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The '''Battle of Installation 00''', also known as the '''Ark Conflict''',{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Warfleet|Page=48}} and designated by [[United Nations Space Command]] forces as '''Operation: BLIND FAITH''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=Blind Faith|Enc09|Page=57}}{{Ref/Novel|Enc11|Page=29}} was a large [[battle]] between the UNSC-[[Fleet of Retribution]] alliance, the [[Covenant]], the [[Flood]], and [[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]]s on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fortitude}}{{Ref/Level|Id=theark|H3|[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=cov|H3|[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} It was the final overarching battle of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and was the last stand of the Covenant,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}{{Ref/Level|Id=epi|H3|Epilogue (Halo 3)|Epilogue}} making it one of the few major engagements in the entire war in which the Covenant were on the defensive. | The '''Battle of Installation 00''', also known as the '''Ark Conflict''',{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Warfleet|Page=48}} and designated by [[United Nations Space Command]] forces as '''Operation: BLIND FAITH''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=Blind Faith|Enc09|Page=57}}{{Ref/Novel|Enc11|Page=29}} was a large [[battle]] between the UNSC-[[Fleet of Retribution]] alliance, the [[Covenant]], the [[Flood]], and [[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]]s on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fortitude}}{{Ref/Level|Id=theark|H3|[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=cov|H3|[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} It was the final overarching battle of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and was the last stand of the Covenant,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}{{Ref/Level|Id=epi|H3|Epilogue (Halo 3)|Epilogue}} making it one of the few major engagements in the entire war in which the Covenant were on the defensive. | ||
After the [[Battle of the Citadel|collapse]] of the Covenant and the Battle of Installation 00, the [[Great Schism]] would continue as the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]] and still ongoing as of [[2559]], after the [[Created]] [[Created conflict|uprising]] in [[2558#October|late 2558]].{{Ref/Novel|Evo|Section=The Return}} In early | After the [[Battle of the Citadel|collapse]] of the Covenant and the Battle of Installation 00, the [[Great Schism]] would continue as the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]] and still ongoing as of [[2559]], after the [[Created]] [[Created conflict|uprising]] in [[2558#October|late 2558]].{{Ref/Novel|Evo|Section=The Return}} In early 2559, the Ark would become the home of [[Second Ark Conflict|a new conflict]] as the [[Banished]] fought with the forces of the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} for control over the installation.{{Ref/Game|HW2}} | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||