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The team then sabotaged the generators in the ''Unyielding Hierophant'', and as they escaped through a side door, the fail-safe on Grace's armor activated, disintegrating a pursuing Covenant [[lance]]. John, Fred, and Will were quickly spotted by Banshees, but their pilots were killed by Linda's precision sniper fire. The Banshees were then recovered by the Spartans. John doubled back to retrieve Linda and the team escaped by destroying a glass atrium, exfiltrating via space-walk and arrived back at the ''Gettysburg''. | The team then sabotaged the generators in the ''Unyielding Hierophant'', and as they escaped through a side door, the fail-safe on Grace's armor activated, disintegrating a pursuing Covenant [[lance]]. John, Fred, and Will were quickly spotted by Banshees, but their pilots were killed by Linda's precision sniper fire. The Banshees were then recovered by the Spartans. John doubled back to retrieve Linda and the team escaped by destroying a glass atrium, exfiltrating via space-walk and arrived back at the ''Gettysburg''. | ||
Vice Admiral Whitcomb and Lieutenant Haverson piloted the ''Ascendant Justice'' straight into the ''Unyielding Hierophant''. Whitcomb discussed the battles of the [[Battle of the Alamo|Alamo]] and [[Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]] briefly with John, then prepared to fight the Covenant off while the ''Unyielding Hierophant''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactor detonated. Each of the five hundred Covenant ships maneuvered next to the ''Ascendant Justice'', desperately to recover a Forerunner navigation crystal. The Admiral and the Lieutenant were both killed when the station's fusion reactor exploded, annihilating 486 ships of the Covenant fleet, leaving only around a dozen intact. The paltry survivors of the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s fleet would later be committed to reinforce the Prophet of Regret's botched attack against [[New Mombasa]] on Earth. John left after witnessing Whitcomb's and Haverson's sacrifice, and arrived at Earth with the last members of his team, Linda, Will, and Fred, as well as Johnson and Cortana. They also brought with them news of the Covenant's imminent invasion.{{Ref/Reuse|HFS36}} | Vice Admiral Whitcomb and Lieutenant Haverson piloted the ''Ascendant Justice'' straight into the ''Unyielding Hierophant''. Whitcomb discussed the battles of the [[wikipedia:Battle of the Alamo|Alamo]] and [[Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]] briefly with John, then prepared to fight the Covenant off while the ''Unyielding Hierophant''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactor detonated. Each of the five hundred Covenant ships maneuvered next to the ''Ascendant Justice'', desperately to recover a Forerunner navigation crystal. The Admiral and the Lieutenant were both killed when the station's fusion reactor exploded, annihilating 486 ships of the Covenant fleet, leaving only around a dozen intact. The paltry survivors of the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s fleet would later be committed to reinforce the Prophet of Regret's botched attack against [[New Mombasa]] on Earth. John left after witnessing Whitcomb's and Haverson's sacrifice, and arrived at Earth with the last members of his team, Linda, Will, and Fred, as well as Johnson and Cortana. They also brought with them news of the Covenant's imminent invasion.{{Ref/Reuse|HFS36}} | ||
Before she left the group to embark on her own mission, Dr. Halsey presented John with a dilemma regarding the combat data on the Flood which she had analyzed. Providing the standard data set to Lieutenant Haverson would protect Sergeant Johnson from possible experimentation by ONI. However, providing him the complete data, which contained reference to Sergeant Johnson's escape from the Flood due to his [[Boren's Syndrome]], would supposedly result in Johnson's death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 27</ref> While John initially gave the complete data to Haverson, after the lieutenant's self-sacrifice he decided to spare Johnson's life and destroyed the crystal containing the full data.{{Ref/Reuse|HFS36}} | Before she left the group to embark on her own mission, Dr. Halsey presented John with a dilemma regarding the combat data on the Flood which she had analyzed. Providing the standard data set to Lieutenant Haverson would protect Sergeant Johnson from possible experimentation by ONI. However, providing him the complete data, which contained reference to Sergeant Johnson's escape from the Flood due to his [[Boren's Syndrome]], would supposedly result in Johnson's death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 27</ref> While John initially gave the complete data to Haverson, after the lieutenant's self-sacrifice he decided to spare Johnson's life and destroyed the crystal containing the full data.{{Ref/Reuse|HFS36}} | ||
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====Battle of Earth==== | ====Battle of Earth==== | ||
[[File:H2A-John&marines.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Master Chief on the streets of Old Mombasa.]] | [[File:H2A-John&marines.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Master Chief on the streets of Old Mombasa.]] | ||