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{{Quote|You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass! And not even your demon will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our journey. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I ''am'' their instrument!|[[Prophet of Truth|The Prophet of Truth]] threatening UNSC personnel in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}}} | {{Quote|You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt, thinking what, I wonder? That you might escape the coming fire? No. Your world will burn until its surface is but glass! And not even your demon will live to creep, blackened from its hole to mar the reflection of our passage... the culmination of our journey. For your destruction is the will of the gods! And I? I ''am'' their instrument!|[[Prophet of Truth|The Prophet of Truth]] threatening UNSC personnel in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}}} | ||
[[File:Truthhack.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Prophet of Truth hijacks Crow's Nest's operations center monitors.]] | [[File:Truthhack.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Prophet of Truth hijacks Crow's Nest's operations center monitors.]] | ||
[[Miranda Keyes|Commander Keyes]] arrived at Crow's Nest's landing pad to meet John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Sergeant Johnson. After greeting the Spartan, she escorted the group towards the operations center, briefing the Spartan about the previous events following Truth's arrival at Earth before confirming that she had managed to stop [[Installation 05]]'s activation sequence, but the [[Halo Array]] remained on standby and ready to activate from the [[Installation 00|Ark]], which she believed to be the main focus of the Covenant in Kenya. John then reported in to [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Hood]], who was confident in Keyes' plan to neutralize one of the [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannons]] in Truth's array of defenses with the support of the Spartan, allowing [[Battle Group Victory|a battle group]] from the tattered UNSC Home Fleet to assault the excavation site, believed by the UNSC to be the Ark but in reality was the [[Portal at Voi]] that would lead to the installation. Before Hood could continue, the power cut out completely, before the High Prophet of Truth himself broadcasted a message to the base, promising to reduce Earth to [[Glassing|glass]] and telling them that even the [[Covenant religion#Demons|"Demon"]] would perish. After Truth cut the broadcast, Keyes immediately ordered the base's personnel to prepare for departure, knowing that the Covenant would soon attack. Johnson and Thel remained to guard the operations center while John moved towards the hangar which the Phantoms would use to deploy troops. As Marines assembled [[AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun turrets]] and other defences, a series of tremors shook the base as Covenant forces begun their offensive. The Master Chief made his way into the base's vehicle access, arriving too late to save a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Warthog]]'s destruction from [[Type-1 | [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Keyes]] arrived at Crow's Nest's landing pad to meet John-117, Thel 'Vadam and Sergeant Johnson. After greeting the Spartan, she escorted the group towards the operations center, briefing the Spartan about the previous events following Truth's arrival at Earth before confirming that she had managed to stop [[Installation 05]]'s activation sequence, but the [[Halo Array]] remained on standby and ready to activate from the [[Installation 00|Ark]], which she believed to be the main focus of the Covenant in Kenya. John then reported in to [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Hood]], who was confident in Keyes' plan to neutralize one of the [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Mantis Anti-Aircraft Cannons]] in Truth's array of defenses with the support of the Spartan, allowing [[Battle Group Victory|a battle group]] from the tattered UNSC Home Fleet to assault the excavation site, believed by the UNSC to be the Ark but in reality was the [[Portal at Voi]] that would lead to the installation. Before Hood could continue, the power cut out completely, before the High Prophet of Truth himself broadcasted a message to the base, promising to reduce Earth to [[Glassing|glass]] and telling them that even the [[Covenant religion#Demons|"Demon"]] would perish. After Truth cut the broadcast, Keyes immediately ordered the base's personnel to prepare for departure, knowing that the Covenant would soon attack. Johnson and Thel remained to guard the operations center while John moved towards the hangar which the Phantoms would use to deploy troops. As Marines assembled [[AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun turrets]] and other defences, a series of tremors shook the base as Covenant forces begun their offensive. The Master Chief made his way into the base's vehicle access, arriving too late to save a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Warthog]]'s destruction from [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenades]]. John and his Marines pushed down the vehicle access, defeating Covenant troops before arriving at the hangar, where they provided assistance for the locally-stationed Marines in repelling several Phantom's and their complements of infantry sent from a nearby {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. Once all Covenant were defeated, a Pelican was able to undock and descend, allowing the Marines in the hangar to exfiltrate from the base.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} | ||
