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Team Alpha hijacked three Banshees and approached the Covenant encampment (they were ignored by the Grunt [[Zawaz]], who assumed they were Elites on a secret mission) and used [[Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon]]s within the shields of the Covenant ship, destroying the encampment and negating the EMP effect that would have disabled the orbital defense generators. Joshua was killed in the process by mass light weapons salvos from the 10,000 Covenant ground forces encamped around the Cruiser. The remaining Spartans of Team Alpha then fell back to CASTLE Base, blasting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]]. Team Gamma accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. | Team Alpha hijacked three Banshees and approached the Covenant encampment (they were ignored by the Grunt [[Zawaz]], who assumed they were Elites on a secret mission) and used [[Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon]]s within the shields of the Covenant ship, destroying the encampment and negating the EMP effect that would have disabled the orbital defense generators. Joshua was killed in the process by mass light weapons salvos from the 10,000 Covenant ground forces encamped around the Cruiser. The remaining Spartans of Team Alpha then fell back to CASTLE Base, blasting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]]. Team Gamma accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. | ||
Team [[Beta-Red]] were left to defend Generator A-331 alone, while [[Gamma 5]] were holed up at [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|Generator A-412]]. A-412 was attacked by two [[division]]s of Covenant, who eventually managed to destroy the facility leaving only fourteen survivors. The remnants of Gamma 5 proceeded to mount up in two Warthogs and a radio van to rendezvous with Gamma 1.<ref name="PowerhouseRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Powerhouse]]</ref> [[Recon 43]] provided scouting for Gamma 1, initially spotting three [[Ghost]]s and twenty-four infantry. They were warned not to engage, but did so anyway upon realising that the small Covenant force was merely the advance of a massive armour convoy.<ref name="SpireRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[ | Team [[Beta-Red]] were left to defend Generator A-331 alone, while [[Gamma 5]] were holed up at [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|Generator A-412]]. A-412 was attacked by two [[division]]s of Covenant, who eventually managed to destroy the facility leaving only fourteen survivors. The remnants of Gamma 5 proceeded to mount up in two Warthogs and a radio van to rendezvous with Gamma 1.<ref name="PowerhouseRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Powerhouse]]</ref> [[Recon 43]] provided scouting for Gamma 1, initially spotting three [[Ghost]]s and twenty-four infantry. They were warned not to engage, but did so anyway upon realising that the small Covenant force was merely the advance of a massive armour convoy.<ref name="SpireRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Spire]]</ref> | ||
With a gargantuan ground force now closing on Facility A-331, [[Beta-Red Actual]] ordered Team Delta and the remnants of Charlie Company to leave once the Covenant was distracted. The team set up automated turrets, while thirty-two [[Wraith]] tanks and six-hundred infantry began to close in. Gamma 5 observed the action through the lens of a drone as the fight started. The SPARTANs of Beta-Red went "hand to hand" with the enemy lines, and Team Delta and Charlie Company departed the site.<ref name="CountdownRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Countdown]]</ref> | With a gargantuan ground force now closing on Facility A-331, [[Beta-Red Actual]] ordered Team Delta and the remnants of Charlie Company to leave once the Covenant was distracted. The team set up automated turrets, while thirty-two [[Wraith]] tanks and six-hundred infantry began to close in. Gamma 5 observed the action through the lens of a drone as the fight started. The SPARTANs of Beta-Red went "hand to hand" with the enemy lines, and Team Delta and Charlie Company departed the site.<ref name="CountdownRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Countdown]]</ref> | ||
With Team Delta retreating alongside the remnants of Charlie Company, they contacted an operator with callsign "[[Iron Fist]]". Iron First informed the group that they were en route the extract Beta-Red, even as three [[Covenant cruiser]]s dropped out of the sky and prepared to glass the area.<ref name="BoardwalkRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Boardwalk]]</ref> Team Beta was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began the glassing of Reach. A member of Beta-Red was able to get off one last communication to Fred-104 that the generators were overrun.<ref name="FS4">''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 4</ref> Eventually, the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was brought in by [[Alpha 20]] and authorised to fire on the Covenant cruisers at Generator A-331, likely resulting in the deaths of Team Beta-Red.<ref name="ReflectionRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Reflection]]</ref><ref name="LNOSRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> The blast of the orbital strike was felt by Charlie Company, who had narrowly managed to escape the blast.<ref name="BoneyardRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Boneyard]]</ref> Team Delta fell back to CASTLE Base, but in the process lost the remaining Charlie Company marines and every Spartan save for Vinh, Isaac, and William. When the remnants of Team Alpha and Team Delta arrived at CASTLE Base, they found [[Catherine Halsey]] there. | With Team Delta retreating alongside the remnants of Charlie Company, they contacted an operator with callsign "[[Iron Fist]]". Iron First informed the group that they were en route the extract Beta-Red, even as three [[Covenant cruiser]]s dropped out of the sky and prepared to glass the area.<ref name="BoardwalkRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Boardwalk]]</ref> Team Beta was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began the glassing of Reach. A member of Beta-Red was able to get off one last communication to Fred-104 that the generators were overrun.<ref name="FS4">''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 4</ref> Eventually, the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Majestic}} was brought in by [[Alpha 20]] and authorised to fire on the Covenant cruisers at Generator A-331, likely resulting in the deaths of Team Beta-Red.<ref name="ReflectionRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Reflection]]</ref><ref name="LNOSRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> The blast of the orbital strike was felt by Charlie Company, who had narrowly managed to escape the blast.<ref name="BoneyardRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]], [[Boneyard]]</ref> Team Delta fell back to CASTLE Base, but in the process lost the remaining Charlie Company marines and every Spartan save for Vinh, Isaac, and William. When the remnants of Team Alpha and Team Delta arrived at CASTLE Base, they found [[Catherine Halsey]] there. | ||
Elsewhere, the Covenant attacked a [[Unidentified BXR titanium mine|BXR titanium mine]].<ref name="BnetDefiant"/> | |||
The planet, having been steadily weakened during the invasion throughout the prior weeks, had fallen with relative ease to the might of the Covenant invaders.<ref name="THC"/> | The planet, having been steadily weakened during the invasion throughout the prior weeks, had fallen with relative ease to the might of the Covenant invaders.<ref name="THC"/> | ||