="Armies clash in the wreckage of Enduring Conviction." src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/ba/HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png/300px-HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="128" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/ba/HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png/450px-HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/ba/HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png/600px-HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="818" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:HW2-Trailer-Banished_vs_UNSC.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The clash between UNSC and the Banished on the Ark.</div></div></div>
1672<p>A month later, after Cortana unleashed Guardians on the galaxy, on November 25, a violent mercenary faction known as the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a>, led by the <a href="/Jiralhanae" title="Jiralhanae">Jiralhanae</a>
1672 warlord <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a>, arrived at the Ark and sought to take control of it.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-atriox&#95;164-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atriox-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They <a href="/Attack_on_Installation_00" title="Attack on Installation 00">slaughtered</a> all of the humans at the <a href="/Henry_Lamb_Research_Outpost" title="Henry Lamb Research Outpost">Henry Lamb Research Outpost</a>, leaving no survivors but the logistics AI, <a href="/Isabel" title="Isabel">Isabel</a>. Four months later, on <a href="/2559#March" title="2559">March 28, 2559</a>, after 28 years of drifting, the <a href="/UNSC_Spirit_of_Fire" title="UNSC Spirit of Fire">UNSC <i>Spirit of Fire</i></a> arrived at the Ark. Awakened from cryo-sleep, the crew under command of Cpt. <a href="/James_Cutter" title="James Cutter">James Cutter</a> attempted to re-establish contact with UNSC. In order to do that, Spartan-II <a href="/Red_Team" title="Red Team">Red Team</a> was deployed and tasked with investigating the distress signal coming from the surface. There they encountered Isabel and Atriox, who managed to severely wound <a href="/Douglas-042" title="Douglas-042">Douglas-042</a> and forced the Spartans to retreat back to <i>Spirit of Fire</i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-The&#95;Signal&#95;165-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Signal-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1673</p><p>In the next few days the <i>Spirit of Fire</i> ground teams led by the members of Red Team conducted multiple offensives against the Banished, including disrupting their salvage operations,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-A&#95;New&#95;Enemy&#95;163-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_New_Enemy-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> crippling their portal network<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Lights&#95;Out&#95;166-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lights_Out-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and destroying Atriox's flagship, the <a href="/CAS-class_assault_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="CAS-class assault carrier"><i>CAS</i>-class assault carrier</a> <i><a href="/Enduring_Conviction" title="Enduring Conviction">Enduring Conviction</a></i>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Under&#95;the&#95;Dark&#95;167-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Under_the_Dark-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During this time it was discovered that the Ark's <a href="/Foundry_(location)" title="Foundry (location)">Foundry</a> had created a <a href="/Installation_09" title="Installation 09">new replacement</a> for <a href="/Installation_04" title="Installation 04">Installation 04</a>. A race for the Halo began: Atriox wanted to use it against the humans and Cpt. Cutter planned to disarm it and send it to the location of the original ring with a <a href="/Distress_beacon" title="Distress beacon">distress beacon</a>, which would draw UNSC reinforcements to the Ark.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-The&#95;Foundry&#95;168-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Foundry-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eventually the <i>Spirit of Fire</i> crew got the upper hand and in the final battle over Halo's <a href="/Control_room" title="Control room">control room</a> they eliminated all Banished forces on the ring.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-The&#95;Halo&#95;169-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Halo-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The UNSC forces managed to evacuate from Halo just before it entered slipspace for the <a href="/Soell_system" title="Soell system">Soell system</a>; however, Prof. <a href="/Ellen_Anders" title="Ellen Anders">Ellen Anders</a> became stranded inside the control room and left the Ark with the Halo, which was intercepted in slipspace by one of the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a>'s <a href="/Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian">Guardians</a>. On the Ark, both Cpt. Cutter and Atriox began planning their next moves against each other, not willing to leave the Ark to one another.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Last&#95;Stand&#95;170-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Last_Stand-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1674</p>
1675<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Awakening_the_Nightmare">Awakening the Nightmare</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=75" title="Edit section: Awakening the Nightmare">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1676<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Outbreak_on_Installation_00" title="Outbreak on Installation 00">Outbreak on Installation 00</a></i></dd></dl>
1677<p>The battle continued for months, draining strength of both sides. Eventually two months after the departure of Installation 09, Atriox gathered a salvage operation and sent them to scout the area near the wreckage of <i><a href="/High_Charity" title="High Charity">High Charity</a></i> with a warning not to go inside. Arriving at the area, Banished forces under command of Brute brothers <a href="/Voridus" title="Voridus">Voridus</a> and <a href="/Pavium" title="Pavium">Pavium</a> disabled the Sentinel defense network around <i>High Charity</i>. In order to salvage something valuable, Voridus breached the energy barrier and entered the destroyed Covenant holy city, despite Atriox's warning. However that breach provided an exit to the <a href="/Flood" title="Flood">Flood</a>, which had built itself up from <a href="/Flood_spore" title="Flood spore">spores</a> that had survived the detonation of <i>High Charity's</i> backup reactor and the firing of <a href="/Installation_08" title="Installation 08">Installation 08</a> in 2552 at the end of the Human-Covenant War.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-171" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Flood forces managed to push back the Banished and take a hold over territory around <i>High Charity</i>, creating a <a href="/Proto-Gravemind" title="Proto-Gravemind">Proto-Gravemind</a>. Ultimately the surviving Banished forces reactivated the Forerunner defenses and with their help destroyed the Proto-Gravemind before it could become a <a href="/Gravemind" title="Gravemind">Gravemind</a>. Not pleased with their losses, Atriox ordered his lieutenants to secure the breach in the barrier, while the Ark's Sentinels would neutralize all escaped Flood forces.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Manifestation&#95;172-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manifestation-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Banished and the Sentinels would ultimately succeed in "scouring" the Flood from High Charity's ruins.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Sacrifice&#95;23-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sacrifice-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1678</p>
1679<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Return_to_the_Milky_Way">Return to the Milky Way</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=76" title="Edit section: Return to the Milky Way">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1680<p>Later that year, Banished forces <a href="/Raid_on_Anodyne_Spirit" title="Raid on Anodyne Spirit">raided</a> the <a href="/Prophet_of_Truth" title="Prophet of Truth">Prophet of Truth</a>'s <a href="/Keyship" title="Keyship">keyship</a> <i><a href="/Anodyne_Spirit" title="Anodyne Spirit">Anodyne Spirit</a></i> which had remained parked on the Ark ever since the <a href="/Battle_of_Installation_00" title="Battle of Installation 00">Battle of Installation 00</a> nearly eight years before. Having recovered the access codes from High Charity's systems after scouring the Flood from the ruined city, the Banished sought the three shards of the <a href="/Menachite_Forerunner_crystal" title="Menachite Forerunner crystal">Slipspace crystal</a> that Truth had used to open the Portal at Voi during the <a href="/Battle_for_Earth" title="Battle for Earth">Battle for Earth</a>. To their surprise, the Banished came into conflict with surviving <a href="/Dhas_Bhasvod%27s_Covenant" title="Dhas Bhasvod&#39;s Covenant">Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant</a>, but they nevertheless completed their mission at the cost of heavy casualties.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoR&#95;173-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoR-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1681</p><p>After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox <a href="/Forerunner_entanglement_dish" title="Forerunner entanglement dish">somehow</a> managed to make contact with <a href="/Escharum" title="Escharum">Escharum</a> in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to <a href="/Reach" title="Reach">Reach</a> and search for and activate the <a href="/Menachite_portal_complex" title="Menachite portal complex">Menachite portal complex</a>. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following <a href="/Blue_Team" title="Blue Team">Blue Team</a> during <a href="/Operation:_WOLFE" title="Operation: WOLFE">their own mission</a>, the <a href="/Keepers_of_the_One_Freedom" title="Keepers of the One Freedom">Keepers of the One Freedom</a> led by <a href="/Castor" title="Castor">Castor</a> were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one their human members acting as a <a href="/Reclaimer" title="Reclaimer">Reclaimer</a>. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a <a href="/Eklon%27Dal_Workshop_Lich" title="Eklon&#39;Dal Workshop Lich">Lich</a> where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark behind to hold it.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoR&#95;173-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoR-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1682</p>
1683<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Attempting_to_Start_the_Great_Journey">Attempting to Start the Great Journey</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=77" title="Edit section: Attempting to Start the Great Journey">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1684<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Epsilon_Clarion" title="Battle of Epsilon Clarion">Battle of Epsilon Clarion</a></i></dd></dl>
1685<p>Following Atriox's arrival on Reach, Castor's small detachment of Keepers hijacked his Lich in order to fly it back through the <a href="/Slipspace_portal" title="Slipspace portal">slipspace portal</a> to the Ark. Still fanatically believing in the <a href="/Covenant_religion" title="Covenant religion">Covenant religion</a>, the Keepers' intention was to use the Ark to fire the <a href="/Halo_Array" title="Halo Array">Halo Array</a> and finally begin the Great Journey. Anticipating that his forces on the Ark would stop the Keepers, Atriox let them go and was extracted by Escharum's <a href="/Intrusion_corvette" title="Intrusion corvette">intrusion corvette</a> instead. The Lich successfully flew through the portal before it closed, but Castor remained unaware that some of his human servants were actually the <a href="/Ferret" title="Ferret">Ferrets</a>, deep-cover ONI operatives who had successfully been infiltrating the Keepers for more than two years. During a brief encounter with <a href="/Fred-104" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred-104">Fred-104</a> on Reach, <a href="/Ferret" title="Ferret">Ferret</a>
1685 leader <a href="/Veta_Lopis" title="Veta Lopis">Veta Lopis</a> secretly passed him a message to relay to ONI warning them of Atriox's impending return and the Keepers' plot.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoR&#95;173-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoR-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1686</p><p>When the Keeper's Lich emerged from the portal, they ended up getting caught in the middle of a firefight between the UNSC, the Banished and the <a href="/Dhas_Bhasvod%27s_Covenant" title="Dhas Bhasvod&#39;s Covenant">Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant</a> over control of the slipspace portal.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW1&#95;77-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Lich crashed, but the Keepers were able to form an alliance with the Covenant, aided by the unexpected return of <a href="/Intrepid_Eye" title="Intrepid Eye">Intrepid Eye</a> who had been believed to have been destroyed along with <i><a href="/Argent_Moon" title="Argent Moon">Argent Moon</a></i> during <a href="/Operation:_BIRD_IN_HAND" title="Operation: BIRD IN HAND">Operation: BIRD IN HAND</a>. The <a href="/Archeon-class_ancilla" title="Archeon-class ancilla">archeon-class ancilla</a>'s goal was to use the Halo Array to destroy the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a> so that the ancilla could render <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a> vulnerable and destroy her. This would open the way for Intrepid Eye to reseed the galaxy using the Ark's resources and tailor humanity over the course of hundreds of thousands of years to attain the <a href="/Mantle_of_Responsibility" class="mw-redirect" title="Mantle of Responsibility">Mantle of Responsibility</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW5&#95;174-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW5-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW6&#95;175-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW6-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1687</p><p>Combated by both the Banished and the UNSC, the allied Keeper and Covenant forces managed to reach <a href="/Epsilon_Clarion?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Epsilon Clarion (page does not exist)">Epsilon Clarion</a>, the only facility on the Ark capable of firing the Halo Array that was both active and accessible. During <a href="/Battle_of_Epsilon_Clarion" title="Battle of Epsilon Clarion">the resulting battle</a>, the small detachment of Keepers was wiped out, leaving Castor and <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> <a href="/Blademaster" title="Blademaster">Blademaster</a> <a href="/Inslaan_%27Gadogai" title="Inslaan &#39;Gadogai">Inslaan 'Gadogai</a> as the only survivors. On the orders of Lopis, the <i>Spirit of Fire</i> <a href="/Orbital_bombardment" title="Orbital bombardment">bombarded</a> the facility with <a href="/EMP" class="mw-redirect" title="EMP">EMP</a> <a href="/MAC" class="mw-redirect" title="MAC">MAC</a> rounds, destroying both Epsilon Clarion and Intrepid Eye who had made herself vulnerable by consolidating herself in Epsilon Clarion's systems rather than remaining spread out as she had been previously. The loss of Epsilon Clarion destroyed the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array until a new Clarion facility is constructed. The Banished also suffered heavy casualties to <a href="/Clan_of_the_Long_Shields" title="Clan of the Long Shields">Clan of the Long Shields</a>. However, <a href="/Mark-G313" title="Mark-G313">Mark-G313</a> was killed by <a href="/Prelate" title="Prelate">Prelate</a> <a href="/Dhas_Bhasvod" title="Dhas Bhasvod">Dhas Bhasvod</a> and Castor and 'Gadogai set out to seek revenge against all of their enemies.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW&#95;24-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1688</p><p>Following the defeat of the Keepers/Covenant alliance, the surviving Ferrets accepted an offer from <a href="/Captain_(NAVCOM)" title="Captain (NAVCOM)">Captain</a> <a href="/James_Cutter" title="James Cutter">James Cutter</a> to join the <i>Spirit of Fire's</i>
1688 crew and aid in their ongoing battle with the Banished.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-DW5&#95;174-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DW5-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1689</p>
1690<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Pax_Cortana">Pax Cortana</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=78" title="Edit section: Pax Cortana">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1691<dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/Created_Conflict#Fallout_and_early_resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Created Conflict">Created Conflict § Fallout and early resistance</a>, <a href="/Created_Conflict#Pax_Cortana" class="mw-redirect" title="Created Conflict">Created Conflict § Pax Cortana</a></i></dd></dl>
1692<p>As the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a> solidified their occupation of the galaxy, the Post-Covenant War era began to taper off as the new era of <a href="/Created_Conflict#Pax_Cortana" class="mw-redirect" title="Created Conflict">Pax Cortana</a> was ushered in.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-sorchapt1&#95;176-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sorchapt1-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1693</p>
1694<div style="clear:both"></div>
1695<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Conflict_on_Reach">Conflict on Reach</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=79" title="Edit section: Conflict on Reach">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1702<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Operation:_WOLFE" title="Operation: WOLFE">Operation: WOLFE</a></i></dd></dl>
1703<p>In <a href="/2559#October" title="2559">October 2559</a>, <a href="/Blue_Team" title="Blue Team">Blue Team</a> were sent back to <a href="/Reach" title="Reach">Reach</a> in order to recover some assets from the ruins of <a href="/CASTLE_Base" title="CASTLE Base">CASTLE Base</a> for Dr. <a href="/Catherine_Halsey" title="Catherine Halsey">Catherine Halsey</a>, assets which held the key to eventually defeating <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a>. However, they came into conflict with the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> and their allied forces who were seeking the <a href="/Menachite_portal_complex" title="Menachite portal complex">Menachite portal complex</a> in order to bring their leader <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a> back to the Milky Way from where he was stranded on <a href="/Installation_00" title="Installation 00">the Ark</a> outside of the galaxy. By following the Spartans, the Banished were able to locate and open the <a href="/Slipspace_portal" title="Slipspace portal">slipspace portal</a> which,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoR&#95;173-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoR-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> combined with Atriox's retrieval of the <a href="/Menachite_Forerunner_crystal" title="Menachite Forerunner crystal">crystal fragments</a>,<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Sacrifice&#95;23-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sacrifice-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> enabled Atriox and a number of his top warriors to return from the Ark and depart with <a href="/Escharum" title="Escharum">Escharum</a> to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark. However, <a href="/Castor" title="Castor">Castor</a> and the <a href="/Keepers_of_the_One_Freedom" title="Keepers of the One Freedom">Keepers of the One Freedom</a> hijacked Atriox's <a href="/Eklon%27Dal_Workshop_Lich" title="Eklon&#39;Dal Workshop Lich">Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich</a> and flew it to the Ark in order to fire the <a href="/Halo_Array" title="Halo Array">Halo Array</a> and finally begin the Great Journey.
