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{{Battle infobox | {{Battle infobox | ||
|name=New Phoenix Incident | |name=New Phoenix Incident | ||
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|image=[[File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|300px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
|date=[[2557#July|July 25, 2557]]<ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969311 ''Halo Waypoint'': ''Catalog Interaction - page 14'']</ref> approx. 1240 UTC{{Ref/Note|Id=time|Once Earth comes into view, it can be seen that the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the United States are in sunlight, while the Pacific is in darkness. The sunlight is just cresting at New Phoenix, indicating that it is sunrise in the Mountain Time Zone region. This would occur around 5:40 AM in late July, which corresponds to 12:40 PM UTC.}} | |date=[[2557#July|July 25, 2557]]<ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969311 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - page 14'']</ref> approx. 1240 UTC{{Ref/Note|Id=time|Once Earth comes into view, it can be seen that the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the United States are in sunlight, while the Pacific is in darkness. The sunlight is just cresting at New Phoenix, indicating that it is sunrise in the Mountain Time Zone region. This would occur around 5:40 AM in late July, which corresponds to 12:40 PM UTC.}} | ||
|place=[[Earth]], [[Sol system]] | |place=[[Earth]], [[Sol system]] | ||
|result='''UNSC victory''' | |result='''UNSC victory''' | ||
*Promethean threat to Sol system neutralized | *Promethean threat to Sol system neutralized | ||
*Population of | *Population of New Phoenix composed (seven million) | ||
|side1=*{{Icon|UEG}} [[Unified Earth Government | |side1=*{{Icon|UEG}}[[Unified Earth Government]] | ||
**{{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command | **{{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2=*{{Icon|Didact}} [[Didact|Didact's]] [[Prometheans#Mechanical Prometheans|Prometheans]] | |side2=*{{Icon|Didact}}[[Didact|Didact's]] [[Prometheans#Mechanical Prometheans|Prometheans]] | ||
|commanders1=[[ | |commanders1=[[Thomas Lasky|CAPT Thomas Lasky]] | ||
|commanders2=[[Ur-Didact]] | |commanders2=[[Ur-Didact]] | ||
|forces1=*[[UNSC Home Fleet]] | |forces1=*[[UNSC Home Fleet]] | ||
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**Multiple squadrons of strike fighters | **Multiple squadrons of strike fighters | ||
*[[Orbital defense platform]]s | *[[Orbital defense platform]]s | ||
*1 [[ | *1 [[Broadsword]] | ||
** | **MCPO [[John-117]] | ||
**AI [[Cortana]]† | **AI [[Cortana]]† | ||
|forces2=*''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' | |forces2=*''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' | ||
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*''Mantle's Approach'' and Composer destroyed}} | *''Mantle's Approach'' and Composer destroyed}} | ||
{{Quote|And yet, still you fail.|The Ur-Didact to John-117 on his failure in attempting to prevent him from activating the Composer}} | {{Quote|And yet, still you fail.|The Ur-Didact to John-117 on his failure in attempting to prevent him from activating the Composer}} | ||
The '''New Phoenix Incident''', | The '''New Phoenix Incident''',<ref name="departure">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', ''[[Departure]]''</ref> or the '''Fall of New Phoenix''',<ref name="HE7">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''' - ''Issue #7''</ref> was a brief engagement fought between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Ur-Didact]] and his [[Promethean]] forces in close proximity to [[Earth]] on [[2557|July 25, 2557]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE7}}<ref name="midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | ||
==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
[[File:H4-Broadsword-HUD-Autocannon.jpg|250px|thumb|left|John-117 and Cortana inside the Broadsword Fighter assaulting the Didact's ship.]] | [[File:H4-Broadsword-HUD-Autocannon.jpg|250px|thumb|left|John-117 and Cortana inside the Broadsword Fighter assaulting the Didact's ship.]] | ||
As the ship emerged near Earth, the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] was mustered in Earth's defense; including the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, now under the command of [[Thomas Lasky]]. Despite this preparation, the fleet's efforts were rendered useless by the advanced technology of the Didact's ship. Earth's orbital defense grid went into Red Alert, but even the [[ | Having retrieved the [[Composer]] from [[Ivanoff Station]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] set out to attack Earth in his ship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''. The Didact was unaware, however, that [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], in a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] fighter, had managed to breach the ship's shields and make the [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] journey along with it.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]</ref> As the ship emerged near Earth, the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] was mustered in Earth's defense; including the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, now under the command of [[Thomas Lasky]]. Despite this preparation, the fleet's efforts were rendered useless by the advanced technology of the Didact's ship. Earth's orbital defense grid went into Red Alert, but even the [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s proved ineffective. Hunting for the Composer aboard ''Mantle's Approach'', John-117 and Cortana proceeded to destroy the turrets defending the ship's main weapon, allowing the ''Infinity'' to fire upon the Didact's ship to open a hole for the Master Chief's Broadsword. However, the interior defenses made the passage too narrow for the fighter to pass through and caused it to crash, forcing the Chief and Cortana to carry their [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK]] payload to the Composer on foot.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} | ||
