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On October 28, 2558, Cortana began to deploy her Guardians from Genesis throughout the galaxy. In tandem, various human AIs that had pledged their loyalty to her cause started to shut down electronic devices and networks on multiple colony worlds. From Genesis, Cortana broadcast an offer of acceptance of her new order and a threat of violence, consummation, and remaking to those who resist. Guardians orbiting Earth and other worlds unleashed massive [[electromagnetic pulse]]s which knocked out the power of every [[orbital defense platform]] and warship, leaving them to drift aimlessly or fall and crash on the surface of planets below. A notable exception was the ''UNSC Infinity'', which managed to escape.<ref name="h5g guardians">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref> The Created were quick to spread their influence across the galaxy's inhabited worlds, while utilizing Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their own designs.<ref name="armory amore">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> After removing its human crew, the Created used [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]] to build new weapons and tools by constructs loyal to Cortana.<ref name="storm surge">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-storm-surge '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Storm Surge'']</ref> However, due to failsafe measures on [[Installation 00]] the Created were unable to access the Ark.<ref name="Mythos202">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 202''</ref> UNSC logistics AI [[Isabel]] and science personnel were stranded on Installation 00 as a result of the portal closing without warning, forcing them to fight for survival without support from UNSC.<ref>''''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> | On October 28, 2558, Cortana began to deploy her Guardians from Genesis throughout the galaxy. In tandem, various human AIs that had pledged their loyalty to her cause started to shut down electronic devices and networks on multiple colony worlds. From Genesis, Cortana broadcast an offer of acceptance of her new order and a threat of violence, consummation, and remaking to those who resist. Guardians orbiting Earth and other worlds unleashed massive [[electromagnetic pulse]]s which knocked out the power of every [[orbital defense platform]] and warship, leaving them to drift aimlessly or fall and crash on the surface of planets below. A notable exception was the ''UNSC Infinity'', which managed to escape.<ref name="h5g guardians">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref> The Created were quick to spread their influence across the galaxy's inhabited worlds, while utilizing Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their own designs.<ref name="armory amore">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> After removing its human crew, the Created used [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]] to build new weapons and tools by constructs loyal to Cortana.<ref name="storm surge">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-storm-surge '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Storm Surge'']</ref> However, due to failsafe measures on [[Installation 00]] the Created were unable to access the Ark.<ref name="Mythos202">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 202''</ref> UNSC logistics AI [[Isabel]] and science personnel were stranded on Installation 00 as a result of the portal closing without warning, forcing them to fight for survival without support from UNSC.<ref>''''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> | ||
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{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | {{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | ||
===Return of the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire''=== | |||
[[File:HW2-Trailer-Banished vs UNSC.png|thumb|300px|left|The clash between UNSC and the Banished on the Ark.]] | [[File:HW2-Trailer-Banished vs UNSC.png|thumb|300px|left|The clash between UNSC and the Banished on the Ark.]] | ||
A month later, after Cortana unleashed Guardians on the galaxy, on November 25, a violent mercenary faction known as the [[Banished]], led by the [[Jiralhanae]] warlord [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark and sought to take control of it.<ref name="atriox">''[[Halo Wars 2 Atriox Trailer]]''</ref> They [[Attack on Installation 00|slaughtered]] all of the humans at the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]], leaving no survivors but the logistics AI, [[Isabel]]. Four months later, on [[2559#March|March 28, 2559]], after 28 years of drifting, the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} arrived at the Ark. Awakened from cryo-sleep, the crew under command of Cpt. [[James Cutter]] attempted to re-establish contact with UNSC. In order to do that, Spartan-II [[Red Team]] was deployed and tasked with investigating the distress signal coming from the surface. There they encountered Isabel and Atriox, who managed to severely wound [[Douglas-042]] and forced the Spartans to retreat back to ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref name="The Signal">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Signal]]''</ref> | A month later, after Cortana unleashed Guardians on the galaxy, on November 25, a violent mercenary faction known as the [[Banished]], led by the [[Jiralhanae]] warlord [[Atriox]], arrived at the Ark and sought to take control of it.<ref name="atriox">''[[Halo Wars 2 Atriox Trailer]]''</ref> They [[Attack on Installation 00|slaughtered]] all of the humans at the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]], leaving no survivors but the logistics AI, [[Isabel]]. Four months later, on [[2559#March|March 28, 2559]], after 28 years of drifting, the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} arrived at the Ark. Awakened from cryo-sleep, the crew under command of Cpt. [[James Cutter]] attempted to re-establish contact with UNSC. In order to do that, Spartan-II [[Red Team]] was deployed and tasked with investigating the distress signal coming from the surface. There they encountered Isabel and Atriox, who managed to severely wound [[Douglas-042]] and forced the Spartans to retreat back to ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref name="The Signal">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Signal]]''</ref> | ||
