Editing Skirmish at Two Giants

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Callsign}}
{{Battle infobox
|name=Skirmish at Two Giants
|prev=[[Assault on Galileo Base]]
|next=[[Assassination of Parg Vol]]
|image=[[File:H4 Screenshot SpOps - SpartanMountain1.png|300px]]
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Requiem Campaign]]
|date=[[2558#February|February 2558]]
|place="[[Two Giants]]," [[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]]
|result=*'''UNSC victory'''
**[[Mountain Squad]] killed
**Forerunner towers investigated
**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] assault repelled
**{{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} destroyed
|side1=*[[United Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=
*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|commanders1=*[[Spartan Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]]
*Spartan [[Jared Miller]]
*[[Captain]] [[Cyrus Shaw]]{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}
|commanders2=Unknown
|forces1=*[[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]]
**[[D79H Pelican]]s
**[[Mantis]]es{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}
**1 {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}
***''[[Infinity Sub-Vessel 3]]''{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}
**3 [[M3063 deployable turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}
**[[Spartan Operations]]
***[[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s
****[[Fireteam Crimson]]
****[[Mountain Squad]]
*****[[Fredric Zurenia]]†{{Ref/Reuse|spartanmountain}}
*****[[Scott Macrae]]†{{Ref/Reuse|spartanmountain}}
|forces2=
*1 {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}
*{{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}s
*[[Type-26 Banshee]]s
*{{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}}s
|casual1=
*[[Mountain Squad]]
|casual2=*Total
**1 {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}
}}
During the [[Requiem Campaign]], a '''skirmish took place at [[Two Giants]]''' between forces of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|spartanmountain}}{{Ref/SpOps|Id=shootoutvalhalla|Catherine|Shootout In Valhalla}}

==Battle==
===Rescuing Mountain Squad===
As Mountain Squad engaged with Covenant forces, [[Fireteam Crimson]] was deployed by Spartan Palmer in the middle of the fighting, though contact with the ''Infinity'' was lost soon after. The forces of Fireteam Crimson and Mountain Squad joined together to fight back. They eventually pushed back and destroyed the jammer blocking communications.{{Ref/SpOps|Id=spartanmountain|Catherine|Spartan Mountain}}

===Studying the area===
At the request of ''Infinity'' Science, Fireteam Crimson was tasked with studying the [[beacon tower|towers]] in the canyon. This involved bringing down the shields of those towers while intermittently fighting Covenant forces. With the shields knocked out, [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] was brought on station to study the towers and Crimson activated the tower at the doctor's request. This caused the tower to fire an energy pulse into the sky and generated a vast amount of data for examination. Immediately after this, the Covenant returned and were eliminated. Crimson was ordered to return to Mountain Squad's Pelican.{{Ref/Reuse|spartanmountain}}

===Defending the canyon===
After regrouping at Mountain's Pelican, further Covenant forces mobilized onto the canyon. Previous Marine forces had established several [[M3063 deployable turret|turrets]] in the canyon. Crimson began to active them while fighting off the Covenant including [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]. In a lull during combat, several Pelicans offloaded Mantises onto the field. The Covenant began to launch a large air assault on Crimson with a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} moving in to attack. Spartan Palmer requested to extract Crimson, but it was too dangerous with the cruiser nearby. Crimson continued to hold their ground as the cruiser moved into position over the battlefield. ''[[Infinity Sub-Vessel 3]]'' arrived on station and destroyed the cruiser, allowing Crimson to escape.{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}

==Aftermath==
Following their successful extraction, Fireteam Crimson was quickly redeployed to [[Assassination of Parg Vol|hunt down]] [[Parg Vol]].{{Ref/Reuse|shootoutvalhalla}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H4 Screenshot ShooutoutinValhalla1.png|The turrets setup in the canyon as the Covenant move into position.
File:H4 Screenshot ShootoutinValhalla2.png|[[D79H Pelican]]s deploying [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantises]] into the canyon.
File:H4 Screenshot ShootoutinValhalla4.png|A Mantis looking at Covenant air forces coming from the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}}

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

{{Engagements in the Requiem Campaign}}
[[Category:UNSC victories]]