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[[File:Thefloodbook.jpg|thumb|150px|The book, ''Halo: The Flood'''s front cover.]] | [[File:Thefloodbook.jpg|thumb|150px|The book, ''Halo: The Flood'''s front cover.]] | ||
{{main|Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo: The Flood}} | {{main|Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo: The Flood}} | ||
The ''Pillar of Autumn'' exits Slipspace to find a mysterious ring shaped space station orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]]. The ring, referred to by the Covenant as "Halo", is obviously artificial | The ''Pillar of Autumn'' exits Slipspace to find a mysterious ring shaped space station orbiting the gas giant [[Threshold]]. The ring, referred to by the Covenant as "Halo", is obviously artificial but teeming with life. A Covenant fleet, however, is also present, and a subsequent battle heavily damages the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' and the ship crash landed onto Halo. | ||
The first Halo game begins in earnest with the Master Chief's escape from the Autumn, and continues upon landing. The first levels of the game deal with an attempt to reach Halo's control center to uncover its purpose. It is soon discovered that the Covenant have accidentally released "The Flood", a parasitic alien species. The Flood then sweep across Halo and devastate Human and Covenant forces positioned on it. The release of the Flood prompts [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]], an eccentric Forerunner A.I., to try to activate Halo's defense system, a pulse weapon that, when fired, would wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy large enough to be hosts for the Flood. Technically, that installation only has a maximum effective radius of 25,000 light years, but the pulse would trigger other installations as well, effectively killing all intelligent life in the galaxy. This system is designed to stop the Flood from spreading through the universe if they escape confinement from Halo by the only way possible: starving the Flood of any life source that can sustain them. | The first Halo game begins in earnest with the Master Chief's escape from the Autumn, and continues upon landing. The first levels of the game deal with an attempt to reach Halo's control center to uncover its purpose. It is soon discovered that the Covenant have accidentally released "The Flood", a parasitic alien species. The Flood then sweep across Halo and devastate Human and Covenant forces positioned on it. The release of the Flood prompts [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]], an eccentric Forerunner A.I., to try to activate Halo's defense system, a pulse weapon that, when fired, would wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy large enough to be hosts for the Flood. Technically, that installation only has a maximum effective radius of 25,000 light years, but the pulse would trigger other installations as well, effectively killing all intelligent life in the galaxy. This system is designed to stop the Flood from spreading through the universe if they escape confinement from Halo by the only way possible: starving the Flood of any life source that can sustain them. | ||