Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy is the one hundred eighteenth issue of the series.

Plot
Oveur finds a computer that he thinks may disable the Ark, or at least provide information on it. Master Chief links Cortana with the console, but she says she needs another person to help her. Mother Brain links herself with the computer as well, and the two find a file that states that the Ark, once activated, can not be shut down unless it is physically destroyed. Master Chief comes up with a plan: he, Samus, and Oveur will drive a Warthog over to some Banshees, which they will fly to the Covenant capital ship. They will then crash the ship into the Ark, escaping at the last second, while the Writer defeats the Future Writer. Meanwhile, the High Prophet of Truth declares the Future Writer to be a heretic, prompting the villain to grab Truth's neck and electrocute him, saying he isn't worth being killed by the Halos.