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===Operation: OCEAN BREAKER=== | ===Operation: OCEAN BREAKER=== | ||
With the failure of the Marine strike team, the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] were sent in as part of an [[operation]] designated OCEAN BREAKER. | With the failure of the Marine strike team, the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] were sent in as part of an [[operation]] designated OCEAN BREAKER.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''' ''Limited Edition - Spartan Locke's classified orders''</ref> Arriving at the destroyed H.Q., the squad, consisting of [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[James-005]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Joshua-029]], [[Linda-058]], and six others quickly secured the base. After they arrived, Spartan-117 broke them into three four-man teams and personally assumed command of [[Blue Team]]. He sent [[Red Team|Red]] and [[Green Team|Green]] teams on their missions, then slogged through the jungle, arriving at Côte d'Azur. Entering the storm drains, [[Blue Team]] discovered several [[Huragok]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 204''</ref> Investigating Covenant activity in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]], Blue Team discovered that the Covenant were scanning what appeared to be a simple piece of igneous rock, and sending the information to a ship in orbit. The team entered a protracted firefight with two Mgalekgolo, which was a victory at the expense of James' arm, recovered the [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|rock]], and escaped.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 205-209''</ref> | ||
With a group of surviving civilians evacuated, the SPARTANs returned to H.Q. and detonated a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK nuclear warhead]], destroying Côte d'Azur and removing the Covenant presence on the planet.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 230''</ref> Other cities on the planet would be destroyed, such as [[Caracas]], [[Huiren]], [[Silma]] and [[Enfield]], either due to similar Covenant invasion or to preemptive destruction by the UNSC to deny the Covenant the objects they sought.<ref name=BRAVADO>[[Halo Waypoint]] - [http://www.halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/239409409548923768/DDR-A340021-2300-07-18-52.pdf Data Drop Two]</ref> | With a group of surviving civilians evacuated, the SPARTANs returned to H.Q. and detonated a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK nuclear warhead]], destroying Côte d'Azur and removing the Covenant presence on the planet.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 230''</ref> Other cities on the planet would be destroyed, such as [[Caracas]], [[Huiren]], [[Silma]] and [[Enfield]], either due to similar Covenant invasion or to preemptive destruction by the UNSC to deny the Covenant the objects they sought.<ref name=BRAVADO>[[Halo Waypoint]] - [http://www.halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/239409409548923768/DDR-A340021-2300-07-18-52.pdf Data Drop Two]</ref> |