22nd Tactical
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22nd Tactical was a battalion of the 105th Shock Troops Division stationed aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn to support the SPARTAN-IIs during Operation: RED FLAG.[6] The Orbital Drop Shock Troopers of the battalion were a crucial element of the United Nations Space Command resistance campaign against the Fleet of Particular Justice during the Battle of Installation 04.
History[edit]
Fall of Reach[edit]
By August 30, the 22nd Tactical was onboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn while the vessel participated in the space engagement over Reach and the Battle of Asźod. On this same day, Major Antonio Silva, the battalion commander, complained to Captain Jacob Keyes about the SPARTAN-IIs taking all M90 shotguns from the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's armories, forcing the ODSTs of the 22nd Tactical to use M45E shotguns instead.[7]
Battle of Installation 04[edit]
On September 19, 2552, after arriving out of slipstream space, the ODSTs of 22nd Tactical were awakened from cryonics and assigned to defend the experimental power plant of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn from Covenant boarding parties. The ODSTs were so successful in protecting the power plant from Covenant boarders that they had to stack the bodies of Covenant Warriors to maintain clear fields of fire.[5] In addition to the defending the power plant, the 22nd Tactical was ordered to defend Bulkhead Charlie 14, and Cortana and CAPT Keyes directed multiple Combat Teams to defend Port Decks Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, and Eleven, and to Starboard Decks Eight and Ten.[8] Fireteam Raven managed to reactivate downed M910 Rampart point-defence guns, after Covenant forces knocked it offline.[9] Once CAPT Keyes issued the evacuation order, 216 ODSTs of the 22nd Tactical conducted an orbital drop onto Installation 04 using a mix of M8823 and M8900 drop pods.[10][9][Note 1]
Once on the surface of Installation 04, 22nd Tactical regrouped with several D77 Pelicans of the 23rd Naval Air Squadron and launched an assault on a Covenant-held butte near their landing zone. B Company led by First Lieutenant Melissa McKay launched a ground assault on the butte while C Company conducted an aerial insertion. MAJ Silva, meanwhile, led A Company and D Company in the defense of the battalion's Headquarters as the Covenant assaulted their position, before having the Headquarters organization and himself join C Company in the aerial assault of the butte. After securing the butte, the 22nd Tactical established Alpha Base that would serve as the UNSC's primary base of operations for the majority of the Battle of Installation 04.[11]
Upon learning where CAPT Keyes is being held prisoner, MAJ Silva orders Fireteam Charlie, led by Sergeant Parker, and Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 to raid the Truth and Reconciliation and extract all prisoners.[12] As MCPO John-117 and Fireteam Charlie cleared out Covenant ground forces guarding the area around the Truth and Reconciliation, Second Lieutenant Dalu and a team followed behind in Echo 419 to secure Covenant infantry weaponry, tools, rations, communication equipment, power packs, and Shade turrets for transport back to Alpha Base. After taking heavy casualties during the boarding action, the remaining ODSTs of Fireteam Charlie were eliminated by Stealth Sangheili while they attempted to guard the vessel's bridge.[13]
On September 20, 2552, the 23rd Naval Air Squadron transported B Company to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's crash site to gather additional equipment, ammunition, vehicles, and supplies to sustain the UNSC Navy and UNSC Marine Corps Service Members who landed without supplies. B Company arrived at the crash site, eliminated the Covenant forces guarding the wreckage, secured multiple Mongooses, Warthogs, Scorpions, UH-144 Falcons, and several of the ship's point-defense guns, and linked up with Fireteam Raven who was separated from the battalion during the orbital drop.[14] On the return journey to Alpha Base, the supply convoy managed to break through a Covenant ambush, led by Field Master Noga 'Putumee.[15]
On September 21, 2552, Special Operations Officer Zuka 'Zamamee infiltrated Alpha Base with a file of Special Operations Sangheili to hunt down MCPO John-117 and to extract Special Operations Unggoy Major Yapyap, while Field Master Noga 'Putumee led an assault to retake the butte from the UNSC. Two of the recovered M808B and M808C Scorpions from the UNSC Pillar of Autumn were placed in hull-down positions around Alpha Base and managed to deal heavy damage to the Covenant assault forces, including eliminating Field Master N