Second Ark Conflict: Difference between revisions

*Red Team are forced to retreat after Atriox and the [[Banished]] ambush them at [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]], with Alice-130 left behind to cover the evacuation.{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs - [[Phoenix Logs/Campaign Logs/Alice-130 Report|Alice 130 Report #1]]}} The UNSC begin a series of offensive operations to cripple the Banished and their salvage operations.{{Ref/Level|HW2|A New Enemy|Detail=Context in this level's cutscene indicate it takes place more-or-less immediately following the previous level.}}

===Unknown date (March 28-March 30)===

*Alice-130 tracks a Banished convoy to a research camp and begins a campaign to rescue Marine prisoners, leading a small resistance movement - ultimately managing to link back up with ''Spirit of Fire''.{{Ref/Level|HW2|One Three Zero}}

*''Spirit of Fire'' forces, using intelligence gathered from the salvage base taken from the Banished, make an assault on the installation's Cartographer and successfully take it. This success allows the UNSC forces to discover how the Banished have spread their reach as effectively as they have, using the facility's slipspace translocation portals.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Ascension (Halo Wars 2 level)|Ascension}}{{Ref/Level|HW2|The Cartographer}}

*Ordo Val'Saham records his thoughts on the UNSC capture of the cartographer facility.{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs - [[Phoenix Logs/Campaign Logs/A Split Heart is Easily Conquered|A Split Heart is Easily Conquered]]}}

===Unknown date (March 30-April 2)===

*UNSC forces make a series of assaults on the Banished portal controller sites, crippling their ability to move effectively across the installation. During the fighting, Decimus is killed and ''Enduring Conviction'' begins an attack on ''Spirit of Fire''.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Lights Out}}

*Banished forces make an assault on the portal site occupied by Alice-130's resistance forces, though are successfully repelled.{{Ref/Level|HW2|From The Deep}}

*[[Assault on Enduring Conviction|Assault on ''Enduring Conviction'']] - a joint ground operation led by ''Spirit of Fire'' forces successfully co-opts a Forerunner particle cannon, and forces ''Enduring Conviction'' to retreat from its attack.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Hold the Line}} Simultaneously, a force led by Jerome-092 is able to reach the carrier's gravity lift and board the ship, using Isabel to take control of the energy projector and trigger the Ark into a self-defense measure - destroying ''Enduring Conviction''.{{Ref/Level|HW2|Under the Dark}}

*[[Battle of Installation 09]] - Following the destruction of ''Enduring Conviction'' a new Halo ring - Installation 09 - is released from the Ark's foundry. All available UNSC and Banished assets are scrambled to take control of the installation, ultimately culminating in a UNSC victory and the launch of the ring to the Soell system. Ultimately, the ring is intercepted by a Guardian.{{Ref/Level|HW2|The Foundry}}{{Ref/Level|HW2|The Halo}}{{Ref/Level|HW2|Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand}}