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[[File:Slip.jpg|200px|thumb|200px|A ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser initiates a pinpoint slipspace jump over Reach.]] | [[File:Slip.jpg|200px|thumb|200px|A ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser initiates a pinpoint slipspace jump over Reach.]] | ||
{{Quote|There are thousands of them. Grunts, Jackals and their warrior Elites. They have [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|tanks]] and [[Banshee|fliers]]. Christ, they've breached the perimeter. Fall back! Fall back! If anyone can hear this: the Covenant is ground-side. Massing near the armory!|UNSC Marine{{Ref/Reuse|FOR33}}}} | {{Quote|There are thousands of them. Grunts, Jackals and their warrior Elites. They have [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|tanks]] and [[Banshee|fliers]]. Christ, they've breached the perimeter. Fall back! Fall back! If anyone can hear this: the Covenant is ground-side. Massing near the armory!|UNSC Marine{{Ref/Reuse|FOR33}}}} | ||
On the final day of the battle for Reach, thousands of Covenant ground forces landed on Reach in an attempt to destroy the [[orbital defense generator]]s, and were intercepted by Marine forces who were able to defend against the first few waves of Covenant forces while sustaining heavy casualties. While three Spartans (led by John-117) deployed to Gamma Station, the remaining supersoldiers were designated [[Red Team]], and deployed to [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]] to assist in the defense of the station. Their Pelican transport, ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was escorted by several [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] strikecraft, with three of the four eventually peeling off to hold off some pursuing Seraphs.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS1|FS|Chapter=1}} The Pelican was advised by "[[Golden Arrow]]" to head for [[Mount Törött]], though the now badly-damaged Pelican was unlikely to be able to make its way back to the shipyard where the ''Autumn'' was docked. Bravo 001 had to explain that the Pelican was carrying Spartans, which consequently changed Golden Arrow's tone.{{Ref/Level|Id=BreakpointRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Breakpoint}} The Pelican was eventually shot down, however, crash-landing in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] in the [[Highland Mountains]].{{Ref/Reuse|DttE}}{{Ref/Reuse|BnetDefiant}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Highlands}} The Spartans were forced to jump out of the doomed Pelican,{{Ref/Reuse|DttE}}{{Ref/Reuse|FS1}} resulting in the deaths of four Spartans (including [[Malcolm-059 | On the final day of the battle for Reach, thousands of Covenant ground forces landed on Reach in an attempt to destroy the [[orbital defense generator]]s, and were intercepted by Marine forces who were able to defend against the first few waves of Covenant forces while sustaining heavy casualties. While three Spartans (led by John-117) deployed to Gamma Station, the remaining supersoldiers were designated [[Red Team]], and deployed to [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]] to assist in the defense of the station. Their Pelican transport, ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was escorted by several [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] strikecraft, with three of the four eventually peeling off to hold off some pursuing Seraphs.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS1|FS|Chapter=1}} The Pelican was advised by "[[Golden Arrow]]" to head for [[Mount Törött]], though the now badly-damaged Pelican was unlikely to be able to make its way back to the shipyard where the ''Autumn'' was docked. Bravo 001 had to explain that the Pelican was carrying Spartans, which consequently changed Golden Arrow's tone.{{Ref/Level|Id=BreakpointRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Breakpoint}} The Pelican was eventually shot down, however, crash-landing in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] in the [[Highland Mountains]].{{Ref/Reuse|DttE}}{{Ref/Reuse|BnetDefiant}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Highlands}} The Spartans were forced to jump out of the doomed Pelican,{{Ref/Reuse|DttE}}{{Ref/Reuse|FS1}} resulting in the deaths of four Spartans (including [[Malcolm-059]]), and some others were wounded as well. Due to their familiarity with the terrain, the Spartans were able to put up a meaningful resistance against the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|DttE}}{{Ref/Reuse|BnetDefiant}} | ||
[[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|thumb|left|280px|The Spartans defend the generators from a swarm of Covenant.]] | [[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|thumb|left|280px|The Spartans defend the generators from a swarm of Covenant.]] | ||
