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As Covenant forces began boarding the ''Autumn'', Captain Jacob Keyes ordered [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Thom Shephard]] and [[Petty Officer Third Class]] [[Samuel N. Marcus]] to release [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] from his [[cryo-chamber]]. Both officers were killed by Covenant invasion forces while preparing the SPARTAN-II for immediate combat. Shortly thereafter, the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] was sabotaged by the Covenant boarding teams and rendered inoperable.<ref name="CE:TPOA"/><ref name="flood1"/> | As Covenant forces began boarding the ''Autumn'', Captain Jacob Keyes ordered [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Thom Shephard]] and [[Petty Officer Third Class]] [[Samuel N. Marcus]] to release [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] from his [[cryo-chamber]]. Both officers were killed by Covenant invasion forces while preparing the SPARTAN-II for immediate combat. Shortly thereafter, the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] was sabotaged by the Covenant boarding teams and rendered inoperable.<ref name="CE:TPOA"/><ref name="flood1"/> | ||
During the battle, installation [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]] prepared the defensive {{Class|Confidence|weapon array}}, preparing to fire on all vessels who did not return to a minimum one light-year safe distance. Unfortunately, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was not able to receive this transmission. Luckily, the Monitor accessed the ship's databases and upon learning of the humans' status as [[reclaimer]]s, took the weapons offline and granted them safe passage onto the ring.<ref>''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', [[Terminal | During the battle, installation [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]] prepared the defensive {{Class|Confidence|weapon array}}, preparing to fire on all vessels who did not return to a minimum one light-year safe distance. Unfortunately, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was not able to receive this transmission. Luckily, the Monitor accessed the ship's databases and upon learning of the humans' status as [[reclaimer]]s, took the weapons offline and granted them safe passage onto the ring.<ref>''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal #1]]</ref> | ||
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In a state of disarray, several evacuating UNSC personnel eventually landed on the Forerunner construct. Some were killed in the landing while others attempted to get hold of one another and survive the Covenant patrols. | In a state of disarray, several evacuating UNSC personnel eventually landed on the Forerunner construct. Some were killed in the landing while others attempted to get hold of one another and survive the Covenant patrols. | ||
After crash-landing on the Forerunner construct, John-117, the sole survivor of Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43's crash-landing, headed out to get away from Covenant patrols and, under the instructions provided by Cortana, attempted to establish some contact with any surviving human personnel. After evading several patrols and a brief skirmish with a small Covenant [[lance]], John-117 managed to find a group of survivors defending themselves against the aggressive Covenant forces in a Forerunner structure. John established contact with [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] and the survivors, and assisted them in eliminating and defeating the Covenant forces, later reinforced by three waves. [[Carol Rawley|Foe Hammer]] of [[Echo 419]] soon arrived to retrieve the survivors after the elimination of Covenant forces. Witnessing three lifepods flying overhead, Cortana instructed Foe Hammer to disengage her Warthog to support the Spartan's efforts in retrieving and securing the survivors. Two Marines assisted the Spartan in the rescue efforts.<ref name="CEHalo">''Halo: Combat Evolved'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]</ref> At some point, John would find a [[Terminal | After crash-landing on the Forerunner construct, John-117, the sole survivor of Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43's crash-landing, headed out to get away from Covenant patrols and, under the instructions provided by Cortana, attempted to establish some contact with any surviving human personnel. After evading several patrols and a brief skirmish with a small Covenant [[lance]], John-117 managed to find a group of survivors defending themselves against the aggressive Covenant forces in a Forerunner structure. John established contact with [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]] and the survivors, and assisted them in eliminating and defeating the Covenant forces, later reinforced by three waves. [[Carol Rawley|Foe Hammer]] of [[Echo 419]] soon arrived to retrieve the survivors after the elimination of Covenant forces. Witnessing three lifepods flying overhead, Cortana instructed Foe Hammer to disengage her Warthog to support the Spartan's efforts in retrieving and securing the survivors. Two Marines assisted the Spartan in the rescue efforts.<ref name="CEHalo">''Halo: Combat Evolved'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]</ref> At some point, John would find a [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal]] and record its data.<ref name="ARG-1"/><ref name="ARG-2"/> Around this time, 343 Guilty Spark would begin using the terminals to show the history of the ring.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary terminals teaser]]''</ref><ref group="note">Although never confirmed as such, John-117 finds the first terminal on the ring's surface during the events of the level "Halo", which begins the telling of the story of Installation 04. Thus, Guilty Spark's statements in the Terminal Teaser would most logically coincide with this event.</ref> | ||
