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| The sub-structure of an incomplete refugia stands ready to continue the Ark's
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| The [[Ghost]] skimmed the surface of the Forerunner terrain as its [[Sangheili|Elite]] rider deftly
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| dodged the latest salvo of enemy fire from the [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] hounding it, effortlessly
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| taking a sudden sharp turn to widen the gap between the pursuers. This
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| particular Sangheili was a confident and experienced driver, a far cry from the
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| Ghost's first owner.
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| The Ghost first saw service in [[2552]] on the planet [[Reach]], but it was short-lived.
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| The young Sangheili who drove it then was overeager and reckless, so sure of
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| the [[Covenant]]'s superiority that he rushed ahead of the rest of the squad and
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| was quickly picked off by UNSC [[sniper]] fire before being able to baptize the
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| Ghost's [[Class-2 directed energy cannon|plasma cannons]]. The Ghost sat out the rest of the battle until being
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| collected and returned to a Covenant [[dropship]].
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| In 2552, the Ghost and its new rider were deployed to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] where it fought
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| in the climactic [[Battle of Installation 00|battle]] of the [[Human-Covenant war]] - this time piloted by a
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| veteran Jiralhanae warrior. However, despite the Ghost pilot's combat
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| experience, he was unprepared for the [[John-117|Demon]], who surprised the Brute from
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| nowhere and threw his body from the vehicle.
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| Amazingly, this Demon demonstrated all the skill of a trained Jiralhanae in using
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| the Ghost's tricky controls. turning the Ghost's plasma cannons against its own
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| kind and using it as a bludgeoning tool to ram through clusters of shrieking
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| [[Unggoy]]s. This Demon, the Ghost's third driver, was the shortest owner and
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| quickly abandoned it once it had started belching smoke from the damage
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| inflicted upon it.
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| Years of respite from battle followed, as the Ghost lay dormant among the
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| other Covenant wreckage, undisturbed. With the return of humans to the
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| installation, the Ark started rebuilding itself and repairing the damage. Life and
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| fauna returned to the Ark and the Ghost became home to insects and small
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| [[animals]], while creeping weeds grew around and into it, strangling its controls.
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| Then the [[Banished]] arrived and the Ghost was torn free from its resting place
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| and repaired by [[Huragok]]s, then reshaped to fit a more brutal, battle torn
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| Banished aesthetic and it once again had a driver and a war to fight in.
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| Now, the Ghost was now closing in fast on its target. Shades of azure flashing
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| by in a blur as the Elite manipulated it up and down the ramps and curves of
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| the Forerunner terrain. The power resource was now in sight, protected only by
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| a few enemy ground troops. The Elite fired the Ghost’s plasma cannons and
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| forced them to scatter, leaving the resource open for him to capture. The Elite
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| eased off on the accelerator and the Ghost hummed to a slow crawl.
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| The warning whine of several Hornets came too late, and as emerged from
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| behind the Forerunner tower, the Elite was cut down in the crossfire of their
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| autocannons and fell from the Ghost’s cockpit. The Hornets continued onto
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| their next target and the Ghost sat silent and awaited its next driver.
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