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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Battle infobox
{{Battle infobox
|prev = [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]
|prev = [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]
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*[[Lieutenant]] [[SPARTAN-B312]]†
*[[Lieutenant]] [[SPARTAN-B312]]†
|commanders2 = *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee
|commanders2 = *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee
*Unidentified [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]]†
*[[Sangheili Field Marshal|Unidentified Field Marshal]]†
|forces1 = *[[UNSC Navy]]
|forces1 = *[[UNSC Navy]]
**1 {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}
**1 {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}
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**Marines
**Marines
|forces2 = *Navy
|forces2 = *Navy
**1 {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}
**1 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}
*Army
*Army
**{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s
**[[Type-52 Phantom]]s
**[[Type-26 Banshee]]s
**[[Type-26 Banshee]]s
**7 {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s
**7 [[Type-47B Scarab]]s
**{{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}s
**[[Type-26 Wraith]]s
**[[Devoted Sentries]]
**[[Devoted Sentries]]
**[[Mgalekgolo]]
**[[Mgalekgolo]]
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*Light Marine losses, most fall back to PoA
*Light Marine losses, most fall back to PoA
|casual2 = Heavy
|casual2 = Heavy
*1 {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}
*1 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}
*1 Scarab
*1 Scarab
*1 Unidentified [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]]
*3+ Zealot-class Sangheili commanders
*3+ Zealot-class Sangheili commanders
*3+ [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]s
*3+ [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]s
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By this point in the battle for Reach, a Covenant victory was all but inevitable. The UNSC's [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] had been routed by the combined Covenant fleets, and the Covenant ground invasion was now reinforced by large scale naval forces in low orbit. Surviving UNSC ground forces maintained a tenuous hold on the [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking yards]] at [[Asźod]], the only off-planet extraction point left on the [[Eposz]] continent. UNSC convoys on the way to the shipyard in the hopes of escaping the planet were destroyed by Covenant air attacks and several [[Covenant cruiser]]s were on their way to the ship-breaking yards.{{Ref/Level|Id=TP|HR|The Package}}
By this point in the battle for Reach, a Covenant victory was all but inevitable. The UNSC's [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] had been routed by the combined Covenant fleets, and the Covenant ground invasion was now reinforced by large scale naval forces in low orbit. Surviving UNSC ground forces maintained a tenuous hold on the [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking yards]] at [[Asźod]], the only off-planet extraction point left on the [[Eposz]] continent. UNSC convoys on the way to the shipyard in the hopes of escaping the planet were destroyed by Covenant air attacks and several [[Covenant cruiser]]s were on their way to the ship-breaking yards.{{Ref/Level|Id=TP|HR|The Package}}


By this point, NOBLE Team had been reduced to four members, with [[Jorge-052]] and [[Catherine-B320]] having been killed in action during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}} and the [[Siege of New Alexandria]],{{Ref/Level|Id=NA|HR|New Alexandria}} respectively. [[Jun-A266]] had been ordered to defend Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and to escort her away from the [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|complex]] near [[SWORD Base]] to another [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facility, [[CASTLE Base]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TP}} Thus, by August 30, Noble Team was effectively reduced to three operational members, including its field leader, [[Carter-A259]], as well as [[Emile-A239]], Noble Four, and [[SPARTAN-B312]], Noble Six. The three had escaped SWORD Base following [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]], bearing a fragment of the AI Cortana, which contained data from the [[Forerunner]] ruins beneath the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TP}} The ''Pillar of Autumn'', docked at the Asźod facility and awaited the team's arrival with this high value package. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s commanding officer, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], deployed a number of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] to other parts of the ship-breaking facility to stall the Covenant advance and to allow Noble Team to break through and deliver the package.
By this point, NOBLE Team had been reduced to four members, with [[Jorge-052]] and [[Kat-B320]] having been killed in action during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}} and the [[Siege of New Alexandria]],{{Ref/Level|Id=NA|HR|New Alexandria}} respectively. [[Jun-A266]] had been ordered to defend Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and to escort her away from the [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|complex]] near [[SWORD Base]] to another [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facility, [[CASTLE Base]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TP}} Thus, by August 30, Noble Team was effectively reduced to three operational members, including its field leader, [[Carter-A259]], as well as [[Emile-A239]], Noble Four, and [[SPARTAN-B312]], Noble Six. The three had escaped SWORD Base following [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]], bearing a fragment of the AI Cortana, which contained data from the [[Forerunner]] ruins beneath the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TP}} The ''Pillar of Autumn'', docked at the Asźod facility and awaited the team's arrival with this high value package. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s commanding officer, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], deployed a number of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] to other parts of the ship-breaking facility to stall the Covenant advance and to allow Noble Team to break through and deliver the package.


