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{{Quote|When the Covenant used the Conduit at the Altar, they activated portals all over the galaxy. One of those portals was in New Phoenix, and... Well, you can guess what came next. What's more, the only way to close the portal was to bring the Conduit to the base—and use it to deactivate the Forerunner device.|[[Roland]]}} | {{Quote|When the Covenant used the Conduit at the Altar, they activated portals all over the galaxy. One of those portals was in New Phoenix, and... Well, you can guess what came next. What's more, the only way to close the portal was to bring the Conduit to the base—and use it to deactivate the Forerunner device.|[[Roland]]}} | ||
[[File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|thumb|250px|left|The Spartan leaves Gamma Halo in a Pelican]] | [[File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|thumb|250px|left|The Spartan leaves Gamma Halo in a Pelican]] | ||
Some point after the [[Covenant]] had discovered the [[Conduit]], a [[Forerunner]] device that was capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s throughout the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref name="opc">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October of 2552]], the device was brought to the city. A skirmish between the Covenant and the [[United Nations Space Command]] ensured as both sides attempted to take the Conduit for themselves. Ultimately, a [[squad]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] managed to steal the Conduit from the Covenant. As [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was preparing to enter [[slipstream space]] over the city, the ODST squad was ordered to take the Conduit out of the city, so it could be safely delivered to an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI research facility]] in [[New Phoenix]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. Before the squad could leave New Mombasa, ''Solemn Penance'' entered slipspace and the resulting slipstream wake killed the ODST squad and destroyed the city, seemingly along with the Conduit. | Some point after the original [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] had discovered the [[Conduit]], a [[Forerunner]] device that was capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s throughout the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref name="opc">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October of 2552]], the device was brought to the city. A skirmish between the Covenant and the [[United Nations Space Command]] ensured as both sides attempted to take the Conduit for themselves. Ultimately, a [[squad]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] managed to steal the Conduit from the Covenant. As [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was preparing to enter [[slipstream space]] over the city, the ODST squad was ordered to take the Conduit out of the city, so it could be safely delivered to an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI research facility]] in [[New Phoenix]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. Before the squad could leave New Mombasa, ''Solemn Penance'' entered slipspace and the resulting slipstream wake killed the ODST squad and destroyed the city, seemingly along with the Conduit. | ||
Unbeknownst to either side, the Conduit entered slipspace before it could be destroyed and transported itself to the UNSC-occupied [[Installation 03]] in the [[Khaphrae system]]. In [[2557#July|July of 2557]], a faint signal emanating from the device was picked up by the UNSC and [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|reformed Covenant faction]]. Both sides traveled to the installation and [[Battle of Installation 03|battled]] over the Conduit. During the conflict, | Unbeknownst to either side, the Conduit entered slipspace before it could be destroyed and transported itself to the UNSC-occupied [[Installation 03]] in the [[Khaphrae system]]. In [[2557#July|July of 2557]], a faint signal emanating from the device was picked up by the UNSC and [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|reformed Covenant faction]]. Both sides traveled to the installation and [[Battle of Installation 03|battled]] over the Conduit. During the conflict, Jul's Covenant managed to connect the Conduit to the [[Altar]]—a structure on Installation 03. Jul's Covenant intended to use the Conduit's connection to the Altar to open slipspace portals on Gamma Halo. With the portals open, their [[Promethean]] allies would be able to teleport to the installation and help Jul 'Mdama's Covenant take control of the ringworld for themselves; the UNSC sent in [[Unidentified Headhunter|a Spartan Headhunter]]<ref name="canonfodder"/> to stop them. Other portals were also opened throughout the galaxy, including one in New Phoenix. Eventually, Jul's Covenant was defeated at Installation 03 and they retreated from the system. Meanwhile, researchers at the New Phoenix ONI facility were studying a Forerunner artifact. When the portal opened in the city, Jul's Covenant launched an assault on New Phoenix. | ||
==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||