File EHY-97

This is the NavSpecWar After-Action-Report dealing with the apparent loss of Spartan-051. Possible inconsistencies in this report are that they say that the rescue was commenced in 2535, when the accident happened in 2531. Also, they claim Kurt-051 was in Mark V armor, which would not be developed until 2552.

Context

 * ADDENDUM/AFTER-ACTION REPORT/UNSC-NAVSPECWEP
 * OPS, FILE EHY-97
 * SUBJECT: SPARTAN-051


 * DURING AFOREMENTIONED OPERATION (SEE ATTACHED MISSION PRO-FILE)
 * TO INVESTIAGATE POSSIBLE REBEL ACTIVITY ON THE DECOMMISIONED
 * CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM 966A, UNOFFICIALLY NAMED
 * "Station Delphi", A CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION OF A THRUSTER PACK
 * (MODEL 050978, UNIT SERIAL #82.10923.129) OCCURRED.


 * AT 1000 HOURS, A THRUSTER MALFUNCTION PROPELLED
 * SPARTAN-051 OFF MISSION AND INTO INTERPLANETARY SPACE.


 * IMMEDIATE RESCUE ATTEMPTS COMMENCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
 * THE UNSC PROWLER CIRCUMFERENCE, JOINED ON 1/13/2535, 
 * 1105 HOURS, BY THE UNSC FRIGATE TANNENBURG.


 * THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MINUTES AFTER PROJECTED OXYGEN IN
 * SPARTAN-051 VARIANT-V MJOLNIR SUIT EXPIRED, OPERATION
 * TERMINATED AS NEARBY COVENANT ACTION (SEE ATTACHED REFERENCES)
 * PROMPTED AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION OF ALL NEARBY
 * UNSC FORCES.


 * CAUSE OF THRUSTER MALFUNCTION REMAINS UNKNOWN, PENDING
 * FURTHER INVESTIGATION, BUT IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT A PARTIALLY
 * DECOMMISIONED SHAW-FUJIKAWA TRANSLIGHT ENGINE CORE
 * ON THE PLATFORM AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SPARTAN-051 AT
 * THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SERIES OF CATASTROPHIC
 * ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. ANOMALOUS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
 * ALSO OBSCURED FURTHER, LATER RESCUE EFFORTS IN THE
 * REGION.


 * PLATFORM 966A HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH A HAZNAV SATELLITE,
 * PENDING HMAT TEAM DISPATCH (FLEETCOM ORDER D-88934).


 * SPARTAN-051 STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION