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Upon arriving at | Upon arriving at Biko's third moon of [[Seoba]], [[Task Force Yama]] soon realized that the moon was the [[Insurrectionist]] staging ground for their coup.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS7}} Trying to land [[ODSTs]] on the moon’s quarry through aerial drops, the [[UNSC]] force suffered severe losses, with one company of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] taking over 30% casualties, although three [[Spartan-II]] teams (including [[Blue Team]]) were able to stop the Insurrectionists from reporting news of the attack to their superiors. After taking several hundred [[Insurrectionist]] prisoners, who [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] put in the hands of the Spartans to guard while the [[ODST]] battalion withdrew to orbit. [[John-117]] was able to find former UNSC Major General [[Harper Garvin]] among the prisoners. It was then that a flotilla of [[Covenant]] stealth ships, led by [[Blademaster]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]], visually spotted seven [[UNSC]] [[Prowlers]] and engaged their larger force in an attempt to capture one of the superior [[UNSC]] stealth ships. In this engagement, [[Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]] was killed when her [[prowler]], [[UNSC Starry Night]], was downed and crashed near the Seoba Ice Quarry. [[Blue Team]] were able to make their way to the crashed [[Starry Night]] and activate its onboard [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] to destroy the [[prowler]] and sensitive information on its data logs, including, among other things, the location of [[Earth]]. During the battle, [[Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] attempted to get the Spartans killed by delaying an attack run on the Covenant ships, but all Spartans survived and two more Covenant ships were eventually destroyed by Nyeto’s squadron. | ||
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