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 Despite this new and surprising defense, Covenant and human forces were able to battle their way through the legions of Flood and Sentinel constructs. Elements of both parties eventually reached the gondola entrance points to the Library of Delta Halo. [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]], [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sgt. Johnson]] and a number of Marines entered the Library first. They were quickly followed by the Arbiter and a squad of [[Sangheili]] SpecOps troops. [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee stayed behind to defend the Gondola station.
-===The Library===
 Human forces had gained access to the Library first, but only by a matter of minutes. The Arbiter exited the Gondala while his fellow Sangheili warriors stayed aboard to guard it, as it was the only entrance/exit.<ref name="Gondola">[[Halo 2]], [[Quarantine Zone (level)]] "We shall protect this vessel. It may be our only means of escape. Retrieve the Icon, Arbiter, for the Covenant, and the Journey!", Special Operations Sangheili</ref> Upon exploring the interior of the Library, it was clear that the humans had faced stiff opposition, all but two of their forces had died combating the Flood and Sentinels already within its walls.
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 ===Conclusion===
 The battle itself was from a strategic stand point, a Covenant victory. They succeeded in not only obtaining the Index but captured all of the Marines that were not infected (the Covenant were well aware that to activate the rings a human hand was required). The Flood on the other hand, won a tactical victory, succeeding in not only escaping Installation 05 but gained the means to spread to other worlds through infesting all the nearby ships (i.e. ''In Amber Clad''). The UNSC forces, on the other hand, failed to recover the Index and were almost completely killed or captured by the Covenant or infected by the Flood and the Forerunner constructs, without the leadership of 2401 Penitent Tangent could not stop the Flood from escaping the ring.
-== Possible human-Sentinel alliance ==
-{{Conjecture}}
-There is supporting evidence to entail and suggest that the Marines were never attacked by Sentinels but were in fact ''assisted'' by them. This is not out of the question because, like on Installation 04, the Sentinels might have identified the Marines as Reclaimers, rather than how [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] branded the humans as an "aboriginal subspecies" on [[Onyx]].
-For starters, the Arbiter encounters an enormous and massive number of human combat forms inside the Sentinel Wall immediately after he deactivates the shield. This suggests that the humans had been deployed much earlier which should have been impossible. First of all, the marines should not have been able to deploy immediately after the barrier went down because ''In Amber Clad'' would've first had to slip past the Covenant forces that were moving in to secure the inner wall. However, if the Sentinels had chosen to assist the marines, they would've deactivated a small portion of the barrier to let them in. Also, in the area where the UNSC [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] flies over head, there are a number of Sentinels and even an [[Enforcer]] present. None of which seem to show any hostility towards the Pelican. Another factor is simply that considering how much trouble Covenant Elites had getting inside the Library, it doesn't seem likely that the marines would've been able to get past the Flood and the Sentinels. However, if the Sentinels had been helping them, then it is much more likely that they would have succeeded.
-{{Conjecture end}}{{Clear}}
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