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[[File:Final meeting 7.png|thumb|UNSC and Sangheili leaders convene aboard ''Shadow of Intent''.]] | [[File:Final meeting 7.png|thumb|UNSC and Sangheili leaders convene aboard ''Shadow of Intent''.]] | ||
[[File:HSA Flood infesting Earth.jpg|thumb|A simulation of Earth being infested by the Flood.]] | [[File:HSA Flood infesting Earth.jpg|thumb|A simulation of Earth being infested by the Flood.]] | ||
The | Following the battle, UNSC and Sangheili military leaders held a meeting aboard the Sangheili flagship ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. There, what was initially thought to be Cortana turned out to be a message from her. The message warned the UNSC and Sangheili that the Gravemind itself was coming to infest Earth aboard the former Covenant holy city ''[[High Charity]]''. The recording also informed them that beyond the Portal was a means of stopping the Flood without firing the Halo Array. The Sangheili opted to go through the Portal after Truth, but Lord Hood wanted to stay to defend Earth, despite the Sangheili's insistence that Earth could not survive a full-scale Flood invasion. The Master Chief, however, convinced Hood to allow the UNSC's remaining forces to accompany the Sangheili through the Portal to both stop Truth and find Cortana's solution to the Flood. Hood remained behind to coordinate Earth's remaining defenses. | ||
Though the Battle of Voi concluded with the end of the Covenant presence in Africa, remaining loyalists had fortified themselves across the southwestern [[URNA]]. The Prophet of Truth and his fleet's departure through the Portal sent the Covenant [[battlenet]] into disarray, allowing UNSC forces to enact [[URNA Southwest Campaign|a major counteroffensive]] in Arizona, which set the stage for eliminating the Covenant presence on Earth once and for all during [[Operation: MARSH FLASH]] in early December.<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref> | |||
The Flood threat to Earth was neutralized, but only after the area surrounding the Portal had been glassed. Hood's expected Flood invasion never came; the following day, the Gravemind had ''High Charity'' perform a Slipspace jump from the vicinity of Mars to the Ark instead.<ref name="Bulletin924">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-9-24-14 '''Halo Waypoint''' - The Halo Bulletin: 9.24.14'']</ref> At some point following the battle, the UNSC performed biohazard containment protocols in what remained of Voi--now dubbed the "Voi Exclusion Zone"--as part of [[Operation: JOINT MONITOR]] to ensure no Flood presence was left; none was detected.<ref name="H5GLtd">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]'''</ref><ref name="HNB">'''[[Halo: New Blood]]'''</ref> | |||
After the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC concealed Voi's glassing as a surprise attack by the Covenant, although some humans outside the UNSC, such as [[Staffan Sentzke]], knew the truth about Voi's glassing. The arrival of the Flood on Earth also made the UNSC realize the full extent of the threat posed by the parasite; the UNSC concluded that if the Covenant had not glassed Voi, Earth would have fallen in hours. After the creation of the [[SPARTAN-IV Program]], the UNSC began to develop training simulations for the Spartans, and create technology against the Flood, in the hypothetical case of the parasite returning to threaten the galaxy.<ref name="HSA"/> | After the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC concealed Voi's glassing as a surprise attack by the Covenant, although some humans outside the UNSC, such as [[Staffan Sentzke]], knew the truth about Voi's glassing. The arrival of the Flood on Earth also made the UNSC realize the full extent of the threat posed by the parasite; the UNSC concluded that if the Covenant had not glassed Voi, Earth would have fallen in hours. After the creation of the [[SPARTAN-IV Program]], the UNSC began to develop training simulations for the Spartans, and create technology against the Flood, in the hypothetical case of the parasite returning to threaten the galaxy.<ref name="HSA"/> | ||