Editing Assault on Cyclone

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
|name=Assault on Cyclone
|prev=[[Raid on Apex]]
|conc=
|next=[[Assault on the Warrens]]
|image=
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Requiem Campaign]]
|date=
|place="[[Cyclone]]", [[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]]
|result=*'''Decisive UNSC victory'''
**{{Pattern|Ra'aam|burst cannon}} destroyed
**[[Fireteam Majestic]] saved
|side1=*[[United Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
*[[Ur-Didact|Didact's]] [[Promethean]]s
|commanders1=*Spartan [[Jared Miller]]
*Spartan [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]]
|commanders2=*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]
|forces1=*[[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]]
**[[Spartan Operations]]
***[[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s
****[[Fireteam Crimson]]
****[[Fireteam Kodiak]]
**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
***Lieutenant [[TJ Murphy]]
*2 [[D79-TC Pelican]]s
*2 [[M12B Warthog]]s
|forces2=*Numerous [[Sangheili]]
*Numerous [[Kig-Yar]]
*Numerous [[Unggoy]]
*Several [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]
*Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s
*Several [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]]
*1 [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]]
*Several [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom]]
|casual1=*Light
**One Pelican
|casual2=*Heavy
}}
{{Quote|Majestic, hang tight. We’re about to deal with your artillery trouble.|Sarah Palmer{{Ref/Reuse|Majestic Rescue}}}}
The '''Assault on Cyclone''' was an assault during the [[Requiem Campaign]] conducted by [[Fireteam Crimson]] and [[Fireteam Kodiak]] on the location known as "[[Cyclone]]" in order to save [[Fireteam Majestic]] from the [[Ra'aam-pattern burst cannon|Covenant artillery]] that was attacking them from there.
==Prelude==
During a mission in "[[the Cauldron]]," [[Fireteam Crimson]] were able to retrieve [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|a mysterious]] [[Forerunner]] artifact that they transported back to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Core|Departure|Core}} While examining the artifact, Doctor [[Henry Glassman]] accidentally activated it and was pulled in.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Artifact|Artifact (Spartan Ops)|EpisodeLinkText=Artifact}} Glassman was transported to [[Requiem]]'s surface where he was captured by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] forces. In exchange for his life being spared, Glassman agreed to help [[Jul 'Mdama]] access the shrine at "[[Librarian's Rest]]"{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Catherine|Catherine}} to gain access to the [[mind transfer|imprint]] of the [[Librarian]] stored within. Glassman was forced to work with inadequate equipment,{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Didact's Hand|Didact's Hand}} but eventually succeeded in activating a protective shield around the shrine, albeit without knowing exactly what he had accomplished.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Memento Mori|Memento Mori}}

Due to Glassman's disappearance, Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] was brought in to help examine the artifact.{{Ref/Reuse|Catherine}} Jul contacted her in secret, offering Halsey information about the [[Promethean]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Didact's Hand}} After [[Fireteam Crimson]] and [[Fireteam Majestic]] retrieved "the [[Didact's Gift]]," it was revealed to be the "soul" of a [[Promethean Knight]], a human digitized by the [[Composer]] during the [[New Phoenix Incident]] six months earlier. As Halsey communicated with Jul about the discovery, she was found out by [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] and arrested for her actions. [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]], confused by the appearance of the artifact in the memories revealed in "the Didact's Gift," inadvertently activated it and was transported to "the Cauldron."{{Ref/Reuse|Memento Mori}} Despite putting up a fight, Thorne was ultimately captured by two [[Sangheili Storm]] and taken to "Librarian's Rest" which was eventually detected by [[Roland]].{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Scattered|Scattered}}

Thorne managed to [[Escape from Librarian's Rest|esacpe]] with Glassman, chased by [[Gek 'Lhar]].{{Ref/Reuse|Scattered}} The two were eventually rescued by the rest of [[Fireteam Majestic]] who killed Gek and looted his body.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Expendable|Expendable}} Shortly thereafter, team leader [[Paul DeMarco]] contacted the ''Infinity'' for help as Majestic was under fire from [[Ra'aam-pattern burst cannon|Covenant heavy artillery]]. [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] redeployed [[Fireteam Crimson]], who had just finished [[Raid on Apex|a mission]] at "[[Apex]]," to assist them.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Unfinished Business|Expendable|Unfinished Business}}

