The Halo Conflict: Difference between revisions

With the Covenant assaulting the ''Pillar of Autumn'', Captain Jacob Keyes [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1#Article 2|ordered]] the Master Chief to bring Cortana to the surface of the mysterious ring-world, safe from capture by the enemy. The Chief, accompanied by the ''Autumn's'' [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] and lead by the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], launched headlong toward the alien construct while Keyes and his crew crash-landed the ship. Upon reaching the Ring's surface, the Spartan and Cortana found a world untouched by time: vast fields and verdant hills, looming alien spires and enormous caverns. But it wasn't long before the Chief went to work, securing Marines and returning them to [[Alpha Base]], where Silva had set up a Command-and-Control center for the UNSC to operate from. However, further up-spin, the Covenant had done the same: the [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecrusier]] ''[[Truth and Reconcilliation]]'', damaged in the earlier skirmish, had come to rest above a plateau and was being used as a base of operations. This would be the Chief's next target. Captain Keyes and his crew had been captured by the Covenant and they were being held on the cruiser. Without fear, the Spartan drove deep into the belly of the beast, [[Battle for the Truth and Reconciliation|fighting]] through the Covenant horde and eventually securing the Captain. And it was there, within the bowels of the enemy ship, that Keyes began to unlock the mysteries of the Ring. Overhearing the Covenant's plans, the Captain explained that the Ring was called "Halo" and that it was a weapon of unimaginable power, one that their enemy fully intended to use. With this new-found information, Keyes sent the Chief and Cortana to a remote island. To the naked eye, this was an incredibly beautiful paradise, but that was only a facade. Below the island's surface lay Halo's map room, the [[Silent Cartographer]], the one place where the UNSC would learn how and where to access Halo's [[Control room|control center]]. Attempting to head the human forces off, the covenant had already made their way to the same structure, fortifying it while they attempted to unlock Halo's secrets from elsewhere. Unfortunately, the secrets the Covenant would unlock would be darker than anything humanity could have imagined. Deep below the Ring's surface, something stirred: an [[Flood|ancient force]] that was [[Forerunner-Flood war|long ago]] [[Great Purification|put to rest]] would once again be awakened.