Installation 07: Difference between revisions

The Banished arrived first, and had time to lay claim to the ring, landing a preliminary invasion force and establishing anti-air batteries. When the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} arrived, it was immediately ambushed by the Banished fleet and boarded. The UNSC still managed to deploy the Weapon as planned, and Cortana was successfully trapped, but the Banished had caught the UNSC completely off-guard. The tide quickly turned against the UNSC, and as the ''Infinity'' began to buckle under the ceaseless barrage from the attackers, Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] reluctantly gave the order to abandon ship. The ''Infinity'' is presumed destroyed and multiple frigates were destroyed by the Banished, while the various human air wings, landing parties, and evacuees all suffered heavy casualties during the descent to the ring due to the heavy AA fire and were scattered, concluding the battle in a victory for the Banished and a demoralizing defeat for the UNSC. Both the Master Chief and Atriox were believed to have perished during the battle, the former while fighting aboard the crippled ''Infinity'', and the latter when Cortana deliberately destroyed part of Installation 07 to prevent Atriox from controlling it.{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

During the destruction event that shattered a portion of the ring at the hands of Cortana, Installation 07 itself was moved from the Ephsu system to an unknown location{{Ref/Reuse|OI09}} by Cortana.{{Ref/Novel|Id=RP268|RP|Page=268}} [[Lieutenant]] [[TJ Murphy]] speculated that it could've been moved clear across the galaxy or even into [[intergalactic space]].{{Ref/Novel|RP|13}} UNSC survivors on the ring, who continued to mount a sporadic resistance against the Banished, had no way to call for reinforcements, but the Banished were similarly stranded even though they still had warships at their disposal. Over the next six months, the Banished, now led by War Chief [[Escharum]], Atriox's mentor and second-in-command, hunted what remained of UNSC forces and investigated the ring. At first demoralized by Atriox's loss and dismissive of his idea the ring could propel the Banished to glory, Escharum's faith in his protege was rekindled by the discovery of a repository of [[cylix]]es, one of which contained the genetic template of the [[Harbinger]], whom he set about reviving.{{Ref/Game|Id=Hi|Hi}} During this time, the UNSC team dubbed the [[boat crew]] enlisted the help of [[Monitor]] [[117649 Despondent Pyre]] and [[Submonitor]] [[091 Adjutant Veridity]] to send a superluminal message to UNSC space with the ring's current coordinates and tactical status in order to call in reinforcements to stop the Banished. During [[Battle of the beacon tower|a battle]] at one of the ring's [[beacon tower]]s, the team managed to send the message and escape with the help of Veridity, albeit at the cost of [[Ensign]] [[Isaiah Cameron]] and Lieutenant TJ Murphy.{{Ref/Novel|RP|34}}{{Ref/Novel|RP|35}}{{Ref/Novel|RP|36}}{{Ref/Novel|RP|38}}

In May [[2560]], [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] was recovered by [[Fernando Esparza]], the pilot of [[Echo 216]], from where he was floating near the ring after having been thrown off of the ''Infinity'' by Atriox six months earlier. The Master Chief engaged the Banished across Installation 07's surface, rallying the surviving UNSC forces and eliminating Escharum and many of his top lieutenants. During the conflict, the Master Chief discovers that Cortana, whom he had been sent to Installation 07 to capture and destroy, had been the one to destroy part of the ring in order to keep Atriox and his forces from activating it, apparently killing Atriox in the process. The Banished release the Harbinger who was imprisoned on the ring for eons, but the Master Chief manages to kill her and continues his campaign against the occupying Banished forces. During this time, the Master Chief and the Weapon discover that time apparently moves differently on various parts of the ring, emerging from the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] three days after entering it despite only a much shorter time passing for them.