Departure/The Challenge

The Challenge is the third chapter in Spartan Ops ' first episode, Departure.

Summary
Spartan Fireteams Crimson and Majestic are sent north of the UNSC's area of operations in Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators. Both teams are sent to their individual locations to complete their objectives. Jared Miller is once again assigned as Crimson's mission handler while Sarah Palmer acts as mission commander. Upon insertion, both Crimson and Majestic have their long-range communications jammed by Forerunner jamming devices. After deactivating their respective devices, their mission resumes. The mission marks the first time Crimson engaged Promethean forces. The area is quickly swarmed with crawlers and watchers as Crimson fights to disable the arrays powering the Forerunner structure. Instigated by Palmer, the mission quickly turns into a competition by both fireteams as they race to complete their mission objectives. Majestic temporarily takes the lead, but are quickly surpassed, and eventually beaten, by Crimson as they swiftly shut down the power generator. As Fireteam Crimson clears out the remaining Promethean forces, Robert Dalton arrives in a Pelican dropship for Crimson's extraction.