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The Master Chief, after teleporting back to the [[Control Room]], proceeds to activate [[Installation 04]]. However, [[Cortana]], who after spending twelve hours in the control room has discovered Halo's true purpose, stops him just in time. After stealing the [[Activation Index]], she tells the Chief that Halo will wipe out all life in the galaxy, and turns the Chief against the [[343 Guilty Spark|Monitor]] who confirms Cortana's claims, confused that the Master Chief didn't already know this. Spark sends [[Sentinel]]s to take the Spartan's head, and the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] inside his helmet, but they are quickly destroyed.
The Master Chief, after teleporting back to the [[Control Room]], proceeds to activate [[Installation 04]]. However, [[Cortana]], who after spending twelve hours in the control room has discovered Halo's true purpose, stops him just in time. After stealing the [[Activation Index]], she tells the Chief that Halo will wipe out all life in the galaxy, and turns the Chief against the [[343 Guilty Spark|Monitor]] who confirms Cortana's claims, confused that the Master Chief didn't already know this. Spark sends [[Sentinel]]s to take the Spartan's head, and the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] inside his helmet, but they are quickly destroyed.


Cortana decides that they must destroy Halo to keep it from being fired and decides that the best course of action is to detonate the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s fusion engines which will destabilize the ring and cut through a number of primary systems. To buy them some time in case the Monitor finds another way to activate Halo, Cortana orders the Master Chief to disable the three [[phase pulse generator]]s in the area to force the Monitor to make repairs before Halo can be fired. The Master Chief is forced to fight through a combination of Covenant, Flood and Sentinel forces and use [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] to reach each generator which Cortana uses an [[EMP]] to disable. Cortana is able to use the [[Covenant battle network|Covenant battlenet]] to locate the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' crash site, but requires Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] or his command codes to activate the ship's [[self-destruct]]. After disabling the third pulse generator, Cortana is able to locate Keyes, who is still alive, onboard the Covenant {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. At Cortana's suggestion, the Master Chief allows the AI to draw power from his suit to use Halo's [[teleportation grid]] to teleport them to the battlecruiser rather than calling for a ride which will take more time that they don't have.
Cortana decides that they must destroy Halo to keep it from being fired and decides that the best course of action is to detonate the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s fusion engines which will destabilize the ring and cut through a number of primary systems. To buy them some time in case the Monitor finds another way to activate Halo, Cortana orders the Master Chief to disable the three [[phase pulse generator]]s in the area to force the Monitor to make repairs before Halo can be fired. The Master Chief is forced to fight through a combination of Covenant, Flood and Sentinel forces and use [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] to reach each generator which Cortana uses an [[EMP]] to disable. Cortana is able to use the [[proselytization network|Covenant battlenet]] to locate the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' crash site, but requires Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] or his command codes to activate the ship's [[self-destruct]]. After disabling the third pulse generator, Cortana is able to locate Keyes, who is still alive, onboard the Covenant {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. At Cortana's suggestion, the Master Chief allows the AI to draw power from his suit to use Halo's [[teleportation grid]] to teleport them to the battlecruiser rather than calling for a ride which will take more time that they don't have.


==Transcript==
==Transcript==
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===The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe===
===The Gun Pointed at the Head of the Universe===
*'''Cortana''': "We can't let [[343 Guilty Spark|the Monitor]] activate Halo. We have to stop him - we have to ''destroy'' Halo. According to my analysis of the available data, I believe the best course of action is somewhat... risky. An explosion of sufficient size will help destabilize the ring, and will cut through a number of primary systems. We need to trigger a detonation on a large scale, however. A starship's fusion reactors going critical would do the job. I'm going to search what's left of the Covenant [[Covenant Battle Network|battlenet]], and see if I can locate the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash site. If the ship's [[fusion reactor]]s are still relatively intact, we can use them to destroy Halo."
*'''Cortana''': "We can't let [[343 Guilty Spark|the Monitor]] activate Halo. We have to stop him - we have to ''destroy'' Halo. According to my analysis of the available data, I believe the best course of action is somewhat... risky. An explosion of sufficient size will help destabilize the ring, and will cut through a number of primary systems. We need to trigger a detonation on a large scale, however. A starship's fusion reactors going critical would do the job. I'm going to search what's left of the Covenant [[proselytization network|battlenet]], and see if I can locate the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash site. If the ship's [[fusion reactor]]s are still relatively intact, we can use them to destroy Halo."


''The Chief proceeds through the corridors, eliminating several Covenant patrols as well as the Sentinels that they are in combat with. Soon the Master Chief exits the structure into the snowy night sky.''
''The Chief proceeds through the corridors, eliminating several Covenant patrols as well as the Sentinels that they are in combat with. Soon the Master Chief exits the structure into the snowy night sky.''