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In the days that followed, the humans and Covenant battled for control of the installation, both unaware of its true value as a weapon of mass destruction. During the prolonged engagement, the Covenant unknowingly unleashed the Flood, which had laid in stasis as the installation's vast army of [[Sentinels]] studied its nature. The parasite spread quickly and soon overtook both sides, threatening to use the Covenant's remaining ships to flee the Soell system and infect all life in the galaxy. 343 Guilty Spark sought the aid of [[Spartan-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] [[John-117]] in activating the ring's defenses and with it the entire Halo Array. Instead, with the aid of [[Cortana]] the Spartan evaded both Spark and the Covenant invaders and detonated the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s fusion reactors, causing a chain reaction that destroyed Installation 04 and prevented the Flood from escaping the system. | In the days that followed, the humans and Covenant battled for control of the installation, both unaware of its true value as a weapon of mass destruction. During the prolonged engagement, the Covenant unknowingly unleashed the Flood, which had laid in stasis as the installation's vast army of [[Sentinels]] studied its nature. The parasite spread quickly and soon overtook both sides, threatening to use the Covenant's remaining ships to flee the Soell system and infect all life in the galaxy. 343 Guilty Spark sought the aid of [[Spartan-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] [[John-117]] in activating the ring's defenses and with it the entire Halo Array. Instead, with the aid of [[Cortana]] the Spartan evaded both Spark and the Covenant invaders and detonated the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s fusion reactors, causing a chain reaction that destroyed Installation 04 and prevented the Flood from escaping the system. | ||
In the days that followed, the | In the days that followed, the {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} was sent to investigate the system, encountering the human prison ship ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' in the vicinity of Installation 04's debris field. A team of Marines was sent to [[Skirmish on Mona Lisa|investigate]], only to find the vessel overrun by Flood who had escaped containment. Recognizing the threat, the ''Red Horse'' was forced to destroy the ''Mona Lisa'', destroying the surviving Flood once again. | ||
The Covenant holy city of ''[[High Charity]]'' occupied the Soell system as the [[High Council]] publicly prosecuted [[Shipmaster]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] for his failure to safeguard the ringworld. However, the Council opted to promote 'Vadamee to [[Arbiter]], and tasked him with the elimination of a group of [[Heretics]] that had assembled on the [[Threshold gas mine]], unaware of the Flood specimens also alive on board. The [[Battle of the Threshold gas mine|engagement]] saw the destruction of this facility, the Heretics, and all Flood encased within, as well as the capture of 343 Guilty Spark. | The Covenant holy city of ''[[High Charity]]'' occupied the Soell system as the [[High Council]] publicly prosecuted [[Shipmaster]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] for his failure to safeguard the ringworld. However, the Council opted to promote 'Vadamee to [[Arbiter]], and tasked him with the elimination of a group of [[Heretics]] that had assembled on the [[Threshold gas mine]], unaware of the Flood specimens also alive on board. The [[Battle of the Threshold gas mine|engagement]] saw the destruction of this facility, the Heretics, and all Flood encased within, as well as the capture of 343 Guilty Spark. | ||