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=====Release===== Although the first firing of the Halo Array starved large numbers of the Flood, samples of parasitic specimens were kept alive (perhaps in stasis) on various Forerunner outposts for scrutiny and further scientific study. One such research site was located on [[Installation 04]]. This proved to be a grave, irreversible mistake, as both Humanity and the [[Covenant]] stumbled upon the abandoned ring thousands of years after the firing of the Array and the destruction of the Forerunners and most of the Flood. The [[AI]] [[Cortana|construct]] aboard the Human vessel ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' made what was presumed to be a blind jump through Slipspace (although it was later revealed that she used translated co-ordinates from a Forerunner artifact found on [[Sigma Octanus IV|Sigma Octanus]]) to evade Covenant pursuers. This led both species to [[Installation 04]], and in turn, the Flood on Installation 04. After the crash of ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the Halo Ring, the surviving crew members dug in for what they believed would be a long and brutal guerrilla campaign against the Covenant forces on Halo. Meanwhile, their pursuers, Covenant cruisers, among them the cruiser ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', amassed their ground forces on the surface and soon discovered an underground Forerunner [[Flood Containment Facility|facility]] in the swamps of [[Halo]]. Due to the secure nature of the facility, the Covenant came to use it as a fortified base of operations and an area for storing weaponry, oblivious to its true nature, that of a Flood storage facility. Though some of the Flood managed to escape, the Covenant, terrified, eventually pushed the Flood back in.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], where Keyes is about to open the locked door.</ref> It is unknown whether a few still escaped. The flood escaped due to a leak in the library thus allowing the flood to reproduce by spores. After [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] was captured by the Covenant for interrogation, he caught wind of this weapons cache and, upon his rescue, organized a group of Marines, [[Fire Team Charlie]] to seize it. When the team arrived at the swamp however, they found the facility is completely devoid of Covenant personnel. However, upon takeoff, a Pelican Dropship whose call sign was [[Victor 933]] which had transported them to the base, crashed into the swamp as a result of enemy action. Then, immediately after the crash, the pilots were able to record a message about their attackers, and calling them "Unknown Hostiles". These "Unknown Hostiles" were actually the Flood, and shortly afterward, they could be seen creeping throughout the swamp, as witnessed by John-117 when he was deployed into the area. At first, when he saw the Covenant scatter out of the Forerunner structure with AR fire, he believed them to be allied forces. However, after he opened the door that [[Captain Keyes]] had unlocked, he learned the brutal truth through Private Jenkins' recording: this was no [[Covenant]] weapons cache. He then proceeded to escape, escorted surviving marines to a drop zone, and encountered [[343 Guilty Spark]]. Guilty Spark then promptly teleports John 117 into the Library and quotes "The Flood is spreading. We must hurry!" The few surviving Covenant soldiers left were scattered and disorganized, and put up little resistance to numerous mangled Covenant corpses, disfigured by an unknown and mysterious force. It is presumed that the Covenant occupants of the research facility had moved through the structure in hopes of finding Forerunner artifacts, inadvertently releasing living Flood specimens. Knowing full well what the Flood are capable of, the Covenant forces promptly locked the facility down and evacuated all personnel who survived the Flood's escape. Keyes and his team were unaware of this fact, and proceeded deeper into the facility ultimately coming across one of the unopened Flood Containment Chambers. Believing it was a weapons cache of some sort, they unlocked the door and were promptly attacked and assimilated by the Flood inside. With a large supply of "edible" sentient life now occupying the ring, the Flood began to multiply and infest most of Halo. Soon the infestation proved too great even for Halo's automated military force, the [[Sentinels]] to handle, and the ring's commanding AI, [[343 Guilty Spark]] was forced to call upon a "[[Reclaimer]]" (John-117) to activate the array once more. Hearing of the above events, John-117 was deployed to the area on the drop ship [[Echo 419]], proceeding into the facility, only to find out that most of the Marines he had been assigned to rescue had succumbed to the Flood. Once again the menace of the Flood had risen...
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