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''Halo: The Flood'' takes place between September 19 and September 23, [[2552]]. It is based on the game ''Halo: Combat Evolved.'' It begins as the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] cruiser ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is exiting slipspace (randomized vector due to the [[Cole Protocol]]) after retreating from the fallen military base at [[Reach]]. [[Cortana]]'s exit vector led the ship to a system found when she had decrypted Forerunner glyphs found by the [[John-117|Master Chief]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the '' | ''Halo: The Flood'' takes place between September 19 and September 23, [[2552]]. It is based on the game ''Halo: Combat Evolved.'' It begins as the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] cruiser ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is exiting slipspace (randomized vector due to the [[Cole Protocol]]) after retreating from the fallen military base at [[Reach]]. [[Cortana]]'s exit vector led the ship to a system found when she had decrypted Forerunner glyphs found by the [[John-117|Master Chief]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the ''Pillar of Autumn'' drops out of slipspace, she encounters a massive ring-world in orbit around [[Threshold]], a gas giant. This world is called [[Installation 04]], also known as Alpha Halo. | ||
In the system there is a [[Fleet of Particular Justice|host]] of [[Covenant]] ships, who notice the lone ship. [[Prophet of Stewardship|A Prophet]] forbids the fleet to fire on the ''Pillar of Autumn'', for fear of damaging the ring. Instead, the Covenant are willing to sacrifice more lives in order to board and capture the ship rather than blasting the ship to pieces. As a result of this, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and her crew are able to destroy four Covenant ships, but not without being further crippled from the Covenant onslaught. Meanwhile, technicians on the ''Autumn'' are preparing for battle and thawing out a single soldier from [[Cryo chamber|cryogenic sleep]], presumably the last [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], known as the [[John-117|Master Chief]]. | In the system there is a [[Fleet of Particular Justice|host]] of [[Covenant]] ships, who notice the lone ship. [[Prophet of Stewardship|A Prophet]] forbids the fleet to fire on the ''Pillar of Autumn'', for fear of damaging the ring. Instead, the Covenant are willing to sacrifice more lives in order to board and capture the ship rather than blasting the ship to pieces. As a result of this, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and her crew are able to destroy four Covenant ships, but not without being further crippled from the Covenant onslaught. Meanwhile, technicians on the ''Autumn'' are preparing for battle and thawing out a single soldier from [[Cryo chamber|cryogenic sleep]], presumably the last [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], known as the [[John-117|Master Chief]]. | ||
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The Master Chief lands on Halo and helps rescue Marines from their lifeboats, while the ODSTs secure [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] after a clash with Covenant forces. Yayap is rewarded for his rescue of the Elite, [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], with a terribly dangerous assignment as the Elite's assistant. | The Master Chief lands on Halo and helps rescue Marines from their lifeboats, while the ODSTs secure [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] after a clash with Covenant forces. Yayap is rewarded for his rescue of the Elite, [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], with a terribly dangerous assignment as the Elite's assistant. | ||
The Master Chief and a squad of Marines board the '' | The Master Chief and a squad of Marines board the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', rescuing the Captain. Keyes has learned that the ringworld they are on has vast significance to the Covenant (they believe that "Halo", as they call the ring, is a weapon of unimaginable power). Escaping from the Covenant cruiser, Keyes gives the Master Chief the mission of finding the Control Room of Halo before the Covenant does. Meanwhile, Zuka ’Zamamee and Yayap are given permission to hunt for the Master Chief, but fail in their attempts. Meanwhile, [[Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay|McKay]] and her company assault the now Covenant-controlled ''Pillar of Autumn'' for supplies and vehicles. | ||
Keyes, along with a squad of Marines and Sergeant Johnson, are dropped into a swamp in an effort to discover a weapons cache. The Marines took prisoner a disillusioned Elite named 'Qualomee, who claimed to be delivering a shipment of weapons to a force guarding the structure. Pushing deep into a mysterious structure, the squad finds something unlike anything they have seen before - dead Covenant freakishly ripped open and scattered about. In a locked room, the squad discovers the cause of the fatalities - the [[Flood]]. These bulbous aliens attempt to latch themselves onto the Marines, and despite being fragile, the sheer number of the creatures overwhelm all | Keyes, along with a squad of Marines and Sergeant Johnson, are dropped into a swamp in an effort to discover a weapons cache. The Marines took prisoner a disillusioned Elite named 'Qualomee, who claimed to be delivering a shipment of weapons to a force guarding the structure. Pushing deep into a mysterious structure, the squad finds something unlike anything they have seen before - dead Covenant freakishly ripped open and scattered about. In a locked room, the squad discovers the cause of the fatalities - the [[Flood]]. These bulbous aliens attempt to latch themselves onto the Marines, and despite being fragile, the sheer number of the creatures overwhelm all the soldiers, tapping into their nervous systems and taking over their bodies. One soldier, Private [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], is left still semi-conscious and painfully aware of his predicament. He has a limited ability to control his movement or actions, because the Pod infector was weakened from the hibernation. | ||
===Sections IV and V=== | ===Sections IV and V=== | ||