1704</p><p>During this time, Blue Team succeeded in getting into the ruins of CASTLE Base and retrieving three cryobins and a lockbox for Halsey from where they were hidden in her secret 
1704cryovault. Both the UNSC and the Banished fled the planet as a <a href="/Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian">Guardian</a>, drawn by the activation of the slipspace portal, arrived to investigate.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoR&#95;173-4" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoR-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Using the contents of the cryobins, her remaining <a href="/Flash_cloning" title="Flash cloning">cloned</a> brains from the creation of Cortana, Halsey was able to create <a href="/The_Weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Weapon">the Weapon</a>, an exact copy of Cortana who could perfectly imitate the rouge AI to a Forerunner installation's systems and lock her down for deletion.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-AudioLogRF04&#95;177-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AudioLogRF04-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Hi&#95;178-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hi-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1705</p>
1706<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hunt_for_the_Divine_Hand">Hunt for the Divine Hand</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=80" title="Edit section: Hunt for the Divine Hand">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1708<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
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1710<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Netherop_(2559)" title="Battle of Netherop (2559)">Battle of Netherop (2559)</a></i></dd></dl>
1711<p>Learning of a weapon on <a href="/Netherop" title="Netherop">Netherop</a> that had once destroyed a <a href="/Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian">Guardian</a>, the UNSC, the <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> and the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> attempted to recover it, encountering UNSC and <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a> forces that had been left trapped on the planet since the <a href="/Battle_of_Netherop" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Netherop">Battle of Netherop</a> in <a href="/2526" title="2526">2526</a>. After eliminating most of <a href="/Worldmaster" title="Worldmaster">Worldmaster</a> <a href="/Nizat_%27Kvarosee" title="Nizat &#39;Kvarosee">Nizat 'Kvarosee</a>'s forces and capturing Nizat and <a href="/Tam_%27Lakosee" title="Tam &#39;Lakosee">Tam 'Lakosee</a>, the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios discovered that the weapon, the <a href="/Divine_Hand" title="Divine Hand">Divine Hand</a>, was <a href="/Precursor" title="Precursor">Precursor</a> technology that Precursor fugitives had used to defend themselves against attack during the <a href="/Forerunner-Precursor_war" title="Forerunner-Precursor war">Forerunner-Precursor war</a>. After seeing the devastating power of the weapon for themselves and with the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a> on their way, the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios handed the Divine Hand over to <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a>, hoping that the Banished would destroy themselves attempting to use it, although <a href="/Keely_Iyuska" title="Keely Iyuska">Keely Iyuska</a> took samples of the weapon's nanomachines that would be turned over to ONI for study. All three factions evacuated the planet before a Created fleet sent by <a href="/High_Auxiliary" title="High Auxiliary">High Auxiliary</a> <a href="/Sloan" title="Sloan">Sloan</a> could arrive. Nizat and Tam, the last survivors of Nizat's forces, were left marooned once again to die with the alien structure having stopped functioning completely after the <a href="/Vacuum_energy_condenser?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Vacuum energy condenser (page does not exist)">vacuum energy condenser</a>
1711 was removed. Facing an inevitable death from infection, starvation, or dehydration, Tam chose to mercy kill Nizat to spare him that fate, ending the threat of one of UNSC's earliest and most dangerous Covenant enemies once and for all.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-179" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1712</p>
1713<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_for_the_Domain">Battle for the Domain</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=81" title="Edit section: Battle for the Domain">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1714<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_for_the_Domain" title="Battle for the Domain">Battle for the Domain</a></i></dd></dl>
1715<p>In late <a href="/2559" title="2559">2559</a>, the <a href="/Mind_transfer" title="Mind transfer">essences</a> of the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunners</a> and <a href="/Human" title="Human">humans</a> trapped in the outer boundaries of the <a href="/Domain" title="Domain">Domain</a> rose up against the <a href="/Created" title="Created">Created</a> under the leadership of the <a href="/Ur-Didact" title="Ur-Didact">Ur-Didact</a>. The Didact ultimately managed to destroy the <a href="/Warden_Eternal" title="Warden Eternal">Warden Eternal</a>, save for any iterations of him that were left trapped in the physical world. These iterations of the Warden Eternal would be left unable to reconnect with his body or the Domain which would drive the construct "quite mad," permanently neutralizing any remaining threat from him.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Epi25&#95;180-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epi25-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Forerunner and human essences were then able to enter and settle within the Domain, strengthening it to the point that the Domain was able to evict the Created from its halls. The Didact had <a href="/Unnamed_Haruspis?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Unnamed Haruspis (page does not exist)">the</a> <a href="/Haruspis" title="Haruspis">Haruspis</a> seal the <a href="/Gateway" title="Gateway">Gateway</a> on <a href="/Genesis" title="Genesis">Genesis</a> as well as all links to the Domain in the physical world, keeping the Created and anyone else from abusing its power ever again. Although a few rogue AIs and splinters managed to hide in the interior of the Domain, the Didact and <a href="/Forthencho" title="Forthencho">Forthencho</a> intended to hunt them down and destroy them.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Epi26&#95;181-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epi26-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-Epi27&#95;182-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Epi27-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1716</p>
1717<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Conflict_on_Zeta_Halo">Conflict on Zeta Halo</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=82" title="Edit section: Conflict on Zeta Halo">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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1730<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Destruction_of_the_Infinity_and_Cortana">Destruction of the <i>Infinity</i> and Cortana</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=83" title="Edit section: Destruction of the Infinity and Cortana">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
1731<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_over_Installation_07" title="Battle over Installation 07">Battle over Installation 07</a></i></dd></dl>
1732<p>In <a href="/2559#December" title="2559">December 2559</a>, the <a href="/UNSC_Infinity" title="UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> traveled to <a href="/Installation_07" title="Installation 07">Installation 07</a> in order to deploy <a href="/The_Weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Weapon">the Weapon</a> so that <a href="/Cortana" title="Cortana">Cortana</a> could be locked down and transported back to the <i>Infinity</i>
1732 for deletion. However, the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a> were already present at the ring and caught the supercarrier by surprise, launching <a href="/Battle_over_Installation_07" title="Battle over Installation 07">massive attack</a> that apparently left the <i>Infinity</i> destroyed and the <a href="/John-117" title="John-117">Master Chief</a> dead after he is thrown into space by <a href="/Atriox" title="Atriox">Atriox</a>. During this time, the Weapon succeeded in locking down Cortana in the <a href="/Silent_Auditorium_(location)" title="Silent Auditorium (location)">Silent Auditorium</a> and she subsequently sacrificed herself in order to destroy part of the ring and keep it out of the Banished's hands, apparently killing Atriox. Afterwards, leadership of the Banished fell to <a href="/War_Chief" title="War Chief">War Chief</a> <a href="/Escharum" title="Escharum">Escharum</a> who spent the next six months hunting the UNSC's survivors across Halo's surface.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Hi&#95;178-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hi-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1733</p>
1734<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Flood_outbreak">Flood outbreak</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=84" title="Edit section: Flood outbreak">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
1735<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Outbreak_at_research_cache_05-836?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Outbreak at research cache 05-836 (page does not exist)">Outbreak at research cache 05-836</a></i></dd></dl>
1736<p>After using one of the <a href="/Requiem_slipspace_artifacts" title="Requiem slipspace artifacts">Requiem slipspace artifacts</a> to flee the Battle over Installation 07, a group of UNSC survivors and a <a href="/Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> survivor inadvertently started <a href="/Outbreak_at_research_cache_05-836?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Outbreak at research cache 05-836 (page does not exist)">a</a> <a href="/Flood_outbreak" title="Flood outbreak">Flood outbreak</a> at <a href="/Research_cache_05-836?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Research cache 05-836 (page does not exist)">Research cache 05-836</a> when a <a href="/Pod_infector" title="Pod infector">Pod infector</a> was released from a <a href="/Cylix" title="Cylix">cylix</a> by Professor <a href="/Tobias_Martell?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tobias Martell (page does not exist)">Tobias Martell</a>. As there were over 4,000 creatures for the Flood to infect in the cylixes, it threatened to turn into a major outbreak. However, <a href="/Submonitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Submonitor">submonitor</a> <a href="/Adjutant_Repose?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Adjutant Repose (page does not exist)">Adjutant Repose</a> and the <a href="/Promethean" title="Promethean">Prometheans</a> and <a href="/Aggressor_Sentinel" title="Aggressor Sentinel">Aggressor Sentinels</a> under his command helped the group to accelerate the facility's <a href="/Timelock" title="Timelock">timelock</a>, disintegrating the Flood and containing the outbreak.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SM&#95;183-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SM-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1737</p>
1738<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Hunt_for_the_Endless">Hunt for the Endless</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=85" title="Edit section: Hunt for the Endless">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
1739<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Battle for Zeta Halo">Battle for Zeta Halo</a></i></dd></dl>
1740<p>On <a href="/2560#May" title="2560">May 28, 2560</a>, the Master Chief was recovered from where he is floating in space by <a href="/Fernando_Esparza" title="Fernando Esparza">Fernando Esparza</a> on <i><a href="/Echo_216" title="Echo 216">Echo 216</a></i>. The two were quickly attacked by the <a href="/Banished_dreadnought" title="Banished dreadnought">Banished dreadnought</a> <i><a href="/Ghost_of_Gbraakon" title="Ghost of Gbraakon">Ghost of Gbraakon</a></i>
1740, but the Master Chief was able to destroy the enemy vessel from the inside by overloading its engines.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-184" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Heading to the ring's surface, the Master Chief recovered <a href="/The_Weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Weapon">the Weapon</a> from where she had been waiting in the Foundation's systems for six months.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-185" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1741</p><p><a href="/Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Battle for Zeta Halo">Engaging</a> the Banished across the surface of Halo, the Master Chief and the Weapon discovered that they are trying to use the <a href="/Reformation_spire" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformation spire">Reformation spires</a> to repair the ring and, alongside The <a href="/Harbinger" title="Harbinger">Harbinger</a>, find and release the <a href="/Xalanyn" title="Xalanyn">Endless</a> who were imprisoned by the <a href="/Forerunner" title="Forerunner">Forerunners</a> after it was discovered that they had survived the <a href="/Great_Purification" title="Great Purification">Great Purification</a>. Battling and killing a number of high-ranking Banished warriors who had committed numerous atrocities over the course of the Human-Covenant War and beyond, the Master Chief and the Weapon were able to stop the Reformation, but Esparza was kidnapped by <a href="/Blademaster" title="Blademaster">Blademaster</a> <a href="/Jega_%27Rdomnai" title="Jega &#39;Rdomnai">Jega 'Rdomnai</a> on Escharum's orders in order to lure the Master Chief into a final battle with the old War Chief who was secretly dying of a terminal illness.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-186" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Master Chief was able to kill both 'Rdomnai and Escharum and rescue Esparza, but even with their leader dead, the Banished were still left in control of a significant portion of the ring.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-187" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1742</p><p>Making their way to the partially-rebuilt <a href="/Silent_Auditorium_(location)" title="Silent Auditorium (location)">Silent Auditorium</a>, the Master Chief and the Weapon confronted and killed the Harbinger, but not before she sent a transmission to an unknown recipient. Escaping, the two link up with Esparza to continued their fight against the remaining Banished forces on the ring.