Artifact (Spartan Ops)/Pelican Down

Pelican Down is the fourth chapter of Spartan Ops ' second episode, Artifact.

Summary
While en route to Gagarin team's last known location, the Pelican carrying Fireteam Crimson is shot down by Covenant anti-air defenses. Spartan Jared Miller comes online and reveals that there are several anti-air turrets hidden near Crimson's crash site. In order to avoid any more casualties, Commander Palmer orders Robert Dalton to redirect all Infinity air-traffic away from the area. Miller then discovers that Crimson has survived the crash when their IFF tags register on-screen. Crimson is then contacted by Commander Palmer to locate and destroy the anti-aircraft guns that shot them down. While doing so, large Covenant drop pods, including several individual insertion pods carrying Sangheili Zealots and Warriors, reinforce the local Covenant garrison, who are swiftly taken out by the Spartans. After disabling both anti-aircraft batteries, Crimson eliminates the rest of the remaining Covenant in the area. Palmer, with the help of Miller, discovers a nearby Forerunner transit-system Crimson can use to locate Science Team Gagarin. With the area secured, Fireteam Crimson continue on with their previous mission.

Trivia
This chapter's name may be a reference to Mark Bowden's historical biography Black Hawk Down, or more likely the film adaptation by Ridley Scott.