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| |prev=[[Battle of Sector Six]]
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| |conc=[[URNA Southwest Campaign]]
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| |next=[[Attack on Crow's Nest]]
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| |name=Recovery of John-117
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| |image=[[File:Master Chief & The Arbiter.jpg|350px]]
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| |conflict=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| **[[Battle for Earth]]
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| |date=[[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]
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| |place=South of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], [[Tanzania]], [[East African Protectorate]]
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| |result=;Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory
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| *[[John-117]] recovered
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| |side1=*{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command]]
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| **{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]]
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| **[[UNSC Air Force]]
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| **[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
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| *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant separatists]]
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| **[[Fleet of Retribution]]
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| |side2= *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant]]
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| |commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]]
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| *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
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| *[[Sergeant Major|SGTMAJ]] [[Avery Johnson]]
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| *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GYSGT]] [[Marcus Stacker]]
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| *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GYSGT]] [[Reynolds]]
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| |commanders2=Unnamed [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]†
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| |forces1=
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| *3 [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]]s{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| **[[Echo 051]]†{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| **[[Kilo 023]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| *1 [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| *1 [[Sangheili]] [[Arbiter]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| *Several ground troops
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| |forces2=
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| *[[Type-52 Phantom|Phantoms]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| *2 [[Type-26C Banshee|Banshees]] {{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| *Ground forces{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| **[[Jiralhanae]]
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| **[[Unggoy]]
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| **[[Kig-Yar]]
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| |casual1=*Medium-heavy
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| **2 Pelicans{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ***''Echo 51''
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| **All of [[Bravo Team]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} {{c|save for Reynold}}
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| |casual2=Heavy
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| }}
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| The '''Recovery of John-117''' was a small [[battle|engagement]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] in the [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungles near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]]. UNSC forces led by [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] succeeded in recovering [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] after his escape from the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Level|Id=arrival|H3|Arrival}}{{Ref/Level|Id=s117|H3|Sierra 117}}
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| ==Background==
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| During the early morning of [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]], the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' carrying the [[Hierarch|High Prophet]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] arrived at [[Earth]], smashing through the remnants of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] that had been [[Battle for Earth|engaging]] [[Covenant]] warships over the planet for the last month. On board the keyship was [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] who, after making a failed [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|assassination attempt]] on the Prophet, was forced to flee from the ship.<ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref> Using a [[door]] as a heat shield, the Spartan bailed out of the ''Anodyne Spirit'' as it entered Earth's atmosphere. His trajectory and expected crash site was triangulated by [[S. Hartley]], an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] [[Covenant]] forces near [[Sector Six]], [[Asia]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Landfall]]''', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''</ref> This would allow several [[squad]]s of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] led by [[Avery Johnson]] to locate the Spartan in the following hours.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} John made landfall in a [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] while the Forerunner vessel continued descending until it landed on the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], which had been excavated by Truth's [[Truth's fleet|fleet]].<ref name="storm">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Storm]]''</ref>
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| ==Battle==
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| ===Recovering John-117===
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| [[File:Arrivalgather.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Sergeant Johnson and his Marines locate the unconscious Master Chief.]]
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| {{Quote|no=two|[[Avery Johnson]]|[[John-117]]|q1=Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here.|q2=Yeah, you're not.|John-117 after regaining consciousness.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}}}
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| In the morning of 17 November, 2552, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson led [[Gunnery Sergeant]][[Marcus Stacker]]'s [[First Squad]] and [[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]] into the jungles of Tanzania to recover John-117, using the triangulation data acquired by forces [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] near the [[Pakistan]]-Afghanistan border in [[Sector Six]]. [[Bravo Team]], led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], was also deployed nearby, closer to the extraction point at the river.
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| Johnson and his team discovered the Spartan lying in a supine position at the end of an impact crater with his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]] locked into place by it's [[Hydrostatic gel|gel layer]]. The Spartan remained unconscious until the [[Unidentified Corpsman|Corpsman]] partially unlocked John's armor, and John-117 woke up just as Johnson instructed his Marines to call in heavy lifting gear to extract the Spartan. After John-117 reported [[Cortana]] had remained on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Corpsman helped the calibrate and fully unlocked Spartan’s armor.
