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Following the discovery of a countdown on the Halo Array, both the [[UNSC]] and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] decided that the best course of action was to go to what remained of [[Installation 00]] to try and manually stop the timer. Members of the group came from both factions involved, including two [[Sangheili]] who had conducted operations on the installation; [[N'tho 'Sraom]] and [[Usze 'Taham]], the former in command of the warship ''[[Mayhem]]''. The mission was put into action rather abruptly - and earlier than planned - when the [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] activated the [[Portal at Voi]] for the first time since the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]]. Almost immediately, a [[Retriever Sentinel]] emerged through the portal and began strip-mining the area around the portal, forcing the [[UNSC ''Endeavour'']] and accompanying small craft to engage combat with it. After this event, the UNSC task force met aboard the ''Mayhem'' to discuss what to do next. The commander of the ship, [[N'tho 'Sraom]], proceeded to kidnap the UNSC troops, believing that the more time wasted talking would mean less time to stop the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. ''Mayhem'' proceeded to enter the portal to travel to the Ark. | Following the discovery of a countdown on the Halo Array, both the [[UNSC]] and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] decided that the best course of action was to go to what remained of [[Installation 00]] to try and manually stop the timer. Members of the group came from both factions involved, including two [[Sangheili]] who had conducted operations on the installation; [[N'tho 'Sraom]] and [[Usze 'Taham]], the former in command of the warship ''[[Mayhem]]''. The mission was put into action rather abruptly - and earlier than planned - when the [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] activated the [[Portal at Voi]] for the first time since the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]]. Almost immediately, a [[Retriever Sentinel]] emerged through the portal and began strip-mining the area around the portal, forcing the [[UNSC ''Endeavour'']] and accompanying small craft to engage combat with it. After this event, the UNSC task force met aboard the ''Mayhem'' to discuss what to do next. The commander of the ship, [[N'tho 'Sraom]], proceeded to kidnap the UNSC troops, believing that the more time wasted talking would mean less time to stop the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. ''Mayhem'' proceeded to enter the portal to travel to the Ark. | ||
The ''[[Mayhem]]'' arrived at [[Installation 00]] much earlier than expected; the previous voyage to the installation had taken weeks, whereas ''Mayhem'' arrived in a matter of mere hours. Upon exiting slipspace, the corvette was immediately engaged by more [[Retriever Sentinel|Retrievers]], and was heavily damaged in the process, crash-landing on the surface of the installation. Unable to continue by air, the group set out to go to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] by foot. The group, consisting of several UNSC [[Marines]], two [[Spartan-IVs]], several [[Sangheili]] and one [[Huragok]], initially made slow progress over the blasted terrain, but eventually began to encounter some of the installation's ambient life in the form of [[Sky Leviathans]]. Shortly after, the group would be attacked by [[ | The ''[[Mayhem]]'' arrived at [[Installation 00]] much earlier than expected; the previous voyage to the installation had taken weeks, whereas ''Mayhem'' arrived in a matter of mere hours. Upon exiting slipspace, the corvette was immediately engaged by more [[Retriever Sentinel|Retrievers]], and was heavily damaged in the process, crash-landing on the surface of the installation. Unable to continue by air, the group set out to go to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] by foot. The group, consisting of several UNSC [[Marines]], two [[Spartan-IVs]], several [[Sangheili]] and one [[Huragok]], initially made slow progress over the blasted terrain, but eventually began to encounter some of the installation's ambient life in the form of [[Sky Leviathans]]. Shortly after, the group would be attacked by [[blind wolves]] and [[Chaefka]], two predatory species 'native' to the installation. In the skirmish, [[Olympia Vale]] would injured and lured away from the battle by the [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]], using a friendly [[Chaefka]] to lead her to the monitor. When Vale's absence was noted, [[Usze 'Taham]], [[Elias Holt]] and [[Henry Lamb]] would be sent to track her down, while Captain [[Annabelle Richards]] would return to ''Mayhem'' after being injured, alongside her marines and those killed in the previous skirmish. | ||
Continuing on, the weather would become increasingly cold and arctic as temperatures dropped and snow began to form. Eventually, the first group - [[Frank Kodiak|Kodiak]], [[Luther Mann]] and [[N'tho 'Sraom]], encountered a [[mammoth]]-like creature. The mammoth escorted the group across the now-frozen sea towards the island containing the citadel. Meanwhile, the second group would find the tracks of Vale and the chaefka, and used them to track for a time, before the snowfall becomes too heavy. Instead, they decide to continue on to the citadel, hoping to find an alternate route to the main party. They begin noticing an increase of temperature as they near the Ark's core and pass the ruins of ''[[High Charity]]'', before eventually being set upon by [[armiger]] constructs. The group defends itself and destroys several as more continue to appear via [[slipspace]] portal. Vale, eventually arriving at her destination, would regain full control of herself as she encountered the installation monitor [[000 Tragic Solitude]], who would take on a form reminiscent of Vale, albeit golden. Here, Solitude would talk with Vale, and explain to her the purpose of the activation of the array and the portal; to rid the galaxy of 'destructive species' like [[Humanity]] and [[Sangheili]] and other alien species responsible for destroying Forerunner constructs, and then use the materials from their worlds to rebuild the Ark and repair it. Upon hearing this, Vale would attempt to reason with the monitor, but to no avail. | Continuing on, the weather would become increasingly cold and arctic as temperatures dropped and snow began to form. Eventually, the first group - [[Frank Kodiak|Kodiak]], [[Luther Mann]] and [[N'tho 'Sraom]], encountered a [[mammoth]]-like creature. The mammoth escorted the group across the now-frozen sea towards the island containing the citadel. Meanwhile, the second group would find the tracks of Vale and the chaefka, and used them to track for a time, before the snowfall becomes too heavy. Instead, they decide to continue on to the citadel, hoping to find an alternate route to the main party. They begin noticing an increase of temperature as they near the Ark's core and pass the ruins of ''[[High Charity]]'', before eventually being set upon by [[armiger]] constructs. The group defends itself and destroys several as more continue to appear via [[slipspace]] portal. Vale, eventually arriving at her destination, would regain full control of herself as she encountered the installation monitor [[000 Tragic Solitude]], who would take on a form reminiscent of Vale, albeit golden. Here, Solitude would talk with Vale, and explain to her the purpose of the activation of the array and the portal; to rid the galaxy of 'destructive species' like [[Humanity]] and [[Sangheili]] and other alien species responsible for destroying Forerunner constructs, and then use the materials from their worlds to rebuild the Ark and repair it. Upon hearing this, Vale would attempt to reason with the monitor, but to no avail. | ||