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On September 22, seventy-six hours after the initial [[Landing on Installation 04|landing]] on the Installation, the operation commenced, despite warnings by Wellsley that the Flood's continued presence aboard the ship could well endanger all life on Earth. However, Silva rejected the AI's suggestion, due to the officer's own ego and hubris.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TF12|HTF|Chapter=12}} | On September 22, seventy-six hours after the initial [[Landing on Installation 04|landing]] on the Installation, the operation commenced, despite warnings by Wellsley that the Flood's continued presence aboard the ship could well endanger all life on Earth. However, Silva rejected the AI's suggestion, due to the officer's own ego and hubris.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TF12|HTF|Chapter=12}} | ||
In total, the human force consisted of fifteen scavenged Banshees, 236 [[UNSC Marine Corps|marines]] armed with close-quarters weaponry (the total surviving infantry complement under Alpha Base's command), 76 [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] personnel armed with scavenged Covenant [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistols]] and [[ | In total, the human force consisted of fifteen scavenged Banshees, 236 [[UNSC Marine Corps|marines]] armed with close-quarters weaponry (the total surviving infantry complement under Alpha Base's command), 76 [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] personnel armed with scavenged Covenant [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistols]] and [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|rifles]] and three [[D77-TC Pelican]] with which to transport them. The Naval personnel were lightly armed as to allow them to carry supplies, and a group of sixteen individuals were deemed to have critical skills essential enough to warrant two Marine bodyguards each.{{Ref/Reuse|TF12}} | ||
By this time, the Covenant force had been depleted enough by their fight against the Flood that only around fifteen Banshees remained in the air to conduct combat air patrol operations for the ''Reconciliation'', resulting in the craft being taken by surprise by the surprise attack launched from sunward by the fifteen human-piloted Banshees. Within a minute of fighting beginning, half of the Covenant Banshees were taken out of action, and the rest split off into individual dogfights. The attack was followed up by a rapid insertion via Pelican, with Lieutenant [[Peterson]] and his fellow pilots deploying a force of forty-five ODSTs led by Silva into the cruiser's shuttle bay to assault the ship's control room.{{Ref/Reuse|TF12}} | By this time, the Covenant force had been depleted enough by their fight against the Flood that only around fifteen Banshees remained in the air to conduct combat air patrol operations for the ''Reconciliation'', resulting in the craft being taken by surprise by the surprise attack launched from sunward by the fifteen human-piloted Banshees. Within a minute of fighting beginning, half of the Covenant Banshees were taken out of action, and the rest split off into individual dogfights. The attack was followed up by a rapid insertion via Pelican, with Lieutenant [[Peterson]] and his fellow pilots deploying a force of forty-five ODSTs led by Silva into the cruiser's shuttle bay to assault the ship's control room.{{Ref/Reuse|TF12}} | ||