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''Halo: The Flood'' takes place between September 19 and September 22, [[2552]]. It is based on the game ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. It begins as the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] cruiser ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is exiting [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] (on a randomized vector due to the [[Cole Protocol]]) after retreating from the fallen military base at [[Reach]]. [[Cortana]]'s exit vector leads the ship to a system discovered when she decrypted Forerunner glyphs found by the [[John-117|Master Chief]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the ''Pillar of Autumn'' drops out of slipspace, her crew encounters a massive ring-world in orbit around [[Threshold]], a gas giant. This ring-world is called [[Installation 04]], also known as Alpha Halo. | ''Halo: The Flood'' takes place between September 19 and September 22, [[2552]]. It is based on the game ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. It begins as the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] cruiser ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' is exiting [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] (on a randomized vector due to the [[Cole Protocol]]) after retreating from the fallen military base at [[Reach]]. The [[Smart AI|AI]] [[Cortana]]'s exit vector leads the ship to a system discovered when she decrypted Forerunner glyphs found by the [[John-117|Master Chief]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the ''Pillar of Autumn'' drops out of slipspace, her crew encounters a massive ring-world in orbit around [[Threshold]], a gas giant. This ring-world is called [[Installation 04]], also known as Alpha Halo. | ||
In the system, there is a [[Fleet of Particular Justice|host]] of [[Covenant]] ships, who notice the lone UNSC ship. [[Prophet of Stewardship|A Prophet]] forbids the fleet from firing on the ''Pillar of Autumn'', for fear of damaging the ring. Instead, the Covenant are willing to sacrifice more lives to board and capture the ship rather than blasting it to pieces. As a result, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and her crew are able to destroy four Covenant ships, but not without being further crippled by the Covenant onslaught. Meanwhile, technicians on the ''Autumn'' prepare for battle and thaw out a single soldier from [[Cryo chamber|cryogenic sleep]]: the presumed last [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], known as the | In the system, there is a [[Fleet of Particular Justice|host]] of [[Covenant]] ships, who notice the lone UNSC ship. [[Prophet of Stewardship|A Prophet]] forbids the fleet from firing on the ''Pillar of Autumn'', for fear of damaging the ring. Instead, the Covenant are willing to sacrifice more lives to board and capture the ship rather than blasting it to pieces. As a result, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and her crew are able to destroy four Covenant ships, but not without being further crippled by the Covenant onslaught. Meanwhile, technicians on the ''Autumn'' prepare for battle and thaw out a single soldier from [[Cryo chamber|cryogenic sleep]]: the presumed last [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], known as the Master Chief. | ||
The Covenant proceed to take out the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defenses and board the ship. Deprived of defensive options, the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s captain, [[Jacob Keyes]], initiates the Cole Protocol and orders the crew to abandon the ship. The Master Chief is entrusted with the | The Covenant proceed to take out the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defenses and board the ship. Deprived of defensive options, the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s captain, [[Jacob Keyes]], initiates the Cole Protocol and orders the crew to abandon the ship. The Master Chief is entrusted with the AI Cortana; given the wealth of tactical information the [[artificial intelligence]] contains—force deployment, weapons research, and the location of Earth—Keyes cannot allow Cortana to fall into Covenant hands. The Chief fights through the Covenant invaders, reaches the last remaining lifeboat, and heads to the surface of the ring-world known as [[Halo]]. At the same time, a special contingent of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s, or ODSTs, leave the ''Autumn'' via [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|Human Entry Vehicles]]. On the surface of the ring, the ODST Commander, [[Antonio Silva|Major Antonio Silva]], and his second-in-command, [[Melissa McKay|Lieutenant Melissa McKay]], prepare to establish a ground base from where the human forces will launch their guerrilla resistance against the Covenant. Silva is aided by a Class C Military AI, [[Wellsley]], named after the Duke of Wellington, who advises them to capture a high butte. | ||
