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Later that year, Banished forces [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' which had remained parked on the Ark ever since the [[Battle of Installation 00]] nearly eight years before. Having recovered the access codes from High Charity's systems after scouring the Flood from the ruined city, the Banished sought the three shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|Slipspace crystal]] that Truth had used to open the Portal at Voi during the [[Battle for Earth]]. To their surprise, the Banished came into conflict with surviving [[Covenant loyalists]], but they nevertheless completed their mission at the cost of heavy casualties.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoR|SoR}}

After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox [[Forerunner entanglement dish|somehow]] managed to make contact with [[Escharum]] in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to [[Reach]] and search for and activate the [[Menachite portal complex]]. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WOLFE|their own mission]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one of [[Castor]]'s human servants acting as a [[Reclaimer]]. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a [[~~Banished~~ Lich]] where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark behind to hold it.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}

After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox [[Forerunner entanglement dish|somehow]] managed to make contact with [[Escharum]] in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to [[Reach]] and search for and activate the [[Menachite portal complex]]. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WOLFE|their own mission]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one of [[Castor]]'s human servants acting as a [[Reclaimer]]. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark behind to hold it.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}

===Attempting to Start the Great Journey===

Following [[Atriox]]'s arrival on [[Reach]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijacked his [[~~Banished~~ Lich]] in order to fly it back through the [[slipspace portal]] to the Ark. Still fanatically believing in the [[Covenant religion]], the Keepers' intention was to use the Ark to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey. Anticipating that his forces on the Ark would stop the Keepers, Atriox let them go and was extracted by [[Escharum]]'s [[intrusion corvette]] instead. The Lich successfully flew through the portal before it closed, but [[Castor]] remained unaware that some of his human servants were actually the [[Ferret]]s, deep-cover ONI operatives who had successfully been infiltrating the Keepers for more than two years. During a brief encounter with [[Fred-104]] on Reach, [[Ferret]] leader [[Veta Lopis]] secretly passed him a message to relay to ONI warning them of Atriox's impending return and the Keepers' plot.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}

Following [[Atriox]]'s arrival on [[Reach]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijacked his [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] in order to fly it back through the [[slipspace portal]] to the Ark. Still fanatically believing in the [[Covenant religion]], the Keepers' intention was to use the Ark to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey. Anticipating that his forces on the Ark would stop the Keepers, Atriox let them go and was extracted by [[Escharum]]'s [[intrusion corvette]] instead. The Lich successfully flew through the portal before it closed, but [[Castor]] remained unaware that some of his human servants were actually the [[Ferret]]s, deep-cover ONI operatives who had successfully been infiltrating the Keepers for more than two years. During a brief encounter with [[Fred-104]] on Reach, [[Ferret]] leader [[Veta Lopis]] secretly passed him a message to relay to ONI warning them of Atriox's impending return and the Keepers' plot.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}

When the Keepers emerged from the portal, they ended up getting caught in the middle of a firefight between the UNSC, the [[Banished]] and the [[Covenant loyalists]] over control of the slipspace portal.{{Ref/Reuse|DW1}} The Lich crashed, but the Keepers were able to form an alliance with the Covenant, aided by the unexpected return of [[Intrepid Eye]] who had been believed to have been destroyed along with ''[[Argent Moon]]'' during [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]]. The [[archeon-class ancilla]]'s goal was to use the Halo Array to destroy the [[Domain]] so that the ancilla could render [[Cortana]] vulnerable and destroy her. This would open the way for Intrepid Eye to reseed the galaxy using the Ark's resources and tailor humanity over the course of hundreds of thousands of years to attain the [[Mantle of Responsibility]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW5}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW6|DW|Chapter=6}}

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In [[2559#October|October 2559]], [[Blue Team]] are sent back to [[Reach]] in order to recover some assets from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], assets which hold the key to eventually defeating [[Cortana]]. However, they come into conflict with the [[Banished]] and their allied forces who are seeking the [[Menachite portal complex]] in order to bring their leader [[Atriox]] back to the Milky Way from where he is stranded on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] outside of the galaxy. By following the Spartans, the Banished are able to locate and open the [[slipspace portal]] which,{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} combined with Atriox's retrieval of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|crystal fragments]],{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} enables Atriox and a number of his top warriors to return from the Ark and depart with [[Escharum]] to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark while they are gone. However, [[Castor]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijack Atriox's [[~~Banished~~ Lich]] and fly it to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey.

