Tomas Horvath: Difference between revisions

On December 17, Horvath found a small party of [[Jiralhanae]]. He followed the party in hopes of being led to a camp or an outpost with a communications array, which would allow him to contact friendly forces. On December 18,{{Ref/Note|While the audio log in ''Halo Infinite'' is dated December 26, ''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol'' retconned the date to December 18. Given the novel was released after ''Halo Infinite'', Halopedia uses it as the most up-to-date depiction of the events.}} Horvath followed Banished forces to an area of the ring that was nearly fractured in two, with a land bridge connecting two fragments of the ring. While attempting to contact other UNSC forces, Horvath was discovered by a pair of Jiralhanae.{{Ref/Game|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Reverie 2|Spartan Audio log|Detail=Reverie #03 - Choke Hold}} In the ensuing chase, the Jiralhanae pursued Horvath on their Phantom and destroyed the bridge, causing the fragment to break away. Horvath was caught on the fragment; he was buried by a landslide as the fragment flipped. The Spartan managed to dig his way out, but was left stranded on the fragment.{{Ref/Reuse|rp6}} After two days alone on the fragment, Horvath discovered the wreckage of the Phantom that pursued him. The Phantom had been attacked by an [[Aggressor Sentinel]] for destroying the alloys supporting the land bridge, and, in the ensuing crash, the Phantom pinned down the Aggressor underneath its hull. Horvath was unable to pull the Aggressor out alone, and opted to explore a nearby Forerunner superstructure, and then finally the Phantom. Inside the Phantom, he found a collection of Forerunner artifacts, weapons, excavation tools, and the Jiralhanae [[Bloodstars#Banished|Bloodstar]] [[Gorian]], one of two Jiralhanae that had discovered him two days prior; Gorian was the lone survivor of the crash, though he was trapped between the crushed hull and a jump seat. Without any alternate means to escape the fragment, Horvath freed Gorian. After a short brawl, the two formed a truce until they could escape the fragment, though both intended to kill the other once they returned to the main fragment.{{Ref/Novel|RP|10}} The two spent four days digging the Aggressor out from under the Phantom in hopes to hijack its [[impulse drive]], then use it to fly across the ring's breach to the main fragment.{{Ref/Novel|Id=rp11|RP|11}} On December 25, the two had dug out the Aggressor; Horvath’s AI [[Elfie]] disabled the sentinel's operative directive and hijacked its impulse drive, allowing the duo to hold the sentinel by its arms while it flew across the breach. Halfway across the breach, Gorian struck Horvath; the ensuing struggle sent the Aggressor slamming into an embankment, and left Horvath severely wounded with an alloy shard impaled between his intestine and spleen. Gorian, having mentioned he would best Horvath in a fair fight prior, pulled the shard out and promised he would kill Horvath fairly the next time they met. Horvath crawled up the embankment and watched Gorian board [[Jega 'Rdomnai]]'s Phantom. Horvath was spared by Gorian, who did not notify the accompanying Banished forces of the Spartan's presence.{{Ref/Novel|RP|12}}  

Horvath then spent nearly a week slowly navigating the broken, snowy peaks and then a few more days descending the mountainside. To his surprise, he found the wreckage of one of the ''Infinity's'' shuttles and, although there were no survivors, he recovered a week's worth of water, rations and weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|rp39}}