After a successful mission to ''[[Gamma Station]]'', the {{Class|Halcyon|cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} touched down in the shipyards for the transaction of an important [[armored matrix|package]], which contained a fragment of the AI [[Cortana]], from NOBLE Team. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' landing site, surviving UNSC forces engaged innumerable Covenant ground forces that were advancing toward the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The battle raged with unabated ferocity, but the UNSC forces were enclosed in a steadily constricting pocket despite their best efforts.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
After a successful mission to ''[[Gamma Station]]'', the {{Class|Halcyon|cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} touched down in the shipyards for the transaction of an important [[armored matrix|package]], which contained a fragment of the AI [[Cortana]], from NOBLE Team. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' landing site, surviving UNSC forces engaged innumerable Covenant ground forces that were advancing toward the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The battle raged with unabated ferocity, but the UNSC forces were enclosed in a steadily constricting pocket despite their best efforts.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
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==Battle==
==Battle==
===Regroup===
===Regroup===
As the UNSC forces began to retreat, their land and air defenses moved to Asźod to regroup. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s landing site, numerous [[M808 Scorpion]]s and [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s assaulted a pair of {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s and made their way to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. While encircling the Scarabs, the UNSC forces had to avoid mortar fire from several {{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}s that were also moving into Asźod from other parts of Reach. Meanwhile, a large number of [[UH-144 Falcon]]s engaged Covenant [[Type-26 Banshee]]s overhead.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
As the UNSC forces began to retreat, their land and air defenses moved to Asźod to regroup. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s landing site, numerous [[M808 Scorpion]]s and [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s assaulted a pair of [[Type-47B Scarab]]s and made their way to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. While encircling the Scarabs, the UNSC forces had to avoid mortar fire from several [[Type-26 Wraith]]s that were also moving into Asźod from other parts of Reach. Meanwhile, a large number of [[UH-144 Falcon]]s engaged Covenant [[Type-26 Banshee]]s overhead.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}


===Noble Team's arrival===
===Noble Team's arrival===
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===Finale===
===Finale===
After the SPARTANs reached the rendezvous point for the transfer, a furious battle broke out between the advancing Covenant soldiers and the surviving UNSC forces. The Covenant, sensing their victory and wishing to stop the escape of the humans, deployed waves of [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom dropships]] and Banshees to overwhelm the human defenses. While SPARTAN-B312 led the surviving Marines against the Covenant ground forces, Emile manned a [[mark 2488 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|"Onager" mass driver]] that had been mounted on top of the facility, using it as a makeshift anti-aircraft battery. The sheer power of the mass driver, aided by the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s point defense guns, devastated the Covenant assault waves, but the Covenant fought relentlessly, sacrificing dropships willingly to get their troops on the ground. Despite Emile's best efforts, a number of [[Jiralhanae]]-led forces fought furiously against the remaining UNSC forces. The Covenant had the advantage of numbers, but the UNSC held the high ground and the Covenant infantry assault was repulsed. With the landing zone clear, Captain Keyes personally took a Pelican to the rendezvous point, where he was met by SPARTAN-B312.
After the SPARTANs reached the rendezvous point for the transfer, a furious battle broke out between the advancing Covenant soldiers and the surviving UNSC forces. The Covenant, sensing their victory and wishing to stop the escape of the humans, deployed waves of [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom dropships]] and Banshees to overwhelm the human defenses. While SPARTAN-B312 led the surviving Marines against the Covenant ground forces, Emile manned a [[mark 2488 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|"Onager" mass driver]] that had been mounted on top of the facility, using it as a makeshift anti-aircraft battery. The sheer power of the mass driver, aided by the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s point defense guns, devastated the Covenant assault waves, but the Covenant fought relentlessly, sacrificing dropships willingly to get their troops on the ground. Despite Emile's best efforts, a number of [[Jiralhanae]]-led forces fought furiously against the remaining UNSC forces. The Covenant had the advantage of numbers, but the UNSC held the high ground and the Covenant infantry assault was repulsed. With the landing zone clear, Captain Keyes personally took a Pelican to the rendezvous point, where he was met by SPARTAN-B312.