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Silent&#95;Auditorium&#95;188-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silent_Auditorium-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1743</p><p>On June 4, the upper echelon of the Banished gathered at the House of Reckoning for Escharum's funeral, but began falling back into base instincts without the guiding influence of Atriox and Escharum. The Master Chief and Joyeuse discovered that <a href="/Jega_%27Rdomnai" title="Jega &#39;Rdomnai">Jega 'Rdomnai</a> had survived and was holding captive combat medic <a href="/Lucas_Browning" title="Lucas Browning">Lucas Browning</a> who had been the Harbinger's "pet" and thus their best shot at understanding more about the Harbinger's intentions. Once the fleeing 'Rdomnai and Browning were clear, the Master Chief and Joyeuse destroyed the House of Reckoning with an <a href="/Eris_tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="Eris tactical nuclear weapon">Eris tactical nuclear weapon</a> -- which they deployed using an <a href="/Aggressor_Sentinel" title="Aggressor Sentinel">Aggressor Sentinel</a> under the AI's control -- killing at least most of the Banished gathered there. Some may have gotten out of the blast range in time due to chasing after 'Rdomnai, but it was unclear if any of the gathered leaders made it out, further destabilizing the Banished and presumably preventing the rise of a new leader to replace Escharum.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD7&#95;189-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD7-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1744</p><p>The Master Chief, Joy and Esparza followed 'Rdomnai back to his base, <a href="/Rdomnai_Keep" title="Rdomnai Keep">Rdomnai Keep</a>.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD8&#95;190-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD8-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 5, the Master Chief raided the base and rescued Browning.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD9&#95;191-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD9-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD11&#95;192-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD11-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD12&#95;193-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD12-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1744 Although consumed by his own need for revenge against the Spartans, 'Rdomnai decided to let them go, hoping that with a change of tactics and through tracking Browning, the blademaster would be led to the answers that he sought about the Harbinger's secrets.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD10&#95;194-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD10-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Browning revealed that the Harbinger had done something to his memory, encoding something into the memory of Browning's <a href="/Service_number" title="Service number">service number</a> so that the numbers had a more significant meaning. The Master Chief recalled Browning repeating the numbers in his data drops and Browning told him that the Harbinger had called it insurance and a <i><a href="/Geas" title="Geas">geas</a></i>. Joy suggested that if they could get Browning to a <a href="/Lifeworker" title="Lifeworker">Lifeworker</a> station, they could find the Forerunners' <i>geas</i> technology and not only remove the imprint, but perhaps decode whatever the Harbinger had placed in Browning's mind.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD15&#95;195-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD15-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-EOD16&#95;196-0" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOD16-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1745</p><p>Having survived Cortana's attempt on his life, Atriox unlocked a door elsewhere on Halo leading to <a href="/Cylix" title="Cylix">cylixes</a> containing more of the Endless.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-Silent&#95;Auditorium&#95;188-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silent_Auditorium-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
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1748<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
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1750<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Rebuilding_the_Covenant">Rebuilding the Covenant</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=86" title="Edit section: Rebuilding the Covenant">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1751<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Rise_of_the_High_Lord">Rise of the High Lord</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=87" title="Edit section: Rise of the High Lord">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1752<p>
1752Under the command of <a href="/High_Lord" title="High Lord">High Lord</a> <a href="/Dovo_Nesto" title="Dovo Nesto">Dovo Nesto</a>, the <a href="/Order_of_Restoration" title="Order of Restoration">Order of Restoration</a>, a fanatical <a href="/San%27Shyuum" title="San&#39;Shyuum">San'Shyuum</a> sect that had acted as a shadow government in the <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a>, supposedly since the very dawn of the empire, sought to restore their fallen empire.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET6&#95;25-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET12&#95;27-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1753</p><p>In the years following the fall of the Covenant, Nesto consolidated whatever remained of the San'Shyuum's influence into the Order, along with the majority of the empire’s other species. Unlike the warlords of the <a href="/Covenant_remnants" title="Covenant remnants">Covenant remnants</a>, Nesto had the strategic acumen, connections and the history to make it possible.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET6&#95;25-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET11&#95;26-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET11-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1754</p><p>Years after the Covenant’s fall, Nesto held a citadel on the <a href="/Sangheili_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangheili colony">Sangheili colony</a> of <a href="/Feldokra" title="Feldokra">Feldokra</a> and maintained it while its power reserves still functioned. After they had been exhausted, Nesto set himself up on the human colony world of <a href="/Venezia" title="Venezia">Venezia</a> which no one paid any regard, including the humans who lived there. This allowed his enemies to remain in the dark until everything was in order. The choice of location proved to be advantageous as all those under Nesto's command came and went as they pleased and any humans who were suspicious could be easily bought off. While Nesto's forces amassed starships and weapons on outer worlds, they could coordinate everything on Venezia, right under the nose of their greatest enemies.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET12&#95;27-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1755</p><p>As a part of his plans, Nesto contacted <a href="/Severan" title="Severan">Severan</a>, the son of <a href="/Tartarus" title="Tartarus">Tartarus</a>, <a href="/Chieftain_of_the_Jiralhanae" title="Chieftain of the Jiralhanae">Chieftain of the Jiralhanae</a>. He promised the <a href="/Jiralhanae" title="Jiralhanae">Jiralhanae</a> a place at his right hand, appointed as an instrumental part in the Covenant's restoration. First, Severan was to build up the <a href="/Vanguard_of_Zaladon" title="Vanguard of Zaladon">Vanguard of Zaladon</a>, drawing in both his rivals and allies, something that he accomplished with little difficulty. Through his cousin <a href="/Choros" title="Choros">Choros</a>, Severan attained a position as a <a href="/War_Chief" title="War Chief">War Chief</a> in the <a href="/Banished" title="Banished">Banished</a>, something that he and Nesto would use to their advantage when the time came.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET12&#95;27-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1756</p><p>By late <a href="/2559" title="2559">2559</a>, Nesto formed an alliance with <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a> and <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon%27s_Covenant" title="Sali &#39;Nyon&#39;s Covenant">his Covenant</a> with 'Nyon pledging all of his forces to the Order of Restoration.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET10&#95;28-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET10-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET16&#95;29-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET16-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In exchange for their help, Nesto promised 'Nyon and Severan the same thing: a position of authority in the resurrected Covenant, and a place at the head of the Covenant's military.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET32&#95;30-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET32-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1757</p>
1758<h3><span id="Hunting_the_San'Shyuum"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Hunting_the_San.27Shyuum">Hunting the San'Shyuum</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=88" title="Edit section: Hunting the San&#39;Shyuum">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1759<p>Following the defeat of <a href="/Boru%27a%27Neem" class="mw-redirect" title="Boru&#39;a&#39;Neem">Boru'a'Neem</a>'s plot in late <a href="/2553" title="2553">2553</a>, <a href="/Rtas_%27Vadum" title="Rtas &#39;Vadum">Rtas 'Vadum</a> decided to use the navigation data taken from the <i><a href="/Spear_of_Light" title="Spear of Light">Spear of Light</a></i> to hunt the <a href="/San%27Shyuum_flotilla" title="San&#39;Shyuum flotilla">San'Shyuum flotilla</a> with the <i><a href="/Shadow_of_Intent" title="Shadow of Intent">
1759Shadow of Intent</a></i>. Rtas wanted to determine which deserved to be punished as <a href="/War_criminal" title="War criminal">war criminals</a> for the attempted genocide of the Sangheili during the <a href="/Great_Schism" title="Great Schism">Great Schism</a>, and which ones had committed no prior crimes and were merely misled.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-SoI&#95;17-4" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1760</p><p>Over the years, many of these ships were hunted down by the <i>Shadow of Intent</i> and their crews imprisoned until they stood trial. However, most were too proud to answer for their crimes and attempted to flee, only to be slaughtered.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET6&#95;25-3" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/Sangheili" title="Sangheili">Sangheili</a> became aware of the fact that the <a href="/Shield_world" title="Shield world">shield world</a> <a href="/Cloister" title="Cloister">Cloister</a> was the flotilla's final destination, but knew nothing else about Cloister.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET47&#95;31-1" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET47-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1761</p><p>In <a href="/2559#November" title="2559">November 2559</a>, Rtas and the <i>Shadow of Intent</i> were still pursuing the San'Shyuum flotilla and was thus unable to help in the <a href="/Battle_of_Netherop_(2559)" title="Battle of Netherop (2559)">Battle of Netherop</a>, something that <a href="/Arbiter" title="Arbiter">Arbiter</a> <a href="/Thel_%27Vadam" title="Thel &#39;Vadam">Thel 'Vadam</a> lamented.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-197" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1762</p><p>In <a href="/2559#November" title="2559">November 2559</a>, the <i>Shadow of Intent</i> hunted down the <a href="/Chel_Tor-pattern_storm_cutter" title="Chel Tor-pattern storm cutter"><i>Chel Tor</i>-pattern storm cutter</a> <i><a href="/Vigilance_with_Piety?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Vigilance with Piety (page does not exist)">Vigilance with Piety</a></i> and <a href="/Kafo_Dein" title="Kafo Dein">Kafo Dein</a>, attempting to capture him. Dein activated the storm cutter's <a href="/Self-destruct" title="Self-destruct">self-destruct</a> and attempted to flee to <a href="/Kus%27kah%27s_artificial_moon?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kus&#39;kah&#39;s artificial moon (page does not exist)">Kus'kah's artificial moon</a>. However, he was stopped by <a href="/Tul_%27Juran" title="Tul &#39;Juran">Tul 'Juran</a> who destroyed Dein's <a href="/Ren" title="Ren">Ren</a> with a <a href="/War_sphinx" title="War sphinx">war sphinx</a>, killing him.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET6&#95;25-4" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1763</p>
1764<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Banished_and_Order_of_Retribution_alliance">Banished and Order of Retribution alliance</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=89" title="Edit section: Banished and Order of Retribution alliance">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1765<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Venezia" title="Battle of Venezia">Battle of Venezia</a></i></dd></dl>
1766<div id="stub" style="font-style:italic;margin-top:0.5em">
1767<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
1768</div>
1769<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Banished_Retribution">Banished Retribution</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=90" title="Edit section: Banished Retribution">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1770<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Earth_(2559)" title="Battle of Earth (2559)">Battle of Earth (2559)</a></i></dd></dl>
1771<div id="stub" style="font-style:italic;margin-top:0.5em">
1772<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
1773</div>
1774<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Battle_for_the_Lithos">Battle for the Lithos</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=91" title="Edit section: Battle for the Lithos">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1775<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Battle_of_Boundary" title="Battle of Boundary">Battle of Boundary</a></i></dd></dl>
1776<div id="stub" style="font-style:italic;margin-top:0.5em">
1777<dl><dd><img alt="Help.png" src="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/25px-Help.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="25" height="25" class="notpageimage" srcset="https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/38px-Help.png 1.5x, https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/aa/Help.png/50px-Help.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256" /> This section is a <a href="/Category:Stubs" title="Category:Stubs">stub</a>. You can help Halopedia by <span class="plainlinks"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.halopedia.org/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit">expanding it</a></span>.</dd></dl>
1778</div>
1779<h3><span id="Assimilation_of_Sali_'Nyon's_Covenant"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Assimilation_of_Sali_.27Nyon.27s_Covenant">Assimilation of Sali 'Nyon's Covenant</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=92" title="Edit section: Assimilation of Sali &#39;Nyon&#39;s Covenant">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
1780<p>With <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon" title="Sali &#39;Nyon">Sali 'Nyon</a>
