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|conc=[[Battle of Tribute]], [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]], [[Siege of New Alexandria]], [[Battle of | |conc=[[Battle of Tribute]], [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]], [[Siege of New Alexandria]], [[Battle of Asźod]] | ||
|next=[[Battle of Installation 04]] | |next=[[Battle of Installation 04]] | ||
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
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During the space battle, the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Doppler]], controller of [[Gamma Station|Reach Station Gamma]], was unable to destroy the vital information onboard the {{UNSCShip|Circumference}}, an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]] involved in [[Operation: HYPODERMIC]]. As the Covenant deployed [[Ranger|troops]] to the station, Doppler reported this violation of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] to the ''Pillar of Autumn'' before self-destructing himself to keep from further violation. In response, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] sent [[John-117]], [[James-005]], and [[Linda-058]] to the station. They accomplished their task and destroyed the NAV database onboard Reach Station Gamma, but at the cost of James and Linda. While onboard, they rescued some Marines onboard the station: [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Private]]s [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Wallace Jenkins]], [[Bisenti]], and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. They were then evacuated by Pelican back to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Linda-058 was clinically dead, but there was still a chance of saving her, so she was placed in a [[cryo chamber]]. John-117 asked [[Lieutenant]] [[Hall]] to scan for James (who had been blown into space) but they were unable to find him. | During the space battle, the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Doppler]], controller of [[Gamma Station|Reach Station Gamma]], was unable to destroy the vital information onboard the {{UNSCShip|Circumference}}, an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]] involved in [[Operation: HYPODERMIC]]. As the Covenant deployed [[Ranger|troops]] to the station, Doppler reported this violation of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] to the ''Pillar of Autumn'' before self-destructing himself to keep from further violation. In response, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] sent [[John-117]], [[James-005]], and [[Linda-058]] to the station. They accomplished their task and destroyed the NAV database onboard Reach Station Gamma, but at the cost of James and Linda. While onboard, they rescued some Marines onboard the station: [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Private]]s [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Wallace Jenkins]], [[Bisenti]], and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. They were then evacuated by Pelican back to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Linda-058 was clinically dead, but there was still a chance of saving her, so she was placed in a [[cryo chamber]]. John-117 asked [[Lieutenant]] [[Hall]] to scan for James (who had been blown into space) but they were unable to find him. | ||
===Battle at | ===Battle at Asźod=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Asźod}} | {{Main|Battle of Asźod }} | ||
With the battle for Reach now nearing its conclusion, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' set down at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] for repairs as well as to receive the fragment of [[Cortana]] that Halsey had tasked [[NOBLE Team]] with delivering to Keyes. Covenant forces soon descended on the shipyards and began landing troops. Although the docked ''Autumn'' managed to hold off the Covenant attackers, most of the facility and the surrounding area was occupied. | With the battle for Reach now nearing its conclusion, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' set down at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] for repairs as well as to receive the fragment of [[Cortana]] that Halsey had tasked [[NOBLE Team]] with delivering to Keyes. Covenant forces soon descended on the shipyards and began landing troops. Although the docked ''Autumn'' managed to hold off the Covenant attackers, most of the facility and the surrounding area was occupied. | ||
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[[File:HaloReach - PoA.png|thumb|left|250px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escapes.]] | [[File:HaloReach - PoA.png|thumb|left|250px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escapes.]] | ||
With the platform cleared, Captain Keyes arrived in a Pelican and personally took possession of the package from Noble Six. Just then | With the platform cleared, Captain Keyes arrived in a Pelican and personally took possession of the package from Noble Six. Just then a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} appeared and started heading toward the ''Autumn''. Keyes ordered Emile to take out the cruiser before it destroyed the ''Autumn.'' Emile, however, was attacked by a pair of [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealots]]. The Spartan killed the Zealots but was also killed, leaving the mass driver cannon unmanned. With the cruiser closing in on the ''Autumn'', Noble Six volunteered to stay behind to take charge of the gun. | ||
Keyes returned to the ''Autumn'' with the package and prepared the ship for take off. Meanwhile, Noble Six took control of the mass driver and destroyed several Phantoms and Banshees before the Covenant cruiser came within range. As the cruiser prepared to destroy the ''Autumn'' with its [[energy projector]], Six fired directly into the ship's exposed glassing port. The resulting explosion crippled the cruiser. | Keyes returned to the ''Autumn'' with the package and prepared the ship for take off. Meanwhile, Noble Six took control of the mass driver and destroyed several Phantoms and Banshees before the Covenant cruiser came within range. As the cruiser prepared to destroy the ''Autumn'' with its [[energy projector]], Six fired directly into the ship's exposed glassing port. The resulting explosion crippled the cruiser. | ||
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*'''0620 Hours:''' Most of the Covenant fleet retreats from the system after deploying more dropships toward the surface. The UNSC fleet fires on the ships, destroying many although hundreds still land on Reach. | *'''0620 Hours:''' Most of the Covenant fleet retreats from the system after deploying more dropships toward the surface. The UNSC fleet fires on the ships, destroying many although hundreds still land on Reach. | ||
