He reminds Delta that protocol forbids direct interaction between A.I.s, then orders it to administrate the test. In the desert, Washington and the Meta free Doc from the concrete block he was trapped in using grenades and the Meta's weapon. Knowing that Locus will be with Felix, Carolina and Wash agree to go on "defense" (preventing Felix and Locus from activating The Purge) while the Reds and Blues go on "offense" (They along with the Chorus armies assaulting the Communications Temple). Sarge, Tucker, Grif, Simmons, Donut, and Washington watch the trailer for "Sarge v Tucker: The Origin of Sin.". To prevent this, Church decides to warn the Red Team of her impending attack. As he finishes his sentence, he assumes correctly that Tex has left. and the Leader at gunpoint. During this scene, Church mentions that it has been "like an hour" since Junior has been born. All the while, Doyle, Donut and Lopez will stay and guard Armonia. But, he reveals that he has had a past encounter with the two Agents stating that they 'dropped a building' on him, 'killing all his friends'. Wash and Kimball then move towards the surface to assist Carolina. Meanwhile, Wash asks Felix about Locus who is revealed to be a very dangerous and unstable individual who has forsaken his own name and took on the name of his armor. Grif tries to leave but the mob attacks and beat him up. Tucker reminds Felix that as an A.I., Church can help him run his equipment, more specifically his helmet cam. However, the Blue and Red teams arrive instead, citing how they detected the beacons. North explains that due to the incident with Epsilon, all future AI projects have been cancelled, with the existing AIs due to be confiscated by the Director. At Charon Research Complex 2C, a Fed approaches Carolina and Epsilon and informs them of their recovery of a domed energy shield. Felix then realizes that the Reds and Caboose are trying to jump him and uses a sticky detonator to incapacitate them, and stabs Tucker in the stomach. The crew explain that they're transporting criminals for the UNSC, and the ship's captain, Mayers, jokes that nobody gives a "rat's ass" about them. In anticipation of the assault on the UNSC, Temple promotes Sarge to the rank of "Super Colonel" when he is informed of an intruder. At Red Base, construction on Lopez has finished and Simmons begins to show signs of his real personality, demonstrating his love of math and organizing and kissing up to Sarge. The unnamed agent helps the twins to extraction, a Pelican dropship. In the present day, The Reds and Blues stop at the Wind Power facility, demanding to have a break. attempts to convince them of the Director's crimes, but the two will have none of it. However, Felix furiously tells him that he is not doing this for the mission or Hargrove but for himself and leaves to find the crew. The Reds puzzle over why the Blues were talking to the bomb, and Sarge concludes that they are trying to re-arm it as part of a pre-emptive attack strategy. At concurrent times at their respective headquarters, Doyle and Kimball give the FAC and New Republic respectively speeches about the impending final conflict for Chorus. On the training floor, Omega implores Texas to "end" Carolina, but she holds back, and instead knocks Carolina unconscious, telling her it is for her own good. Sheila's voice is suddenly heard right behind him, begging to differ. The bomb explodes and, due to the damage received from the lightning, destroys the present as well, sending both teams (except Church) to the future (Halo 2). Wash then approaches the two and explains to Epsilon that Felix and Locus survived the nuclear blast. After Tucker reveals that many aliens worship the old artifacts, Epsilon-Church flings a box into the alien. Church gets killed yet again, but quickly reclaims his body. Wash leaves for the crashed ship to do an inventory check on the Reds and Blues' food supply, but once inside the ship, he passes the food storage to do something else. When computer describes The Great Destroyer as a "blue being" who "will be known as the stupidest life form in the universe", Church assumes that it must be referring to Caboose. Washington then receives a call from Command, who tell him that a recovery beacon has been activated by the Delta AI. According to the guards, the Director of Project Freelancer has ordered a total lock-down, so Washington creates a distraction to allow Church and Caboose to use a gravity lift from one of the bases to approach the crash site. Epsilon states that they must reach the Staff of Charon in order to override the Mantises' controls. Elsewhere, Washington is led by a prison guard to a door, and is told he has five minutes to talk with the "man in charge".