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|name = Raid on Camp New Hope

|place = [[Camp New Hope]], [[Victoria]], [[111 Tauri System]]

|forces1 = *[[Blue Team]]

*[[MAKO Drone]]s  

*19 Guards

*12 Commandos

*1 MAKO Drone

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The '''Raid on Camp New Hope''' was an action which took place on May 1, [[2531]], during which a five [[SPARTAN-II]] supersoldiers, known as [[Blue Team]], infiltrated the [[Insurrectionist]] [[Camp New Hope]] on the [[UNSC]] colony world of [[Victoria]], in the [[111 Tauri System]]. It was a UNSC victory as the Spartans recovered three nuclear weapons, neutralized numerous rebel personnel and escaped without a single casualty.

By 2531, Insurrectionists had repeatedly had their operations disrupted by a four-man team of Spartan-II supersoldiers known as [[Blue Team]]. The team disrupted Insurrectionist operations including [[Station Jefferson]], the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Origami]]'' and a saboteur cell on [[Reach]], as well as an incident in [[Micronesia]], and a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 36-37''</ref> In response the rebels gathered together three stolen [[FENRIS Nuclear Warhead]]s at Camp New Hope in a way so sloppy that the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] could not help but notice, then contacted the UNSC and offered to trade the nukes in exchange for medicines for their people suffering from [[Boren's Syndrome]]. They then set a trap for Blue Team, whom they anticipated would be sent to recover the nukes. The UNSC needed the weapons, as its stockpiles had been depleted by its war with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].

Camp New Hope had an extensive defense system, even by [[Spartan-II]] standards, featuring motion and seismic detectors, a triple layering of guards, [[Warthog APC]]s, trained dogs, and [[MAKO Drone]]s. <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 31''</ref> Despite this Blue Team was able to neutralize numerous guards and infiltrate a warehouse at the center of the base. There the rebels successfully ambushed [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]] and [[Linda-058]] using an [[antigravity plate]], giving them the bends, and fitted them with [[Neural-Inhibitor Collar]]s so that they could be interrogated by rebel leader [[General]] [[Howard Graves]]. The rebels were unaware however of the presence of a fifth Spartan and new addition to the team, [[Kurt-051]], who had avoided the trap. Kurt was able to free the other members of Blue Team using a modified Warthog and several [[Asteroidea Anti-Personnel Mine]]s. General Howard Graves was killed in the process.

The freed Spartans loaded the three warheads into the Warthog and retreated from the base before the rebels could organize a proper counterattack. They were then picked up by a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]] and left the system aboard the {{UNSCShip|Bunker Hill}}.

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[[Category:UNSC Victories]]