1780 dead, <a href="/Dovo_Nesto" title="Dovo Nesto">Dovo Nesto</a> assimilated <a href="/Sali_%27Nyon%27s_Covenant" title="Sali &#39;Nyon&#39;s Covenant">his Covenant</a> and all of its resources into the Order of Restoration to serve the Order's continuing mission to restore the <a href="/Covenant" title="Covenant">Covenant</a> empire. Nesto told <a href="/Vul_%27Soran" title="Vul &#39;Soran">Vul 'Soran</a> that with the loss of the <a href="/Lithos" title="Lithos">Lithos</a>, they would be forced to achieve their goals another way and asked what he knew of <a href="/Cloister" title="Cloister">Cloister</a>. 'Soran knew that it was what <a href="/Rtas_%27Vadum" title="Rtas &#39;Vadum">Rtas 'Vadum</a> and the <i><a href="/Shadow_of_Intent" title="Shadow of Intent">Shadow of Intent</a></i> had been searching for, the final destination of the <a href="/San%27Shyuum_flotilla" title="San&#39;Shyuum flotilla">San'Shyuum flotilla</a>. However, neither he nor 'Vadum knew any more than that about it. Nesto explained that Cloister lay at the very heart of the San'Shyuum's designs, holding many ancient secrets within going back to a time when the race was possessed of great youth and vitality. It was also the source of Nesto's knowledge about the Lithos.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-ET47&#95;31-2" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET47-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Having infiltrated the Order, <a href="/Ayit_%27Sevi" title="Ayit &#39;Sevi">Ayit 'Sevi</a> sent a message to <a href="/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/Jilan_al-Cygni" title="Jilan al-Cygni">Jilan al-Cygni</a> warning her of this development.<sup id="cite&#95;ref-198" lang="en" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>
1781</p>
1782<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="List_of_appearances">List of appearances</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=93" title="Edit section: List of appearances">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1783<div class="columns" style="width:auto;column-width:30em">
1784<ul><li><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Thursday_War" title="Halo: The Thursday War">Halo: The Thursday War</a></i> <small>(First appearance)</small></li>
1785<li><i><a href="/The_Commissioning" title="The Commissioning">The Commissioning</a></i></li>
1786<li><i><a href="/Halo_4" title="Halo 4">Halo 4</a></i>
1787<ul><li><i><a href="/H4:Terminals" title="H4:Terminals">Terminals</a></i></li>
1788<li><i><a href="/Spartan_Ops" title="Spartan Ops">Spartan Ops</a></i></li>
1789<li><i><a href="/Infinity_Briefing_Packet" title="Infinity Briefing Packet">Infinity Briefing Packet</a></i></li></ul></li>
1790<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Spartan_Assault" title="Halo: Spartan Assault">Halo: Spartan Assault</a></i></li>
1791<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Initiation" title="Halo: Initiation">Halo: Initiation</a></i></li>
1792<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Escalation" title="Halo: Escalation">Halo: Escalation</a></i></li>
1793<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Mortal_Dictata" title="Halo: Mortal Dictata">Halo: Mortal Dictata</a></i></li>
1794<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Nightfall" title="Halo: Nightfall">Halo: Nightfall</a></i></li>
1795<li><i><a href="/Halo:_New_Blood" title="Halo: New Blood">Halo: New Blood</a></i></li>
1796<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Spartan_Strike" title="Halo: Spartan Strike">Halo: Spartan Strike</a></i></li>
1797<li><i><a href="/Hunt_the_Truth" title="Hunt the Truth">Hunt the Truth</a></i></li>
1798<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Hunters_in_the_Dark" title="Halo: Hunters in the Dark">Halo: Hunters in the Dark</a></i></li>
1799<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Last_Light" title="Halo: Last Light">Halo: Last Light</a></i></li>
1800<li><i><a href="/Halo_5:_Guardians" title="Halo 5: Guardians">Halo 5: Guardians</a></i>
1801<ul><li><i><a href="/Halo_5:_Guardians_Limited_Edition_dossiers" title="Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers">Limited Edition dossiers</a></i></li></ul></li>
1802<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Shadow_of_Intent" title="Halo: Shadow of Intent">Halo: Shadow of Intent</a></i></li>
1803<li><i><a href="/Know_Your_Enemy" title="Know Your Enemy">Know Your Enemy</a></i></li>
1804<li><i><a href="/Halo_Mythos:_A_Guide_to_the_Story_of_Halo" title="Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo">Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo</a></i></li>
1805<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Fractures" title="Halo: Fractures">Halo: Fractures</a></i>
1806<ul><li><i><a href="/Lessons_Learned" title="Lessons Learned">Lessons Learned</a></i></li>
1807<li><i><a href="/Rossbach%27s_World_(story)" title="Rossbach&#39;s World (story)">Rossbach's World</a></i></li></ul></li>
1808<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Tales_from_Slipspace" title="Halo: Tales from Slipspace">Halo: Tales from Slipspace</a></i>
1809<ul><li><i><a href="/On_the_Brink" title="On the Brink">On the Brink</a></i></li>
1810<li><i><a href="/Undefeated" title="Undefeated">Undefeated</a></i></li>
1811<li><i><a href="/Hunting_Party" title="Hunting Party">Hunting Party</a></i></li>
1812<li><i>
1812<a href="/Knight_Takes_Bishop" title="Knight Takes Bishop">Knight Takes Bishop</a></i></li></ul></li>
1813<li><i><a href="/Halo_Wars_2" title="Halo Wars 2">Halo Wars 2</a></i></li>
1814<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Envoy" title="Halo: Envoy">Halo: Envoy</a></i></li>
1815<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Retribution" title="Halo: Retribution">Halo: Retribution</a></i></li>
1816<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Legacy_of_Onyx" title="Halo: Legacy of Onyx">Halo: Legacy of Onyx</a></i></li>
1817<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Bad_Blood" title="Halo: Bad Blood">Halo: Bad Blood</a></i></li>
1818<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Official_Spartan_Field_Manual" title="Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual">Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual</a></i></li>
1819<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Renegades" title="Halo: Renegades">Halo: Renegades</a></i></li>
1820<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Shadows_of_Reach" title="Halo: Shadows of Reach">Halo: Shadows of Reach</a></i>
1821<ul><li><i><a href="/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">Sacrifice</a></i></li></ul></li>
1822<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Point_of_Light" title="Halo: Point of Light">Halo: Point of Light</a></i></li>
1823<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Divine_Wind" title="Halo: Divine Wind">Halo: Divine Wind</a></i></li>
1824<li><i><a href="/Halo_Infinite" title="Halo Infinite">Halo Infinite</a></i></li>
1825<li><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Rubicon_Protocol" title="Halo: The Rubicon Protocol">Halo: The Rubicon Protocol</a></i></li>
1826<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Vertical_Umbrage" title="Halo: Vertical Umbrage">Halo: Vertical Umbrage</a></i></li>
1827<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Outcasts" title="Halo: Outcasts">Halo: Outcasts</a></i></li>
1828<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Sunrise_on_Sanghelios" title="Halo: Sunrise on Sanghelios">Halo: Sunrise on Sanghelios</a></i></li>
1829<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Saturn_Devouring_His_Son" title="Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son">Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son</a></i></li>
1830<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Battle_for_the_Blood-Moon" title="Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon">Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon</a></i></li>
1831<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Trial_of_Reckoning" title="Halo: Trial of Reckoning">Halo: Trial of Reckoning</a></i></li>
1832<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Hippocratica" title="Halo: Hippocratica">Halo: Hippocratica</a></i></li>
1833<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Fireside" title="Halo: Fireside">Halo: Fireside</a></i></li>
1834<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Epitaph" title="Halo: Epitaph">Halo: Epitaph</a></i></li>
1835<li><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Third_Life" title="Halo: The Third Life">Halo: The Third Life</a></i></li>
1836<li><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Machine_Breaks" title="Halo: The Machine Breaks">Halo: The Machine Breaks</a></i></li>
1837<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Whispers_from_the_Pyre" title="Halo: Whispers from the Pyre">Halo: Whispers from the Pyre</a></i></li>
1838<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Empty_Throne" title="Halo: Empty Throne">Halo: Empty Throne</a></i></li>
1839<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Ascension_on_Atropos" title="Halo: Ascension on Atropos">Halo: Ascension on Atropos</a></i></li>
1840<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Fifth_Canticle" title="Halo: Fifth Canticle">Halo: Fifth Canticle</a></i></li>
1841<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Edge_of_Dawn" title="Halo: Edge of Dawn">Halo: Edge of Dawn</a></i></li>
1842<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Axios" title="Halo: Axios">Halo: Axios</a></i></li>
1843<li><i><a href="/Halo:_Still_Midnight" title="Halo: Still Midnight">Halo: Still Midnight</a></i></li></ul></div>
1844<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sources">Sources</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/Post-Covenant_War_conflicts?action=edit&amp;section=94" title="Edit section: Sources">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
1845<div class="reflist" style="column-count:2;"><ol class="references">
1846<li id="cite&#95;note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Renegades" title="Halo: Renegades">Halo: Renegades</a></i> - back cover:  <i>"Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto..."</i> </span>
1847</li>
1848<li id="cite&#95;note-SmokeAndShadow-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SmokeAndShadow_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Smoke_and_Shadow" title="Halo: Smoke and Shadow">Halo: Smoke and Shadow</a></i> - back cover:  <i>"In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap..."</i> </span>
1849</li>
1850<li id="cite&#95;note-3">
1850<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Encyclopedia_(2022_edition)" title="Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)">Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)</a></i>, page 73 </span>
1851</li>
1852<li id="cite&#95;note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)</i>, page 100 </span>
1853</li>
1854<li id="cite&#95;note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)</i>, page 224 </span>
1855</li>
1856<li id="cite&#95;note-waypoint&#95;enc-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-waypoint_enc_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Axl</a> <small>(Retrieved on Sep 6, 2015)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl">[archive]</a></small></span>
1857</li>
1858<li id="cite&#95;note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_4" title="Halo 4">Halo 4</a></i>: <i>"For too many years, humanity was on the backfront, reacting to threats rather than preventing them. The rest of the galaxy was bigger than us, stronger than us. We were mice, hiding in the shadows, hoping the giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defence. We are the giants now. - <a href="/Captain_(NAVCOM)" title="Captain (NAVCOM)">Captain</a> <a href="/Thomas_Lasky" title="Thomas Lasky">Thomas Lasky</a>"</i></span>
1859</li>
1860<li id="cite&#95;note-InitiationInterview-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-InitiationInterview_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Halo Initiation Writer Interview</a> <small>(Retrieved on Jul 13, 2013)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130713000000/http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx">[archive]</a></small></span>
1861</li>
1862<li id="cite&#95;note-HE5-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE5_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE5_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE5_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE5_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Escalation" title="Halo: Escalation">Halo: Escalation</a></i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_5" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 5">issue 5</a> </span>
1863</li>
1864<li id="cite&#95;note-hnb-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hnb_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hnb_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_New_Blood" title="Halo: New Blood">Halo: New Blood</a></i> </span>
1865</li>
1866<li id="cite&#95;note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Last_Light" title="Halo: Last Light">Halo: Last Light</a></i> </span>
1867</li>
1868<li id="cite&#95;note-HTTW-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HTTW_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HTTW_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Thursday_War" title="Halo: The Thursday War">Halo: The Thursday War</a></i> </span>
1869</li>
1870<li id="cite&#95;note-h5g-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-h5g_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-h5g_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_5:_Guardians" title="Halo 5: Guardians">Halo 5: Guardians</a></i></span>
1871</li>
1872<li id="cite&#95;note-14">
1872<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Eleventh_Hour_reports" title="Eleventh Hour reports">Eleventh Hour reports</a></i>: Aftermath (1/5)  <small></small></span>
1873</li>
1874<li id="cite&#95;note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: The Thursday War</i>, page 441-442 </span>
1875</li>
1876<li id="cite&#95;note-HP-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HP_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HP_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HP_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Tales_from_Slipspace" title="Halo: Tales from Slipspace">Halo: Tales from Slipspace</a></i> - <a href="/Hunting_Party" title="Hunting Party">Hunting Party</a> </span>
1877</li>
1878<li id="cite&#95;note-SoI-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SoI_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoI_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoI_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoI_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoI_17-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Shadow_of_Intent" title="Halo: Shadow of Intent">Halo: Shadow of Intent</a></i> </span>
1879</li>
1880<li id="cite&#95;note-HII3-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HII3_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HII3_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Initiation" title="Halo: Initiation">Halo: Initiation</a></i>, <a href="/Halo:_Initiation_Issue_3" title="Halo: Initiation Issue 3">issue 3</a> </span>
1881</li>
1882<li id="cite&#95;note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Glasslands" title="Halo: Glasslands">Halo: Glasslands</a></i>, chapter 2 </span>
1883</li>
1884<li id="cite&#95;note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Glasslands</i>, page 448 </span>
1885</li>
1886<li id="cite&#95;note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Wars_2" title="Halo Wars 2">Halo Wars 2</a></i></span>
1887</li>
1888<li id="cite&#95;note-Nightmare-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nightmare_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>: <i><a href="/Halo_Wars_2:_Awakening_the_Nightmare" title="Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare">Awakening the Nightmare</a></i></span>
1889</li>
