Operation: TORPEDO

Operation: TORPEDO was a UNSC operation to eliminate a Covenant refinery on the planet Pegasi Delta, 51 Pegasi-B System. The engagement took place on July 3, 2545.

Introduction
The aim of Operation: TORPEDO was to destroy a Covenant deuterium/tritium refinery. These chemicals were used in the alien's plasma reactors, therefore making this refinery an excellent refuelling plant for Covenant ships, right on the edge of UNSC space. The destruction of this supply point would triple the length of Covenant resupply, and buy the UNSC valuble time.

Long range nuclear bombardments were met with failure as the Covenant ships shot the nukes out of the sky. The operation was then assigned to the newly commissioned Spartan-III Beta Company, attached to the.

Outcome: Beta Company victory, but at great cost. All Spartans, but Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091, were killed. However, all Covenant forces groundside as well as several Covenant ships were also eliminated.

July 3, 2545

 * 0435 Hours, the three hundred Spartan-III's of Beta Company are dropped out of Slipspace by the All Under Heaven in Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pods.


 * Eight Black Cat-class Subprowler are landed in strategic locations around the target and one STARS is dropped to orbit the planet.


 * 1135 Hours, 291 Spartan-III's land on the surface of Pegasi Delta within drop pods. 9 Spartan-III's unnaccounted for presumed dead.


 * Spartan-III's regroup into fireteams. Covenant Seraph fighters begin strafing runs.


 * Surviving Spartan-III's begin frontal charge of refinery-city. Strafing continues.


 * Sniper Jackals attack charging Spartan-III's. Spartan-III's reduced to 200 active soldiers. Several Spartan-IIIs with M19-B missile launchers destroy multiple strafing Seraphs with a Bravo maneuver, discouraging remaining fighters.


 * Thousands of Jackals and Elites rush from cover within the factory to face the two hundred remaining Spartan-III's.


 * The attacked Spartans panic and declare code Omega Three. Seven Covenant Cruisers descend from above the factory.


 * Covenant Crusiers launch dropships and deliver troops to the surface via gravity lifts. Forces engage remaining Spartan-III's.


 * Team Foxtrot arrives at the facility core. Adam-B004 is shot, holds off pursuing Covenant forces. Min-B174 dies in premature charge explosion. Last two remaining Spartan-III's, Tom-292 and Lucy-091, successfully overload the core and escape over a cliff into the ocean.


 * Leftovers of Beta Company are slaughtered. Facility explodes, destroying all Covenant forces within range, including the seven Covenant Cruisers.


 * Tom-292 and Lucy-091 retreat aboard one of the pre-inserted Black Cat subprowlers and fall back to UNSC controlled space.