After successfully rescuing the survivors from all three lifepods, Cortana informed everyone of her findings after hacking into the [[Covenant battle network|Covenant battlenet]]; Captain Keyes and a number of personnel survived the landing on the Installation, but have been captured by Covenant forces. The survivors eventually returned to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] to devise a rescue plan for the Captain.<ref name="flood2"/><ref name="CEHalo"/> | After successfully rescuing the survivors from all three lifepods, Cortana informed everyone of her findings after hacking into the [[Covenant battle network|Covenant battlenet]]; Captain Keyes and a number of personnel survived the landing on the Installation, but have been captured by Covenant forces. The survivors eventually returned to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] to devise a rescue plan for the Captain.<ref name="flood2"/><ref name="CEHalo"/> | ||
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Although the ringworld was destroyed, it did not mark the end of conflict in the Soell system. After the destruction of Installation 04 and John-117's successful escape, Cortana scanned the installation's debris field for survivors. Soon, multiple Covenant capital ships entered the system. Cortana discovered several cryo pods jettisoned from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' during the initial battle, one of which contained [[Linda-058]], and a Pelican dropship with several survivors. John-117 picked up the survivors in the Longsword, and with their help, boarded and hijacked the Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and [[Raid on Reach|headed for Reach]].<ref name="First Strike">''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> The ''Seeker of Truth'' and Supreme Commander 'Vadamee would soon depart for ''High Charity''. During the interim, 'Vadamee would write a [[Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition Manual#Report on the Atrocity at Halo|''Report on the Atrocity at Halo'']], detailing his failure to protect the ring and combining the intelligence on John-117 and the UNSC taken from his engagements at Reach and Installation 04<ref name="H2C Manual">''[[Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition Manual]]''</ref> as well as send a copy of a [[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Priority Broadcast Log]] taken from transmissions detailing the conflict between 'Vadamee and the Prophet to [[Lak 'Vadamee]], wishing for Lak to know the truth of events before his hearing.<ref name="priority"/> The commander was tried in front of the [[High Council]] and stripped of rank,<ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> ultimately only spared a public execution due to the machinations of the [[Prophet of Truth]], who esteemed the title of [[Arbiter]] on the disgraced Sangheili. 'Vadamee was given a new mission; eliminate the group of heretics led by Sesa 'Refumee now holed up in the gas mines of Threshold.<ref name="H2Arbiter">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Arbiter]]</ref> | Although the ringworld was destroyed, it did not mark the end of conflict in the Soell system. After the destruction of Installation 04 and John-117's successful escape, Cortana scanned the installation's debris field for survivors. Soon, multiple Covenant capital ships entered the system. Cortana discovered several cryo pods jettisoned from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' during the initial battle, one of which contained [[Linda-058]], and a Pelican dropship with several survivors. John-117 picked up the survivors in the Longsword, and with their help, boarded and hijacked the Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and [[Raid on Reach|headed for Reach]].<ref name="First Strike">''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> The ''Seeker of Truth'' and Supreme Commander 'Vadamee would soon depart for ''High Charity''. During the interim, 'Vadamee would write a [[Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition Manual#Report on the Atrocity at Halo|''Report on the Atrocity at Halo'']], detailing his failure to protect the ring and combining the intelligence on John-117 and the UNSC taken from his engagements at Reach and Installation 04<ref name="H2C Manual">''[[Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition Manual]]''</ref> as well as send a copy of a [[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Priority Broadcast Log]] taken from transmissions detailing the conflict between 'Vadamee and the Prophet to [[Lak 'Vadamee]], wishing for Lak to know the truth of events before his hearing.<ref name="priority"/> The commander was tried in front of the [[High Council]] and stripped of rank,<ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> ultimately only spared a public execution due to the machinations of the [[Prophet of Truth]], who esteemed the title of [[Arbiter]] on the disgraced Sangheili. 'Vadamee was given a new mission; eliminate the group of heretics led by Sesa 'Refumee now holed up in the gas mines of Threshold.<ref name="H2Arbiter">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Arbiter]]</ref> | ||