[[File:H4-Infinity-Mantle.jpg|thumb|250px|left|''Infinity'' engaging the ''Mantle's Approach''.]] | [[File:H4-Infinity-Mantle.jpg|thumb|250px|left|''Infinity'' engaging the ''Mantle's Approach''.]] | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Due to uncertainty over the finality of the Didact's defeat, the [[UNSC Security Council]] decided to hide the details of the attack from the public, concealing it as an attack by the [[Covenant remnants]] stopped by the return of humanity's greatest hero, the Master Chief. | Due to uncertainty over the finality of the Didact's defeat, the [[UNSC Security Council]] decided to hide the details of the attack from the public, concealing it as an attack by the [[Covenant remnants]] stopped by the return of humanity's greatest hero, the Master Chief.<ref name="esc8">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> Additionally, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] quarantined [[New Phoenix]] for a year. Six months later, however, ONI public relations officer [[John Sullivan]] released a statement to the press confirming the Covenant were not responsible for the attack.{{Ref/Reuse|departure}} | ||
The UNSC leadership's doubts about the Didact's "death" were not unfounded; the Promethean general had actually survived his fall into the Composer's slipspace rupture. The portal took him to the vicinity of the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]], where he slaughtered Spartan [[Black Team]]. Allying himself with [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]], the Didact then traveled to the [[Composer's Forge]] through a portal in the Composer's Abyss, intending to acquire new Composers and other instruments for his crusade against humankind. John-117 and [[Blue Team]] were [[ | The UNSC leadership's doubts about the Didact's "death" were not unfounded; the Promethean general had actually survived his fall into the Composer's slipspace rupture. The portal took him to the vicinity of the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]], where he slaughtered Spartan [[Black Team]]. Allying himself with [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]], the Didact then traveled to the [[Composer's Forge]] through a portal in the Composer's Abyss, intending to acquire new Composers and other instruments for his crusade against humankind. John-117 and [[Blue Team]] were [[Skirmish on Installation 03|deployed to Gamma Halo]] immediately after the massacre and confronted the Didact in the Composer's Forge.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> Although their confrontation with the Didact proved perilous and nearly fatal, the Spartans eventually managed, with the aid of Static Carillon (who turned on the Didact after the latter broke an agreement between them), to "contain" the Didact as a threat.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref> | ||
During the [[Requiem Campaign]], the UNSC ''Infinity'' recovered a Forerunner [[Durance]] called the [[Didact's Gift]] from the Covenant. The device, said to contain the "soul" of a [[Promethean Knight]], revealed images of [[New Phoenix]] during the attack, indicating that the consciousnesses of the composed New Phoenix residents had been transferred back to Requiem and converted into new Prometheans. Adding to the mystery, the images also revealed that another [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|Forerunner artifact]] had been present in New Phoenix during the attack. | During the [[Requiem Campaign]], the UNSC ''Infinity'' recovered a Forerunner [[Durance]] called the [[Didact's Gift]] from the Covenant. The device, said to contain the "soul" of a [[Promethean Knight]], revealed images of [[New Phoenix]] during the attack, indicating that the consciousnesses of the composed New Phoenix residents had been transferred back to Requiem and converted into new Prometheans. Adding to the mystery, the images also revealed that another [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|Forerunner artifact]] had been present in New Phoenix during the attack.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''Spartan Ops'', ''[[Memento Mori]]''</ref> | ||
On [[2558#March|March 24, 2558]], eight months after the battle, the | On [[2558#March|March 24, 2558]], eight months after the battle, the city's quarantine was lifted. A "Rebirth" ceremony was held in the city, presided over by [[President of the Unified Earth Government|UEG President]] [[Ruth Charet]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE7}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H4-Concept-Midnight-Composer.jpg| | File:H4-Concept-Midnight-Composer.jpg|The incident. | ||
File:H4-Infinity-Firing.jpg|''Infinity'' firing her fore weapons. | File:H4-Infinity-Firing.jpg|''Infinity'' firing her fore weapons. | ||
File:H4-Midnight-Composer-Panorama.jpg|The Composer is used on Earth. | File:H4-Midnight-Composer-Panorama.jpg|The Composer is used on Earth. | ||
File: | File:Didact John comparison.png|John-117 and the Ur-Didact fighting aboard ''Mantle's Approach''. | ||
File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack | File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack | ||
File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|[[Gabriel Thorne]] having a nightmare of New Phoenix's population being composed | File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|[[Gabriel Thorne]] having a nightmare of New Phoenix's population being composed. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Im}} | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Im}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
{{Post-Covenant War conflicts}} | {{Post-Covenant War conflicts}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Phoenix}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:New Phoenix}} |