Editing Operation: WINDOW PANE

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
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|name=Operation: WINDOW PANE
|image=[[File:Orphic Spear 1.png|300px]]
|conflict=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Battle for Earth]]
***[[Battle of Mombasa]]
|date=[[2552#October|October 20, 2552]]
|place=[[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]
|result=;Stalemate
*Covenant lose control of the Conduit
*Conduit escapes UNSC possession
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=[[Covenant Empire]]
|commanders1=Unknown
|commanders2=Unidentified [[Sangheili]] [[Field Master]]†
|forces1=*[[UNSC Home Fleet]]
*Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
**[[Alpha-Five]]†
|forces2=* [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]]
**''[[Solemn Penance]]''
|casual1=*Medium casualties
**Alpha-Five
|casual2=*Medium casualties
}}
{{Quote|The operation we'll study today began when we learned the Covenant found an artifact known as the Conduit. Back in 'fifty-two, we sent a team of [[ODST|ODSTs]] in to secure the artifact.|[[Roland]], referring to a simulation based on the mission{{Ref/Game|Id=opa|SS|Operation A: Orphic Spear}}}}

'''Operation: WINDOW PANE''' was a UNSC mission to obtain the [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]] from the Covenant during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}}

==Prelude==
[[File:H2A-Conduit.png|thumb|250px|left|The Conduit shortly after its discovery.]]
At some point, the Conduit was discovered by a team of [[Sangheili Zealot]]s. After its discovery, the artifact was brought before the [[Hierarchs]] of the Covenant.{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 7}} During the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]], the Conduit was brought to the surface of [[Earth]] at [[New Mombasa]]. A [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] [[dropship]] carrying a [[data pad]] with information pertaining to the Conduit was shot down by UNSC forces. When the data pad's relevance to the Conduit was realized by the UNSC, an ODST squad known as [[Alpha-Five]] was sent to recover it.{{Ref/Reuse|opa}}{{Ref/Level|Id=ss1|SS|Mission 1: New Mombasa Nightmare}}

==The mission==
[[File:Orphic Spear 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Alpha-Five emerging from their pods after the drop.]]
The squad dropped in to the city via [[M8900 drop pod|M8900 SOEIV]]. Covenant forces awaiting extraction at the crashed Spirit were attacked by the squad and the Sangheili Field Master carrying the data pad was killed. With the data pad, the UNSC used the information gained to pinpoint the location of the Conduit in the city.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss2|SS|Mission 2: On Top of the World}} The ODST squad was directed to a Sangheili task force carrying the Conduit. At 1557 hours, after a brief engagement, the ODSTs managed to procure the Conduit from the Covenant and the device was delivered to a nearby UNSC convoy.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}{{Ref/Level|Id=ss3|SS|Mission 3: Conduit}}

The Covenant responded by assaulting the convoy with waves of infantry. Though the ODST squad and several Marines attempted to defend the convoy from attacking Covenant forces, a Sangheili Field Master dropped down from his Spirit into the [[M313 Elephant|Elephant]] carrying the Conduit, retrieved the device, and escaped the engagement aboard the dropship. The ODSTs gave chase and,{{Ref/Level|Id=ss4|SS|Mission 4: Reversal of Fortune}} eventually, the Spirit was shot down. The squad located the dropship's crash site and attacked its surviving occupants. When the Field Master and his [[Kig-Yar]] bodyguards were eventually eliminated, the Conduit was reclaimed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss5|SS|Mission 5: Wounded Quarry}} The ODSTs took the Conduit aboard a [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]] and were ordered to leave the city as the nearby ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' entered slipstream space over Mombasa minutes later.{{Ref/Level|Id=ss6|SS|Mission 6: Last Exit}} 

==Aftermath==
When the resulting slipspace rupture destroyed the city, the ODSTs were presumed dead, later designated KIA at 1624 hours. The Conduit was believed to have been destroyed as well.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}{{Ref/Game|Id=opb|SS|Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit}} However, the Conduit actually entered slipspace to save itself from destruction and arrived at [[Installation 03]], only to be [[Battle of Installation 03|contested]] once again five years later in 2557.{{Ref/Game|Id=opc|SS|Operation C: Valiant Hammer}}

The squad's mission in New Mombasa was later featured as a training simulation in the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator]], albeit with a [[unidentified Spartan-IV|lone Spartan-IV]] in the place of the ODSTs.<ref name="opa"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HSS DropPodMombasa.jpg|Artwork of SOEIVs landed in the city.
File:HSS-ODSTsinWarthog.png|The ODSTs attempt to escape New Mombasa in a Warthog.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

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