Near their crash site, the surviving Spartans discovered the shell-shocked remnants of [[Charlie Company]]'s [[Gamma 1]]. Charlie Company had been assigned by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] to recover prototype [[NOVA bomb]]s from a base in the region. They were forced to help defend the orbital defense facilities on their way to their objective with Gamma 1 at Generator A-331. Unfortunately, as the Covenant neared the orbital defense generators, someone at [[UNSC High Command|HIGHCOM]] panicked and ordered Longswords to [[Carpet bombing|bomb everything]] within {{Convert|500|m|ft}}, resulting in the destruction of the Covenant ground forces in that location, but also catastrophic friendly fire: Charlie Company was reduced to four men, and its leaders: [[Lieutenant]]s [[Jake Chapman]] and [[Buckman]] were cut off from their subordinates. | Near their crash site, the surviving Spartans discovered the shell-shocked remnants of [[Charlie Company]]'s [[Gamma 1]]. Charlie Company had been assigned by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] to recover prototype [[NOVA bomb]]s from a base in the region. They were forced to help defend the orbital defense facilities on their way to their objective with Gamma 1 at Generator A-331. Unfortunately, as the Covenant neared the orbital defense generators, someone at [[UNSC High Command|HIGHCOM]] panicked and ordered Longswords to [[Carpet bombing|bomb everything]] within {{Convert|500|m|ft}}, resulting in the destruction of the Covenant ground forces in that location, but also catastrophic friendly fire: Charlie Company was reduced to four men, and its leaders: [[Lieutenant]]s [[Jake Chapman]] and [[Buckman]] were cut off from their subordinates. | ||
The Spartans, after being briefed on the situation by Charlie Company, responded to a distress call from Whitcomb, who requested immediate evacuation. [[Frederic-104]], commander of the Spartans, split the remains of [[Red Team]] into four groups: [[Alpha-Red]] ([[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Joshua-029]]), which was tasked with eliminating an encampment of 10,000 Covenant and their hovering [[Covenant cruiser at Longhorn Valley|cruiser]] (without doing anything that could damage the orbital defense generators as the EMP from a nuclear weapon would render them inoperative and accomplish the Covenant's objective for them), [[Beta-Red]], tasked with defense of the orbital defense generators, [[Gamma-Red]] ([[Li-008]], [[Anton-044]], and [[Grace-093]]), ordered to retrieve Whitcomb, and [[Delta-Red]] (the [[Charlie Company]] Marines and six wounded Spartans which included [[William-043]], [[Isaac-039]], [[Vinh-030 | The Spartans, after being briefed on the situation by Charlie Company, responded to a distress call from Whitcomb, who requested immediate evacuation. [[Frederic-104]], commander of the Spartans, split the remains of [[Red Team]] into four groups: [[Alpha-Red]] ([[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Joshua-029]]), which was tasked with eliminating an encampment of 10,000 Covenant and their hovering [[Covenant cruiser at Longhorn Valley|cruiser]] (without doing anything that could damage the orbital defense generators as the EMP from a nuclear weapon would render them inoperative and accomplish the Covenant's objective for them), [[Beta-Red]], tasked with defense of the orbital defense generators, [[Gamma-Red]] ([[Li-008]], [[Anton-044]], and [[Grace-093]]), ordered to retrieve Whitcomb, and [[Delta-Red]] (the [[Charlie Company]] Marines and six wounded Spartans which included [[William-043]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Vinh-030]]), ordered to secure the Spartans' fallback point at [[CASTLE Base]]. | ||
Alpha-Red hijacked three Banshees and approached the Covenant encampment (they were ignored by the Grunt [[Zawaz]], who assumed they were Elites on a secret mission) and used [[Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon]]s within the shields of the Covenant ship, destroying the encampment and negating the EMP effect that would have disabled the orbital defense generators. Joshua was killed in the process by mass light weapons salvos from the 10,000 Covenant ground forces encamped around the Cruiser. The remaining Spartans of Alpha-Red then fell back to CASTLE Base, blasting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]. Gamma-Red accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. | Alpha-Red hijacked three Banshees and approached the Covenant encampment (they were ignored by the Grunt [[Zawaz]], who assumed they were Elites on a secret mission) and used [[Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon]]s within the shields of the Covenant ship, destroying the encampment and negating the EMP effect that would have disabled the orbital defense generators. Joshua was killed in the process by mass light weapons salvos from the 10,000 Covenant ground forces encamped around the Cruiser. The remaining Spartans of Alpha-Red then fell back to CASTLE Base, blasting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]. Gamma-Red accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. | ||
