Editing Battle of Conrad's Point

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|name= Battle of Conrad's Point
|image=
|prev=[[Battle of Meridian (2558)|Battle of Meridian]]
|conc=*[[Battle for Sanghelios]]
|next=[[Battle of Laika III]]
|conflict=*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Created conflict]]
**[[Cortana Event]]
|date=[[2558#October|October 27, 2558]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=Date|See [[#Production notes|production notes]] for details.}}
|place=[[Conrad's Point]]
|result='''UNSC tactical victory'''
*NCA camp destroyed.
'''NCA pyrrhic victory'''
*Anomaly information not delivered to the UNSC.
*ONI spy [[Ari Rezneck]] killed.
|side1    ={{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command]]
*{{Icon|ONI}} [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|side2    = [[New Colonial Alliance]]
|commanders1    =
|commanders2    =[[Ilsa Zane]]
|forces1  =*[[Maya Sankar]]
*[[Black-Box]]
|forces2  =*Ilsa Zane
|casual1  =
|casual2 =
}}

On [[2558|October 27, 2558]], a brief '''skirmish''' took place between UNSC forces and [[New Colonial Alliance]] forces on [[Conrad's Point]].{{Ref/Audio|Id=S2E2|HtT|Season=2|Episode=Episode 02: From Fire to Blood}}

==Background==
Conrad's Point was the fifth world affected by the [[Cortana Event]]s; the destructive awakening of [[Guardian Custode]]s throughout [[Human colonies|the colonies]] throughout October 2558. The precise date for the Guardian emergence is unknown, though it happened between October 17 and 23.{{Ref/Reuse|Date}} In the early stages of the crisis, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] attempted to cover up the attacks while they worked on ascertaining their cause. However, unlike the previous worlds, the UNSC were not able to secure the site of the Guardian's awakening in time, leading to the site instead falling into the control of an [[insurrectionist]] organisation, the [[New Colonial Alliance]].{{Ref/Audio|Id=S2E1|HtT|Season=2|Episode=Episode 01: Cube B-349}}

Fresh off the back of a successful operation to frame [[Benjamin Giraud]] and discredit his (accurate) reporting on the origins of the [[SPARTAN-II program]], ONI agent Commander [[Maya Sankar]] was tasked by Captain [[Noah Reibach]] with using her insurrectionist alter-ego "FERO" with infiltrating the NCA encampment on Conrad's Point to gather intelligence on the situation in advance of a larger military deployment. The UNSC already had an agent embedded within the NCA forces in the region, [[Ari Rezneck]], but shortly prior to Sankar's assignment he went dark, and was believed to have been compromised. Captain Reibach refused to provide Sankar with the source of the intelligence they had, only noting that the UNSC had been burned before by them.{{Ref/Reuse|S2E1}}

To accomplish her mission, Sankar was given an NCA lapel pin containing [[Data crystal chip|a chip]] with a [[smart AI]] on it, [[Black-Box]].{{Ref/Reuse|S2E1}}

==Battle==
Maya Sankar travelled to Conrad's Point, arriving on October 27,{{Ref/Reuse|Date}} and met with Ari Rezneck, who used a transponder to encode a set of remote coordinates for Sankar to land at. After meeting on the ground, Ari feigned searching Maya for weapons as to ensure that the two meeting was not suspicious in the event they were watched. Together they traveled to the NCA's camp and Ari filled Maya in on the situation: the large rebel presence were led by [[Ilsa Zane]] and had a massive stockpile of [[nuclear weapon]]s. Zane had been running the militants ragged and freely executing anyone who she felt was not pulling their weight. The two confirmed a cover story for why Sankar was showing up just now, justified as a prison escape after being captured by ONI, and then entered the camp. While Sankar navigated the camp Black-Box encoded a status update and transmitted it back to UNSC command, confirming Ilsa Zane's presence. In response, the UNSC authorised an immediate air strike with the intent to assassinate her, leaving Sankar and Ari little time to escape.{{Ref/Reuse|S2E2}}

With the UNSC's strike on the NCA camp, [[Maya Sankar]] and [[Bostwick]] fled a [[Mongoose (fiction)|Mongoose]]. The NCA chased after them, firing at the Mongoose. Sankar and Bostwick rode the their mongoose into the back of the [[Prison ship|prison transport]] and took off.{{Ref/Reuse|S2E2}}

==Aftermath==
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While the NCA suffered heavy casualties in the airstrike, they were able to escape in time to chase after Maya to [[Laika III]].{{Ref/Audio|Id=S2E6|HtT|Season=2|Episode=Episode 05: Where the Third Life Shines}}

==Production notes==
While no date has been firmly established for the battle, one can be narrowed down thanks to several context clues. The Guardian awakening on Conrad's Point occurred some time between October 17{{Ref/Note|The opening letter of ''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' mentions that only two Guardians had awoken by that time; [[Ursa IV]] and [[Oban]]}} and {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s deployment to [[Kamchatka]] between October 22-23,{{Ref/Note|Conrad's Point is one of the affected worlds briefly listed in the [[Osiris (level)|Osiris}]] opening cutscene of ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.}} with ''[[Halo: The Third Life]]'' further clarifying that the awakening took place "''over a week''" prior to October 28.{{Ref/Novel|Id=T3L|Halo: The Third Life}} As such, this likely places the date of the original Guardian emergence between October 17-20.

The battle itself likely occurred on October 27, as Ilsa Zane convenes the gathered Insurrectionist crowd to celebrate the recent news of the Master Chief's death - something which was not announced by ONI until October 27.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/post/130137892268/message-from-cdr-sullivan|Site=Hunt the Truth|Page=MESSAGE FROM CDR SULLIVAN|D=01|M=10|Y=2015}} This lines up with how the events depicted in [[Hunt the Truth Season 2|''Hunt the Truth'' Season 2]] depict Maya Sankar deploy to Conrad's Point, then to the safehouse on [[Binterall]], then to [[Laika III]] in rapid succession, with the episodes leaving very little time between. The final episodes, depicting the [[Battle of Laika III]], take place on October 28.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
**''[[Hunt the Truth Season 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Third Life]]'' {{Mo}}

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