'Refumee had been tasked to explore the gas mines of Threshold by the Minor Prophet of Stewardship during the battle at Installation 04, and was eventually the one to receive 343 Guilty Spark following the ring's destruction. The Monitor was able to survive the destruction of the Installation, and had similarly arrived at the gas mines, wherein he proceeded to tell 'Refumee the truth about the Halo Array.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal | 'Refumee had been tasked to explore the gas mines of Threshold by the Minor Prophet of Stewardship during the battle at Installation 04, and was eventually the one to receive 343 Guilty Spark following the ring's destruction. The Monitor was able to survive the destruction of the Installation, and had similarly arrived at the gas mines, wherein he proceeded to tell 'Refumee the truth about the Halo Array.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 11]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]</ref> Following the Monitor's revelations, 'Refumee devoted himself to spreading the truth of Halo to all the Covenant. A month later on October 20, the now-rebranded Arbiter and fellow Installation 04 veteran Rtas 'Vadumee would lead a team to [[Raid on the Threshold gas mine|raid the gas mines]] and destroy the heretics once and for all, capturing the Monitor in the process.<ref name="H2Arbiter"/><ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Oracle]]</ref> | ||
The battle on Alpha Halo resulted in more than just a UNSC victory, however. It sparked a series of events that would change the course of the entire war. The new Arbiter would play a major role in the events of the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Battle of Earth]]. The High Prophets also would exploit the political fallout resulting from Halo's destruction to further their own plans to supplant the Sangheili ranks with their rivals among the [[Jiralhanae]], whose blind faith they favored over the Sangheili's pragmatism. This led to the [[Great Schism]] upon learning the truth of Prophet of Truth's plan to replace [[Sangheili]] with Jiralhanae. | The battle on Alpha Halo resulted in more than just a UNSC victory, however. It sparked a series of events that would change the course of the entire war. The new Arbiter would play a major role in the events of the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Battle of Earth]]. The High Prophets also would exploit the political fallout resulting from Halo's destruction to further their own plans to supplant the Sangheili ranks with their rivals among the [[Jiralhanae]], whose blind faith they favored over the Sangheili's pragmatism. This led to the [[Great Schism]] upon learning the truth of Prophet of Truth's plan to replace [[Sangheili]] with Jiralhanae. | ||
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[[File:H5-Truth-Ships.png|thumb|right|The simulated Fleet of Particular Justice on "Truth".]] | [[File:H5-Truth-Ships.png|thumb|right|The simulated Fleet of Particular Justice on "Truth".]] | ||
During the return journey home, Cortana would write a [[Halo 2 Manual#Secret Transmission .2B Master Chief Section|report]] on the conflict,<ref>''[[Halo 2 Manual]]''</ref> while also using the downtime to begin collating the data recovered from being in the Forerunner and Covenant networks.<ref name="First Strike"/> The AI kept control of the Installation's [[Activation index]], unbeknownst to everyone including John-117.<ref name="LC9">''Halo Legendary Crate'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #9]]</ref> This experience would be one of the major factors later assuring the AI's descent into [[rampancy]], and attributed to as the cause of a number of [[Character interludes|believed-software glitches]] that would later display in John-117's MJOLNIR armor during the later Battle of Earth.<ref name="LC9"/> Nonetheless, the data recovered by Cortana and the Master Chief - including his recording of the mysterious [[Terminal | During the return journey home, Cortana would write a [[Halo 2 Manual#Secret Transmission .2B Master Chief Section|report]] on the conflict,<ref>''[[Halo 2 Manual]]''</ref> while also using the downtime to begin collating the data recovered from being in the Forerunner and Covenant networks.<ref name="First Strike"/> The AI kept control of the Installation's [[Activation index]], unbeknownst to everyone including John-117.<ref name="LC9">''Halo Legendary Crate'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #9]]</ref> This experience would be one of the major factors later assuring the AI's descent into [[rampancy]], and attributed to as the cause of a number of [[Character interludes|believed-software glitches]] that would later display in John-117's MJOLNIR armor during the later Battle of Earth.