Battle of Installation 00: Difference between revisions

The High Prophet of Truth, having successfully activated the artifact in [[Voi]], left Earth through a [[Slipspace]] portal to the Ark, a Forerunner structure that can be used to fire all of the Halo installations at once. Despite Lord Hood's urging, Commander Keyes took the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' with a small fleet of Separatist [[Cruiser]]s led by the [[Assault Carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' and proceeded through the Slipspace portal, arriving at the Ark. The Separatists immediately engaged the [[Brute]] fleet stationed to protect the [[Prophet]] while the ''Dawn'' and the ''[[Aegis Fate]]'' deployed the [[Master Chief]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s in six [[Pelicans]] to locate Truth. Despite being outnumbered three-to-one in space, the Separatist fleet made short work of the Loyalist space forces, likely due to the [[Elites]] remarkable tactical adeptness. The Brute's tactical helplessness can be heard in a radio transmission, saying "''No! Shoot the Carrier!''" The Covenant Loyalist Fleet had been destroyed and the only Loyalists left alive were Truth and his forces on the Ark. Also, presumably Truth landed the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on the Ark although it was never seen again and was specifically said not to take part in the battle above the Ark.  

From the ''Dawn'''s hangar, the Master Chief, ODSTs, and Marines were reinforced with three [[Scorpion]] tanks and a [[Warthog]]. The human force then fought their way through a large reinforcements force back to the Forerunner wall. The Chief went through the upper, smaller doorway while the armor and vehicles (reinforced with one more Warthog and a [[Gauss Warthog]]) went through the larger, lower doorway. After activating a light bridge the [[Spartan]] went through the wall, only to see a [[Scarab]] and a Loyalist armored force destroy the Warthogs. He then fought his way to the lower doorway, which then finally opened fully, letting the tanks through. [[Sergeant]] [[Pete Stacker]] and the Chief led the [[Scorpions]] and a [[Warthog]] through two Loyalist defense lines of [[Choppers]], [[Ghosts]], [[Wraiths]], and infantry with heavy weapons, reinforced by a Phantom. When the Scarab returned, the humans then proceeded to destroy it, plus the Choppers and infantry reinforcing it. By now the Elites had defeated the entire Loyalist space fleet. The ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', landed near the Cartographer. The ''Aegis Fate'' had landed on a Brute-controlled [[Sandtrap|desert Forerunner facility]] on a small planet near the ark and demolished the forces there. Rtas 'Vadum likely ordered all his remaining ships except for the ''Shadow of Intent'' to go back to [[Earth]] and wait for his return.