Team [[Beta-Red]] | Team [[Beta-Red]] were left to defend Generator A-331 alone, while [[Gamma 5]] were holed up at [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|Generator A-412]]. A-412 was attacked by two [[division]]s of Covenant, who eventually managed to destroy the facility leaving only fourteen survivors. The remnants of Gamma 5 proceeded to mount up in two Warthogs and a radio van to rendezvous with Gamma 1.{{Ref/Level|Id=PowerhouseRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Powerhouse}} [[Recon 43]] provided scouting for Gamma 1, initially spotting three [[Ghost]]s and twenty-four infantry. They were warned not to engage, but did so anyway upon realising that the small Covenant force was merely the advance of a massive armour convoy.{{Ref/Level|Id=SpireRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Spire}} | ||
With a gargantuan ground force now closing on Facility A-331, Naomi-010, AKA Beta-Romeo Actual, ordered her team and the remnants of Charlie Company to leave once the Covenant was distracted. The team set up automated turrets, while thirty-two [[Wraith]] tanks and six-hundred infantry began to close in. Gamma 5 observed the action through the lens of a drone as the fight started. The Spartans of Beta-Red went "hand to hand" with the enemy lines, and Delta-Red and Charlie Company departed the site.{{Ref/Level|Id=CountdownRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Countdown}} | With a gargantuan ground force now closing on Facility A-331, [[Naomi-010]], AKA Beta-Romeo Actual, ordered her team and the remnants of Charlie Company to leave once the Covenant was distracted. The team set up automated turrets, while thirty-two [[Wraith]] tanks and six-hundred infantry began to close in. Gamma 5 observed the action through the lens of a drone as the fight started. The Spartans of Beta-Red went "hand to hand" with the enemy lines, and Delta-Red and Charlie Company departed the site.{{Ref/Level|Id=CountdownRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Countdown}} | ||
With Delta-Red retreating alongside the remnants of Charlie Company, they contacted an operator with callsign "[[Iron Fist]]". Iron First informed the group that they were en route the extract Beta-Red, even as three [[Covenant cruiser]]s dropped out of the sky and prepared to glass the area.{{Ref/Level|Id=BoardwalkRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Boardwalk}} Beta-Red was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began the glassing of Reach. A member of Beta-Red was able to get off one last communication to Fred-104 that the generators were overrun.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS4|FS|Chapter=4}} Eventually, the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was brought in by [[Alpha 20]] and authorised to fire on the Covenant cruisers at Generator A-331, resulting in the | With Delta-Red retreating alongside the remnants of Charlie Company, they contacted an operator with callsign "[[Iron Fist]]". Iron First informed the group that they were en route the extract Beta-Red, even as three [[Covenant cruiser]]s dropped out of the sky and prepared to glass the area.{{Ref/Level|Id=BoardwalkRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Boardwalk}} Beta-Red was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began the glassing of Reach. A member of Beta-Red was able to get off one last communication to Fred-104 that the generators were overrun.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS4|FS|Chapter=4}} Eventually, the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was brought in by [[Alpha 20]] and authorised to fire on the Covenant cruisers at Generator A-331, likely resulting in the deaths of Beta-Red-Red.{{Ref/Level|Id=ReflectionRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Reflection}}{{Ref/Level|Id=LNOSRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Long Night of Solace}} The blast of the orbital strike was felt by Charlie Company, who had narrowly managed to escape the blast.{{Ref/Level|Id=BoneyardRadio|HR|Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations|Detail=Boneyard}} Delta-Red fell back to CASTLE Base, but in the process lost the remaining Charlie Company marines and every Spartan save for Vinh, Isaac, and William. When the remnants of Alpha-Red and Delta-Red arrived at CASTLE Base, they found [[Catherine Halsey]] there. | ||
Elsewhere, the Covenant attacked a [[Unidentified BXR titanium mine|BXR titanium mine]].{{Ref/Reuse|BnetDefiant}} | Elsewhere, the Covenant attacked a [[Unidentified BXR titanium mine|BXR titanium mine]].{{Ref/Reuse|BnetDefiant}} | ||
