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==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
{{Quote|no=two|[[Avery Johnson]]|[[Cortana]]|q1=I got a good view comin' in. There's a big building in the middle of this island's lake.|q2=I saw it too. It looks like a temple. If I were a megalomaniac--and I'm not--that's where I'd be.|Avery Johnson and Cortana discuss the Prophet of Regret's location{{Ref/Reuse|deltahalo}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|[[Avery Johnson]]|[[Cortana]]|q1=I got a good view comin' in. There's a big building in the middle of this island's lake.|q2=I saw it too. It looks like a temple. If I were a megalomaniac--and I'm not--that's where I'd be.|Avery Johnson and Cortana discuss the Prophet of Regret's location{{Ref/Reuse|deltahalo}}}} | ||
[[File:HM- | [[File:HM-DeltaHalo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Master Chief and UNSC Marines on the surface of Installation 05.]] | ||
The ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' exited slipspace on [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], arriving in close proximity to Installation 05, orbiting the gas giant [[Substance]] in the [[Coelest system]]. The Prophet of Regret took ''Solemn Penance'' down to the surface of the ring, deploying large numbers of ground troops and armor into a network of [[Forerunner]] ruins. The Hierarch fortified himself within a [[Temple (Installation 05)|temple]] in the middle of a large lake and began to sermonize to his loyal forces, declaring his intent to activate the installation and begin the Covenant's [[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|"Great Journey"]].{{Ref/Reuse|deltahalo}} | The ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' exited slipspace on [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], arriving in close proximity to Installation 05, orbiting the gas giant [[Substance]] in the [[Coelest system]]. The Prophet of Regret took ''Solemn Penance'' down to the surface of the ring, deploying large numbers of ground troops and armor into a network of [[Forerunner]] ruins. The Hierarch fortified himself within a [[Temple (Installation 05)|temple]] in the middle of a large lake and began to sermonize to his loyal forces, declaring his intent to activate the installation and begin the Covenant's [[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|"Great Journey"]].{{Ref/Reuse|deltahalo}} | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
[[File:H2A - RegretGravemind.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Regret's corpse, reanimated as a Flood form absorbed by the Gravemind.]] | |||
The death of Regret allowed the Prophet of Truth to consolidate his grip on the Covenant. Using the death of the Hierarch as an excuse to discredit the Sangheili, Truth ordered a [[Changing of the Guard|restructuring]] of the Covenant Honor Guard, casting the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] out and replacing them with the [[Jiralhanae]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> While eavesdropping on a meeting between the Prophet of Truth, the [[Prophet of Exquisite Devotion]] and the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]], [[Zo Resken]], Truth's Second Administrator, overheard the three as they discussed their plans to elevate the [[Jiralhanae]] above the Sangheili, and later received news from [[G'torik 'Klemmee]] revealing that Truth had deliberately withdrawn the Phantoms sent down to reinforce the Prophet of Regret to ensure his death at the hands of the Master Chief.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''Chapter 16''</ref> This was but one part of a "divisive mandate" that Truth had set in motion years prior. Secretly, he had devised a complex scheme, one which would soon culminate in the [[Great Schism]], with the Sangheili being forced out of the Covenant.<ref name="bwu">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09'']</ref> This would ultimately result in the deaths of the remaining Hierarchs, and the complete fragmentation of the Covenant during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] [[2552#December|a month later]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> | The death of Regret allowed the Prophet of Truth to consolidate his grip on the Covenant. Using the death of the Hierarch as an excuse to discredit the Sangheili, Truth ordered a [[Changing of the Guard|restructuring]] of the Covenant Honor Guard, casting the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] out and replacing them with the [[Jiralhanae]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> While eavesdropping on a meeting between the Prophet of Truth, the [[Prophet of Exquisite Devotion]] and the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]], [[Zo Resken]], Truth's Second Administrator, overheard the three as they discussed their plans to elevate the [[Jiralhanae]] above the Sangheili, and later received news from [[G'torik 'Klemmee]] revealing that Truth had deliberately withdrawn the Phantoms sent down to reinforce the Prophet of Regret to ensure his death at the hands of the Master Chief.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''Chapter 16''</ref> This was but one part of a "divisive mandate" that Truth had set in motion years prior. Secretly, he had devised a complex scheme, one which would soon culminate in the [[Great Schism]], with the Sangheili being forced out of the Covenant.<ref name="bwu">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09'']</ref> This would ultimately result in the deaths of the remaining Hierarchs, and the complete fragmentation of the Covenant during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] [[2552#December|a month later]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> | ||
John-117 would be brought into the Gravemind's lair deep below Installation 05's Library, where he would come face-to-face with [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, [[Arbiter]] of the Covenant and the former [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], as well as the installation's [[monitor]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] and the reanimated corpse of the Prophet of Regret. The Gravemind brought the four together in order to explain the truth behind the [[Halo Array]]'s function to 'Vadamee. When both John and the Gravemind's words failed to sway the Arbiter, the Gravemind opted to show the Sangheili for himself. Instructing the Chief and Arbiter to seek out the Activation Index, the Gravemind manipulated the ring's [[teleportation grid]] to teleport John-117 into High Charity while Thel 'Vadamee was sent to the cliffs near the installation's [[Control Room (Installation 05)|control room]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> | |||
John-117 would be brought into the Gravemind's lair deep below Installation 05's Library, where he would come face-to-face with [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, [[Arbiter]] of the Covenant and the former [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], as well as the installation's [[monitor]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] and the reanimated corpse of the Prophet of Regret. The Gravemind brought the four together in order to explain the truth behind the [[Halo Array]]'s function to 'Vadamee. When both John and the Gravemind's words failed to sway the Arbiter, the Gravemind opted to show the Sangheili for himself. Instructing the Chief and Arbiter to seek out the Activation Index, the Gravemind manipulated the ring's [[teleportation grid]] to teleport John-117 into High Charity while Thel 'Vadamee was sent to the cliffs near the installation's [[Control Room (Installation 05)|control room]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||