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[[File:FS cover full.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Blue Team fighting aboard ''Unyielding Hierophant'']] | [[File:FS cover full.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Blue Team fighting aboard ''Unyielding Hierophant'']] | ||
Fred's injuries were finally treated aboard ''Gettysburg'', where the severely injured Linda was also located. He then took part in the | Fred's injuries were finally treated aboard ''Gettysburg'', where the severely injured Linda was also located. He then took part in the Spartans' extra-vehicular mission to repair a [[plasma]] conduit on the ship, holding his own against [[Active camouflage|cloaking]] [[Sangheili]] as well as the dangerous rampant [[Plasma turret|plasma bolts]] floating around the [[slipspace bubble]] the ships were trapped in as a result of the Forerunner crystal aboard. After repairing the conduit, Polaski picked up the group in the Covenant dropship but, while returning to ''Ascendant Justice'', a stray plasma bolt hit the dropship, killing Anton, Li, and Polaski and rendering Fred and the surviving Spartans unconscious.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 265-270'' (2010)</ref> The Spartans were eventually brought back aboard ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'', and the ship hybrid eventually escaped the Covenant by returning to normal space. The Spartans recovered aboard ''Gettysburg'', where they learned that the Covenant had discovered the coordinates to Earth; furthermore, the Forerunner crystal emitted a deadly radiation in slipspace that would kill the crew by the time they arrived at Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 285-286'' (2010)</ref> Seeking both an alternative way to Earth and repairs for ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'', the ships traveled to the Eridanus system to request aid from the United Rebel Front at Eridanus Secundus, with Fred helping Whitcomb and Haverson man the ships' stations.<ref name="fs301">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 301-313'' (2010)</ref> | ||
Arriving at Eridanus Secundus on [[2552#September|September 12, 2552]], Fred and John accompanied Whitcomb, Halsey, and Haverson into the asteroid after the URF, under the leadership of [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], reluctantly agreed to repair ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg''. As the group discussed the current situation with Jiles, a Covenant cruiser suddenly arrived in the system, having tracked ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' by following the radiation emitted by the crystal in slipspace.<ref name="fs301"/> Fred and the others returned to their ships to [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|combat]] the cruiser, with Fred manning the engineering station of ''Gettysburg''. The humans were eventually able to destroy the cruiser and Jiles agreed to have the URF repair their vessels before the next wave of Covenant ships arrived.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 314-321'' (2010)</ref> Fred and the rest of Blue Team, including the recently healed Kelly and Linda, were then given some time to rest and repair their equipment, where they discussed their next best course of action with Johnson and Locklear. They realized that the Covenant fleet headed to Earth was grouping at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''—a command-and-control station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]—and decided that attacking the station would be the best way to weaken the Covenant's inevitable attack on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 322-326'' (2010)</ref> While preparing for the Covenant's next attack, Halsey sedated Kelly and left the system with her aboard Jiles' [[Beatrice|flagship]] to follow coordinates she had taken from [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] that led to [[Onyx|a world]] with numerous pieces of Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 334'' (2010)</ref> Shortly after, Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal to prevent it from falling into Covenant hands, killing himself in the process. ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' and its crew were ultimately forced to abandon the URF when a fleet of thirty Covenant ships arrived at the asteroid. The Spartans then began to enact [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 337-349'' (2010)</ref> | Arriving at Eridanus Secundus on [[2552#September|September 12, 2552]], Fred and John accompanied Whitcomb, Halsey, and Haverson into the asteroid after the URF, under the leadership of [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], reluctantly agreed to repair ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg''. As the group discussed the current situation with Jiles, a Covenant cruiser suddenly arrived in the system, having tracked ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' by following the radiation emitted by the crystal in slipspace.<ref name="fs301"/> Fred and the others returned to their ships to [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|combat]] the cruiser, with Fred manning the engineering station of ''Gettysburg''. The humans were eventually able to destroy the cruiser and Jiles agreed to have the URF repair their vessels before the next wave of Covenant ships arrived.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 314-321'' (2010)</ref> Fred and the rest of Blue Team, including the recently healed Kelly and Linda, were then given some time to rest and repair their equipment, where they discussed their next best course of action with Johnson and Locklear. They realized that the Covenant fleet headed to Earth was grouping at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''—a command-and-control station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]—and decided that attacking the station would be the best way to weaken the Covenant's inevitable attack on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 322-326'' (2010)</ref> While preparing for the Covenant's next attack, Halsey sedated Kelly and left the system with her aboard Jiles' [[Beatrice|flagship]] to follow coordinates she had taken from [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] that led to [[Onyx|a world]] with numerous pieces of Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 334'' (2010)</ref> Shortly after, Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal to prevent it from falling into Covenant hands, killing himself in the process. ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' and its crew were ultimately forced to abandon the URF when a fleet of thirty Covenant ships arrived at the asteroid. The Spartans then began to enact [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 337-349'' (2010)</ref> | ||