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The Spartans arrived in a deserted Forerunner city where they soon discovered the [[Composer's Forge]] and six intact Composers housed therein. The Spartans were then confronted by the thought-to-be-dead Didact and a firefight broke out between them and the Didact's newly created Promethean machines. While Fred and the other Spartans battled the Prometheans, the Didact had [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]] bring Installation 03 to the Composer's Forge and departed to the Halo installation with one of the Composers, intending to use the device as well as Gamma Halo against Earth. Disgusted by the Didact's actions, Static Carillon informed Fred and Blue Team of the Didact's plan, and the Spartans pursued the Forerunner through the portal back to Installation 03. Upon their return to the surface, the Didact attacked the Spartans, intending to kill them personally.<ref name="HE9"/> The Didact threw John into Fred, and Linda and Kelly attacked the Forerunner. He blasted Kelly away and tackled Linda to the ground, disabling the Spartans. The Didact allowed Fred to shoot him in the head with a [[Z-110 Boltshot]]—to no effect—so he could give Fred the honor of "dying a warrior". However, before the Didact could finish them off, Static Carillon appeared behind the Forerunner and disabled him with his laser. The monitor then teleported the Didact to Gamma Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] to prevent him from killing the Spartans. While John went to pursue the Didact, Fred and the rest of Blue Team returned to their Longsword. After John successfully "contained" the Didact by way of subjecting him to the fields of multiple Composers, Static Carillon teleported himself and John into Blue Team's Longsword. Fred asked the monitor where the ring would be taken, but no response was given; Static Carillon then left to repair the ring and Blue Team returned to Earth.<ref name="HE10">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref> | The Spartans arrived in a deserted Forerunner city where they soon discovered the [[Composer's Forge]] and six intact Composers housed therein. The Spartans were then confronted by the thought-to-be-dead Didact and a firefight broke out between them and the Didact's newly created Promethean machines. While Fred and the other Spartans battled the Prometheans, the Didact had [[monitor]] [[859 Static Carillon]] bring Installation 03 to the Composer's Forge and departed to the Halo installation with one of the Composers, intending to use the device as well as Gamma Halo against Earth. Disgusted by the Didact's actions, Static Carillon informed Fred and Blue Team of the Didact's plan, and the Spartans pursued the Forerunner through the portal back to Installation 03. Upon their return to the surface, the Didact attacked the Spartans, intending to kill them personally.<ref name="HE9"/> The Didact threw John into Fred, and Linda and Kelly attacked the Forerunner. He blasted Kelly away and tackled Linda to the ground, disabling the Spartans. The Didact allowed Fred to shoot him in the head with a [[Z-110 Boltshot]]—to no effect—so he could give Fred the honor of "dying a warrior". However, before the Didact could finish them off, Static Carillon appeared behind the Forerunner and disabled him with his laser. The monitor then teleported the Didact to Gamma Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] to prevent him from killing the Spartans. While John went to pursue the Didact, Fred and the rest of Blue Team returned to their Longsword. After John successfully "contained" the Didact by way of subjecting him to the fields of multiple Composers, Static Carillon teleported himself and John into Blue Team's Longsword. Fred asked the monitor where the ring would be taken, but no response was given; Static Carillon then left to repair the ring and Blue Team returned to Earth.<ref name="HE10">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref> | ||
Returning to Earth, John was debriefed by Hood, where the fleet admiral gave orders for Blue Team to have some rest after years of combat. However, the rest of the team instead left to take on new missions, all of them highly classified, | ===Mission After Mission=== | ||
[[File:EasyFred.png|300px|thumb|left|John deescalates the situation.]] | |||
Returning to Earth, John was debriefed by Hood, where the fleet admiral gave orders for Blue Team to have some rest after years of combat. However, the rest of the team instead left to take on new missions, all of them highly classified.<ref name="HE10"/> These operations included diplomatic escorts through hostile territory, counter-piracy efforts against salvagers, and strikes against Covenant outposts. At one point in [[2558]], the team was stationed at the construction site for a new [[ONI]] research facility, awaiting orders.<ref name="otb">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[On the Brink]]''</ref> Without warning, explosions signaled an attack from fanatical [[Covenant remnants|ex-Covenant]]. During the fighting that followed, the hostiles managed to capture an [[M510 Mammoth]], disable its governor, and drive it down a steep hillside toward the site's main [[fusion reactor]]. Blue Team followed in pursuit in an [[M12 Warthog LRV]], with Fred driving. With only about a minute left before it impacted the reactor, John, Kelly, and Linda ejected from the warthog when it was close enough to the mammoth. The three of them just narrowly managed to wrest control of the hulking vehicle from its [[Kig-Yar]] and Sangheili hijackers and steer it away from disaster.<ref name="otb"/> However, the near miss still resulted in the destruction of a decent amount of fabricated material that had been constructed. The manager in charge of the construction project rushed over to Fred and the other spartans after the smoke cleared and demanded to know who he should blame for the damage. John, who had taken the mammoth's controls, took responsibility. The incredulous man accused the Master Chief of thinking he could get away with anything because of his status as a hero. At this moment, Fred jumped in to reprimand the thankless individual they had all just saved, finding it difficult to maintain an easy demeanor in the face of such disrespect. John kept a cooler head and directed the team to return to a nearby airstrip, as their mission orders had come in.<ref name="otb"/> | |||
At some point, Fred and the three others returned to the glassed remains of Reach, where they recalled their past and paid their respects to Sam, who had died so many years ago.<ref name="TFoR AS"/> | |||
===A new conflict arises=== | ===A new conflict arises=== | ||