The Spirit of Fire awakens after nearly three decades in cryosleep and discovers that the war it remembers has ended—but the Ark is now controlled by the Banished. Captain James Cutter, Professor Anders, Spartan Red Team, and the ship’s surviving crew enter a campaign against Atriox without knowing the political situation in the wider galaxy or possessing a functional slipspace drive. This episode examines the war depicted in *Halo Wars 2*, where an aging support ship and its ground forces confront an enemy that has already defeated other resistance on the installation. The AI Isabel provides intelligence on Banished operations while Red Team learns how dangerous Atriox is in personal combat. Cutter’s forces destroy infrastructure, contest territory, and eventually bring down the Banished carrier Enduring Conviction with help from the Ark’s own Sentinel defenses. Anders then enters a newly constructed Halo ring in an attempt to return home. The Spirit of Fire survives by fighting a larger enemy as one coordinated expeditionary force.
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