In [[2559#October|October 2559]], [[Blue Team]] are sent back to [[Reach]] in order to recover some assets from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], assets which hold the key to eventually defeating [[Cortana]]. However, they come into conflict with the [[Banished]] and their allied forces who are seeking the [[Menachite portal complex]] in order to bring their leader [[Atriox]] back to the Milky Way from where he is stranded on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] outside of the galaxy. By following the Spartans, the Banished are able to locate and open the [[slipspace portal]] which,{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} combined with Atriox's retrieval of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|crystal fragments]],{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} enables Atriox and a number of his top warriors to return from the Ark and depart with [[Escharum]] to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark while they are gone. However, [[Castor]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijack Atriox's [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] and fly it to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey.

During this time, Blue Team succeeds in getting into the ruins of CASTLE Base and retrieving three cryobins and a lockbox for Halsey from where they are hidden in her secret cryovault. Both the UNSC and the Banished flee the planet as a [[Guardian]], drawn by the activation of the slipspace portal, arrives to investigate.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} Using the contents of the cryobins, her remaining [[flash cloning|cloned]] brains from the creation of Cortana, Halsey is able to create [[the Weapon]], an exact copy of Cortana who can perfectly imitate the rouge AI to a Forerunner installation's systems and lock her down for deletion.{{Ref/Game|Id=AudioLogRF04|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Recovered Files 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=Recovered Files #04 - The Weapon}}{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