[[File:H3 Brute Chieftain and Bodyguards.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Jiralhanae Chieftain and his bodyguards in Crow's Nest's motor pool.]] | [[File:H3 Brute Chieftain and Bodyguards.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Jiralhanae Chieftain and his bodyguards in Crow's Nest's motor pool.]] | ||
At this time, the Covenant attack on the base intensified. The operations center came under heavy Covenant attack prompting Sergeant Johnson to recall the Master Chief. At the same time, [[Yanme'e]] infiltrated Crow's Nest through the base's ventilation system and the barracks was attacked by a large [[Jiralhanae]] [[pack]] led by a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]], which would see the majority of it's personnel massacred and several survivors tortured and killed for sport. In the cave before the operations center, a massive swarm of Yanme'e burst out of the ventilation pipes behind the Marine defenders. Due to the timely arrival of John-117, the Drones were all taken out. In the operations center, Commander Keyes radioed in from ''[[Kilo 023]]'', revealing to John the [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] that Marines were rigging to detonate to wipe out the Covenant attackers after all UNSC personnel had evacuated. Johnson led the Chief to a door that would lead to the barracks, where they had lost contact from the Marines within. John advanced into the base's motor pool, fighting a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] and his pack. After clearing the motor pool, John made his way to the barracks, where Thel revealed that the Jiralhanae had taken prisoners. The two fought through the barracks, rescuing the few Marines that lived and killing every Covenant soldier in the vicinity including a War Chieftain. They led the surviving Marines onto an elevator to the landing pad. Unfortunately, ''Kilo 023'' was attacked by a unit of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Jumper|Jumpers]] attempting to destroy her engines. John, Thel and the Marines subsequently defeated the Brutes, with Sergeant Johnson and a small group of Marines arrived immediately after, on the run from the operations center which had been overrun by the Covenant. Keyes ordered John to return to the operations center and re-arm the bomb. Johnson, Thel and the surviving Marines boarded ''Kilo 023'' and left the base, leaving John as the only living human still in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} | At this time, the Covenant attack on the base intensified. The operations center came under heavy Covenant attack prompting Sergeant Johnson to recall the Master Chief. At the same time, [[Yanme'e]] infiltrated Crow's Nest through the base's ventilation system and the barracks was attacked by a large [[Jiralhanae]] [[pack]] led by a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]], which would see the majority of it's personnel massacred and several survivors tortured and killed for sport. In the cave before the operations center, a massive swarm of Yanme'e burst out of the ventilation pipes behind the Marine defenders. Due to the timely arrival of John-117, the Drones were all taken out. In the operations center, Commander Keyes radioed in from ''[[Kilo 023]]'', revealing to John the [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] that Marines were rigging to detonate to wipe out the Covenant attackers after all UNSC personnel had evacuated. Johnson led the Chief to a door that would lead to the barracks, where they had lost contact from the Marines within. John advanced into the base's motor pool, fighting a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] and his pack. After clearing the motor pool, John made his way to the barracks, where Thel revealed that the Jiralhanae had taken prisoners. The two fought through the barracks, rescuing the few Marines that lived and killing every Covenant soldier in the vicinity including a War Chieftain. They led the surviving Marines onto an elevator to the landing pad. Unfortunately, ''Kilo 023'' was attacked by a unit of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Jumper|Jumpers]] attempting to destroy her engines. John, Thel and the Marines subsequently defeated the Brutes, with Sergeant Johnson and a small group of Marines arrived immediately after, on the run from the operations center which had been overrun by the Covenant. Keyes ordered John to return to the operations center and re-arm the bomb. Johnson, Thel and the surviving Marines boarded ''Kilo 023'' and left the base, leaving John as the only living human still in Crow's Nest.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} | ||