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[[File:TSPL.png|thumb|250px|000 Tragic Solitude observes the aftermath of the Battle of Installation 00]] | [[File:TSPL.png|thumb|250px|000 Tragic Solitude observes the aftermath of the Battle of Installation 00]] | ||
{{Quote|No, this is not vengeance. This is justice.|000 Tragic Solitude on his plans<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 278'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|No, this is not vengeance. This is justice.|000 Tragic Solitude on his plans<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 278'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
On [[2554#August|August 10, 2554]], {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} arrived at Installation 00 for research and survey purposes. Tragic Solitude unleashed the installation's fauna and constructs on the [[remote contact team]]s deployed by ''Rubicon'' and destroyed nearly all teams. However, [[RCT-06]] returned with the remains of 343 Guilty Spark. Guilty Spark eventually took control of ''Rubicon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s systems and left the installation for his own purposes. Meanwhile, Tragic Solitude oversaw the destruction of RCT [[Broadside]] at the hands of [[chaefka]]. The [[squad]]'s leader, [[Bobby Kodiak]], was heavily injured in the attack, but managed to escape the animals. Using the human's earpiece for communication, on August 21 Tragic Solitude spoke to Kodiak and offered to save him if he surrendered himself to the monitor. With no other chance of survival, Kodiak accepted.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 5-8'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The monitor "healed" the soldier, but the outcome resulted in Kodiak becoming a cyborg with disfigured body. Tragic Solitude then forced Kodiak to initiate a countdown that would lead to the activation of the Halos.<ref name="hitd329">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 329-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref> On [[2555#January|January 14, 2555]], Solitude recorded a message wherein he questioned whether the humans should be allowed to obtain the Mantle. The monitor concluded that humanity must be dealt with for their seemingly purposeless, violent nature and began to further his plans to repair his installation.<ref name="TSTATT"/> | |||
On [[2555#March|March 8, 2555]], the countdown to the activation sequence was discovered on [[Installation 07]] by Doctor [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]]. In response to this discovery, the United Nations Space Command and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] formed a joint team tasked with [[Operation: FAR STORM|traveling]] to Installation 00 to stop the activation sequence. As expected by Tragic Solitude, the team reopened the slipspace portal that led to his installation, giving the monitor access to the galaxy once again. Tragic Solitude sent a Retriever through to begin mining Earth, but it was promptly destroyed by UNSC forces, as was the next Retriever that followed.<ref name="hitd232">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 232-241'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When the UNSC–Sangheili's {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Mayhem]]'' entered the portal and exited over the Ark on [[2555#March|March 17, 2555]], Tragic Solitude initially intended to use his army of heavily armed Retrievers to destroy the vessel, although he decided to allow them to survive upon learning that [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] was aboard the ship. Tragic Solitude sought to capture the Huragok to help repair the Ark, while also capturing a human to replace the wounded Kodiak. To determine which human would be the best to capture, Tragic Solitude tested the abilities of the humans and Sangheili by pitting various species of animals on Installation 00 against them, hoping that those who were weak would perish.<ref name="hitd270"/> | On [[2555#March|March 8, 2555]], the countdown to the activation sequence was discovered on [[Installation 07]] by Doctor [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]]. In response to this discovery, the United Nations Space Command and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] formed a joint team tasked with [[Operation: FAR STORM|traveling]] to Installation 00 to stop the activation sequence. As expected by Tragic Solitude, the team reopened the slipspace portal that led to his installation, giving the monitor access to the galaxy once again. Tragic Solitude sent a Retriever through to begin mining Earth, but it was promptly destroyed by UNSC forces, as was the next Retriever that followed.<ref name="hitd232">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 232-241'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When the UNSC–Sangheili's {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Mayhem]]'' entered the portal and exited over the Ark on [[2555#March|March 17, 2555]], Tragic Solitude initially intended to use his army of heavily armed Retrievers to destroy the vessel, although he decided to allow them to survive upon learning that [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] was aboard the ship. Tragic Solitude sought to capture the Huragok to help repair the Ark, while also capturing a human to replace the wounded Kodiak. To determine which human would be the best to capture, Tragic Solitude tested the abilities of the humans and Sangheili by pitting various species of animals on Installation 00 against them, hoping that those who were weak would perish.<ref name="hitd270"/> | ||