followed by 'Vadum and 'Juran, while 'Vadum has Stolt tend to the injured. Tem arrives at the installation and enters a hangar bay, where he meets with the Minister and two dozen Yanme'e. The Minister reveals that he had been testing the Halo prototype with only a fraction of its true power, and intends to use Shadow of Intent to provide power to the Halo and allow it to be moved to Sanghelios to eradicate the planet's entire population. The Minister had hoped that Tem was willing to sacrifice himself to carry out such a mission, but notes that he no longer appears as committed. When pressed for the truth, the Minister admits that he did in fact lie to the Prelate about his family's fate in order to use his rage against the Sangheili. Betrayed, the Prelate becomes deeply depressed over the revelation and the Minister reveals that he intends to replace Tem with some of the other surviving San'Shyuum. The Yanme'e open fire at the Prelate, just as 'Juran and 'Vadum arrive inside the hangar. 'Juran destroys the Minister's shields, allowing 'Vadum to mortally wound him. The Prelate, wounded by the Yanme'e, flees the battle while the Minister retreats into his bunker and the Sangheili engage the insectoids. The Minister begins to fire the Halo again, knowing that it would destroy the already faltering installation, and the remaining Yanme'e desperately retreat. The Sangheili encounter the wounded Tem, who acknowledges that his own kind had betrayed him rather than the Sangheili he had sworn to destroy. Taking a satchel of plasma grenades, the Prelate offers to sacrifice himself to destroy the installation and allow the Sangheili to escape. Grateful, 'Vadum and 'Juran escape the installation, while Tem detonates the grenades at the installation's power systems. The installation and its occupants are soon destroyed in the resulting blast before the ring can fire, while the Sangheili return to Shadow of Intent.

Shadow of Intent returns to Duran, where most of the carrier's crew are recovering from their wounds*