Carl Patterson: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson''' was a [[UNSC]] naval officer, and commander of the ''[[UNSC Stalingrad]]''. Patterson was a very streightforeward Admiral whose direct foreward-assault style would cost him his life in [[The Battle of Onyx]]. | '''Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson''' was a [[UNSC]] naval officer, and commander of the ''[[UNSC Stalingrad]]''. Patterson was a very streightforeward Admiral whose direct foreward-assault style would cost him his life in [[The Battle of Onyx]]. | ||
His ship was one of eight sent to [[Onyx]] to | His ship was one of eight sent to [[Onyx]] to rescue the [[Spartan-II]] and [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. He was supposed to recieve full information on the planet from the prowler ''[[Dusk]]'' before attacking the planet, but Patterson chose instead to order a foreward attack before the entire planet was scanned. His fleet destroyed the two [[Covenant]] destroyers they found- before the other twenty Covenant ships that had been on the other side of the planet showed up. At the cost of four of his eight ships, Patterson was able to escape. | ||
He set up an ambush for the Covenant ships behind the planet's moon using [[HORNET Mines]] which suceeded in destroying almost all of the ships. Patterson again ordered a foreward charge to wipe out the rest. Thirty two more Covenant ships emerged from [[slipspace]] around his ships in mid-charge, massacreing them all and killing Patterson. | He set up an ambush for the Covenant ships behind the planet's moon using [[HORNET Mines]] which suceeded in destroying almost all of the ships. Patterson again ordered a foreward charge to wipe out the rest. Thirty two more Covenant ships emerged from [[slipspace]] around his ships in mid-charge, massacreing them all and killing Patterson. | ||