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The [[Covenant]] discovered the location of Installation 04 after the Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] followed the single [[UNSC]] cruiser, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, which was fleeing from the [[Battle of Reach]] through slipspace. It is assumed that the Covenant knew about the Ring as the [[Prophets]] all have a holographic representation of them on their headdresses and Cortana saying previously that she used the coordinates received by the beam in [[The Fall of Reach]]. Due to the Covenant's faster [[Slipspace]] capabilities they arrived before the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''. | The [[Covenant]] discovered the location of Installation 04 after the Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] followed the single [[UNSC]] cruiser, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, which was fleeing from the [[Battle of Reach]] through slipspace. It is assumed that the Covenant knew about the Ring as the [[Prophets]] all have a holographic representation of them on their headdresses and Cortana saying previously that she used the coordinates received by the beam in [[The Fall of Reach]]. Due to the Covenant's faster [[Slipspace]] capabilities they arrived before the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''. | ||
The ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' arrived around September 19, 2552 and was promptly shot down by the warding Covenant space forces. At around the same time, the Covenant ground forces on Installation 04 accidentally unleashed the Flood from captivity. The ensuing four-day battle that took place all over the ring was called the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. [[Human]]s, [[Flood]], and the [[Covenant]] fought massive battles against one another as the Forerunner [[Construct]]s tried to control the outbreak by activating the Halo. In the end | The ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' arrived around September 19, 2552 and was promptly shot down by the warding Covenant space forces. At around the same time, the Covenant ground forces on Installation 04 accidentally unleashed the Flood from captivity. The ensuing four-day battle that took place all over the ring was called the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. [[Human]]s, [[Flood]], and the [[Covenant]] fought massive battles against one another as the Forerunner [[Construct]]s tried to control the outbreak by activating the Halo. The ring's AI, 343 Guilty Spark, aslo known simply as The Monitor, tried to convince the Master Chief to activate Halo. Not knowing the truth of what it did, he tried but was stopped by his AI friend and companion Cortana who was in the ring's systems and knew the truth of it which she revealed to him. The Monitor betrayed the two and tried to kill the Master Chief and retrieve Cortana as she had the ring's activation Index, but the two escaped and started plotting against him. In the end the Master Chief detonated the ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactors which destroyed the Halo ring. | ||
Only a handful of humans and Covenant survived the battle. 343 Guilty Spark floated through space until he was rescued by a group of Covenant near [[Threshold]]. Inspired by his words, they began a [[Heretic]] rebellion against the greater Covenant. Installation 04's destruction is seen as the first step in the chain of events that led to the [[Covenant Civil War]]. The Heretics were quelled by The Arbiter and their leader killed, but the seeds of a rebellion were planted. The Monitor was also captured by the Covenant and later defected to the humans side until he was destroyed on the replacment for this ring by Spartan 117 using a Spartan Laser with the help of Sergeant Johnson. | Only a handful of humans and Covenant survived the battle. 343 Guilty Spark floated through space until he was rescued by a group of Covenant near [[Threshold]]. Inspired by his words, they began a [[Heretic]] rebellion against the greater Covenant. Installation 04's destruction is seen as the first step in the chain of events that led to the [[Covenant Civil War]]. The Heretics were quelled by The Arbiter and their leader killed, but the seeds of a rebellion were planted. The Monitor was also captured by the Covenant and later defected to the humans side until he was destroyed on the replacment for this ring by Spartan 117 using a Spartan Laser with the help of Sergeant Johnson. | ||