*'''0621 Hours:''' The boarding craft are landed and the armory is overrun; the Covenant fleet re-enters the system. The Covenant split their 150+ remaining ships. One fleet attacks the UNSC ships, while another takes out the MAC cannons and send in troops to land on Reach. The UNSC try to split their 50+ remaining forces to engage the Covenant, but there are too many platforms to cover and too many casualties. The supercruiser continues to destroy UNSC ships, allowing the other ships to attack the MACs. Eventually the supercruiser is destroyed by the ''Pillar of Autumn'', but the UNSC fleet is practically decimated so it is too late to do any good. | *'''0621 Hours:''' The boarding craft are landed and the armory is overrun; the Covenant fleet re-enters the system. The Covenant split their 150+ remaining ships. One fleet attacks the UNSC ships, while another takes out the MAC cannons and send in troops to land on Reach. The UNSC try to split their 50+ remaining forces to engage the Covenant, but there are too many platforms to cover and too many casualties. The supercruiser continues to destroy UNSC ships, allowing the other ships to attack the MACs. Eventually, the supercruiser is destroyed by the ''Pillar of Autumn'', but the UNSC fleet is practically decimated so it is too late to do any good. | ||
*'''0631 Hours:''' Red Team's [[Bravo 001|Pelican]] is shot down. They have no choice but to jump from the crashing Pelican and make a "hard landing" on the ground. Results in four dead and six seriously injured. | *'''0631 Hours:''' Red Team's [[Bravo 001|Pelican]] is shot down. They have no choice but to jump from the crashing Pelican and make a "hard landing" on the ground. Results in four dead and six seriously injured. | ||
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*'''0637 Hours:''' John-117, the clinically dead Linda-058, and the Marines board the ''Pillar of Autumn''. | *'''0637 Hours:''' John-117, the clinically dead Linda-058, and the Marines board the ''Pillar of Autumn''. | ||
*'''0647 Hours:''' Captain Keyes of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' orders the vessel to retreat from the system. However, Dr. Catherine Halsey contacts the ''Autumn'', urgently requesting that Keyes drydock at the [[ | *'''0647 Hours:''' Captain Keyes of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' orders the vessel to retreat from the system. However, Dr. Catherine Halsey contacts the ''Autumn'', urgently requesting that Keyes drydock at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] on Reach to collect Cortana's fragment and the vital information she held.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> Keyes used the brief time on the surface to make minor repairs to the ''Autumn''.<ref group="note">This entry, while possibly not entirely accurate, is an attempt to reconcile an inconsistency between ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' and ''Halo: Reach''. In ''The Fall of Reach'', the ''Pillar of Autumn'' is said to jump away from the system at this time. However, as revealed in ''Halo: Reach'', the vessel had initiated an emergency drydock at 16:52. This implies that the ''Autumn'' either remained in the system after its supposed jump, or that the part of the book with the ship escaping has been overridden altogether.</ref> | ||
*'''0649 Hours:''' Red Team sets up defenses around ODG Facility A-331. | *'''0649 Hours:''' Red Team sets up defenses around ODG Facility A-331. | ||
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*'''0720 Hours:''' The Covenant destroys ODG Facility A-331 by aerial bombardment, though some Spartans escape. The surviving MAC guns are now offline and are quickly destroyed by plasma torpedoes. Remaining UNSC vessels have no choice but to retreat. The Covenant warships are split into two groups: five-ship teams that hunt down the surviving UNSC vessels and a group of ships that align themselves in formation and begin to glass Reach. | *'''0720 Hours:''' The Covenant destroys ODG Facility A-331 by aerial bombardment, though some Spartans escape. The surviving MAC guns are now offline and are quickly destroyed by plasma torpedoes. Remaining UNSC vessels have no choice but to retreat. The Covenant warships are split into two groups: five-ship teams that hunt down the surviving UNSC vessels and a group of ships that align themselves in formation and begin to glass Reach. | ||
*'''1652 hours''': The remainder of [[Noble Team]] consisting of Carter-A259, Emile-A239, and SPARTAN-B312 head to the | *'''1652 hours''': The remainder of [[Noble Team]] consisting of Carter-A259, Emile-A239, and SPARTAN-B312 head to the Asźod ship breaking yards to deliver a fragment of Cortana, which holds important navigation data, to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Carter rams his Pelican into a Scarab, allowing the remaining parts of Noble Team to pass. Emile and SPARTAN-B312 head to platform D in the ship breaking yards to meet with Captain Keyes and to deliver Cortana over. Emile dies when he is stabbed by a Covenant Zealot wielding an Energy Sword. SPARTAN-B312 successfully delivers the package to the ''Autumn'' and allows the vessel to escape by destroying an incoming Covenant battlecruiser using a mass driver. The ''Pillar of Autumn'', pursued by a dozen Covenant vessels, retreats from the system, heading for [[Installation 04]]. | ||
*'''2000 Hours:''' [[SPARTAN-B312]] is one of the few standing survivors at the ship-breaking yards of | *'''2000 Hours:''' [[SPARTAN-B312]] is one of the few standing survivors at the ship-breaking yards of Asźod and the planet Reach. The Spartan makes a final stand, fighting off waves of Covenant ground forces, eventually being overwhelmed and killed by a swarm of Sangheili warriors. | ||
===September 2552=== | ===September 2552=== | ||
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File:H2A Terminals - Human city.png|The Covenant fleet glasses a major city on Reach. | File:H2A Terminals - Human city.png|The Covenant fleet glasses a major city on Reach. | ||
File:HaloReach - Package Intro.jpg|The ONI facilities at SWORD Base are destroyed. | File:HaloReach - Package Intro.jpg|The ONI facilities at SWORD Base are destroyed. | ||
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|A planetary MAC cannon fires upon Covenant cruisers descending upon [[ | File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|A planetary MAC cannon fires upon Covenant cruisers descending upon [[Asźod]] as surviving UNSC forces mount their escape. | ||
File:H2A - Autumn.jpg|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escapes as Reach is glassed. | File:H2A - Autumn.jpg|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escapes as Reach is glassed. | ||
File:UltraMythos.jpg|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] leading troops in the battle in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | File:UltraMythos.jpg|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] leading troops in the battle in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | ||