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[[Image:180px-Masterchief-and-company.png|right|240px|thumb|The Master Chief with Captain Keyes and [[Cortana]] on the Pillar of Autumn.]] | [[Image:180px-Masterchief-and-company.png|right|240px|thumb|The Master Chief with Captain Keyes and [[Cortana]] on the Pillar of Autumn.]] | ||
Once | Once the ship had arrived safely at [[Installation 04]], it emerged that the [[Halcyon-class Cruiser|UNSC Halcyon-class cruiser]] ''{{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'' had been followed through [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] by a small group of Covenant forces, who ultimately engaged the ''Autumn'' and sent several boarding parties to board the ship. [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] ordered John to be woken from cryosleep, and tasked him with ensuring the escape of the ship's AI, Cortana, while he crash-landed the ''Pillar of Autumn'' 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. | ||