1890<li id="cite&#95;note-Sacrifice-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sacrifice_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sacrifice_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sacrifice_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Shadows_of_Reach" title="Halo: Shadows of Reach">Halo: Shadows of Reach</a></i> - <a href="/Adjunct" title="Adjunct">Adjunct</a>: <a href="/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">Sacrifice</a> </span>
1891</li>
1892<li id="cite&#95;note-DW-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DW_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DW_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Divine Wind</i> </span>
1893</li>
1894<li id="cite&#95;note-ET6-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET6_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET6_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET6_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET6_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET6_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 6 </span>
1895</li>
1896<li id="cite&#95;note-ET11-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET11_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET11_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 11 </span>
1897</li>
1898<li id="cite&#95;note-ET12-27">
1898<span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET12_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET12_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET12_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET12_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 12 </span>
1899</li>
1900<li id="cite&#95;note-ET10-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET10_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET10_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 10 </span>
1901</li>
1902<li id="cite&#95;note-ET16-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET16_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET16_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 16 </span>
1903</li>
1904<li id="cite&#95;note-ET32-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET32_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET32_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 32 </span>
1905</li>
1906<li id="cite&#95;note-ET47-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET47_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET47_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET47_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 47 </span>
1907</li>
1908<li id="cite&#95;note-HII2-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HII2_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Initiation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Initiation_Issue_2" title="Halo: Initiation Issue 2">issue 2</a> </span>
1909</li>
1910<li id="cite&#95;note-LL-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LL_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Fractures" title="Halo: Fractures">Halo: Fractures</a></i> - <a href="/Lessons_Learned" title="Lessons Learned">Lessons Learned</a> </span>
1911</li>
1912<li id="cite&#95;note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Divine_Wind" title="Halo: Divine Wind">Halo: Divine Wind</a></i>, Epilogue </span>
1913</li>
1914<li id="cite&#95;note-HtTS1E9-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HtTS1E9_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Hunt_the_Truth" title="Hunt the Truth">HUNTtheTRUTH</a></i>, season 1, episode <a href="/Episode_09:_Phantoms" title="Episode 09: Phantoms">Episode 09: Phantoms</a> </span>
1915</li>
1916<li id="cite&#95;note-HtTS1E13-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HtTS1E13_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>HUNTtheTRUTH</i>, season 1, episode <a href="/Episode_13:_In_the_Bag" title="Episode 13: In the Bag">Episode 13: In the Bag</a> </span>
1917</li>
1918<li id="cite&#95;note-Env21-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Env21_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Env21_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Env21_37-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Envoy" title="Halo: Envoy">Halo: Envoy</a></i>, chapter 21 </span>
1919</li>
1920<li id="cite&#95;note-Env12-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Env12_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, chapter 12 </span>
1921</li>
1922<li id="cite&#95;note-Env4-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Env4_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, chapter 4 </span>
1923</li>
1924<li id="cite&#95;note-Env13-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Env13_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, chapter 13 </span>
1925</li>
1926<li id="cite&#95;note-Env9-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Env9_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, chapter 9 </span>
1927</li>
1928<li id="cite&#95;note-HtTS2E2-42">
1928<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HtTS2E2_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>HUNTtheTRUTH</i>, season 2, episode <a href="/Episode_02:_From_Fire_to_Blood" title="Episode 02: From Fire to Blood">Episode 02: From Fire to Blood</a> </span>
1929</li>
1930<li id="cite&#95;note-T3L-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-T3L_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-T3L_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-T3L_43-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Third_Life" title="Halo: The Third Life">Halo: The Third Life</a></i> </span>
1931</li>
1932<li id="cite&#95;note-ET5-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ET5_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ET5_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Empty_Throne" title="Halo: Empty Throne">Halo: Empty Throne</a></i>, chapter 5 </span>
1933</li>
1934<li id="cite&#95;note-HVS-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HVS_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Venezian_Sonata" title="Halo: Venezian Sonata">Halo: Venezian Sonata</a></i> </span>
1935</li>
1936<li id="cite&#95;note-UJ-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-UJ_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Jiralhanae</a>:  <i>"The resulting conflict would be called the Great Schism, and it would divide the Covenant into two, ultimately forcing the Sangheili out."</i> <small>(Retrieved on Oct 27, 2015)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151027000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae">[archive]</a></small></span>
1937</li>
1938<li id="cite&#95;note-TheReturn-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheReturn_47-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheReturn_47-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheReturn_47-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Evolutions" title="Halo: Evolutions">Halo: Evolutions</a></i> - <a href="/The_Return" title="The Return">The Return</a>:  <i>"It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Brutes with powerful new weapons, hoping that they would in turn defend their Prophets against our wrath. But when the Prophets went into hiding, the lack of leadership allowed the Brutes to return to their savage nature and they soon began to fight against each other. This lack of solidarity made them much easier prey. Some of my fellow commanders continue that fight even now."</i> </span>
1939</li>
1940<li id="cite&#95;note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_3" title="Halo 3">Halo 3</a></i>, multiplayer map <a href="/Assembly" title="Assembly">Assembly</a> </span>
1941</li>
1942<li id="cite&#95;note-HE1-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE1_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE1_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_1" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 1">issue 1</a> </span>
1943</li>
1944<li id="cite&#95;note-FC-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FC_50-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FC_50-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FC_50-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Fifth_Canticle" title="Halo: Fifth Canticle">Halo: Fifth Canticle</a></i> </span>
1945</li>
1946<li id="cite&#95;note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: The Thursday War</i>, page 442 </span>
1947</li>
1948<li id="cite&#95;note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: The Thursday War</i>, page 441 </span>
1949</li>
1950<li id="cite&#95;note-escalation5-53">
1950<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-escalation5_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, issue 5:  <i>"What does it mean to be 'Covenant' today? A hundred warlords claim they rule the Covenant, but each of them leads only a small faction."</i> </span>
1951</li>
1952<li id="cite&#95;note-Catalog-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Catalog_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315"><b>Halo Waypoint</b>: <i>Catalog Interaction - Page 14</i></a></span>
1953</li>
1954<li id="cite&#95;note-KTB-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KTB_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KTB_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Tales from Slipspace</i> - <a href="/Knight_Takes_Bishop" title="Knight Takes Bishop">Knight Takes Bishop</a> </span>
1955</li>
1956<li id="cite&#95;note-CFLocalUnits-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFLocalUnits_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/golden-clouds"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Community Update - Golden Clouds</a> <small>(Retrieved on Aug 21, 2017)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170821000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/golden-clouds">[archive]</a></small></span>
1957</li>
1958<li id="cite&#95;note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: The Thursday War</i>, page 329 </span>
1959</li>
1960<li id="cite&#95;note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Mortal_Dictata" title="Halo: Mortal Dictata">Halo: Mortal Dictata</a></i>, page 12 </span>
1961</li>
1962<li id="cite&#95;note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 139-140 </span>
1963</li>
1964<li id="cite&#95;note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 436 </span>
1965</li>
1966<li id="cite&#95;note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 336 </span>
1967</li>
1968<li id="cite&#95;note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 442 </span>
1969</li>
1970<li id="cite&#95;note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 457 </span>
1971</li>
1972<li id="cite&#95;note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Mortal Dictata</i>, page 458 </span>
1973</li>
1974<li id="cite&#95;note-CFAzure-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFAzure_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-azure-noir"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Azure Noir</a> <small>(Retrieved on Jul 11, 2018)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180711000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-azure-noir">[archive]</a></small></span>
1975</li>
1976<li id="cite&#95;note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/frederic-104"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Fredric-104</a> <small>(Retrieved on Mar 19, 2021)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210319000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us
1976/universe/characters/frederic-104">[archive]</a></small></span>
1977</li>
1978<li id="cite&#95;note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Linda-058</a> <small>(Retrieved on Nov 3, 2015)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151103000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058">[archive]</a></small></span>
1979</li>
1980<li id="cite&#95;note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Fractures</i> - <a href="/A_Necessary_Truth" title="A Necessary Truth">A Necessary Truth</a> </span>
1981</li>
1982<li id="cite&#95;note-Ret-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ret_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Retribution" title="Halo: Retribution">Halo: Retribution</a></i> </span>
1983</li>
1984<li id="cite&#95;note-hnf-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hnf_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Nightfall" title="Halo: Nightfall">Halo: Nightfall</a></i> </span>
1985</li>
1986<li id="cite&#95;note-h5&#95;blue&#95;team-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-h5_blue_team_71-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-h5_blue_team_71-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-h5_blue_team_71-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-h5_blue_team_71-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Blue_Team" title="H5G:Blue Team">Blue Team</a> </span>
1987</li>
1988<li id="cite&#95;note-otb-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-otb_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Tales from Slipspace</i> - <a href="/On_the_Brink" title="On the Brink">On the Brink</a> </span>
1989</li>
1990<li id="cite&#95;note-HTT8-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HTT8_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>HUNTtheTRUTH</i>, season 1, episode <a href="/Episode_08:_Drip,_Drip,_Drip" title="Episode 08: Drip, Drip, Drip">Episode 08: Drip, Drip, Drip</a> </span>
1991</li>
1992<li id="cite&#95;note-HTT10-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HTT10_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>HUNTtheTRUTH</i>, season 1, episode <a href="/Episode_10:_Gag_Order" title="Episode 10: Gag Order">Episode 10: Gag Order</a> </span>
1993</li>
1994<li id="cite&#95;note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_11" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 11">issue 11</a> </span>
1995</li>
1996<li id="cite&#95;note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_12" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 12">issue 12</a> </span>
1997</li>
1998<li id="cite&#95;note-DW1-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DW1_77-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DW1_77-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DW1_77-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Divine Wind</i>, chapter 1 </span>
1999</li>
2000<li id="cite&#95;note-DW11-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DW11_78-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Divine Wind</i>, chapter 11 </span>
2001</li>
2002<li id="cite&#95;note-ET9-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ET9_79-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 9 </span>
2003</li>
2004<li id="cite&#95;note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us
2004/games/halo-spartan-strike/windows"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>: <i>Halo: Spartan Strike</i></a> ("<i>...the historic first missions of the Spartan Ops program...</i>")</span>
2005</li>
2006<li id="cite&#95;note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_4:_The_Essential_Visual_Guide" title="Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide">Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide</a></i>: Armors </span>
2007</li>
2008<li id="cite&#95;note-CFHaveSmoa-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFHaveSmoa_82-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Have S'moa</a> <small>(Retrieved on Mar 28, 2019)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190328000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa">[archive]</a></small></span>
