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[[Image:180px-Masterchief-and-company.png|left|thumb|The Master Chief with [[Captain Keyes]] and [[Cortana]] on the Pillar of Autumn.]] | [[Image:180px-Masterchief-and-company.png|left|thumb|The Master Chief with [[Captain Keyes]] and [[Cortana]] on the Pillar of Autumn.]] | ||
Once it had arrived safely at [[Installation 04]], the [[UNSC Cruiser]] | Once it had arrived safely at [[Installation 04]], the [[UNSC Cruiser]] <i>[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]</i>, came under attack by Covenant forces. Captain Jacob Keyes ordered [[John-117]] to be woken from his cryo tube, and tasked him with ensuring the escape of the ship's [[AI]], [[Cortana]], while he crash-landed the <i>Pillar of Autumn</i> on the unidentified ring. | ||
Initially, fighting on Halo was between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] forces, but after [[Captain Keyes]]' unwitting release of dormant [[Flood]] parasites, the majority of both forces were infected, and the fighting shifted to combating the new enemy. | Initially, fighting on Halo was between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] forces, but after [[Captain Keyes]]' unwitting release of dormant [[Flood]] parasites, the majority of both forces were infected, and the fighting shifted to combating the new enemy. | ||
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John soon commenced the three-side combat where the Covenant, the Flood and the [[Sentinels]](Originally sent to assist the Master Chief in retrieving the index) battle around the [[Control Room]]. | John soon commenced the three-side combat where the Covenant, the Flood and the [[Sentinels]](Originally sent to assist the Master Chief in retrieving the index) battle around the [[Control Room]]. | ||
Soon after, he returned to [[Captain Keyes]], but unfortunately it was too late. [[Captain Keyes]] had been transformed into a [[Proto-Gravemind]] [[Flood]] form. After a short battle, the Chief retrieved [[Captain Keyes]]' neural implants which he used to activate the <i>Pillar of Autumn's</i> fusion reactor which would subsequently destroy the <i>[[Pillar of Autumn]]</i>, | Soon after, he returned to [[Captain Keyes]], but unfortunately it was too late. [[Captain Keyes]] had been transformed into a [[Proto-Gravemind]] [[Flood]] form. After a short battle, the Chief retrieved [[Captain Keyes]]' neural implants which he used to activate the <i>Pillar of Autumn's</i> fusion reactor which would subsequently destroy the <i>[[Pillar of Autumn]]</i>, and also destroy the [[Halo]] ring. | ||
After successfully destroying the fusion reactors on the <i>Pillar of Autumn</i>, John-117 headed in a Warthog towards the extraction point where Pelican Echo 419 would pick him up. Reached the extraction point, John-117 witnessed the Pelican spiraling down to earth by a pair of Banshees. The Chief quickly diverts his escape towards the hangar bay which housed a Longsword fighter. | After successfully destroying the fusion reactors on the <i>Pillar of Autumn</i>, John-117 headed in a Warthog towards the extraction point where Pelican Echo 419 would pick him up. Reached the extraction point, John-117 witnessed the Pelican spiraling down to earth by a pair of Banshees. The Chief quickly diverts his escape towards the hangar bay which housed a Longsword fighter. |
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