Meanwhile, a Covenant [[Unggoy|Grunt]] named [[Yayap]] leads his squad into the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Extremely cautious and cowardly by nature, Yayap and his team decide to rescue a Covenant Special Operations [[Sangheili|Elite]] wounded by the Master Chief, rather than fight the humans. The five small aliens drag the black-armored Elite back to their craft and escape the deteriorating ''Autumn'' as it plunges towards the ring-world's atmosphere. | Meanwhile, a Covenant [[Unggoy|Grunt]] named [[Yayap]] leads his squad into the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Extremely cautious and cowardly by nature, Yayap and his team decide to rescue a Covenant Special Operations [[Sangheili|Elite]] wounded by the Master Chief, rather than fight the humans. The five small aliens drag the black-armored Elite back to their craft and escape the deteriorating ''Autumn'' as it plunges towards the ring-world's atmosphere. | ||
An [[Ossoona]] named Isna 'Nosolee manages to survive, using [[active camouflage]] to board Keyes' lifeboat after tracking him down in an attempt to take him hostage. However, the Captain spots him and shoots him with a Corporal's [[M6D magnum|M6D]] pistol. Isna's corpse later allows the Covenant to realize that they should capture Keyes. Keyes and his crew are forced to evade Covenant forces after they crash onto Halo. Finally, they are betrayed by [[Ellen Dowski|Ensign Ellen Dowski]]. Consequently, everyone | An [[Ossoona]] named Isna 'Nosolee manages to survive, using [[active camouflage]] to board Keyes' lifeboat after tracking him down in an attempt to take him hostage. However, the Captain spots him and shoots him with a Corporal's [[M6D magnum|M6D]] pistol. Isna's corpse later allows the Covenant to realize that they should capture Keyes. Keyes and his crew are forced to evade Covenant forces after they crash onto Halo. Finally, they are betrayed by [[Ellen Dowski|Ensign Ellen Dowski]]. Consequently, everyone including the Ensign is executed, save for the Captain, who is captured for interrogation aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. | ||
The Master Chief lands on Halo and helps rescue Marines from their lifeboats, while the ODSTs secure [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] after a clash with Covenant forces. Yayap is rewarded for his rescue of the Elite, named [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], with the terribly dangerous assignment as the Elite's assistant. | The Master Chief lands on Halo and helps rescue Marines from their lifeboats, while the ODSTs secure [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] after a clash with Covenant forces. Yayap is rewarded for his rescue of the Elite, named [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], with the terribly dangerous assignment as the Elite's assistant. | ||
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Meanwhile, the UNSC forces of Alpha Base are forced to defend themselves from a surprise attack by Covenant forces who are attempting to kill the Master Chief, unaware that he is absent. After the failed attack, UNSC forces attempt to ambush a Covenant recovery team, but are interrupted by a Flood attack. Jenkins attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself into the line of fire, but is captured instead. | Meanwhile, the UNSC forces of Alpha Base are forced to defend themselves from a surprise attack by Covenant forces who are attempting to kill the Master Chief, unaware that he is absent. After the failed attack, UNSC forces attempt to ambush a Covenant recovery team, but are interrupted by a Flood attack. Jenkins attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself into the line of fire, but is captured instead. | ||
Back in the control room, Guilty Spark gives the Master Chief the Index to activate Halo, but the furious Cortana stops him. Cortana explains that Halo is a weapon, but it doesn't kill the Flood, it kills their food: humans, Covenant, and all other sentient life in the galaxy. Realizing that they must stop Guilty Spark from activating Halo, Cortana and the Master Chief decide to destroy Halo by detonating the crash-landed ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactors. To do this, they need Captain Keyes' [[Command neural interface|neural implants]] to activate the countdown. To slow Guilty Spark's progress, the pair overload three [[Phase pulse generator|generators]] that amplify Halo's weapon. | Back in the control room, Guilty Spark gives the Master Chief the Index to activate Halo, but the furious Cortana stops him. Cortana explains that Halo is a weapon, but it doesn't kill the Flood, it kills their food: humans, Covenant, and all other sentient life in the galaxy. Realizing that they must stop Guilty Spark from activating Halo, Cortana and the Master Chief decide to destroy Halo by detonating the crash-landed ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactors. To do this, they need Captain Keyes' [[Command neural interface|neural implants]] to activate the countdown. To slow Guilty Spark's progress, the pair overload three [[Phase pulse generator|generators]] that amplify Halo's weapon. In order to fire Halo, they would first need to be repaired. Cortana discovers the Captain is still alive: held prisoner once again aboard the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', now in the hands of the Flood, who are trying to escape Halo with the ship. The Chief fights Covenant and Flood and makes it to the Captain, but finds out he is too late; the Captain, after successfully resisting interrogation by the Flood, is now being transformed into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. The Chief retrieves the implants and leaves the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' for the ''Pillar of Autumn''. | ||
===Section VI=== | ===Section VI=== | ||