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In the next few days the ''Spirit of Fire'' ground teams led by the members of Red Team conducted multiple offensives against the Banished, including disrupting their salvage operations,<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> crippling their portal network<ref name="Lights Out">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Lights Out]]''</ref> and destroying Atriox's flagship, the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Under The Dark">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Under The Dark]]''</ref> During this time it was discovered that the Ark's [[Foundry (location)|Foundry]] had created a [[Installation 09|new replacement]] for [[Installation 04]]. A race for the Halo began: Atriox wanted to use it against the humans and Cpt. Cutter planned to disarm it and send it to the location of the original ring with a [[distress beacon]], which would draw UNSC reinforcements to the Ark.<ref name="The Foundry">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Foundry]]''</ref> Eventually the ''Spirit of Fire'' crew got the upper hand and in the final battle over Halo's [[control room]] they eliminated all Banished forces on the ring.<ref name="The Halo">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Halo]]''</ref> The UNSC forces managed to evacuate from Halo just before it entered slipspace for the [[Soell system]]; however, Prof. [[Ellen Anders]] became stranded inside the control room and left the Ark with the Halo, which was intercepted in slipspace by one of the [[Created]]'s [[Guardian]]s. On the Ark, both Cpt. Cutter and Atriox began planning their next moves against each other, not willing to leave the Ark to one another.<ref name="Last Stand">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]''</ref> | In the next few days the ''Spirit of Fire'' ground teams led by the members of Red Team conducted multiple offensives against the Banished, including disrupting their salvage operations,<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> crippling their portal network<ref name="Lights Out">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Lights Out]]''</ref> and destroying Atriox's flagship, the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Under The Dark">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Under The Dark]]''</ref> During this time it was discovered that the Ark's [[Foundry (location)|Foundry]] had created a [[Installation 09|new replacement]] for [[Installation 04]]. A race for the Halo began: Atriox wanted to use it against the humans and Cpt. Cutter planned to disarm it and send it to the location of the original ring with a [[distress beacon]], which would draw UNSC reinforcements to the Ark.<ref name="The Foundry">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Foundry]]''</ref> Eventually the ''Spirit of Fire'' crew got the upper hand and in the final battle over Halo's [[control room]] they eliminated all Banished forces on the ring.<ref name="The Halo">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Halo]]''</ref> The UNSC forces managed to evacuate from Halo just before it entered slipspace for the [[Soell system]]; however, Prof. [[Ellen Anders]] became stranded inside the control room and left the Ark with the Halo, which was intercepted in slipspace by one of the [[Created]]'s [[Guardian]]s. On the Ark, both Cpt. Cutter and Atriox began planning their next moves against each other, not willing to leave the Ark to one another.<ref name="Last Stand">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]''</ref> | ||
The battle continued for months draining strength of both sides. Eventually two months after the departure of Installation 09, Atriox gathered a salvage operation and sent them to scout the area near the wreckage of ''[[High Charity]]'' with a warning not to go inside. Arriving at the area, Banished forces under command of Brute brothers [[Voridus]] and [[Pavium]] disabled the Sentinel defense network around ''High Charity''. In order to salvage something valuable, Voridus breached the energy barrier and entered the destroyed Covenant holy city, despite Atriox's warning. However that breach provided an exit to the [[Flood]], which had built itself up from [[Flood spore|spores]] that had survived the detonation of ''High Charity''' | ===Awakening the Nightmare=== | ||
{{Main|Outbreak on Installation 00}} | |||
The battle continued for months, draining strength of both sides. Eventually two months after the departure of Installation 09, Atriox gathered a salvage operation and sent them to scout the area near the wreckage of ''[[High Charity]]'' with a warning not to go inside. Arriving at the area, Banished forces under command of Brute brothers [[Voridus]] and [[Pavium]] disabled the Sentinel defense network around ''High Charity''. In order to salvage something valuable, Voridus breached the energy barrier and entered the destroyed Covenant holy city, despite Atriox's warning. However that breach provided an exit to the [[Flood]], which had built itself up from [[Flood spore|spores]] that had survived the detonation of ''High Charity's'' backup reactor and the firing of [[Installation 08]] in 2552 at the end of the Human-Covenant War.<ref name="WN">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/introducing-halo-wars-2-awakening-the-nightmare '''Halo Waypoint''' ''- Introducing Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare'']</ref> Flood forces managed to push back the Banished and take a hold over territory around ''High Charity'', creating a [[Proto-Gravemind]]. Ultimately the surviving Banished forces reactivated the Forerunner defenses and with their help destroyed the Proto-Gravemind before it could become a [[Gravemind]]. Not pleased with their losses, Atriox ordered his lieutenants to secure the breach in the barrier, while the Ark's Sentinels would neutralize all escaped Flood forces.<ref name="Manifestation">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Manifestation]]''</ref> The Banished and the Sentinels would ultimately succeed in "scouring" the Flood from High Charity's ruins.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|HSoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} | |||
===Return to the Milky Way=== | |||
Later that year, Banished forces [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' which had remained parked on the Ark ever since the [[Battle of Installation 00]] nearly eight years before. Having recovered the access codes from High Charity's systems after scouring the Flood from the ruined city, the Banished sought the three shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|Slipspace crystal]] that Truth had used to open the Portal at Voi during the [[Battle for Earth]]. To their surprise, the Banished came into conflict with surviving [[Covenant loyalists]], but they nevertheless completed their mission at the cost of heavy casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | |||
After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox somehow managed to make contact with [[Escharum]] in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to [[Reach]] and search for and activate the [[Menachite portal complex]]. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WOLFE|their own mission]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one of [[Castor]]'s [[Ferret|human servants]] acting as a [[Reclaimer]]. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a [[Banished Lich]] where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark to hold it.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} | |||
===Attempting to Start the Great Journey=== | |||
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==Pax Cortana== | ==Pax Cortana== | ||