Editing Bastion of the Brutes

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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|image=[[File:H2ABastionOfTheBrutes.png|300px]]
|location=[[Forerunner]] structures, [[Installation 05]]
|purpose=[[Military base]]
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|built=[[97,445 BCE]]
|destroyed=
|usage=[[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]
|usage-title=Repurposed
|controlledby=*[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] {{c|formerly}}
*[[Covenant]]
|commander=[[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]]
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The '''Bastion of the Brutes'''<ref>'''[[Halo 2: The Official Strategy Guide|The Official Halo 2 Strategy Guide]]'''</ref> was a major [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]  base during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], located in a [[Forerunner]] complex near the [[Installation 05|Installation]]'s [[Control Room]]. The [[Jiralhanae encampment|Jiralhanae Encampment]] was located nearby, in another set of Forerunner structures.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref>

==Layout==
The Bastion of the Brutes consisted of six sections; an entrance tunnel, a two-leveled room, a massive indoor and outdoor bridge, a prison facility, and a landing pad.

==History==
{{Main|Battle of Installation 05}}
During the Battle of Installation 05, the Jiralhanae had taken control of a network of Forerunner tunnels and structures in the region near the [[Control Room]]. After being [[teleportation grid|teleported]] into the area by the [[Gravemind]], the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], discovered the [[Great Schism|civil war]] that had broken out between [[Sangheili|his own kind]] and the Jiralhanae. Assisted by his fellow Sangheili and several other Covenant loyal to them, he made his way through a series of Jiralhanae-occupied caverns and Forerunner structures towards the Control Room.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> 

[[File:H2A-ImprisonedMgalekgolo.png|thumb|Two Mgalekgolo imprisoned by the Jiralhanae.|150px]]
After regrouping with the [[Special Operations Commander|SpecOps Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]], they assaulted the Bastion of the Brutes in order to take control of the [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]], which they intended to use to gain access to the Control Room, locked by the Jiralhanae who were intending to activate the installation.

The Arbiter entered through a series of tunnels leading to the complex. Here, the Arbiter joined with a [[Special Operations Sangheili]] and a pair of [[Mgalekgolo]] that would aid his attack on the Bastion of the Brutes. The Arbiter and his allies stormed the turret room from the entrance tunnels, emerging on the first floor from the tunnels, charging up the ramp and seizing the second floor by force. A Jiralhanae-operated [[Rizsheda-pattern Shade|Shielded Plasma Cannon]] was on the second floor, as well with Jiralhanae armed with [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shots]] and [[Type-51 Carbine|Covenant carbines]]. After the Arbiter and his allies wrested control from the small Jiralhanae force stationed there, two further waves of Jiralhanae came to contest their control over the Turret Room from the Indoor Bridge.

The Indoor Bridge consisted of two wide platforms on opposite sides of a cave, a yawning maw before them. On the far right side, there was a bridge strewn with [[gas container]]s and a Jiralhanae-controlled Shielded Plasma Cannon. The Arbiter came from the Turret Room onto one of the platforms of this cavern, where there were several Jiralhanae stationed and a [[Plasma battery|Battery Crate]]. He then took the bridge, and assailed the far side. On the far platform, there were Jiralhanae armed with Brute Shots and carbines, and [[Kig-Yar]] armed with [[Type-50 particle beam rifle|particle beam rifle]]s and [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistols]]. There were also extensive numbers of Battery Crates on the far platform.

The outdoor bridge was guarded by many [[Kig-yar]], one with a particle beam rifle and a swarm of [[Yanme'e]]. A [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]] appeared as the Arbiter went across. Upon entering the prison room, the Arbiter discovered a Mgalekgolo pair in one prison cell and two [[Sangheili Councilor]]s in separate cells. The prison was guarded by a pack of Jiralhanae and several Kig-Yar. After freeing the prisoners, another group of Jiralhanae came out of the door at the end of the prison.

From the exit of the Prison room, the landing pad was next. A Scarab was stationed there, as well as many weapon crates. The pad had room to hold several [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. It also might have served as an execution area, as several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] prisoners were going to be killed there. After defeating the Jiralhanae in the pad, the Arbiter made an uneasy alliance with [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Avery Johnson]] who had gained control of the Scarab, in order to stop [[Tartarus]] from activating the installation.{{clear}}

==Trivia==
The thirteenth [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal]] in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' can be found in the prison.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HTMCC-H2 Bastion of the Brutes Bridge.jpg|The outdoor bridge overlooking the control room in ''Halo 2''.
File:HTMCC-H2 Bastion of the Brutes Prison.jpg|The prison with Jiralhanae guards in ''Halo 2''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Bastion of the Brutes Entrance.jpg|The ground floor entrance of the structure in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:HTMCC-H2A SpecOps Sangheili and Mgalekgolo.jpg|A Sangheili and Mgalekgolo in the structure.
File:HTMCC-H2A Bastion of the Brutes Bridge.jpg|The outdoor bridge overlooking the control room in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Bastion of the Brutes Prison.jpg|The prison with Jiralhanae guards in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Bastion of the Brutes Cavern.jpg|The indoor bridge in the cavern in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Sangheili Councillor Breakout.jpg|A Sangheili Councilor breaking free another Councilor in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Marines Execution.jpg|Jiralhanae about to execute UNSC prisoners at the landing pad before Sangheili forces intervene in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Installation 05 locations]]
[[Category:Military bases]]