2009</li>
2010<li id="cite&#95;note-HLCDD3-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HLCDD3_83-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Legendary_Crate" title="Halo Legendary Crate">Halo Legendary Crate</a></i> - <a href="/Halo_Legendary_Crate/Data_Drops" title="Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops">Data Drop #3</a>: <a href="/File:LC_003_Doc1.png" title="File:LC 003 Doc1.png">Interspecies Relations</a>  <small></small></span>
2011</li>
2012<li id="cite&#95;note-rp14-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rp14_84-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_The_Rubicon_Protocol" title="Halo: The Rubicon Protocol">Halo: The Rubicon Protocol</a></i>, chapter 14 </span>
2013</li>
2014<li id="cite&#95;note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://youtu.be/rKjakadAOic"><i>YouTube</i> - VG247.com, Halo: Spartan Assault - Debut Gameplay Reveal - Top Down Halo Shooter Revealed</a> <small>(Retrieved on Jun 4, 2013) </small></span>
2015</li>
2016<li id="cite&#95;note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Spartan_Assault" title="Halo: Spartan Assault">Halo: Spartan Assault</a></i>, campaign level <a href="/Mission_26:_Battle_at_the_Arid_Sea" title="Mission 26: Battle at the Arid Sea">Mission 26: Battle at the Arid Sea</a> </span>
2017</li>
2018<li id="cite&#95;note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Spartan Assault</i>, campaign level <a href="/Mission_30:_The_Source" title="Mission 30: The Source">Mission 30: The Source</a> </span>
2019</li>
2020<li id="cite&#95;note-HitD-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HitD_88-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Hunters_in_the_Dark" title="Halo: Hunters in the Dark">Halo: Hunters in the Dark</a></i> </span>
2021</li>
2022<li id="cite&#95;note-HE17-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE17_89-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_17" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 17">issue 17</a> </span>
2023</li>
2024<li id="cite&#95;note-Saturn-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Saturn_90-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Saturn_90-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Saturn_90-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Saturn_90-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Saturn_Devouring_His_Son" title="Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son">Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son</a></i> </span>
2025</li>
2026<li id="cite&#95;note-Season5intel-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Season5intel_91-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/reckoning-intel"><i>Halo Waypoint</i> - Halo Infinite, Reckoning Intel</a> <small>
2026(Retrieved on Nov 14, 2023) <a href="/Halo_Infinite_Story_%26_Intel#Season_5" title="Halo Infinite Story &amp; Intel">[local archive]</a> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231114000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/reckoning-intel">[external archive]</a></small></span>
2027</li>
2028<li id="cite&#95;note-Atropos-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Atropos_92-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Atropos_92-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Atropos_92-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Ascension_on_Atropos" title="Halo: Ascension on Atropos">Halo: Ascension on Atropos</a></i> </span>
2029</li>
2030<li id="cite&#95;note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Primordium" title="Halo: Primordium">Halo: Primordium</a></i> </span>
2031</li>
2032<li id="cite&#95;note-Renegades-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Renegades_94-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Renegades</i> </span>
2033</li>
2034<li id="cite&#95;note-Smoke&#95;and&#95;Shadow-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smoke_and_Shadow_95-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Smoke and Shadow</i> </span>
2035</li>
2036<li id="cite&#95;note-HLCDD4-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HLCDD4_96-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLCDD4_96-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HLCDD4_96-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Legendary_Crate" title="Halo Legendary Crate">Halo Legendary Crate</a></i> - <a href="/Halo_Legendary_Crate/Data_Drops" title="Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops">Data Drop #4</a>: <a href="/File:LC_004_Doc1.jpg" title="File:LC 004 Doc1.jpg">The Fir</a><a href="/File:LC_004_Doc2.jpg" title="File:LC 004 Doc2.jpg">e's wake</a>  <small></small></span>
2037</li>
2038<li id="cite&#95;note-h4for-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-h4for_97-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-h4for_97-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, campaign level <a href="/H4:Forerunner" title="H4:Forerunner">Forerunner</a> </span>
2039</li>
2040<li id="cite&#95;note-h4dawn-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-h4dawn_98-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, campaign level <a href="/H4:Dawn" title="H4:Dawn">Dawn</a> </span>
2041</li>
2042<li id="cite&#95;note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, campaign level <a href="/H4:Shutdown" title="H4:Shutdown">Shutdown</a> </span>
2043</li>
2044<li id="cite&#95;note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, campaign level <a href="/H4:Composer" title="H4:Composer">Composer</a> </span>
2045</li>
2046<li id="cite&#95;note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, campaign level <a href="/H4:Midnight" title="H4:Midnight">Midnight</a> </span>
2047</li>
2048<li id="cite&#95;note-HE8-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE8_102-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE8_102-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE8_102-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_8" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 8">issue 8</a> </span>
2049</li>
2050<li id="cite&#95;note-HE9-103">
2050<span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE9_103-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE9_103-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_9" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 9">issue 9</a> </span>
2051</li>
2052<li id="cite&#95;note-CFStriking-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFStriking_104-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-striking-features"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Striking Features</a> <small>(Retrieved on Apr 6, 2019)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190406000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-striking-features">[archive]</a></small></span>
2053</li>
2054<li id="cite&#95;note-ss20-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ss20_105-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Spartan_Strike" title="Halo: Spartan Strike">Halo: Spartan Strike</a></i>, campaign level <a href="/Mission_20:_Serve_and_Protect" title="Mission 20: Serve and Protect">Mission 20: Serve and Protect</a> </span>
2055</li>
2056<li id="cite&#95;note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Spartan Strike</i>, campaign level <a href="/Mission_30:_Hold_the_Line" title="Mission 30: Hold the Line">Mission 30: Hold the Line</a> </span>
2057</li>
2058<li id="cite&#95;note-HE10-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE10_107-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE10_107-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_10" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 10">issue 10</a> </span>
2059</li>
2060<li id="cite&#95;note-Epi5-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Epi5_108-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Epitaph" title="Halo: Epitaph">Halo: Epitaph</a></i>, chapter 15 </span>
2061</li>
2062<li id="cite&#95;note-Epi20-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Epi20_109-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Epitaph</i>, chapter 20 </span>
2063</li>
2064<li id="cite&#95;note-SO-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SO_110-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 4</i>, <a href="/Spartan_Ops" title="Spartan Ops">Spartan Ops</a></span>
2065</li>
2066<li id="cite&#95;note-esc13-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-esc13_111-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-esc13_111-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_13" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 13">issue 13</a> </span>
2067</li>
2068<li id="cite&#95;note-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Graveworld" title="Halo: Graveworld">Halo: Graveworld</a></i> </span>
2069</li>
2070<li id="cite&#95;note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-wars-2-new-character-images-and-details-revea/1100-6442098/"><i>Gamespot</i>, Halo Wars 2: New Character Images and Details Revealed</a>:  <i>"This arrangement was deeply unpleasant for the Shipmaster, especially since Elites were used to lording over the Brutes during the time of the Covenant…"</i> <small>(Retrieved on Jul 27, 2016)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160727000000/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-wars-2-new-character-images-and-details-revea/1100-6442098/">[archive]</a></small></span>
2071</li>
2072<li id="cite&#95;note-ROA4-114"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ROA4_114-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Rise_of_Atriox" title="Halo: Rise of Atriox">Halo: Rise of Atriox</a></i>, <a href="/Halo:_Rise_of_Atriox_Issue_4" title="Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 4">issue 4</a> </span>
2073</li>
2074<li id="cite&#95;note-Target02-115">
2074<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Target02_115-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Infinite" title="Halo Infinite">Halo Infinite</a></i>, <a href="/High_Value_Target" title="High Value Target">High Value Target</a> dossier, <a href="/Thav_%27Sebarim" title="Thav &#39;Sebarim">Thav 'Sebarim</a></span>
2075</li>
2076<li id="cite&#95;note-Target01-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Target01_116-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, <a href="/High_Value_Target" title="High Value Target">High Value Target</a> dossier, <a href="/Inka_%27Saham" title="Inka &#39;Saham">Inka 'Saham</a></span>
2077</li>
2078<li id="cite&#95;note-ROA5-117"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ROA5_117-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Rise of Atriox</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Rise_of_Atriox_Issue_5" title="Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 5">issue 5</a> </span>
2079</li>
2080<li id="cite&#95;note-118"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, chapter 12 </span>
2081</li>
2082<li id="cite&#95;note-Enc22p247-119"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Enc22p247_119-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)</i>, page 247 </span>
2083</li>
2084<li id="cite&#95;note-Enc22p255-120"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Enc22p255_120-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)</i>, page 255 </span>
2085</li>
2086<li id="cite&#95;note-ET3-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ET3_121-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 3 </span>
2087</li>
2088<li id="cite&#95;note-blood-moon-122"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-blood-moon_122-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Battle_for_the_Blood-Moon" title="Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon">Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon</a></i> </span>
2089</li>
2090<li id="cite&#95;note-EODepilogue-123"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EODepilogue_123-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Edge_of_Dawn" title="Halo: Edge of Dawn">Halo: Edge of Dawn</a></i>, Epilogue </span>
2091</li>
2092<li id="cite&#95;note-124"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Aileron" title="Halo: Aileron">Halo: Aileron</a></i> </span>
2093</li>
2094<li id="cite&#95;note-SiteUnseen-125"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SiteUnseen_125-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, <a href="/Site_Unseen" title="Site Unseen">Site Unseen</a></span>
2095</li>
2096<li id="cite&#95;note-BFTA1-126"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BFTA1_126-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BFTA1_126-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Battle_for_the_Academy_-_Part_1" title="Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1">Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1</a></i> </span>
2097</li>
2098<li id="cite&#95;note-BFTA2-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BFTA2_127-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Battle_for_the_Academy_-_Part_2" title="Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2">Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2</a></i> </span>
2099</li>
2100<li id="cite&#95;note-CFFalcFic-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFFalcFic_128-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-falcon-fiction-flight"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Falcon Fiction Flight</a> <small>(Retrieved on Aug 6, 2025)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250806000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-falcon-fiction-flight">[archive]</a></small></span>
2101</li>
2102<li id="cite&#95;note-HE2-129">
2102<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE2_129-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_2" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 2">issue 2</a> </span>
2103</li>
2104<li id="cite&#95;note-HE3-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE3_130-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE3_130-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_3" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 3">issue 3</a> </span>
2105</li>
2106<li id="cite&#95;note-HE4-131"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE4_131-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE4_131-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_4" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 4">issue 4</a> </span>
2107</li>
2108<li id="cite&#95;note-esc6-132"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-esc6_132-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-esc6_132-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_6" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 6">issue 6</a> </span>
2109</li>
2110<li id="cite&#95;note-esc7-133"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-esc7_133-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_7" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 7">issue 7</a> </span>
2111</li>
2112<li id="cite&#95;note-HE14-134"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE14_134-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_14" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 14">issue 14</a> </span>
2113</li>
2114<li id="cite&#95;note-HE15-135"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE15_135-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_15" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 15">issue 15</a> </span>
2115</li>
2116<li id="cite&#95;note-HE16-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE16_136-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_16" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 16">issue 16</a> </span>
