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A single ship, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} managed to escape the planet. The ship followed coordinates derived by the AI [[Cortana]] to a ringworld known as [[Installation 04|Halo]]. There, the UNSC forces encountered a parasitic lifeform known as [[the Flood]], the species that the ring, [[Halo Array|Halo]], had been built to starve. The activation of the ring would lead to the extinction of all life within three radii of the galactic center. Spartan [[John-117]] destroyed the ring, believing it to be too powerful, by detonation of the [[fusion drive]]s of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. After hijacking a Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', the Spartan reunited with the remaining survivors from Installation 04 and the destruction of Reach and attacked a force of Covenant ships in [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], one of the most successful UNSC operations against the Covenant in the entire war.<ref name="Halo: First Strike">''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> | A single ship, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} managed to escape the planet. The ship followed coordinates derived by the AI [[Cortana]] to a ringworld known as [[Installation 04|Halo]]. There, the UNSC forces encountered a parasitic lifeform known as [[the Flood]], the species that the ring, [[Halo Array|Halo]], had been built to starve. The activation of the ring would lead to the extinction of all life within three radii of the galactic center. Spartan [[John-117]] destroyed the ring, believing it to be too powerful, by detonation of the [[fusion drive]]s of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. After hijacking a Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', the Spartan reunited with the remaining survivors from Installation 04 and the destruction of Reach and attacked a force of Covenant ships in [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], one of the most successful UNSC operations against the Covenant in the entire war.<ref name="Halo: First Strike">''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> | ||
By October of [[2552]], the Covenant had haphazardly discovered the position of the human home world, Earth, and sent a preliminary task force there, believing it to be the location of the [[Installation 00|Ark]], an ancient Forerunner relic. They encountered staunch resistance, and were initially fended off. Further complications arose from the political and religious crisis that emerged in the wake of a UNSC operation to assassinate the [[Prophet of Regret]], and the secession of the [[Sangheili]] from the hegemony, leading to the [[Great Schism]], further throwing the Covenant into chaos. Nevertheless, by November, what was left of the Covenant had subjugated large parts of Africa in addition to devastating much of the planet. Only their retreat through a Forerunner [[The Portal|portal]] in [[Africa]], and the arrival of the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution|fleet]], stopped the utter destruction of the UNSC and Earth itself.<ref name="cairo">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[ | By October of [[2552]], the Covenant had haphazardly discovered the position of the human home world, Earth, and sent a preliminary task force there, believing it to be the location of the [[Installation 00|Ark]], an ancient Forerunner relic. They encountered staunch resistance, and were initially fended off. Further complications arose from the political and religious crisis that emerged in the wake of a UNSC operation to assassinate the [[Prophet of Regret]], and the secession of the [[Sangheili]] from the hegemony, leading to the [[Great Schism]], further throwing the Covenant into chaos. Nevertheless, by November, what was left of the Covenant had subjugated large parts of Africa in addition to devastating much of the planet. Only their retreat through a Forerunner [[The Portal|portal]] in [[Africa]], and the arrival of the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution|fleet]], stopped the utter destruction of the UNSC and Earth itself.<ref name="cairo">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> | ||
The UNSC and the Sangheili forces launched a joint operation to destroy the Covenant once and for all at the Ark, stopping the installation from firing the Halos, killing the Covenant's last remaining leader, the [[Prophet of Truth]], and destroying the bulk of the Covenant's remaining forces. On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], the Human-Covenant War was officially declared over, ending in a victory for the UNSC and the Sangheili, but at a high price, with most major military outposts destroyed except for Earth. An estimated twenty-three billion human civilians were killed between 2525 and 2553.<ref>''Halo 3''</ref> | The UNSC and the Sangheili forces launched a joint operation to destroy the Covenant once and for all at the Ark, stopping the installation from firing the Halos, killing the Covenant's last remaining leader, the [[Prophet of Truth]], and destroying the bulk of the Covenant's remaining forces. On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], the Human-Covenant War was officially declared over, ending in a victory for the UNSC and the Sangheili, but at a high price, with most major military outposts destroyed except for Earth. An estimated twenty-three billion human civilians were killed between 2525 and 2553.<ref>''Halo 3''</ref> | ||