[[File:Keyes n' Six.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Keyes taking possession of [[Cortana]]'s fragment.]]
[[File:Keyes n' Six.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Keyes taking possession of [[Cortana]]'s fragment.]]
Keyes promptly took possession of the package, but the Covenant, realizing that their ground attack had failed, deployed a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} to destroy the facility and to block the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s escape. Keyes ordered Emile to cover the ship's escape and the SPARTAN prepared to oblige. However, as Keyes boarded his Pelican and prepared to return to the ''Pillar of Autumn'', with Noble Six in tow, the landing zone was attacked by a Phantom dropship that managed to slip through the UNSC defensive barrage. The Pelican escorting Keyes was destroyed by a barrage of plasma from the Covenant dropship, which took up position by the mass driver and dropped off a team of [[Sangheili Zealot]]s to eliminate Emile and the threat of the mass driver. Emile, although caught by surprise, reacted swiftly and killed the first Zealot at point-blank range with his shotgun. Emile's victory was short-lived, as a second Zealot impaled him from behind with an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. However, Emile valiantly challenged his attacker, stabbing it in the neck before they both fell to their deaths.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
Keyes promptly took possession of the package, but the Covenant, realizing that their ground attack had failed, deployed a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} to destroy the facility and to block the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s escape. Keyes ordered Emile to cover the ship's escape and the SPARTAN prepared to oblige. However, as Keyes boarded his Pelican and prepared to return to the ''Pillar of Autumn'', with Noble Six in tow, the landing zone was attacked by a Phantom dropship that managed to slip through the UNSC defensive barrage. The Pelican escorting Keyes was destroyed by a barrage of plasma from the Covenant dropship, which took up position by the mass driver and dropped off a team of [[Sangheili Zealot]]s to eliminate Emile and the threat of the mass driver. Emile, although caught by surprise, reacted swiftly and killed the first Zealot at point-blank range with his shotgun. Emile's victory was short-lived, as a second Zealot impaled him from behind with an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. However, Emile valiantly challenged his attacker, stabbing it in the neck before they both fell to their deaths.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}


However, Emile's death left the mass driver unmanned, and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was rendered vulnerable to the advancing Covenant battlecruiser. Noble Six decided to commandeer the mass driver, thus forsaking transport off-planet, to ensure the ''Autumn''{{'}}s safe passage into space. The Covenant, aware of the threat posed by the mass driver, had deployed a team of Sangheili Zealots, led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]], to prevent the gun from being manned; however, after a hard fight, Noble Six killed them and manned the mass driver. The battlecruiser, undeterred, or perhaps unaware of the danger of the mass driver, continued to advance on the shipyard. The Covenant warship charged its ventral [[energy projector]], preparing to destroy the ''Pillar of Autumn''; however, in order to fire, the ship needed to drop the [[Energy shielding|shield]] around the weapon. Turning the cannon on the battlecruiser, SPARTAN-B312 fired a round straight into the ship's unshielded energy projector port. The slug's impact disrupted the finely tuned magnetic field controlling the energy projector and the plasma gutted the ship, sending it plummeting to the surface of Reach. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s path was clear, and the cruiser immediately launched.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
However, Emile's death left the mass driver unmanned, and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was rendered vulnerable to the advancing Covenant battlecruiser. Noble Six decided to commandeer the mass driver, thus forsaking transport off-planet, to ensure the ''Autumn''{{'}}s safe passage into space. The Covenant, aware of the threat posed by the mass driver, had deployed a team of Sangheili Zealots, led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]], to prevent the gun from being manned; however, after a hard fight, Noble Six killed them and manned the mass driver. The battlecruiser, undeterred, or perhaps unaware of the danger of the mass driver, continued to advance on the shipyard. The Covenant warship charged its ventral [[energy projector]], preparing to destroy the ''Pillar of Autumn''; however, in order to fire, the ship needed to drop the [[Energy shielding|shield]] around the weapon. Turning the cannon on the battlecruiser, SPARTAN-B312 fired a round straight into the ship's unshielded energy projector port. The slug's impact disrupted the finely tuned magnetic field controlling the energy projector and the plasma gutted the ship, sending it plummeting to the surface of Reach. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s path was clear, and the cruiser immediately launched.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}}
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File:HR Brute Pack.png|A large pack of Jiralhanae deployed at Platform Delta.
File:HR Brute Pack.png|A large pack of Jiralhanae deployed at Platform Delta.
File:HR DryDockBattle.jpg|Noble Six clearing a landing zone at Platform Delta.
File:HR DryDockBattle.jpg|Noble Six clearing a landing zone at Platform Delta.
File:NobleSix Keyes.jpg|Captain Keyes receives the Package from Noble Six.
File:NobleSix Keyes.jpg|Captain Keyes receives the the Package from Noble Six.
File:Reach 947096 Medium.jpg|Emile killed by the Devoted Sentries.
File:Reach 947096 Medium.jpg|Emile killed by the Devoted Sentries.
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|Noble Six disables the Covenant battlecruiser with the Onager.
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|Noble Six disables the Covenant battlecruiser with the Onager.
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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Engagements in the Fall of Reach}}
{{Engagements in the Fall of Reach}}

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