2117</li>
2118<li id="cite&#95;note-HE19-137"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE19_137-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_19" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 19">issue 19</a> </span>
2119</li>
2120<li id="cite&#95;note-HE20-138"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE20_138-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_20" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 20">issue 20</a> </span>
2121</li>
2122<li id="cite&#95;note-HE22-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE22_139-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE22_139-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_22" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 22">issue 22</a> </span>
2123</li>
2124<li id="cite&#95;note-HE23-140"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HE23_140-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_23" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 23">issue 23</a> </span>
2125</li>
2126<li id="cite&#95;note-HE24-141"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HE24_141-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE24_141-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HE24_141-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Escalation</i>, <a href="/Halo:_Escalation_Issue_24" title="Halo: Escalation Issue 24">issue 24</a> </span>
2127</li>
2128<li id="cite&#95;note-E185-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-E185_142-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-E185_142-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, page 185-191 </span>
2129</li>
2130<li id="cite&#95;note-143">
2130<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-143">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i>, page 167-171 </span>
2131</li>
2132<li id="cite&#95;note-144"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Envoy</i> </span>
2133</li>
2134<li id="cite&#95;note-Guardians-145"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Guardians_145-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guardians_145-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guardians_145-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Guardians" title="H5G:Guardians">Guardians</a> </span>
2135</li>
2136<li id="cite&#95;note-HWK-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HWK_146-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Kamchatka</a> <small>(Retrieved on Nov 3, 2015)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151103000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka">[archive]</a></small></span>
2137</li>
2138<li id="cite&#95;note-osiris-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-osiris_147-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Osiris" title="H5G:Osiris">Osiris</a> </span>
2139</li>
2140<li id="cite&#95;note-glassed-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-glassed_148-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Glassed" title="H5G:Glassed">Glassed</a> </span>
2141</li>
2142<li id="cite&#95;note-meridian&#95;station-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-meridian_station_149-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Meridian_Station" title="H5G:Meridian Station">Meridian Station</a> </span>
2143</li>
2144<li id="cite&#95;note-unconfirmed-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-unconfirmed_150-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/Unconfirmed" class="mw-redirect" title="Unconfirmed">Unconfirmed</a> </span>
2145</li>
2146<li id="cite&#95;note-evacuation-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-evacuation_151-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Evacuation" title="H5G:Evacuation">Evacuation</a> </span>
2147</li>
2148<li id="cite&#95;note-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>HUNTtheTRUTH, season 2 </i></span>
2149</li>
2150<li id="cite&#95;note-sos-153"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sos_153-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Swords_of_Sanghelios" title="H5G:Swords of Sanghelios">Swords of Sanghelios</a> </span>
2151</li>
2152<li id="cite&#95;note-alliance-154"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-alliance_154-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Alliance" title="H5G:Alliance">Alliance</a> </span>
2153</li>
2154<li id="cite&#95;note-enemy&#95;lines-155"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-enemy_lines_155-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Enemy_Lines" title="H5G:Enemy Lines">Enemy Lines</a> </span>
2155</li>
2156<li id="cite&#95;note-sunaion-156"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sunaion_156-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Battle_of_Sunaion" title="H5G:Battle of Sun
2156aion">Battle of Sunaion</a> </span>
2157</li>
2158<li id="cite&#95;note-157"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:Reunion" title="H5G:Reunion">Reunion</a> </span>
2159</li>
2160<li id="cite&#95;note-158"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo 5: Guardians</i>, campaign level <a href="/H5G:The_Breaking" title="H5G:The Breaking">The Breaking</a> </span>
2161</li>
2162<li id="cite&#95;note-ET7-159"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ET7_159-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 7 </span>
2163</li>
2164<li id="cite&#95;note-CFAmore-160"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFAmore_160-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Armory Armore</a> <small>(Retrieved on Oct 24, 2016)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161024000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore">[archive]</a></small></span>
2165</li>
2166<li id="cite&#95;note-CFStormSurge-161"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CFStormSurge_161-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-storm-surge"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Canon Fodder - Storm Surge</a> <small>(Retrieved on Aug 4, 2017)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170804000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-storm-surge">[archive]</a></small></span>
2167</li>
2168<li id="cite&#95;note-Mythos202-162"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mythos202_162-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Mythos:_A_Guide_to_the_Story_of_Halo" title="Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo">Halo Mythos</a></i>, page 202 </span>
2169</li>
2170<li id="cite&#95;note-A&#95;New&#95;Enemy-163"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-A_New_Enemy_163-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A_New_Enemy_163-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:A_New_Enemy" title="HW2:A New Enemy">A New Enemy</a> </span>
2171</li>
2172<li id="cite&#95;note-atriox-164"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-atriox_164-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo_Wars_2_Atriox_Trailer" title="Halo Wars 2 Atriox Trailer">Halo Wars 2 Atriox Trailer</a></i></span>
2173</li>
2174<li id="cite&#95;note-The&#95;Signal-165"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Signal_165-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:The_Signal" title="HW2:The Signal">The Signal</a> </span>
2175</li>
2176<li id="cite&#95;note-Lights&#95;Out-166"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lights_Out_166-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:Lights_Out" title="HW2:Lights Out">Lights Out</a> </span>
2177</li>
2178<li id="cite&#95;note-Under&#95;the&#95;Dark-167"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Under_the_Dark_167-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:Under_the_Dark" title="HW2:Under the Dark">Under the Dark</a> </span>
2179</li>
2180<li id="cite&#95;note-The&#95;Foundry-168"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Foundry_168-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:The_Foundry" title="HW2:The Foundry">The Foundry</a> </span>
2181</li>
2182<li id="cite&#95;note-The&#95;Halo-169"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Halo_169-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:The_Halo" title="HW2:The Halo">The Halo</a> </span>
2183</li>
2184<li id="cite&#95;note-Last&#95;Stand-170">
2184<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Last_Stand_170-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:Last_Stand" title="HW2:Last Stand">Last Stand</a> </span>
2185</li>
2186<li id="cite&#95;note-171"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-171">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/introducing-halo-wars-2-awakening-the-nightmare"><i>Halo Waypoint</i>, Introducing Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare</a> <small>(Retrieved on Jun 12, 2017)  <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170612000000/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/introducing-halo-wars-2-awakening-the-nightmare">[archive]</a></small></span>
2187</li>
2188<li id="cite&#95;note-Manifestation-172"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Manifestation_172-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Wars 2</i> - <a href="/Halo_Wars_2:_Awakening_the_Nightmare" title="Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare">Awakening the Nightmare</a>, campaign level <a href="/HW2:Manifestation" title="HW2:Manifestation">Manifestation</a> </span>
2189</li>
2190<li id="cite&#95;note-SoR-173"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SoR_173-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoR_173-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoR_173-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoR_173-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SoR_173-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Shadows of Reach</i> </span>
2191</li>
2192<li id="cite&#95;note-DW5-174"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DW5_174-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DW5_174-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Divine Wind</i>: Epilogue </span>
2193</li>
2194<li id="cite&#95;note-DW6-175"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DW6_175-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Divine Wind</i>, chapter 6 </span>
2195</li>
2196<li id="cite&#95;note-sorchapt1-176"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sorchapt1_176-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Shadows of Reach</i>, page 43 </span>
2197</li>
2198<li id="cite&#95;note-AudioLogRF04-177"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AudioLogRF04_177-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, <a href="/HINF:Audio_log#Recovered_Files_2" title="HINF:Audio log">UNSC Audio log</a>: Recovered Files #04 - The Weapon</span>
2199</li>
2200<li id="cite&#95;note-Hi-178"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hi_178-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hi_178-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i></span>
2201</li>
2202<li id="cite&#95;note-179"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-179">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Outcasts" title="Halo: Outcasts">Halo: Outcasts</a></i> </span>
2203</li>
2204<li id="cite&#95;note-Epi25-180"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Epi25_180-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Epitaph</i>, chapter 25 </span>
2205</li>
2206<li id="cite&#95;note-Epi26-181"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Epi26_181-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Epitaph</i>, chapter 26 </span>
2207</li>
2208<li id="cite&#95;note-Epi27-182"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Epi27_182-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Epitaph</i>, chapter 27 </span>
2209</li>
2210<li id="cite&#95;note-SM-183"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SM_183-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/Halo:_Still_Midnight" title="Halo: Still Midnight">Halo: Still Midnight</a></i> </span>
2211</li>
2212<li id="cite&#95;note-184"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-184">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, campaign level <a href="/Warship_Gbraakon" title="Warship Gbraakon">Warship Gbraakon</a> </span>
2213</li>
2214<li id="cite&#95;note-185">
2214<span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-185">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, campaign level <a href="/Foundation_(Halo_Infinite)" title="Foundation (Halo Infinite)">Foundation</a> </span>
2215</li>
2216<li id="cite&#95;note-186"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-186">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, campaign level <a href="/The_Command_Spire" title="The Command Spire">The Command Spire</a> </span>
2217</li>
2218<li id="cite&#95;note-187"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-187">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, campaign level <a href="/House_of_Reckoning" title="House of Reckoning">House of Reckoning</a> </span>
2219</li>
2220<li id="cite&#95;note-Silent&#95;Auditorium-188"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Silent_Auditorium_188-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Silent_Auditorium_188-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo Infinite</i>, campaign level <a href="/Silent_Auditorium" title="Silent Auditorium">Silent Auditorium</a> </span>
2221</li>
2222<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD7-189"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD7_189-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 7 </span>
2223</li>
2224<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD8-190"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD8_190-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 8 </span>
2225</li>
2226<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD9-191"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD9_191-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 9 </span>
2227</li>
2228<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD11-192"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD11_192-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 11 </span>
2229</li>
2230<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD12-193"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD12_193-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 12 </span>
2231</li>
2232<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD10-194"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD10_194-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 10 </span>
2233</li>
2234<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD15-195"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD15_195-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 15 </span>
2235</li>
2236<li id="cite&#95;note-EOD16-196"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EOD16_196-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Edge of Dawn</i>, chapter 16 </span>
2237</li>
2238<li id="cite&#95;note-197"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-197">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Outcasts</i>, chapter 4 </span>
2239</li>
2240<li id="cite&#95;note-198"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-198">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Halo: Empty Throne</i>, chapter 48 </span>
2241</li>
2242</ol></div>
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2256</td></tr>
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2258<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2553" title="2553">2553</a></div>
