
After mysteriously arriving at the Ark on March 28, 2559, the long-lost crew of the Spirit of Fire were awoken from cryosleep and soon came into hostile contact with the powerful mercenary organization. The Second Ark Conflict was a large battle fought between the isolated United Nations Space Command forces of the UNSC Spirit of Fire and the hostile mercenary organization known as the Banished in 2559, about six years after the Human-Covenant War ended on the same ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Take your troops, take your ship, leave now, and I will not hunt you down." - Atriox offering Captain Cutter and his crew a chance to leave peacefully in the ongoing battle. You and I are survivors, and I respect that, so I offer you a boon. " Captain, your troops fight with a tenacity that almost matches my Jiralhanae brothers.
Near-total loss of Keepers of the One Freedom. Moderate losses of Voridus and Pavium's salvage teams. At least 1 other starship capable of glassing. HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II (J) Colossuses. Facilitator-class ancilla Epsilon Clarion ancilla. Facilitator-class ancilla Epsilon Resource Facility submonitor. Destruction of Intrepid Eye, Epsilon Clarion and the Ark's ability to fire the Halo Array, and destruction of the Keepers of the One Freedom. Revelation of Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant loyalists who begin fighting both sides for their own gains. The Flood are released onto the Ark but contained quickly by the Banished and then scoured from the rubble of High Charity. Atriox flees from the Ark and returns to the Milky Way galaxy. UNSC successfully plants a distress beacon on Installation 09 but the ring is intercepted by a Guardian on its way to Installation 04's site.
Banished flagship, Enduring Conviction, is destroyed. Atriox's right hand, Decimus, is killed.
UNSC gains a significant foothold on the Ark.
Outbreak on the UNSC Spirit of Fire ( UNSC Spirit of Fire). For other battles on Installation 00, see Battle of Installation 00 (disambiguation). This article is about the battle in the post-war era.