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After successfully discerning the Prophet of Truth's location and aware of the heavy array of defenses the Hierarch had placed around the Citadel, the UNSC and Sangheili launched a joint [[Battle of the Citadel|assault]] on a trio of [[barrier tower]]s; having learned from 343 Guilty Spark that this would be enough to drop a section of the shield and allow the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' to destroy the Citadel. While they were successful in deactivating the towers, Sergeant Johnson was captured by the Covenant and brought to the Citadel to be used by Truth to activate the Array due to his status as a [[Reclaimer|"Reclaimer"]] and the ''Shadow of Intent'' was damaged by debris from the Flood-infested [[High Charity]], which arrived during the battle, forcing the UNSC/Sangheili alliance to begin a ground assault on the Citadel. Ultimately, they would destroy all Covenant opposition in front of the Citadel and a team consisting of John-117, Thel 'Vadam and [[N'tho 'Sraom|several]] [[Usze 'Taham|Sangheili]] would storm the Citadel's interior, forming a brief alliance of the Flood to destroy the last vestiges of Covenant resistance and make their way to Truth, but were too late to stop Commander Keyes' death at the Prophet's hand and the beginning of the activation process. Eventually, the Prophet of Truth would meet his death at the hand of Thel 'Vadam and John-117 would halt the activation of the Array, resulting in the fragmentation of the Covenant.<ref name="covenant"/> | After successfully discerning the Prophet of Truth's location and aware of the heavy array of defenses the Hierarch had placed around the Citadel, the UNSC and Sangheili launched a joint [[Battle of the Citadel|assault]] on a trio of [[barrier tower]]s; having learned from 343 Guilty Spark that this would be enough to drop a section of the shield and allow the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' to destroy the Citadel. While they were successful in deactivating the towers, Sergeant Johnson was captured by the Covenant and brought to the Citadel to be used by Truth to activate the Array due to his status as a [[Reclaimer|"Reclaimer"]] and the ''Shadow of Intent'' was damaged by debris from the Flood-infested [[High Charity]], which arrived during the battle, forcing the UNSC/Sangheili alliance to begin a ground assault on the Citadel. Ultimately, they would destroy all Covenant opposition in front of the Citadel and a team consisting of John-117, Thel 'Vadam and [[N'tho 'Sraom|several]] [[Usze 'Taham|Sangheili]] would storm the Citadel's interior, forming a brief alliance of the Flood to destroy the last vestiges of Covenant resistance and make their way to Truth, but were too late to stop Commander Keyes' death at the Prophet's hand and the beginning of the activation process. Eventually, the Prophet of Truth would meet his death at the hand of Thel 'Vadam and John-117 would halt the activation of the Array, resulting in the fragmentation of the Covenant.<ref name="covenant"/> | ||
After learning of the existence of Installation 08 and recognizing it as the "solution" to the Flood [[Cortana]] had mentioned in the message he had retrieved from the ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' on Earth, John [[Raid on High Charity|ventured alone]] into the remains of High Charity to retrieve his missing [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] companion while the UNSC and Sangheili command coordinated the departure of their forces from the Ark. John eventually retrieved Cortana from deep within the Flood [[Flood hive|hive]] and escaped on a Pelican with the help of Thel 'Vadam.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> | After learning of the existence of Installation 08 and recognizing it as the "solution" to the Flood [[Cortana]] had mentioned in the message he had retrieved from the ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' on Earth, John [[Raid on High Charity|ventured alone]] into the remains of High Charity to retrieve his missing [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] companion while the UNSC and Sangheili command coordinated the departure of their forces from the Ark. John eventually retrieved Cortana from deep within the Flood [[Flood hive|hive]] and escaped on a Pelican with the help of Thel 'Vadam.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> While the ''Shadow of Intent'' left Installation 00 with surviving UNSC and Sangheili personnel on board, John, Thel, Cortana and Sergeant Johnson made their way to the [[Control Room (Installation 04)#Installation 08|control room]] of Installation 08 with the objective of firing the incomplete Halo ring to destroy the Flood presence on the Ark using the [[Activation Index#Installation 04|Activation Index]] that she had kept from Installation 04. While 343 Guilty Spark ultimately succumbed to [[Rampancy]] and mortally wounded Sergeant Johnson, John successfully started the Halo's activation sequence and he and Thel fled for the nearby ''Forward Unto Dawn'' on Johnson's [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Warthog]]. They would successfully escape into slipspace while the installation fired, wiping out the [[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|majority]] of the remaining Flood on both the Halo ring and the nearby Ark. Unfortunately, the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was sheared in half during it's escape, as the slipspace portal collapsed as the ring fired. The forward half, containing Thel 'Vadam successfully arrived at Earth while the rear section containing John-117 and Cortana fell out of slipspace in an unknown part of space, eventually arriving at the Forerunner [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] [[2557|four years later]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} | ||