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===Battle of Chi Ceti=== | ===Battle of Chi Ceti=== | ||
{{main|Battle of Chi Ceti}} | {{main|Battle of Chi Ceti}} | ||
In 2525, Wallace was transferring [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]] on [[Chi Ceti]] for the Spartans to receive their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR]] armor. | In 2525, Wallace was transferring [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]] on [[Chi Ceti]] for the Spartans to receive their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR]] armor.<ref name="FOR"/> However, while the Spartans were still aboard on the ''Commonwealth'', a ship was detected at extreme range. Though Dr. Halsey desired that they go to battle stations, Wallace denounced it as unnecessary because he had no evidence that anyone could navigate through Slipspace accurately enough for an intrasystem jump. Captain Wallace eventually complied after further protest from Dr. Halsey, who told Wallace of the Covenant's intrasystem jump at Harvest. The captain obeyed Halsey's pleas, ordering all hands to battle stations and reactors to 90 percent.<ref name="FOR"/> | ||
The [[Covenant]] performed an intrasystem jump three kilometers off the ''Commonwealth'', and the ship fired its [[pulse laser]]s and overloaded the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] core.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 105''</ref> Wallace then ordered all [[Archer Missile|Archer missile pods]] from A through F to fire. Out of the 180 Archer missiles fired, approximately 90 hit. However, the Covenant ship was completely undamaged because of its [[energy shield]]s. Following this, Wallace decided to fire the main weapon of the ship: the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]]. After firing two MAC rounds, the hostile ship was still intact.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 109''</ref> While the ''Commonwealth'' was charging the second round for the MAC, the Covenant ship was similarly charging its second round of pulse laser fire. The Covenant's second burst of laser fire destroyed most of the ''Commonwealth'', decks two through seven in section one and all port armor were melted. The MAC rounds were also destroyed. Taking Dr Halsey's advice, the Captain ordered all crew not in the bridge to put on respirator packs, and then depressurizing everywhere in the ship except the bridge in order to put out the flames caused by the laser. He then sent out all the Longswords in order to gain some more time. Ultimately, the [[Longsword]]s were all destroyed after Wallace ordered the ''Commonwealth'' to fire one of its [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s at the Covenant ship.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 111''</ref> The Captain landed the Spartans and the doctor to receive their armor. Meanwhile, the ''Commonwealth'' acted as bait in case the Covenant ship returned.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 113''</ref> | The [[Covenant]] performed an intrasystem jump three kilometers off the ''Commonwealth'', and the ship fired its [[pulse laser]]s and overloaded the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] core.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 105''</ref> Wallace then ordered all [[Archer Missile|Archer missile pods]] from A through F to fire. Out of the 180 Archer missiles fired, approximately 90 hit. However, the Covenant ship was completely undamaged because of its [[energy shield]]s. Following this, Wallace decided to fire the main weapon of the ship: the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]]. After firing two MAC rounds, the hostile ship was still intact.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 109''</ref> While the ''Commonwealth'' was charging the second round for the MAC, the Covenant ship was similarly charging its second round of pulse laser fire. The Covenant's second burst of laser fire destroyed most of the ''Commonwealth'', decks two through seven in section one and all port armor were melted. The MAC rounds were also destroyed. Taking Dr Halsey's advice, the Captain ordered all crew not in the bridge to put on respirator packs, and then depressurizing everywhere in the ship except the bridge in order to put out the flames caused by the laser. He then sent out all the Longswords in order to gain some more time. Ultimately, the [[Longsword]]s were all destroyed after Wallace ordered the ''Commonwealth'' to fire one of its [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s at the Covenant ship.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 111''</ref> The Captain landed the Spartans and the doctor to receive their armor. Meanwhile, the ''Commonwealth'' acted as bait in case the Covenant ship returned.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 113''</ref> | ||
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==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Although an extremely capable tactical officer, Wallace was a rather by-the-book tactician and did not enjoy having civilians on his bridge, at least civilians as vocal in military tactics in combat conditions as Dr. Halsey. | Although an extremely capable tactical officer, Wallace was a rather by-the-book tactician and did not enjoy having civilians on his bridge, at least civilians as vocal in military tactics in combat conditions as Dr. Halsey.<ref name="FOR"/> Although reluctant to sacrifice his Longswords and their pilots, he gave the order so that the ''Commonwealth'' would accomplish its mission, acknowledging that the recovery of the MJOLNIR armor on Chi Ceti was worth their sacrifices. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
