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===Etran Harborage and death===

[[File:Halo Smoke and Shadow clean cover.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The ''Ace of Spades'' amidst the debris of the shield world.]]

Following the trail left behind by the ''Spirit of Fire'' almost twenty-six years earlier, it took the ''Ace of Spades'' a little over four days to arrive at the appropriate coordinates in uncharted space. The lack of any recognizable objects in sight confused the crew, but Cade confirmed they were at the right spot. He and Niko both took charge of monitoring the space for signals or other items of note. Rion determined that they should get closer to the [[Korinth Prior system]]'s dwarf star and Cade agreed when Lessa proposed coasting at two-Gs. Over an hour later, Cade recalled Rion to the observation deck to bring to her attention what appeared to be a dense [[asteroid belt]]. He navigated the ship toward it, but it soon became clear that they were in fact viewing the remains of some sort of planetoid. Unbknownst the the crew, they were looking at all that remained of the [[Etran Harborage]], a [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Battle of the Etran Harborage|destroyed]] in [[2531]] by forces of the ''Spirit of Fire''. Niko located a piece large enough to have its own significant gravity well that looked to be partially covered by an active [[energy shield]], so Cade plotted a course toward it. He continued to monitor their position in the field while [[Lessa]] kept an eye on any rogue debris. Cade made sure Rion remained focused and picked out a spot to land atop an uneven slab of rock of a nearby cliff face under the dome of energy.