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| The recovery team was joined by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], who, upon disengaging his [[active camouflage]], was briefly accosted by John-117. Johnson quickly defused the situation, and 'Vadam reported the Jiralhanae had caught their scent.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}
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| ===Opening skirmishes===
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| [[File:H3_Sierra117_Marines.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John-117 and a fireteam of Marines in the Tanzanian jungle.]]
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| Johnson ordered First Squad to scout ahead. The squad moved ahead, with Second Squad along with himself, John-117 and 'Vadam following behind. As they made their way through the jungle, Johnson informed Reynolds that they had recovered the Master Chief. Although Reynolds responded in affirmative, soon afterwards he and the rest of Bravo Team, while en route to the extraction point, came under attack by a Jiralhanae Chieftain and a Phantom, and they lost contact with Johnson's team.
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| As Johnson's team approached a waterfall, they were forced to take cover as a [[Type-52 Phantom]] flew overhead. Fearful that they would be spotted more quickly in a large unit, Johnson split the team. John-117 and 'Vadam went with First Squad while he took command of Second Squad and ascended the nearby cliff-face to take an alternate route to the extraction point at a nearby river. First Squad was discovered by Covenant patrols moments later, and they found their way through the Covenant-occupied jungle.
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| Near the extraction point, John-117 found a Jiralhanae Captain interrogating Reynolds and demanding the location of the [[Crow's Nest (location)|nearby UNSC base]], to which the Gunnery Sergeant refused to answer. Before the Brute could kill Reynolds, John-117 and his team managed to eliminate the Captain and his subordinates. The group, now accompanied by Reynolds, then continued their way towards the river.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ===Extraction is prevented===
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| [[File:H3 Sierra 117 Reynolds captured.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Reynolds being interrogated by a Jiralhanae Captain.]]
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| {{Quote|Come on, you dumb apes! You want breakfast? You gotta catch it!|Sergeant Johnson to pursuing Covenant forces.}}
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| By the time John and his team reached the river, the Pelicans were under heavy fire from Covenant ground troops that had entrenched themselves around the river substation. Johnson and his team were already on board, the sergeant using the Pelican's bay-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun|heavy machine gun]] in an attempt to fend off the attackers. As John, Thel and the Marines of First Squad arrived to assist, several [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] soared in over the river, landing direct hits on the engines of both Pelicans. One dropship plummeted into the water beyond the dam while the Pelican with Johnson and his team, ''[[Echo 051]]'' managed to clear the dam but smashed into a nearby cliff and tumbled out of sight. Several Phantoms then arrived, one of them suppressing the UNSC forces while the other deployed large numbers of Covenant reinforcements onto the dam. John and his team had fight their way through these newly-landed troops until they could re-enter the jungle. Once in the jungle, the humans and Sangheili had to pass through a narrow section of jungle laden with Kig-Yar [[Kig-Yar Sniper|snipers]]. On the other side of the pass, they reached an overhang where they witnessed Johnson and the other survivors from ''Echo 051'' retreat into a nearby cave while under heavy Covenant fire. With support from Thel and First Squad, John moved through the area, engaging groups of infantry including a mass of Unggoy deploying from a Phantom that had a Jiralhanae Chieftain riding on the side. As the number of Covenant soldiers dwindled, the Phantom left the battlefield, allowing John to approach the overturned wreckage of ''Echo 051''. Here, the Spartan was able to overhear a radio transmission from the Crow's Nest controller coming through the Pelican's still-functional radio in which ''[[Kilo 023]]'' was ordered to provide emergency evacuation for the team due to ''Echo 051's'' destruction. After re-arming from the weapons littering the crash site, John and Thel proceeded through the cave that Johnson's squad had taken. Upon arriving at the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]], Thel informed John that Sergeant Johnson had been captured by the Covenant; the two watched as the sergeant attempted to punch the commanding Jiralhanae Chieftain, only to get kicked into a small building and sealed behind a [[shield door]].{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ===Rescue of Sergeant Johnson===
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| {{Quote|See how they bait their trap? I will help you spring it.|Thel 'Vadam to John-117 as they prepare to rescue the captured Sergeant Johnson.}}
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| [[File:emag_halo3_092307_2_bd140.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John-117 fighting a Jiralhanae Chieftain at the A2 Hydroelectric Facility.]]
