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*Death of all Forerunners and other biological life not in the Ark when the Rings activated. | *Death of all Forerunners and other biological life not in the Ark when the Rings activated. | ||
*Mendicant Bias disabled and captured by Offensive Bias | *Mendicant Bias disabled and captured by Offensive Bias | ||
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It could now accelerate the vessels under its control well beyond velocities safe for biological beings, or open uncontrolled [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] ruptures across the battlefield, distorting the very fabric of reality around them. Captured Forerunner vessels began to self-destruct or opened uncontrolled slipspace rifts that damaged many former Flood vessels. The sheer number of drifting derelict ships began to hinder Mendicant's core fleet — they began to collide into the ruptured fuel cells of the drifting vessels, destroying fifty-two of Mendicant's warships in only a few seconds when it attempted to use them as cover.<ref name="terminal6"/> | It could now accelerate the vessels under its control well beyond velocities safe for biological beings, or open uncontrolled [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] ruptures across the battlefield, distorting the very fabric of reality around them. Captured Forerunner vessels began to self-destruct or opened uncontrolled slipspace rifts that damaged many former Flood vessels. The sheer number of drifting derelict ships began to hinder Mendicant's core fleet — they began to collide into the ruptured fuel cells of the drifting vessels, destroying fifty-two of Mendicant's warships in only a few seconds when it attempted to use them as cover.<ref name="terminal6"/> | ||
Over the next few minutes, over five hundred more of Mendicant's warships were destroyed by collision, the uncontrolled Slipspace rifts, weapons used at point-blank or even contact range, and so on. The unorthodox, unprecedented tactics worked brilliantly — within ninety seconds, the Forerunner ships controlled by Offensive Bias outnumbered Mendicant's surviving fleet six-to-one.<ref name="terminal6"/> | The final portion of the battle was fought in the upper atmosphere of an unspecified world.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''Terminal 7'' (''"But the one that destroyed me long ago, in the upper atmosphere of a world far distant from here..."'')</ref> Over the next few minutes, over five hundred more of Mendicant's warships were destroyed by collision, the uncontrolled Slipspace rifts, weapons used at point-blank or even contact range, and so on. The unorthodox, unprecedented tactics worked brilliantly — within ninety seconds, the Forerunner ships controlled by Offensive Bias outnumbered Mendicant's surviving fleet six-to-one.<ref name="terminal6"/> | ||
==Conclusion and aftermath== | ==Conclusion and aftermath== | ||
Three minutes later, the eight-hour battle was over. Most of the remaining Flood ships had been reduced to debris, and only one of Mendicant's former Forerunner warships that was part of his original thousand-strong core fleet remained. Offensive Bias retrieved Mendicant Bias's [[personality construct array]] and sent it to [[Installation 00]] for research | Three minutes later, the eight-hour battle was over. Most of the remaining Flood ships had been reduced to debris, and only one of Mendicant's former Forerunner warships that was part of his original thousand-strong core fleet remained. Offensive Bias retrieved Mendicant Bias's [[personality construct array]] and sent it to [[Installation 00]] for research.<ref name="terminal6"/> On the Ark, the IsoDidact placed Mendicant Bias on trial for its betrayal and subsequently sentenced the AI for indefinite stasis, its processes locked in a state of penitence.<ref>'''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'''</ref> | ||
However, [[Forerunner Dreadnought|a Keyship]] with a remaining active fragment of Mendicant Bias eventually made its way to the [[San 'Shyuum]] [[Janjur Qom|homeworld]] and used both in battle during the [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war]] and later as a power source for their world ship and holy city ''[[High Charity]]''. When the Keyship arrived at the Ark 100,000 years later, Mendicant's primary incarnation on the Ark was able to use the missing shard within to reconstruct and reactivate itself.<ref name="terminal4"/> | However, [[Forerunner Dreadnought|a Keyship]] with a remaining active fragment of Mendicant Bias eventually made its way to the [[San 'Shyuum]] [[Janjur Qom|homeworld]] and used both in battle during the [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war]] and later as a power source for their world ship and holy city ''[[High Charity]]''. When the Keyship arrived at the Ark 100,000 years later, Mendicant's primary incarnation on the Ark was able to use the missing shard within to reconstruct and reactivate itself, subsequently seeking atonement by helping [[John-117]].<ref name="terminal4"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||