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{{Quote|When the Arbiter heard of the plight we all now face, this particular Huragok was the only one that seemed remotely acceptable to him. It once served aboard the very Forerunner vessel that activated this portal during the war, and of all remaining Huragok, it would be the most familiar with the technology found here. In fact, it is really the only hope our peoples have of reactivating this portal, if such a thing is even possible.|Commander N'tho 'Sraom to Captain Annabelle Richards<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 79'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|When the Arbiter heard of the plight we all now face, this particular Huragok was the only one that seemed remotely acceptable to him. It once served aboard the very Forerunner vessel that activated this portal during the war, and of all remaining Huragok, it would be the most familiar with the technology found here. In fact, it is really the only hope our peoples have of reactivating this portal, if such a thing is even possible.|Commander N'tho 'Sraom to Captain Annabelle Richards<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 79'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
Around [[2555#March|March 8, 2555]], the [[United Nations Space Command]] informed the Swords of Sanghelios that the [[Halo Array]]'s firing sequence had been activated and counting down to fire in five weeks. In response, a joint force of UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios soldiers and scientists were tasked with traveling to [[Installation 00]] to stop the firing sequence—[[Operation: FAR STORM]]. Believing that the [[Portal at Voi|slipspace portal]] at [[Voi]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]] was the best way to reach the Ark, [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] selected Drifts Randomly to be deployed to Earth to help reactivate the portal, as 'Vadam believed that Drifts' prior experience with the Forerunner Dreadnought that opened the same portal would enable him to do so. With Commander [[N'tho 'Sraom]] and [[Usze 'Taham]] charged with protecting the Huragok, the three were stationed aboard {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Mayhem]]'' and sent to Earth.<ref name="hitd69"/> Ater arriving, Drifts, 'Sraom, and 'Taham were deployed to [[Research Center Alpha (Earth)| a research center]] near the portal, where numerous scientists of the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] were already working on reactivating the portal. Meeting with [[Captain]] [[Annabelle Richards]] who was in command of the UNSC forces a part of the joint operation, [[Spartan | Around [[2555#March|March 8, 2555]], the [[United Nations Space Command]] informed the Swords of Sanghelios that the [[Halo Array]]'s firing sequence had been activated and counting down to fire in five weeks. In response, a joint force of UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios soldiers and scientists were tasked with traveling to [[Installation 00]] to stop the firing sequence—[[Operation: FAR STORM]]. Believing that the [[Portal at Voi|slipspace portal]] at [[Voi]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]] was the best way to reach the Ark, [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] selected Drifts Randomly to be deployed to Earth to help reactivate the portal, as 'Vadam believed that Drifts' prior experience with the Forerunner Dreadnought that opened the same portal would enable him to do so. With Commander [[N'tho 'Sraom]] and [[Usze 'Taham]] charged with protecting the Huragok, the three were stationed aboard {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Mayhem]]'' and sent to Earth.<ref name="hitd69"/> Ater arriving, Drifts, 'Sraom, and 'Taham were deployed to [[Research Center Alpha (Earth)| a research center]] near the portal, where numerous scientists of the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] were already working on reactivating the portal. Meeting with [[Captain]] [[Annabelle Richards]] who was in command of the UNSC forces a part of the joint operation, [[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]] [[Frank Kodiak]] brought Drifts and the two Sangheili to the facility, where the Huragok continued the work of the ONI scientists, who now supported Drifts in his efforts to activate the portal.<ref name="hitd77">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 77-81'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
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