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 Later that year, Banished forces [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' which had remained parked on the Ark ever since the [[Battle of Installation 00]] nearly eight years before. Having recovered the access codes from High Charity's systems after scouring the Flood from the ruined city, the Banished sought the three shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|Slipspace crystal]] that Truth had used to open the Portal at Voi during the [[Battle for Earth]]. To their surprise, the Banished came into conflict with surviving [[Covenant loyalists]], but they nevertheless completed their mission at the cost of heavy casualties.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoR|SoR}}
-After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox [[Forerunner entanglement dish|somehow]] managed to make contact with [[Escharum]] in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to [[Reach]] and search for and activate the [[Menachite portal complex]]. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WOLFE|their own mission]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one of [[Castor]]'s human servants acting as a [[Reclaimer]]. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a [[Banished Lich]] where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark behind to hold it.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}
+After recovering the crystal shards, Atriox [[Forerunner entanglement dish|somehow]] managed to make contact with [[Escharum]] in the Milky Way galaxy. Atriox ordered Escharum to the Banished and their allied forces to [[Reach]] and search for and activate the [[Menachite portal complex]]. Once the slipsspace portal was opened, Atriox would use the crystal shards to connect it to the Ark, allowing him to return to the Milky Way and lead a massive Banished force back to take the Ark once and for all. By following [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WOLFE|their own mission]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were able to locate the portal complex and activate it with the help of one of [[Castor]]'s human servants acting as a [[Reclaimer]]. With a connection established, Atriox was able to fly through the portal in a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] where he revealed that he no longer intended to lead reinforcements to the Ark but to depart with the Banished to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind while leaving the thousands of troops already on the Ark behind to hold it.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}
 ===Attempting to Start the Great Journey===
 {{Main|Battle of Epsilon Clarion}}
-Following [[Atriox]]'s arrival on [[Reach]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijacked his [[Banished Lich]] in order to fly it back through the [[slipspace portal]] to the Ark. Still fanatically believing in the [[Covenant religion]], the Keepers' intention was to use the Ark to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey. Anticipating that his forces on the Ark would stop the Keepers, Atriox let them go and was extracted by [[Escharum]]'s [[intrusion corvette]] instead. The Lich successfully flew through the portal before it closed, but [[Castor]] remained unaware that some of his human servants were actually the [[Ferret]]s, deep-cover ONI operatives who had successfully been infiltrating the Keepers for more than two years. During a brief encounter with [[Fred-104]] on Reach, [[Ferret]] leader [[Veta Lopis]] secretly passed him a message to relay to ONI warning them of Atriox's impending return and the Keepers' plot.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}
+Following [[Atriox]]'s arrival on [[Reach]], the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijacked his [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] in order to fly it back through the [[slipspace portal]] to the Ark. Still fanatically believing in the [[Covenant religion]], the Keepers' intention was to use the Ark to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey. Anticipating that his forces on the Ark would stop the Keepers, Atriox let them go and was extracted by [[Escharum]]'s [[intrusion corvette]] instead. The Lich successfully flew through the portal before it closed, but [[Castor]] remained unaware that some of his human servants were actually the [[Ferret]]s, deep-cover ONI operatives who had successfully been infiltrating the Keepers for more than two years. During a brief encounter with [[Fred-104]] on Reach, [[Ferret]] leader [[Veta Lopis]] secretly passed him a message to relay to ONI warning them of Atriox's impending return and the Keepers' plot.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}
 When the Keepers emerged from the portal, they ended up getting caught in the middle of a firefight between the UNSC, the [[Banished]] and the [[Covenant loyalists]] over control of the slipspace portal.{{Ref/Reuse|DW1}} The Lich crashed, but the Keepers were able to form an alliance with the Covenant, aided by the unexpected return of [[Intrepid Eye]] who had been believed to have been destroyed along with ''[[Argent Moon]]'' during [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]]. The [[archeon-class ancilla]]'s goal was to use the Halo Array to destroy the [[Domain]] so that the ancilla could render [[Cortana]] vulnerable and destroy her. This would open the way for Intrepid Eye to reseed the galaxy using the Ark's resources and tailor humanity over the course of hundreds of thousands of years to attain the [[Mantle of Responsibility]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW5}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW6|DW|Chapter=6}}
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-In [[2559#October|October 2559]], [[Blue Team]] are sent back to [[Reach]] in order to recover some assets from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], assets which hold the key to eventually defeating [[Cortana]]. However, they come into conflict with the [[Banished]] and their allied forces who are seeking the [[Menachite portal complex]] in order to bring their leader [[Atriox]] back to the Milky Way from where he is stranded on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] outside of the galaxy. By following the Spartans, the Banished are able to locate and open the [[slipspace portal]] which,{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} combined with Atriox's retrieval of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|crystal fragments]],{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} enables Atriox and a number of his top warriors to return from the Ark and depart with [[Escharum]] to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark while they are gone. However, [[Castor]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijack Atriox's [[Banished Lich]] and fly it to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey.
+In [[2559#October|October 2559]], [[Blue Team]] are sent back to [[Reach]] in order to recover some assets from the ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] for Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], assets which hold the key to eventually defeating [[Cortana]]. However, they come into conflict with the [[Banished]] and their allied forces who are seeking the [[Menachite portal complex]] in order to bring their leader [[Atriox]] back to the Milky Way from where he is stranded on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] outside of the galaxy. By following the Spartans, the Banished are able to locate and open the [[slipspace portal]] which,{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} combined with Atriox's retrieval of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|crystal fragments]],{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} enables Atriox and a number of his top warriors to return from the Ark and depart with [[Escharum]] to attend to a "greater purpose" of some kind, leaving behind thousands of Banished troops to hold the Ark while they are gone. However, [[Castor]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] hijack Atriox's [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] and fly it to the Ark in order to fire the [[Halo Array]] and finally begin the Great Journey.
 During this time, Blue Team succeeds in getting into the ruins of CASTLE Base and retrieving three cryobins and a lockbox for Halsey from where they are hidden in her secret cryovault. Both the UNSC and the Banished flee the planet as a [[Guardian]], drawn by the activation of the slipspace portal, arrives to investigate.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} Using the contents of the cryobins, her remaining [[flash cloning|cloned]] brains from the creation of Cortana, Halsey is able to create [[the Weapon]], an exact copy of Cortana who can perfectly imitate the rouge AI to a Forerunner installation's systems and lock her down for deletion.{{Ref/Game|Id=AudioLogRF04|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Recovered Files 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=Recovered Files #04 - The Weapon}}{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}