Editing Ambush at the Quarry

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
|name=Ambush at the Quarry
|prev=[[Assault on Magma Base]]
|next=[[Escape from Librarian's Rest]], [[Escape from Lockup]]
|image=
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Requiem Campaign]]
|date=[[2558#February|February 2558]]
|place="[[Quarry]]", [[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]]
|result=*'''[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] victory'''
**[[Fireteam Crimson]] captured
|side1=*[[United Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|commanders1=*Spartan [[Jared Miller]]
|commanders2=*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]
|forces1=*[[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]]
**1 [[D79H Pelican|Pelican]]
***''[[Pelican 653]]''
**[[Spartan Operations]]
***[[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s
****[[Fireteam Crimson]]
|forces2=*Numerous [[Sangheili]]
*Numerous [[Kig-Yar]]
*Numerous [[Unggoy]]
*Several [[Mgalekgolo]]
*Several [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]]
*Several [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]]
*Several [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]
*Several [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]]
*1 {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}
|casual1=*''[[Pelican 653]]''
*[[Ryan Frank]]
|casual2=*Heavy
}}
{{quote|no=four|Roland|Jared Miller|Roland|Jared Miller|q1=Spartan Miller! This is pretty bad! Incoming enemy forces! Numerous.|q2=Define numerous, Roland.|q3=A lot! Maybe all of them?|q4=Ohhh boy. Crimson, brace yourselves. This is gonna get ugly.|Roland and Miller as the trap is sprung.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Thorne|Memento Mori|Spartan Thorne}}}}
During the [[Requiem Campaign]] in [[2558#February|February 2558]], [[Fireteam Crimson]] '''fell into an ambush''' at the location known as the "[[Quarry]]."
==Prelude==
After the retrieval of the [[Durance]] known as "the [[Didact's Gift]]," the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} learned that some of the [[Promethean Knight]]s they were fighting had been humans digitized by the [[Composer]] during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. After learning that [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the mysterious artifact]] brought onboard the ''Infinity'' had somehow been in [[New Phoenix]] at the time, [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]] inadvertently activated it and was [[slipspace translocation|translocated]] to "[[the Cauldron]]"{{Ref/SpOps|Memento Mori}} where he was ultimately captured and dragged to "[[Librarian's Rest]]."{{Ref/SpOps|Scattered}}

After [[Fireteam Crimson]] succeeded in [[Assault on Magma Base|defending]] [[Magma Base]] in "the Cauldron" from [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] forces, [[Roland]] detected Thorne's [[IFF]] transponder nearby. However, while Crimson found the transponder, Thorne was already gone though there was signs of battle. Roland was able to determine which way Thorne had been taken and Spartan [[Jared Miller]] ordered Crimson to follow Roland's directions and chase after Thorne.{{Ref/SpOps|Memento Mori|The Cauldron Base}}

==Battle==
===Hunt for Gabriel Thorne===
[[Roland]] tracked Thorne to the "[[Quarry]]," but he had been carried out of surveillance range by the [[Sangheili]] and he could only give a general direction. As Spartan [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] remained out of contact, Spartan [[Jared Miller]], filling in for her, ordered Roland to try to contact Palmer as she needed to know what was going on and instructed [[Fireteam Crimson]] to try to find and rescue Thorne.

As Crimson proceeded, Roland detected two likely spots that Thorne could've been taken, the first being a nearby butte. As Crimson investigated, they were attacked by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] forces, including [[Kig-Yar Sniper]]s, turrets, [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]] and [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]. Crimson discovered that Thorne was not at the first location and cleared out the remaining Covenant in the area, including reinforcements dropped by [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]].

Roland detected a higher than normal number of Covenant at the other end of the "Quarry," suggesting that there was something worth guarding in that location such as a captured Spartan. Crimson fought their way to the end of the "Quarry" which was heavily guarded by Covenant forces including Wraiths and Ghosts. Despite the heavy resistance, Crimson managed to clear the area, but only found a collection of stolen UNSC gear, vehicles and weapons. However, there was no sign of Thorne and Roland had lost the trail. With the search-and-rescue mission a failure, Miller called upon Spartan [[Robert Dalton]] to send in a [[D79H Pelican|Pelican]] to extract Crimson, but was warned that it would take some time.

The Covenant started sending in massive waves of troops via {{Pattern|Gloto'kas|Assault Carapace}}s and Phantoms to attack Crimson. With the help of the stolen UNSC gear, Crimson managed to repel each successive wave despite being heavily outnumbered. However, several [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]] and Wraiths were deployed in the area and at Miller's request, Dalton dropped [[ordnance pod]]s containing [[M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Lasers]]. With the heavy weapons, Crimson managed to eliminate the Hunters and Wraiths, seemingly ending the Covenant attack.{{Ref/Reuse|Thorne}}

===Fireteam Crimson captured===
With the Covenant gone, Dalton reported that he finally had the [[D79H Pelican|Pelican]] that Miller had requested to extract [[Fireteam Crimson]]. Miller directed both Crimson and the Pelican to the top of the nearby butte for the extraction and Crimson made their way back to the top of the butte.

As Crimson awaited the approaching ''[[Pelican 653]]'', an [[orbital insertion pod]] suddenly crashed through the dropship, destroying it and killing its pilot [[Ryan Frank]]. [[Roland]] warned of numerous approaching enemy forces as multiple [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]], at least five [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] and a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} surrounded Fireteam Crimson in a surprise ambush.{{Ref/Reuse|Thorne}} Rather than kill Crimson, the Covenant captured them and transported the Spartans to "[[Lockup]]."{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Escape Plan|Scattered|Escape Plan}}

==Aftermath==
Miller and Dalton eventually managed to locate [[Fireteam Crimson]] at "[[Lockup]]" and launched a diversionary bombardment that freed the Spartans of their restraints. Fireteam Crimson subsequently rescued [[Icebreaker squad]] and together they stole a [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] to [[Escape from Lockup|escape]] from Covenant custody.{{Ref/Reuse|Escape Plan}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''

==Sources==
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{{Engagements in the Requiem Campaign}}
[[Category:Jul 'Mdama's Covenant victories]]
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