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| The two began an attack on the large contingent of Covenant forces at the facility, facing off against numerous Jiralhanae Captains and their [[Lance|lances]]. As they battled their way across the dam, another Phantom arrived to deposit more troops near the building where Johnson was held captive. Eventually engaging with the Chieftain and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguards]], John and Thel managed to defeat the ferocious Covenant warriors and make it to the building where Johnson and the survivors of his squad were imprisoned. After deactivating the energy barrier keeping them contained, Johnson and the remnants of Second Squad took weaponry from the nearby Covenant [[Covenant supply case|supply cases]]. As a pair of Phantom dropships entered the area, ''Kilo 032's'' [[Hocus|pilot]] warned the team to remain in cover as she was inbound to clear a path. As the Phantoms deployed troops onto the dam, the team were forced to engage while waiting for the Pelican to arrive. Moments later, ''Kilo 023'' flew in along the river, unloading barrages of [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|missiles]] into both Phantoms, obliterating them. Hocus then brought her dropship in to land on the dam, allowing the team to climb on board. As the Pelican departed for the nearby Crow's Nest, Johnson gratefully patted John on the shoulder. ''Kilo 023'' would land on the landing pad of Crow's Nest, with [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] personally arriving to meet the group off the Pelican.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}<ref name="crows">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref>
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| ==Aftermath==
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| Upon arriving at Crow's Nest, Commander Keyes would tell John that she had [[Battle for the Control Room (Installation 05)|prevented]] [[Installation 05]]'s activation, and of the Prophet of Truth's plans to activate what they believed to be [[Installation 00|the Ark]], but was in reality the [[Portal at Voi|gateway portal]] to the installation. [[Admiral Hood]] would explain the [[Battle of Voi|plan]] to neutralize [[Type-27 Mantis|anti-aircraft emplacements]] in the city of [[Voi]] allowing a UNSC [[Battle Group Victory|battle group]] to assault the excavation site. The base would soon be [[Attack on Crow's Nest|attacked]] by the Covenant, which would conclude with John destroying the entire base with a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] once all other UNSC personnel had evacuated.{{Ref/Reuse|crows}} The survivors would then mobilize for the assault on Voi.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Storm]]''</ref>
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| ==Participants==
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| ===UNSC===
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| ===Naval assets===
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| ====Military personnel====
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| {| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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| ! Branch
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| ! Rank
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| ! Name
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| ! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
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| | rowspan="5" |[[UNSC Navy]]
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| | rowspan="2" |[[Gunnery Sergeant]]
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| |[[Marcus Stacker]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| |Survived
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| |[[Reynolds]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| |Survived
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| |[[Sergeant Major]]
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| |[[Avery Johnson]]
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| |Survived
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| |[[Master Chief Petty Officer]]
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| |[[John-117]]
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| |Survived
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| |-
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| |[[Lieutenant]]
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| |[[Hocus]]
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| |Survived
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| |}
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| ===Units===
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| ====Ground forces====
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| *[[UNSC Navy]]
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| *[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
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| **[[Bravo Team]]†
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| **[[First Squad]]
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| **[[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]]
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| ===Covenant separatists===
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| ===Naval assets===
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| ====Military personnel====
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| ! Branch
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| ! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
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| | rowspan="3" |Unknown
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| |[[Arbiter]]
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| |[[Thel 'Vadam]]
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| |Survived
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| | rowspan="2" |[[Special Operations Sangheili|Special Operations]]
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| |[[Usze 'Taham]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Coop|D=14|M=11|Y=2014|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=thesoundofsack|Site=bungie.net|Page=The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3}}
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| |Survived
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| |[[N'tho 'Sraom]]{{Ref/Reuse|Coop}}
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| |Survived
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| |}
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| ===Units===
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| ====Ground forces====
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| *[[Special Warfare Group|Fleet of Retribution Special Warfare Group]]
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Engagements in the Battle for Earth}}
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| =Halo 4= | | =Halo 4= |
| ==Track listing== | | ==Track listing== |