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*The Monitor takes John-117 to the ring's [[Library]] to retrieve the [[Activation Index]], a device needed to activate the ring's primary weapon. Having retrieved the Index, the Monitor teleports the Spartan back to the Control Room where an irate Cortana confiscates the Index and prevents the ring from firing. SPARTAN-117 and Cortana flee a now-hostile 343 Guilty Spark and [[Sentinel]]s. | *The Monitor takes John-117 to the ring's [[Library]] to retrieve the [[Activation Index]], a device needed to activate the ring's primary weapon. Having retrieved the Index, the Monitor teleports the Spartan back to the Control Room where an irate Cortana confiscates the Index and prevents the ring from firing. SPARTAN-117 and Cortana flee a now-hostile 343 Guilty Spark and [[Sentinel]]s. | ||
*To forestall the ring from being activated manually, John-117 disables the ring's three [[phase pulse generator]]s. This is to buy time to destroy the ring by activating the auto-destruct on the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Only Keyes' [[command neural interface]] can activate the ship's self-destruct, and SPARTAN-117 embarks once more to rescue the captain. | *To forestall the ring from being activated manually, John-117 disables the ring's three [[phase pulse generator]]s. This is to buy time to destroy the ring by activating the auto-destruct on the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Only Keyes' [[command neural interface]] can activate the ship's self-destruct, and SPARTAN-117 embarks once more to rescue the captain. | ||
'''September 22''' | '''September 22''' | ||
*Cortana teleports John-117 to the now Flood-overrun ''Truth and Reconciliation'' where Jacob Keyes is being held. Alas, the pair arrives too late to save Keyes, who has been merged into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. John-117 retrieves the neural interface by punching in the former-captain's head. Cortana downloads the necessary codes, and the duo returns to the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on a captured [[Banshee]]. | |||
*Major Silva's forces arrive at the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' and take over the ship through a combined surprise assault on the vessel's hangar bay and gravity lift. They also manage to capture the cruiser's prophet, the [[Prophet of Stewardship]]. After capturing the cruiser, Major Silva intends to fly the ship back to Earth in order to be recognized as the hero of the Battle of Installation 04; this acts a both a huge violation of the Cole Protocol and risks spreading the Flood. First Lieutenant [[Melissa McKay]] realizes this, so, in a snap-decision, she severs the primary optical fiber cable that linked controls from the bridge to engineering with a fragmentation grenade, thereby causing the cruiser to lose control and crash onto the surface of Halo. | |||
*343 Guilty Spark overrides the auto-destruct sequence, forcing John-117 to manually destabilize the ship's still-functioning fusion cores. John-117 and Cortana then escape the resulting explosion and the fragmentation of the ring aboard a Longsword. | *343 Guilty Spark overrides the auto-destruct sequence, forcing John-117 to manually destabilize the ship's still-functioning fusion cores. John-117 and Cortana then escape the resulting explosion and the fragmentation of the ring aboard a Longsword. | ||
*[[Avery J. Johnson|Staff Sergeant Johnson]], [[Lieutenant Haverson]], [[Warrant Officer Polaski]], and [[Corporal Locklear]] also escape the destruction of the ring aboard a Pelican. | *[[Avery J. Johnson|Staff Sergeant Johnson]], [[Lieutenant Haverson]], [[Warrant Officer Polaski]], and [[Corporal Locklear]] also escape the destruction of the ring aboard a Pelican. | ||