Phoenix Logs/Campaign Logs/Rise of Atriox III


 * ONI Section Zero Board//Surveillance transcription of internal communications
 * between subjects 'D' and 'S', 05.06.2553 1702 hrs//Full transcript available on
 * request//


 * ['D']...what's the name of the ship? Something pronounceable, I hope.


 * ['S'] 'The Enduring Conviction', sir. A CAS-class assault carrier. The Conviction and
 * its Sangheili commander have been known to us for some time, we've lost quite
 * a few ships to it over the last four years. According to our intel it's the largest
 * ship Atriox controls now.


 * ['D'] He's amassing quite a fleet. This must be the ninth raid in as many months.
 * Still, he's never gone for something this large before. How did he raise enough
 * troops to capture and then crew a CAS-class carrier?


 * ['S'] We're piecing together what we can, sir. From what we understand, Atriox
 * and a small group of his warlords were captured during a raid on a former
 * Covenant air base and taken aboard the Enduring Conviction. Twelve hours
 * later, Enduring Conviction broke formation and contact with the rest of the
 * fleet it travelled with. The Conviction was hailed, warned, and then fired upon
 * when it ignored orders. The Conviction performed evasive maneuvers, returned
 * fire and escaped. It was an impressive move...and it's one we've seen before
 * during a battle with the Conviction two years ago.


 * ['D'] Are you implying the commander was still in control?


 * ['S'] It's possible, sir. It's unclear who's giving orders to these Sangheili ships now
 * and his crew was fiercely loyal. If we knew that, then Atriox would have. What if
 * Atriox planned to be captured by the Conviction so he could get close to the
 * commander and get him to defect? It may have even already been planned and
 * this was just a cover.


 * ['D'] An assault carrier and its crew. Atriox has just painted a very large target
 * on his back, he's going to want to lay low for a while. Keep track of known
 * Sangheili, let's see if this snowball turns into an avalanche.