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Many Retrievers poured through the portal and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] [[Invasion of Earth|engaged them in battle]]. However, the team on the Ark was able to force Tragic Solitude to recall the Retrievers and the rogue monitor was destroyed by [[Bobby Kodiak]]. Around a day later, a UNSC fleet traveled through the portal to the Ark to investigate the aftermath of Operation: FAR STORM and rescued the survivors.<ref name="HITD">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref> Afterwards, the UNSC used the now-active portal to send researchers to the Ark by [[2557]] where they were able to effect repairs by directing the Retrievers to strip-mine lifeless systems.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]''</ref> | Many Retrievers poured through the portal and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] [[Invasion of Earth|engaged them in battle]]. However, the team on the Ark was able to force Tragic Solitude to recall the Retrievers and the rogue monitor was destroyed by [[Bobby Kodiak]]. Around a day later, a UNSC fleet traveled through the portal to the Ark to investigate the aftermath of Operation: FAR STORM and rescued the survivors.<ref name="HITD">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref> Afterwards, the UNSC used the now-active portal to send researchers to the Ark by [[2557]] where they were able to effect repairs by directing the Retrievers to strip-mine lifeless systems.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]''</ref> | ||
Following the [[Created]] [[Subjugation of Earth|takeover of Earth]], Installation 00's failsafe measures seemingly closed the portal once again, keeping the Ark safe from Cortana's iron fist.<ref name="Mythos202">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 202''</ref> Since the portal closed without warning, the UNSC science personnel on the Ark were stranded there, with no way to contact the rest of the UNSC. A month later, the Ark was [[Attack on Installation 00|invaded]] by the mercenary group known as the [[Banished]], who massacred the UNSC personnel there. Months later, the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} was pulled to the Ark through unknown means.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Signal]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] was unable to reactivate the portal from the Ark end and instead came up with the idea of launching [[Installation 09]] to send a [[distress beacon]] to human space.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> Following the departure of Anders and the Halo ring, Captain [[James Cutter]] felt that the portal should remain closed until the ''Spirit of Fire'' could fully evaluate the Banished threat to it. Cutter ordered [[Isabel]] to start investigating the portal's controls in case they needed to open or close it again.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''' - ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - ''Beyond the Edge''</ref> | Following the [[Created]] [[Subjugation of Earth|takeover of Earth]], Installation 00's failsafe measures seemingly closed the portal once again, keeping the Ark safe from Cortana's iron fist.<ref name="Mythos202">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 202''</ref> Since the portal closed without warning, the UNSC science personnel on the Ark were stranded there, with no way to contact the rest of the UNSC. A month later, the Ark was [[Attack on Installation 00|invaded]] by the mercenary group known as the [[Banished]], who massacred the UNSC personnel there. Months later, the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} was pulled to the Ark through unknown means.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Signal]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] was unable to reactivate the portal from the Ark end and instead came up with the idea of launching [[Installation 09]] to send a [[distress beacon]] to human space.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> Following the departure of Anders and the Halo ring, Captain [[James Cutter]] felt that the portal should remain closed until the ''Spirit of Fire'' could fully evaluate the Banished threat to it. Cutter ordered [[Isabel]] to start investigating the portal's controls in case they needed to open or close it again.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''' - ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - ''Beyond the Edge''</ref> Nevertheless, the Banished sought out another portal - [[Menachite portal complex|the one]] on [[Reach]] - by retrieving the shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|crystal]] from the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' that had allowed the [[Prophet of Truth]] to open Earth's portal.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | ||
== Structure and function== | == Structure and function== | ||