==Battle==
===Destroying the artillery===
[[Fireteam Crimson]] and [[Fireteam Kodiak]] were deployed to "[[Cyclone]]" in two [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelicans]], one piloted by [[Lieutenant]] [[TJ Murphy]], to deal with the [[Ra'aam-pattern burst cannon|heavy Covenant artillery]] attacking [[Fireteam Majestic]]. [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] assured [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] [[Paul DeMarco]] that they were about to deal with his artillery trouble, but Spartan [[Jared Miller]] was worried by the fact that the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] almost seemed to know that they were coming. However, Palmer dismissed Miller's concerns as him being paranoid.

The two Pelicans deployed Crimson, Kodiak and two [[M12B Warthog|Warthogs]] at "Cyclone," but Kodiak's Pelican was shot down moments later. Miller quickly ordered Murphy to withdraw until Crimson called for pickup which he did. Fighting their way through the Covenant forces in the area, Crimson and Kodiak managed to reach the first artillery piece, but found it too well shielded for their fire to penetrate. Noticing an energy conduit nearby that heated up whenever the gun fired, Miller and Palmer had Crimson target that instead. From the gun's reaction to the attack, Miller realized that without the conduits to cool off the gun, it would overload. Crimson destroyed the first conduit, causing the gun to begin to destabilize. Crimson destroyed the second conduit, causing the gun to overload and explode when it fired again, killing any remaining Covenant too close to its base.

With the first gun destroyed, Crimson moved onto the second with the Covenant falling back to defend it. Crimson managed to fight through the Covenant forces and destroy the conduits for the second gun, resulting in its destruction as well. Palmer reassured DeMarco that they only needed to destroy one more gun as the remaining Covenant began massing at the final artillery. As Crimson made their way to the final gun, Miller noted that just a second after he directed Crimson to it, the Covenant had moved to it as well as if they had known where Crimson was going. Convinced that it wasn't a coincidence, Miller promised to keep an eye on it while [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] dropped reinforcements, including [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]. Crimson succeeded in clearing out the Covenant resistance around the last gun and destroyed it, saving Fireteam Majestic from the artillery bombardment that they had been suffering.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Majestic Rescue|Expendable|Majestic Rescue}}

===Clearing the area===
With the artillery destroyed, [[Fireteam Crimson]] was ordered to fall back and help [[Fireteam Kodiak]] clear the landing zone so that they could be extracted by Murphy's Pelican. Working together, the two Spartan fireteams secured the LZ and Murphy was ordered to pick them up.

However, before the Spartans could be extracted, Murphy warned that they had Phantoms in the area which dropped more reinforcements, including more Hunters and a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]]. Miller had [[Robert Dalton]] drop them supplies to help take out the Covenant reinforcements with [[Promethean Watcher]]s also translocating in to help the Covenant forces. A Covenant Phantom made an attack run, resulting in it accidentally or on purpose crashing into a canyon wall near Crimson and Kodiak's position, destroying the enemy dropship but causing no harm to the Spartans. Finally, Crimson and Kodiak succeeded in clearing out all of the Covenant forces in the area.{{Ref/Reuse|Majestic Rescue}}

==Aftermath==
As Murphy's Pelican arrived to extract Fireteam Crimson and Fireteam Kodiak, [[Fireteam Lancer]] contacted the ''Infinity'' for help with [[Assault on the Warrens|clearing out]] a [[Warrens|Covenant nest]] in the hills near "[[Apex]]." Palmer decided to redeploy Crimson to help{{Ref/Reuse|Majestic Rescue}} and during the mission, a Covenant prisoner captured by [[Poker Squad]] revealed [[Lockup|the location]] of a listening post the Covenant had been using to spy on UNSC operations which was how they had anticipated Crimson and Kodiak's actions at "[[Cyclone]]."{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Lancer|Expendable|Lancer}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Engagements in the Requiem Campaign}}
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