Battle of Conrad's Point
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The Battle of Conrad's Point was a brief skirmish between UNSC forces and New Colonial Alliance forces on the planet Conrad's Point on October 27, 2558.[2]
Background[edit]
Conrad's Point was the fifth world affected by the Cortana Events; the destructive awakening of Guardian Custodes throughout the colonies throughout October 2558. The precise date for the Guardian emergence is unknown, though it happened between October 17 and 23.[1] In the early stages of the crisis, the Office of Naval Intelligence attempted to cover up the attacks while they worked on ascertaining their cause. However, unlike the previous worlds, the UNSC were not able to secure the site of the Guardian's awakening in time, leading to the site instead falling into the control of an insurrectionist organisation, the New Colonial Alliance.[3]
Fresh off the back of a successful operation to frame Benjamin Giraud and discredit his (accurate) reporting on the origins of the SPARTAN-II program, ONI agent Commander Maya Sankar was tasked by Captain Noah Reibach with using her insurrectionist alter-ego "FERO" with infiltrating the NCA encampment on Conrad's Point to gather intelligence on the situation in advance of a larger military deployment. The UNSC already had an agent embedded within the NCA forces in the region, Ari Rezneck, but shortly prior to Sankar's assignment he went dark, and was believed to have been compromised. Captain Reibach refused to provide Sankar with the source of the intelligence they had, only noting that the UNSC had been burned before by them.[3]
To accomplish her mission, Sankar was given an NCA lapel pin containing a chip with a smart AI on it, Black-Box.[3]
Battle[edit]
Maya Sankar travelled to Conrad's Point, arriving on October 27,[1] and met with Ari Rezneck, who used a transponder to encode a set of remote coordinates for Sankar to land at. After meeting on the ground, Ari feigned searching Maya for weapons as to ensure that the two meeting was not suspicious in the event they were watched. Together they traveled to the NCA's camp and Ari filled Maya in on the situation: the large rebel presence were led by Ilsa Zane and had a massive stockpile of nuclear weapons. Zane had been running the militants ragged and freely executing anyone who she felt was not pulling their weight. The two confirmed a cover story for why Sankar was showing up just now, justified as a prison escape after being captured by ONI, and then entered the camp. While Sankar navigated the camp Black-Box encoded a status update and transmitted it back to UNSC command, confirming Ilsa Zane's presence. In response, the UNSC authorised an immediate air strike with the intent to assassinate her, leaving Sankar and Ari little time to escape.[2]
With the UNSC's strike on the NCA camp, Maya Sankar and Bostwick fled a Mongoose. The NCA chased after them, firing at the Mongoose. Sankar and Bostwick rode the their mongoose into the back of the prison transport and took off.[2]
Aftermath[edit]
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While the NCA suffered heavy casualties in the airstrike, they were able to escape in time to chase after Maya to Laika III.[4]
Production notes[edit]
While no date has been firmly established for the battle, one can be narrowed down thanks to several context clues. The Guardian awakening on Conrad's Point occurred some time between October 17[Note 1] and UNSC Infinity's deployment to Kamchatka between October 22-23,[Note 2] with Halo: The Third Life further clarifying that the awakening took place "over a week" prior to October 28.[5] As such, this likely places the date of the original Guardian emergence between October 17-20.
The battle itself likely occurred on October 27, as Ilsa Zane convenes the gathered Insurrectionist crowd to celebrate the recent news of the Master Chief's death - something which was not announced by ONI until October 27.[6] This lines up with how the events depicted in Hunt the Truth Season 2 depict Maya Sankar deploy to Conrad's Point, then to the safehouse on Binterall, then to Laika III in rapid succession, with the episodes leaving very little time between. The final episodes, depicting the Battle of Laika III, take place on October 28.
List of appearances[edit]
- Hunt the Truth
- Hunt the Truth Season 2 (First appearance)
- Halo: The Third Life (Mentioned only)
Notes[edit]
- ^ The opening letter of Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual mentions that only two Guardians had awoken by that time; Ursa IV and Oban
- ^ Conrad's Point is one of the affected worlds briefly listed in the Osiris} opening cutscene of Halo 5: Guardians.
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c See production notes for details.
- ^ a b c HUNTtheTRUTH, season 2, episode Episode 02: From Fire to Blood
- ^ a b c HUNTtheTRUTH, season 2, episode Episode 01: Cube B-349
- ^ HUNTtheTRUTH, season 2, episode Episode 05: Where the Third Life Shines
- ^ Halo: The Third Life
- ^ Hunt the Truth, MESSAGE FROM CDR SULLIVAN (Retrieved on Oct 1, 2015) [archive]
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