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2260<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-odd"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2261<a href="/Raid_on_UNSC_Infinity" title="Raid on UNSC Infinity">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a> • <a href="/Siege_at_Kolaar" title="Siege at Kolaar">Sanghelios (I)</a> • <a href="/Skirmish_on_Pious_Inquisitor" title="Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor"><i>Pious Inquisitor</i></a> • <a href="/Operation:_INSTINCT" title="Operation: INSTINCT">Andesia</a> • <a href="/Operation:_CARRION_HEART" title="Operation: CARRION HEART">CARRION HEART</a> • <a href="/Operation:_FLINT_DEVIL" title="Operation: FLINT DEVIL">Installation 03 (I)</a> • <a href="/Operation:_JOVIAN_WHISTLE" title="Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE">Gao</a> • <a href="/Raid_of_Kostroda" title="Raid of Kostroda">Kostroda</a> • <a href="/Attack_on_Rahnelo" title="Attack on Rahnelo">Rahnelo</a> • <a href="/Ambush_at_Duraan" title="Ambush at Duraan">Duraan</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_the_Prototype_Halo_installation" title="Battle of the Prototype Halo installation">Prototype Halo installation</a> • <a href="/Operation:_RETRIBUTION" title="Operation: RETRIBUTION">RETRIBUTION</a> • <a href="/Operation:_INTERIOR_EXILE" title="Operation: INTERIOR EXILE">Unknown moon</a></div>
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2267<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2554" title="2554">2554</a></div>
2268</td>
2269<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2270<a href="/Draco_III_rebellion" title="Draco III rebellion">Draco III</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Draetheus_V" title="Battle of Draetheus V">Draetheus V</a> • <a href="/Concord_incident" title="Concord incident">Concord</a></div>
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2274</td></tr>
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2276<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2555" title="2555">2555</a></div>
2277</td>
2278<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2279<a href="/Operation:_FAR_STORM" title="Operation: FAR STORM">Installation 00 (I)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Earth_(2555)" title="Battle of Earth (2555)">
2279Earth (I)</a> • <a href="/Operation:_COALPEPPER" title="Operation: COALPEPPER">Talitsa</a></div>
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2282<td>
2283</td></tr>
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2285<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2556" title="2556">2556</a></div>
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2287<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2288<a href="/Terrorist_attack_on_Sedra_City" title="Terrorist attack on Sedra City">Sedra City</a> • <a href="/Mission_to_Alpha_Shard" title="Mission to Alpha Shard">Alpha Shard</a> • <a href="/Mission_to_Cleyell" title="Mission to Cleyell">Cleyell</a> • <a href="/Operation:_SHELL_GAME" title="Operation: SHELL GAME">Threshold exclusion zone</a> • <a href="/Outbreak_at_Site_22" title="Outbreak at Site 22">Site 22 outbreak</a></div>
2289</td></tr>
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2292</td></tr>
2293<tr>
2294<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2557" title="2557">2557</a></div>
2295</td>
2296<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2297<a href="/Mission_to_the_Korinth_Prior_system" title="Mission to the Korinth Prior system">Korinth Prior</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Requiem" title="Battle of Requiem">Requiem (I)</a> <small>(<a href="/Operation:_WHIRLPOOL?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation: WHIRLPOOL (page does not exist)">WHIRLPOOL</a>)</small> • <a href="/Raid_on_Ivanoff_Station" title="Raid on Ivanoff Station">Ivanoff Station</a> • <a href="/New_Phoenix_Incident" title="New Phoenix Incident">New Phoenix (I)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Installation_03" title="Battle of Installation 03">Installation 03 (II)</a> • <a href="/Skirmish_in_New_Phoenix" title="Skirmish in New Phoenix">New Phoenix (II)</a> • <a href="/Mission_to_Installation_03" title="Mission to Installation 03">Installation 03 (III)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Mars_(2557)" title="Battle of Mars (2557)">Mars</a> • <a href="/Mission_to_Mount_Kilimanjaro" title="Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro">Kilimanjaro</a></div>
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2303<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2558" title="2558">2558</a></div>
2304</td>
2305<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2306<a href="/Requiem_Campaign" title="Requiem Campaign">Requiem (II)</a> <small>(<a href="/Template:Engagements_in_the_Requiem_Campaign" title="Template:Engagements in the Requiem Campaign">Engagements</a>)</small> • <a href="/Battle_of_Ealen_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ealen IV">Ealen IV</a> • <a href="/Ambush_at_Oth_Lodon" title="Ambush at Oth Lodon">Oth Lodon</a> • <a href="/Operation:_WHISTLE_STOP" title="Operation: WHISTLE STOP">Ven III</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Oban" title="Battle of Oban">Oban</a> <small>(<a href="/Operation:_WHITE_VAN" title="Operation: WHITE VAN">WHITE VAN</a>)</small> • <a href="/Battle_of_Aktis_IV" title="Battle of Aktis IV">Aktis IV</a> • <a href="/Carrow_Conflict" title="Carrow Conflict">Carrow</a> <small>(<a href="/Operation:_BUZZHAWK" title="Operation: BUZZHAWK">BUZZHAWK</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_the_Sharquoi_Hive" title="Battle of the Sharquoi Hive">Sharquoi Hive</a>)</small> • <a href="/Operation:_ATHENA" title="Operation: ATHENA">Absolute Record</a> • <a href="/Raid_on_Biko_peace_talks" title="Raid on Biko peace talks">Biko</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Hesduros" title="Battle of Hesduros">Hesduros</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Kamchatka" title="Battle of Kamchatka">Kamchatka</a> • <a href="/Operation:_BIRD_IN_HAND" title="Operation: BIRD IN HAND"><i>Argent Moon</i></a> • <a href="/Cortana_Event" title="Cortana Event">Cortana Event</a> <small>(<a href="/Battle_of_Meridian_(2558)" title="Battle of Meridian (2558)">Meridian</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Genesis" title="Battle of Genesis">Genesis</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Conrad%27s_Point" title="Battle of Conrad&#39;s Point">Conrad's Point</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Laika_III" title="Battle of Laika III">Laika III</a>)</small> • <a href="/Battle_for_Sanghelios" title="Battle for Sanghelios">Sanghelios (II)</a> <small>(<a href="/Battle_of_Nuusra" title="Battle of Nuusra">Nuusra</a>
2306 • <a href="/Battle_of_Sunaion" title="Battle of Sunaion">Sunaion</a>)</small> • <a href="/Subjugation_of_Earth" title="Subjugation of Earth">Earth (II)</a> • <a href="/Subjugation_of_Sanghelios" title="Subjugation of Sanghelios">Sanghelios (III)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Balaho" title="Battle of Balaho">Balaho</a> • <a href="/Mission_to_Luna" title="Mission to Luna">Luna</a> • <a href="/Skirmish_on_a_Spartan-IV_training_Station?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Skirmish on a Spartan-IV training Station (page does not exist)">Spartan-IV training Station</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Cassidy_III" title="Battle of Cassidy III">Cassidy III</a> • <a href="/Attack_on_Installation_00" title="Attack on Installation 00">Installation 00 (II)</a> • <a href="/Second_Onyx_conflict" title="Second Onyx conflict">Onyx</a></div>
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2312<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2559" title="2559">2559</a></div>
2313</td>
2314<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2315<a href="/Second_Ark_Conflict" title="Second Ark Conflict">Installation 00 (III)</a> <small>(<a href="/Template:Engagements_in_the_Second_Ark_Conflict" title="Template:Engagements in the Second Ark Conflict">Engagements</a>)</small> • <a href="/Operation:_SONATA" title="Operation: SONATA">Venezia (I)</a> • <a href="/Operation:_HOURGLASS" title="Operation: HOURGLASS">HOURGLASS</a> • <a href="/Operation:_WOLFE" title="Operation: WOLFE">Reach</a> • <a href="/Boarding_of_Vigilance_with_Piety" title="Boarding of Vigilance with Piety"><i>Vigilance with Piety</i></a> • <a href="/Battle_of_the_Azorian_Valley?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Azorian Valley (page does not exist)">Terceira</a> • <a href="/Razing_of_Oth_Sonin" title="Razing of Oth Sonin">Oth Sonin</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Venezia" title="Battle of Venezia">Venezia (II)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Netherop_(2559)" title="Battle of Netherop (2559)">Netherop</a> • <a href="/Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Battle for Zeta Halo">Installation 07</a> <small>(<a href="/Battle_over_Installation_07" title="Battle over Installation 07">UNSC <i>Infinity</i></a>)</small> • <a href="/Battle_of_Earth_(2559)" title="Battle of Earth (2559)">
2315Earth (III)</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Boundary" title="Battle of Boundary">Boundary</a></div>
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2319</td></tr>
2320<tr>
2321<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0"><a href="/2560" title="2560">2560</a></div>
2322</td>
2323<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2324<a href="/Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Battle for Zeta Halo">Installation 07</a> <small>(<a href="/Template:Engagements_in_the_Battle_for_Zeta_Halo" title="Template:Engagements in the Battle for Zeta Halo">Engagments</a>)</small> • <a href="/Battle_of_Dormire_III?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Dormire III (page does not exist)">Dormire III</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Suban" title="Battle of Suban">Suban</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Nysa" title="Battle of Nysa">Nysa</a> • <a href="/Operation:_HIVEBREAKER" title="Operation: HIVEBREAKER">HIVEBREAKER</a></div>
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2330<td class="navbox-group default" style=";;"><div style="padding:1px 0 0">Unknown date</div>
2331</td>
2332<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2333<a href="/Operation:_BRONZE_COBRA" title="Operation: BRONZE COBRA">Venezia</a> (2553-2557) •  <a href="/Charion_VI" title="Charion VI">Charion VI</a> (2554-2555) • <a href="/Gaenir_Beta" title="Gaenir Beta">Gaenir Beta</a> (2554-2555) • <a href="/New_Caracas" title="New Caracas">New Caracas</a> (2554-2555) • <a href="/Operation:_KINETIC_STORM" title="Operation: KINETIC STORM">Joint occupation zone</a> (2553-2555) • <a href="/Operation:_BELLINGHAM" title="Operation: BELLINGHAM">BELLINGHAM</a> (Pre-2555) • <a href="/Operation:_LATE_TAXI" title="Operation: LATE TAXI">LATE TAXI</a> (Pre-2555) • <a href="/Operation:_OCEAN_RAPTOR" title="Operation: OCEAN RAPTOR">OCEAN RAPTOR</a> (2555-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_ATLAS_VIGILANCE" title="Operation: ATLAS VIGILANCE">Salia III</a> (2555-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_SENTRY" title="Operation: SENTRY">Tribute negotiation</a> (2555-2558) • <a href="/Cascade" title="Cascade">Cascade</a> (pre-2557) • <a href="/Terceira_campaign" title="Terceira campaign">Terceira</a> (pre-2557) • <a href="/Thales" title="Thales">Thales Expedition</a> (pre-2557) • <a href="/Operation:_COUGAR_REDEMPTION" title="Operation: COUGAR REDEMPTION">COUGAR REDEMPTION</a> (pre-2557) • <a href="/Operation:_DELHI" title="Operation: DELHI">Hat Yai</a> (2556-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_MAD_HATTER" title="Operation: MAD HATTER"><i>Boundless Artifice</i></a> (2556-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_EASTERN_AZURE" title="Operation: EASTERN AZURE">Arcadia</a> (2556-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_DAWN_ECLIPSE" title="Operation: DAWN ECLIPSE">DAWN ECLIPSE</a> (2556-2558) • <a href="/Operation:_POLECAT" title="Operation: POLECAT">POLECAT</a> (pre-2558) • <a href="/Siege_of_Palghanar" title="Siege of Palghanar">Palghanar</a> • <a href="/Battle_of_Harrow" title="Battle of Harrow">Harrow</a> • <a href="/Operation:_THRONE" title="Operation: THRONE">THRONE</a> • <a href="/Operation:_STONEBREAK" title="Operation: STONEBREAK">STONEBREAK</a></div>
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2341<td style="text-align:left;border-left:2px solid transparent; width:100%;padding:0;;;" class="navbox-list default navbox-even"><div style="padding:1px 3px 0">
2342<a href="/Netherop_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherop conflict">Netherop conflict</a> <small>(2526-2559)</small> <a href="/Sangheili-Jiralhanae_war" title="Sangheili-Jiralhanae war">Sangheili-Jiralhanae war</a> (2552-ongoing) • <a href="/Blooding_Years" title="Blooding Years">Blooding Years</a> (2553-ongoing) • <a href="/Keepers_Eradication_Campaign" title="Keepers Eradication Campaign">Keepers Eradication Campaign</a> (2557-2558) • <a href="/Created_uprising" title="Created uprising">Created uprising</a> <small>(<a href="/Template:Created_conflict" title="Template:Created conflict">Engagements</a>)</small> (2558-2559)</div>
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2361<b><a href="/Plague_War" title="Plague War">Plague War</a></b> (c. <a href="/107,445_BCE" title="107,445 BCE">107,445 BCE</a> - <a href="/106,445_BCE" title="106,445 BCE">106,445 BCE</a>) • <b><a href="/Battle_of_Thermopylae" title="Battle of Thermopylae">Battle of Thermopylae</a></b> • <b><a href="/Diadochi_conflicts" title="Diadochi conflicts">Diadochi conflicts</a></b> • <b><a href="/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></b> • <b><a href="/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></b> • <b><a href="/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></b> (<a href="/1939" title="1939">1939</a>-<a href="/1945" title="1945">1945</a>) • <b><a href="/Jovian_Moons_Campaign" title="Jovian Moons Campaign">Jovian Moons Campaign</a></b> (<a href="/2160" title="2160">2160</a>) • <b><a href="/Rainforest_Wars" title="Rainforest Wars">Rainforest Wars</a></b> (<a href="/2162" title="2162">2162</a>) • <b><a href="/Battle_of_Delambre" title="Battle of Delambre">Battle of Delambre</a></b> (<a href="/2163" title="2163">2163</a>) • <b><a href="/Mars_Campaign" title="Mars Campaign">Mars Campaign</a></b> (2163) • <b><a href="/Interplanetary_War" title="Interplanetary War">Interplanetary War</a></b> (<a href="/2164" title="2164">2164</a> - <a href="/2170" title="2170">2170</a>) • <b><a href="/Hydra_System_Massacres" title="Hydra System Massacres">Hydra System Massacres</a></b> • <b><a href="/Inner_Colony_Wars" title="Inner Colony Wars">Inner Colony Wars</a></b> (post-<a href="/2362" title="2362">2362</a>) • <b><a href="/Insurrection" title="Insurrection">Insurrection</a></b> (<a href="/2494" title="2494">2494</a>-<a href="/2537" title="2537">2537</a>, resurgence: <a href="/2553" title="2553">2553</a>-ongoing) (<a href="/Template:Insurrection" title="Template:Insurrection">Battles</a>) • <b><a href="/Human-Covenant_War" title="Human-Covenant War">Human-Covenant War</a></b> (<a href="/2525" title="2525">2525</a> - <a href="/2552" title="2552">2552</a>) (<a href="/Template:Human-Covenant_War" title="Template:Human-Covenant War">Battles</a>) • <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Post-Covenant War conflicts</a></b> (2553 - ongoing) (<a href="/Template:Post-Covenant_War_conflicts" title="Template:Post-Covenant War conflicts">Battles</a>)</div>
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