Operation: PROMETHEUS

Summary
DATE: July 27, 2537 - August 2, 2537

LOCATION: Unknown system, above asteroid K7-49.

Involved: UNSC Spartan-IIIs, Covenant forces.

Synopsis: This battle was a suicide mission which was necessary for the survival of the UNSC. It took place on K7-49, a volcanic asteriod which also served as a Covenant shipyard. The mission was to destroy its plasma reactors to disable the shipyard. The success of the mission would save countless lives.

Outcome: Alpha Company succeeds, but at a great cost. No Spartans survive.

Military Forces
UNSC

300 Spartans from Alpha Company

Covenant

Force strength unknown. Number above 1000 ground troops and 10 cruisers.

July 27, 2537:

 * 300 Spartan-IIIs of Alpha Company landed on K7-49 at 0700.

July 28, 2537:

 * The Spartan-IIIs manage to disable seven of the reactors on the surface.


 * The Covenant responds with the first heavy wave of troops. The first wave contains legions of Jackals.

July 31, 2537:

 * The Spartan-IIIs have disabled 20 of the 30 reactors.


 * The Covenant responds with a second heavy wave of troops. This time, groups of Elites and Banshees.

August 2, 2537:

 * 27 of the 30 reactors are disabled. The Spartan-IIIs have fulfilled their mission.


 * A third heavy wave of Covenant troops arrive.


 * The Spartan-IIIs are cut off from their Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft. The remaining Spartans are eventually overrun and killed.

Losses
All Spartan-IIIs from Alpha Company are killed. An unknown number of Covenant troops and vessels are destroyed.

Links

 * Spartan-Shane
 * Spartan-Robert
 * Spartan-Jane