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Later in the battle, Tragic Solitude watched in horror as Installation 00 was severely damaged after the incomplete Installation 08 was fired at the Ark in an effort to eradicate the Flood's presence on the installation.<ref name="mythos154"/><ref name="halo">''Halo 3'', campaign level, "[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]"</ref> This action also damaged Tragic Solitude and inflicted a state of [[rampancy]] upon him.<ref name="hitd308"/> While horrified by the damaged done to the Ark, Tragic Solitude now had a great task to act upon after millennia of inaction—repairing his installation.<ref name="idle hands i"/> On [[2552#December|December 14, 2552]], the monitor marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of [[High Charity]], the former Covenant capital that the Flood had captured and crashed on the Ark. Fearing that the surviving Flood forms would escape High Charity and infect his installation, Tragic Solitude had the shield constructed, the perimeter razed by Sentinels, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity to their prison.<ref name="idle hands ii">''Halo Wars 2'', Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"</ref> High Charity was successfully quarantined and the Flood contained on [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]],<ref name="uncomfortable i">''Halo Wars 2'', Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"</ref> with the monitor posting a [[battalion]] of Sentinels on patrol in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing the Flood.<ref name="idle hands ii"/> Solitude began documenting the Flood and its forms, hoping to make new discoveries about the parasite.<ref name="uncomfortable i"/> | Later in the battle, Tragic Solitude watched in horror as Installation 00 was severely damaged after the incomplete Installation 08 was fired at the Ark in an effort to eradicate the Flood's presence on the installation.<ref name="mythos154"/><ref name="halo">''Halo 3'', campaign level, "[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]"</ref> This action also damaged Tragic Solitude and inflicted a state of [[rampancy]] upon him.<ref name="hitd308"/> While horrified by the damaged done to the Ark, Tragic Solitude now had a great task to act upon after millennia of inaction—repairing his installation.<ref name="idle hands i"/> On [[2552#December|December 14, 2552]], the monitor marshalled his Sentinels to construct a [[containment shield]] around the remains of [[High Charity]], the former Covenant capital that the Flood had captured and crashed on the Ark. Fearing that the surviving Flood forms would escape High Charity and infect his installation, Tragic Solitude had the shield constructed, the perimeter razed by Sentinels, and the local [[refugia]] modified to ensure no nearby [[Sentience|sentient]] life survived, thus depriving the Flood of any host bodies in close proximity to their prison.<ref name="idle hands ii">''Halo Wars 2'', Phoenix Log – "Idle Hands II"</ref> High Charity was successfully quarantined and the Flood contained on [[2553#February|February 19, 2553]],<ref name="uncomfortable i">''Halo Wars 2'', Phoenix Log – "An Uncomfortable Truth I"</ref> with the monitor posting a [[battalion]] of Sentinels on patrol in the vicinity of the shield to prevent both the Flood from escaping and future "invaders" from releasing the Flood.<ref name="idle hands ii"/> Solitude began documenting the Flood and its forms, hoping to make new discoveries about the parasite.<ref name="uncomfortable i"/> | ||
After containing the Flood, the monitor turned his attention to repairing his installation; however, the [[moon]] at the Ark's [[Foundry]] was already exhausted of resources and he could not gather resources from other worlds as Tragic Solitude had lost connection to the portal after it was disabled by humanity.<ref name="hitd270"/><ref name="idle hands ii"/> Seeking revenge against humanity and a way to repair his installation, Tragic Solitude began building an army of heavily armed [[Retriever]]s. In addition, he exponentially increased power to his side of the portal to allow objects to travel through at much greater speeds.<ref name="hitd308">''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', p. 308-311 (Google Play edition)</ref> | After containing the Flood, the monitor turned his attention to repairing his installation; however, the [[moon]] at the Ark's [[Foundry (location)|Foundry]] was already exhausted of resources and he could not gather resources from other worlds as Tragic Solitude had lost connection to the portal after it was disabled by humanity.<ref name="hitd270"/><ref name="idle hands ii"/> Seeking revenge against humanity and a way to repair his installation, Tragic Solitude began building an army of heavily armed [[Retriever]]s. In addition, he exponentially increased power to his side of the portal to allow objects to travel through at much greater speeds.<ref name="hitd308">''Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', p. 308-311 (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
===Rampancy and revenge=== | ===Rampancy and revenge=== | ||