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Later that same day, Crowther was still aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' when the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|expected Covenant fleet]] of roughly one hundred warships arrived in-system and began moving to attack Biko. As planned, the Black Daggers were deployed via prowlers, hoping to board and destroy as many alien vessels as possible. However, the Covenant had learned of their plan, and expected the Spartans to board their warships. To prevent this, they kept a tight fighter screen around their capital ships so that no prowlers could easily slip past. This forced Crowther to delay all boarding actions until an opportunity presented itself. Meanwhile, the Covenant fleet accelerated toward Biko's meager navy, showing no signs of slowing down. While the Black Daggers were waylaid, Crowther sent Johnson to visit Blue Team in one of the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s small maintenance hangars and inform them of their new mission to Etalan. The Spartans were skeptical of Crowther's apparent shift in attitude toward them, but they agreed to take the mission after Johnson revealed that Crowther was being cautious due to his mistrust of Nyeto.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS17|HSS|Chapter=17}} | Later that same day, Crowther was still aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' when the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|expected Covenant fleet]] of roughly one hundred warships arrived in-system and began moving to attack Biko. As planned, the Black Daggers were deployed via prowlers, hoping to board and destroy as many alien vessels as possible. However, the Covenant had learned of their plan, and expected the Spartans to board their warships. To prevent this, they kept a tight fighter screen around their capital ships so that no prowlers could easily slip past. This forced Crowther to delay all boarding actions until an opportunity presented itself. Meanwhile, the Covenant fleet accelerated toward Biko's meager navy, showing no signs of slowing down. While the Black Daggers were waylaid, Crowther sent Johnson to visit Blue Team in one of the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s small maintenance hangars and inform them of their new mission to Etalan. The Spartans were skeptical of Crowther's apparent shift in attitude toward them, but they agreed to take the mission after Johnson revealed that Crowther was being cautious due to his mistrust of Nyeto.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS17|HSS|Chapter=17}} | ||
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The battle over Biko continued for five days, and an opportunity to board at least one Covenant vessel presented itself to Crowther. Prowlers successfully delivered a detachment of Black Daggers onto [[Purifying Flame|the warship]], but the ODSTs were captured before they could destroy the vessel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS21|HSS|Chapter=21}} Before the battle came to an end and Biko's defense forces were obliterated, the task force had lost five additional prowlers before being forced to retreat.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS23|HSS|Chapter=23}} | |||
===Change of heart=== | ===Change of heart=== | ||
On [[2526#March|March 31, 2526]], after the Spartans' detachment had rendezvoused with the rest of Task Force Yama, Dr. Halsey sent Crowther a message saying that she wanted to see him on the ''Vanishing Point'' for a personal matter, intending to imply that this matter was sexual in nature. As requested, Crowther returned to the ''Vanishing Point'' and visited Halsey's lab. Despite his rumpled work uniform and his confusion, Halsey flirted with him and led him to her private compartments. Crowther was flustered by her actions and asked what she saw in a man his age. Once they were alone, Halsey revealed that she was putting on a show in case Nyeto or his agents were watching; this way, they would not suspect that Halsey and Crowther were meeting to discuss their suspicions. With that explained, Halsey stated that they needed to decide how to handle Nyeto before he tried to kill her Spartans again.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS22|HSS|Chapter=22}} | |||
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Having realized that Lieutenant Commander Nyeto was likely an insurrectionist, Crowther began quietly working with the Spartans on missions against the Covenant while publicly continuing to butt heads with them, claiming at one point that he was going to send them back to Reach while having Staff Sergeant Johnson pass them secret orders. Crowther was later responsible for John's promotion to the rank of [[Master Chief Petty Officer]].{{Citation needed}} | |||
===Betrayal and Death=== | ===Betrayal and Death=== | ||