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{{Quote|No, this is not vengeance. This is justice.|000 Tragic Solitude on his plans<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 278'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|No, this is not vengeance. This is justice.|000 Tragic Solitude on his plans<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 278'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
On [[2554|August 2554]], {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} arrived at Installation 00 for research and survey purposes. Tragic Solitude unleashed the installation's fauna and constructs on the [[remote contact team]]s deployed by ''Rubicon'' and destroyed nearly all teams. However, [[RCT-06]] returned with the remains of 343 Guilty Spark. Guilty Spark eventually took control of ''Rubicon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s systems and left the installation for his own purposes. Meanwhile, Tragic Solitude oversaw the destruction of RCT [[Broadside]] at the hands of [[chaefka]]. The [[squad]]'s leader, [[Bobby Kodiak]], was heavily injured in the attack, but managed to escape the animals. Using the human's earpiece for communication, Tragic Solitude spoke to Kodiak and offered to save him if he surrendered himself to the monitor. With no other chance of survival, Kodiak accepted.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 5-8'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The monitor "healed" the soldier, but the outcome resulted in Kodiak becoming a cyborg with disfigured body. Tragic Solitude then forced Kodiak to initiate a countdown that would lead to the activation of the Halos.<ref name="hitd329">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 329-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The countdown to the activation sequence was discovered on [[Installation 07]] by Doctor [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]]. In response to this discovery, the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] formed a team tasked with [[Operation: FAR STORM|traveling]] to Installation 00 to stop the activation sequence. As expected by Tragic Solitude, the team reopened the slipspace portal that led to the Ark. Tragic Solitude sent a Retriever through to begin mining Earth, but it was promptly destroyed by UNSC forces, as was the next Retriever that followed.<ref name="hitd232">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 232-241'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When the UNSC–Sangheili's {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}—''[[Mayhem]]''—entered the portal and exited over the Ark, Tragic Solitude initially intended to use his army of heavily armed Retrievers to destroy the vessel, although decided to allow them to live upon learning that [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] was aboard the ship. Seeking to capture the Huragok and a human to replace the wounded Kodiak, Tragic Solitude tested the humans and Sangheili by pitting animals on Installation 00 against them, hoping that those who were weak would perish.<ref name="hitd270"/> | |||
While the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios forces battled [[morolaath]] and [[chaefka]] on the Ark,<ref name="hitd184">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 184'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Tragic Solitude communicated with [[Olympia Vale]] through her earpiece and manipulated a psychotropic effect generated by an agent released by the chaefka<ref name="hitd232"/> to make her walk away from a battle and towards the Citadel.<ref name="hitd184"/> As she neared the Citadel, Tragic Solitude opened the ground beneath her and Vale descended down an angled tube that brought her to a long hallway. Tragic Solitude soon personally traveled to Vale's location and transformed himself into a golden replication of Vale, as he believed that this form would make her more comfortable. As the monitor revealed his intent to her, Vale fruitlessly attempted to convince Tragic Solitude to stop his plan.<ref name="hitd232"/> Vale attempted to convince Tragic Solitude to stop the Halo Array's activation and mine other worlds to rebuild the Ark, rather than Earth. However, the monitor remained unmoved by Vale's arguments and eventually induced her to sleep.<ref name="hitd270"/> Shortly after, the humans and Sangheili succeeded in averting the Halo Array's activation. However, Tragic Solitude proceeded to launch his army of Retrievers through the portal to Earth, where some began mining the planet's surface while others [[Invasion of Earth|engaged]] [[UNSC Home Fleet|local defense forces]]. The monitor intended to use the Retrievers to force humanity to submit to him, where he would then use Vale to reactivate the Halo Array and eradicate all life in the galaxy.<ref name="hitd308"/> | While the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios forces battled [[morolaath]] and [[chaefka]] on the Ark,<ref name="hitd184">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 184'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Tragic Solitude communicated with [[Olympia Vale]] through her earpiece and manipulated a psychotropic effect generated by an agent released by the chaefka<ref name="hitd232"/> to make her walk away from a battle and towards the Citadel.<ref name="hitd184"/> As she neared the Citadel, Tragic Solitude opened the ground beneath her and Vale descended down an angled tube that brought her to a long hallway. Tragic Solitude soon personally traveled to Vale's location and transformed himself into a golden replication of Vale, as he believed that this form would make her more comfortable. As the monitor revealed his intent to her, Vale fruitlessly attempted to convince Tragic Solitude to stop his plan.<ref name="hitd232"/> Vale attempted to convince Tragic Solitude to stop the Halo Array's activation and mine other worlds to rebuild the Ark, rather than Earth. However, the monitor remained unmoved by Vale's arguments and eventually induced her to sleep.<ref name="hitd270"/> Shortly after, the humans and Sangheili succeeded in averting the Halo Array's activation. However, Tragic Solitude proceeded to launch his army of Retrievers through the portal to Earth, where some began mining the planet's surface while others [[Invasion of Earth|engaged]] [[UNSC Home Fleet|local defense forces]]. The monitor intended to use the Retrievers to force humanity to submit to him, where he would then use Vale to reactivate the Halo Array and eradicate all life in the galaxy.<ref name="hitd308"/> | ||