<ref name="LC9"/> Nonetheless, the data recovered by Cortana and the Master Chief - including his recording of the mysterious [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]] - would become later known to [[ONI Section Three]], and later used to assist in unlocking further Forerunner mysteries.<ref name="ARG-1">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst135464_CLASSIFIED---HYDRAI-THREAD---GLYPH-CODES.aspx ''Halo Waypoint forums'': CLASSIFIED - HYDRAI THREAD - GLYPH CODES] - ''" PREVIOUSLY, SPARTAN 117 CAME ACROSS A SET OF CURIOUS TERMINALS WHEN FIGHTING HIS WAY THROUGH ALPHA HALO. EACH TERMINAL CONTAINED A VIDEO TRANSMISSION WITH INCREDIBLY VALUABLE INTEL."'' (defunct, [http://web.archive.org/web/20141013002126/https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst135464_CLASSIFIED---HYDRAI-THREAD---GLYPH-CODES.aspx Archive.org] )</ref><ref name="ARG-2">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst151938p15_--CLASSIFIED--SECTION-3-DECODING-CENTER.aspx ''Halo Waypoint forums'': //CLASSIFIED//SECTION 3 DECODING CENTER//] - ''" OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, ONI RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO UNLOCK HIGHLY ENCRYPTED DATA, USING A SUBSET OF ARCANE FORERUNNER SYMBOLS. THIS DISCOVERY CAME AFTER ANALYSIS OF VIDEO TRANSMISSIONS UNCOVERED ON ALPHA HALO BY SPARTAN 117."'' (defunct, [http://web.archive.org/web/20141014023353/https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst151938p15_--CLASSIFIED--SECTION-3-DECODING-CENTER.aspx Archive.org] )</ref> By October 20, news of the destruction of Installation 04 had reached the civilian populace of Earth, and a ceremony was held to honor the Spartan.<ref>''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - "Explanation"</ref> Naval intelligence AIs continued to disagree on the Covenant's motives on the ring, with some falsely believing that the Covenant had already found the ring and wanted to prevent humanity from find it also.<ref name="jason"/> As part of public awareness campaigns conducted by the [[ONI Section Two]] including initiatives like [[Outpost Discovery]], the Battle of Installation 04 was one of many subjects covered by Director [[Schaefer]] in [[File CHELAN 20200303]].<ref>''[[ONI Archive – Conflict Evolved - Halo: CE Anniversary]]''</ref> A recount of the battle was later included in the UNSC's [[Official Spartan Field Manual]].<ref name="OSFM"/> | ||
Following the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] declared a 500 light-second<ref name="WPThreshold">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold ''Halo Waypoint'': Threshold]</ref> exclusion zone around the site of Installation 04 as part of the [[Treaty of 2552]].<ref name="Nightfall"/> The area around Threshold would continue to be extremely dangerous due to uncontrolled Sentinels, volatile Halo fragments, micro-debris, malfunctioning Forerunner artifacts, and the ever-present danger of the Flood making even surreptitious exploration and scavenging too dangerous for most.<ref name="WPThreshold"/> Nonetheless, in [[2556]], Spartan [[Fireteam Apollo]] would [[Operation: SHELL GAME|breach the zone]] and recover the black box of the ''Undiminished Entelechy'', detailing records of transmissions between Thel 'Vadamee and the Minor Prophet of Stewardsahip during the battle. The data recovered would later go on to be used to simulate the [[War Games]] simulations "[[Truth (level)|Truth]]", "[[Regret (Halo 5: Guardians map)|Regret]]" and a variant of "[[Parallax]]".<ref name="LC3"/><ref name="CFbeta"/> During the simulations, the war-era vessels of the Fleet of Particular Justice would be replaced by [[Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner]]s.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', multiplayer level [[Truth (level)|Truth]]</ref> | Following the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] declared a 500 light-second<ref name="WPThreshold">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/threshold ''Halo Waypoint'': Threshold]</ref> exclusion zone around the site of Installation 04 as part of the [[Treaty of 2552]].<ref name="Nightfall"/> The area around Threshold would continue to be extremely dangerous due to uncontrolled Sentinels, volatile Halo fragments, micro-debris, malfunctioning Forerunner artifacts, and the ever-present danger of the Flood making even surreptitious exploration and scavenging too dangerous for most.<ref name="WPThreshold"/> Nonetheless, in [[2556]], Spartan [[Fireteam Apollo]] would [[Operation: SHELL GAME|breach the zone]] and recover the black box of the ''Undiminished Entelechy'', detailing records of transmissions between Thel 'Vadamee and the Minor Prophet of Stewardsahip during the battle. The data recovered would later go on to be used to simulate the [[War Games]] simulations "[[Truth (level)|Truth]]", "[[Regret (Halo 5: Guardians map)|Regret]]" and a variant of "[[Parallax]]".<ref name="LC3"/><ref name="CFbeta"/> During the simulations, the war-era vessels of the Fleet of Particular Justice would be replaced by [[Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner]]s.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', multiplayer level [[Truth (level)|Truth]]</ref> | ||
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