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By the morning of September 22, the majority of the Covenant ships of the Fleet of Particular Justice abandoned [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] and took cover behind Threshold to avoid debris from the ring.<ref name="reprint"/> The remaining [[List of "seven" references in Halo| | By the morning of September 22, the majority of the Covenant ships of the Fleet of Particular Justice abandoned [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] and took cover behind Threshold to avoid debris from the ring.<ref name="reprint"/> The remaining [[List of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] ships under the command of the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' eventually moved out of the cover of the gas giant and begun to search the debris field, likely to monitor for any Flood activity or survivors. | ||
Unbeknown to the Covenant, [[John-117]] and several other [[UNSC]] personnel escaped before the destruction of Installation 04. John, onboard a [[GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword interceptor]] and with the aid of [[Cortana]], managed to locate the [[Cryo-chamber]] of [[Linda-058]], which had been jettisoned out of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} before it crashed on the ring. Soon, another signal was detected from a UNSC [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]], hiding behind a piece of debris from Installation 04. Unfortunately, the Covenant soon spotted the humans. Cortana maneuvered the Longsword into a slingshot orbit around [[Basis]], Threshold's [[moon]], and while on the moon's far side, they picked up the survivors from the Pelican. The survivors abandoned the dropship, loaded it with multiple [[Moray Space Mine]]s and sent it ahead of them as they prepared to hijack the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', the flagship of the Covenant fleet. Coming around Basis, they faced multiple [[Type-31 XMF|Seraph fighters]], but managed to destroy them with Moray mines. | Unbeknown to the Covenant, [[John-117]] and several other [[UNSC]] personnel escaped before the destruction of Installation 04. John, onboard a [[GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword interceptor]] and with the aid of [[Cortana]], managed to locate the [[Cryo-chamber]] of [[Linda-058]], which had been jettisoned out of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} before it crashed on the ring. Soon, another signal was detected from a UNSC [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]], hiding behind a piece of debris from Installation 04. Unfortunately, the Covenant soon spotted the humans. Cortana maneuvered the Longsword into a slingshot orbit around [[Basis]], Threshold's [[moon]], and while on the moon's far side, they picked up the survivors from the Pelican. The survivors abandoned the dropship, loaded it with multiple [[Moray Space Mine]]s and sent it ahead of them as they prepared to hijack the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', the flagship of the Covenant fleet. Coming around Basis, they faced multiple [[Type-31 XMF|Seraph fighters]], but managed to destroy them with Moray mines. | ||