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After learning of Captain Keyes' fate within the Flood containment facility, the Master Chief saw the true threat of the parasite: it was a violent unstoppable force which needed to be eradicated before it was given a chance to leave Halo. A Forerunner AI called 343 Guilty Spark explained that the only way to stop the flood was to activate the ring. So the Spartan complied, descending into the dark corridors of a structure called "the Library", where the activation process could be set into motion. Deep within this complex and past legions of flood lay the [[Activation Index]], a key which would fire the Halo Instillation when reunified with the Control Room's [[The Core|Core]]. But the only one who could initiate the activation was a [[Reclaimer]], an heir to the Forerunner lineage, a title only a human could claim. And so the Master Chief reached deep into the [[Index Chamber|heart of the Library]], ultimately retrieving the index. When they returned to the Control Room they attempted to fire Halo, but Cortana had different plans. Fully aware of the Forerunners' intentions for Halo, she prevented the index from activating the core, explaining to the Chief the true purpose of the ring. The Halo Array was built to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy. When one ring fired, the others would respond accordingly, their harmonic pulses penetrating every corner of the galaxy until it was completely devoid of intelligent life. Having no hosts to propagate their parasitic offspring, the Flood would be destroyed; but so would humanity, as would all other sentient life. With this new-found knowledge the Spartan retrieved Cortana and the two set their sights on the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' wreckage and its powerful [[Fusion reactor|fusion reactors]], the only way they could put an end to both Halo and the Flood. When [[Wildcat destabilization|detonated]], the reactors would destabilize the Ring's structure, breaking it apart and eradicating anything on its surface. After retrieving the Captain's [[Command neural interface|CNI Transponder]], the key to detonating the ''Autumn's'' reactors, the Chief and Cortona returned to the ship. But they were not alone. Guilty Spark, committed to the protection of Halo, had already arrived ahead of them and was prepared to prevent Cortana's plan. But despite his efforts, the ''Autumn'' would be destroyed by the Master Chief, taking Halo along with it. While the Spartan and Cortana would survive this cataclysmic event, the threat of the Covenant and the Flood would end for a time. But like many true threats their defeat would be only momentary: the Covenant had discovered the location of [[Installation 05|yet another Halo Ring]] and, tragically, the planet [[Earth]]. That would be the site of [[Battle of Earth|humanity's last stand against the Covenant]], and the beginning of the [[Battle of Installation 00|final chapter of the war]].

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+After learning of Captain Keyes' fate within the Flood containment facility, the Master Chief saw the true threat of the parasite: it was a violent unstoppable force which needed to be eradicated before it was given a chance to leave Halo. A Forerunner AI called 343 Guilty Spark explained that the only way to stop the flood was to activate the ring. So the Spartan complied, descending into the dark corridors of a structure called "the Library", where the activation process could be set into motion. Deep within this complex and past legions of flood lay the [[Activation Index]], a key which would fire the Halo Instillation when reunified with the Control Room's [[The Core|Core]]. But the only one who could initiate the activation was a [[Reclaimer]], an heir to the Forerunner lineage, a title only a human could claim. And so the Master Chief reached deep into the [[Index Chamber|heart of the Library]], ultimately retrieving the index. When they returned to the Control Room they attempted to fire Halo, but Cortana had different plans. Fully aware of the Forerunners' intentions for Halo, she prevented the index from activating the core, explaining to the Chief the true purpose of the ring. The Halo Array was built to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy. When one ring fired, the others would respond accordingly, their harmonic pulses penetrating every corner of the galaxy until it was completely devoid of intelligent life. Having no hosts to propagate their parasitic offspring, the Flood would be destroyed; but so would humanity, as would all other sentient life. With this new-found knowledge the Spartan retrieved Cortana and the two set their sights on the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' wreckage and its powerful [[Fusion reactor|fusion reactors]], the only way they could put an end to both Halo and the Flood. When [[Wildcat destabilization|detonated]], the reactors would destabilize the Ring's structure, breaking it apart and eradicating anything on its surface. After retrieving the Captain's [[Command neural interface|CNI Transponder]], the key to detonating the ''Autumn's'' reactors, the Chief and Cortona returned to the ship. But they were not alone. Guilty Spark, committed to the protection of Halo, had already arrived ahead of them and was prepared to prevent Cortana's plan. But despite his efforts, the ''Autumn'' would be destroyed by the Master Chief, taking Halo along with it. While the Spartan and Cortana would survive this cataclysmic event, the threat of the Covenant and the Flood would end for a time. But like many true threats their defeat would be only momentary: the Covenant had discovered the location of [[Installation 05|yet another Halo Ring]] and, tragically, the planet [[Earth]]. That would be the site of [[Battle of Earth|humanity's last stand against the Covenant]], and the beginning of the [[Battle of Installation 00|final chapter of the war]].
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