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{{Quote|no=two|q1=Li, crawl topside and launch a couple of Jackhammers up this pipe.|Danforth Whitcomb|q2=Yes, sir.|Li-008|Vice Admiral Whitcomb instructs Li to fire [[M19 missile]]s up a Covenant [[gravity lift]].}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=Li, crawl topside and launch a couple of Jackhammers up this pipe.|Danforth Whitcomb|q2=Yes, sir.|Li-008|Vice Admiral Whitcomb instructs Li to fire [[M19 missile]]s up a Covenant [[gravity lift]].}} | ||
[[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Red Team defends Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331.]] | [[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Red Team defends Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331.]] | ||
On [[2552#August|August 27, 2552]] Li and twenty-four other Spartan-IIs were gathered at [[FLEETCOM HQ]] on Reach, where they were brief on [[Operation: RED FLAG]], an [[ONI]] [[operation]] with the objective of capturing a Covenant [[Hierarch]]. On [[2552#August|August 30]], Li boarded the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} with the others in preparation for RED FLAG. However, the mission was aborted when an order went out to all ships to defend Reach from the [[Fall of Reach|a massive Covenant assault]] that was underway at the planet. Li was one of twenty-two of the Spartans assigned to [[Red Team]], which was sent to land on the ground and protect the [[Orbital defense generator|power generators]] for Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 341'' (2010)</ref> As Red Team's Pelican—[[Bravo 001]]—descended to the surface of the planet, the dropship was attacked by [[Seraph]]s and dove uncontrollably towards the ground. [[Fred-104]] ordered Red Team to jump from the Pelican, which exploded shortly after. After regrouping and eliminating several small Covenant patrols, the Spartans traveled to [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]], where they met with the four survivors of the nearly destroyed [[Charlie Company]]. While Red Team was building up defenses at the facility, the Spartans received a distress call from [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="fs17">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 17-34'' (2010)</ref> Fred then divided the eighteen members of Red Team still living into four teams. Li was placed on [[Team Gamma]] with [[Grace-093]] and [[Anton-044]], who was given the lead. Gamma Team was tasked with rescuing Whitcomb and his staff.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 24</ref> They were successful in locating and securing Whitcomb, but Fred ordered everyone to stay in hiding because their fallback point had been overrun by [[Covenant]] forces.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 111-112</ref> | On [[2552#August|August 27, 2552]] Li and twenty-four other Spartan-IIs were gathered at [[FLEETCOM HQ]] on Reach, where they were brief on [[Operation: RED FLAG]], an [[ONI]] [[operation]] with the objective of capturing a Covenant [[Hierarch]]. On [[2552#August|August 30]], Li boarded the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} with the others in preparation for RED FLAG. However, the mission was aborted when an order went out to all ships to defend Reach from the [[Fall of Reach|a massive Covenant assault]] that was underway at the planet. Li was one of twenty-two of the Spartans assigned to [[Red Team]], which was sent to land on the ground and protect the [[Orbital defense generator|power generators]] for Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 341'' (2010)</ref> As Red Team's Pelican—''[[Bravo 001]]''—descended to the surface of the planet, the dropship was attacked by [[Seraph]]s and dove uncontrollably towards the ground. [[Fred-104]] ordered Red Team to jump from the Pelican, which exploded shortly after. After regrouping and eliminating several small Covenant patrols, the Spartans traveled to [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]], where they met with the four survivors of the nearly destroyed [[Charlie Company]]. While Red Team was building up defenses at the facility, the Spartans received a distress call from [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="fs17">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 17-34'' (2010)</ref> Fred then divided the eighteen members of Red Team still living into four teams. Li was placed on [[Team Gamma]] with [[Grace-093]] and [[Anton-044]], who was given the lead. Gamma Team was tasked with rescuing Whitcomb and his staff.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 24</ref> They were successful in locating and securing Whitcomb, but Fred ordered everyone to stay in hiding because their fallback point had been overrun by [[Covenant]] forces.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 111-112</ref> | ||
Li, Anton, Grace, and Whitcomb were forced to retreat to [[Camp Independence]] for three weeks, from which they attacked the enemy repeatedly with guerrilla tactics over this span of time. They also continuously broadcast ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' on the [[COM|UNSC E-Band]] until the signal was picked up by [[Cortana]] and [[John-117]] aboard the captured Covenant [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]], the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 156</ref> Shortly thereafter, John-117 led a team of survivors from the [[Battle of Installation 04]] in a [[Type-25 Spirit]] dropship to find the source of the broadcast. At Whitcomb's behest, Li and everyone else made their way to the location of Catherine Halsey. She and the remaining Spartan-IIs of Red Team were trapped in an underground [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite Forerunner complex|complex]] beneath [[Menachite Mountain]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 173</ref> The cavernous interior was accessed via what remained of [[CASTLE Base]]. Whitcomb told Li to stay with the captured dropship operated by Petty Officer [[Shiela Polaski]] to act as a rear guard. When the entire group of [[humans]] soon found themselves surrounded and pinned down by thousands of Covenant fighters, they only managed to escape thanks to Polaski and that dropship. Escaping Reach with a [[Forerunner crystal]] of some sort, the group disembarked inside the ''Ascendant Justice'', which was soon fused together with the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate} {{UNSCship|Gettysburg}} for the sake of power. | Li, Anton, Grace, and Whitcomb were forced to retreat to [[Camp Independence]] for three weeks, from which they attacked the enemy repeatedly with guerrilla tactics over this span of time. They also continuously broadcast ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' on the [[COM|UNSC E-Band]] until the signal was picked up by [[Cortana]] and [[John-117]] aboard the captured Covenant [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]], the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 156</ref> Shortly thereafter, John-117 led a team of survivors from the [[Battle of Installation 04]] in a [[Type-25 Spirit]] dropship to find the source of the broadcast. At Whitcomb's behest, Li and everyone else made their way to the location of Catherine Halsey. She and the remaining Spartan-IIs of Red Team were trapped in an underground [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite Forerunner complex|complex]] beneath [[Menachite Mountain]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', page 173</ref> The cavernous interior was accessed via what remained of [[CASTLE Base]]. Whitcomb told Li to stay with the captured dropship operated by Petty Officer [[Shiela Polaski]] to act as a rear guard. When the entire group of [[humans]] soon found themselves surrounded and pinned down by thousands of Covenant fighters, they only managed to escape thanks to Polaski and that dropship. Escaping Reach with a [[Forerunner crystal]] of some sort, the group disembarked inside the ''Ascendant Justice'', which was soon fused together with the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate} {{UNSCship|Gettysburg}} for the sake of power. | ||