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Green, Blue, and Gold Teams, Staff Sergeant Johnson, and Dr. Halsey left the [[Kolaqoa system]] aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' later that day, with two prowlers serving as escort. On [[2526#March|March 22]], the ships dropped out of [[slipspace]] near Etalan and the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s analysts spent the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements, trying to discern which vessels would be the best to target. By [[2526#March|March 26]], they felt confident that four of the fleet's fifteen vessels were equipment [[freighter]]s that carried spare parts and other materials used to keep the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience fully operational. At this point, the logistics fleet appeared to be preparing to break from orbit, evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their [[fusion reactor]]s to full power. As time was running out, Green Team and Gold Team were deployed in four [[S-14 Baselard]]s with orders to destroy the equipment freighters while Blue Team stayed on the ''Vanishing Point'' and prepared for their phase of the attack. The Spartans' Baselards flew at the center of a formation of twenty total Baselards, and the plan was for the squadron to pierce through the logistics vessels' fighter screen of Banshees and [[Seraph]]s. Then, the eight Spartans would go [[Extra-vehicular activity|EV]] after faking the destruction of their Baselards. To camouflage their approach, their fighters were equipped with pods of chain-linked debris that would deploy upon the crafts' destruction. The Spartans would then board the target vessels and plant HAVOK nukes before fleeing. Due to the extremely high risk inherent with performing such maneuvers, Kurt-051 was given strict orders to pull Green Team out if it became apparent that they would not reach their targets safely. Joshua-029 was given the same orders regarding Gold Team.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} | Green, Blue, and Gold Teams, Staff Sergeant Johnson, and Dr. Halsey left the [[Kolaqoa system]] aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' later that day, with two prowlers serving as escort. On [[2526#March|March 22]], the ships dropped out of [[slipspace]] near Etalan and the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s analysts spent the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements, trying to discern which vessels would be the best to target. By [[2526#March|March 26]], they felt confident that four of the fleet's fifteen vessels were equipment [[freighter]]s that carried spare parts and other materials used to keep the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience fully operational. At this point, the logistics fleet appeared to be preparing to break from orbit, evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their [[fusion reactor]]s to full power. As time was running out, Green Team and Gold Team were deployed in four [[S-14 Baselard]]s with orders to destroy the equipment freighters while Blue Team stayed on the ''Vanishing Point'' and prepared for their phase of the attack. The Spartans' Baselards flew at the center of a formation of twenty total Baselards, and the plan was for the squadron to pierce through the logistics vessels' fighter screen of Banshees and [[Seraph]]s. Then, the eight Spartans would go [[Extra-vehicular activity|EV]] after faking the destruction of their Baselards. To camouflage their approach, their fighters were equipped with pods of chain-linked debris that would deploy upon the crafts' destruction. The Spartans would then board the target vessels and plant HAVOK nukes before fleeing. Due to the extremely high risk inherent with performing such maneuvers, Kurt-051 was given strict orders to pull Green Team out if it became apparent that they would not reach their targets safely. Joshua-029 was given the same orders regarding Gold Team.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} | ||
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Shortly after Blue Team launched from the ''Vanishing Point'' in the Banshees they had captured from the ''Radiant Arrow'' and infiltrated the Covenant fighter screen, Kurt had Green Team eject from their Baselards as Gold Team did the same. The eight Spartans successfully boarded the equipment freighters, planted their nukes, and fled the vessels before they detonated. Each team destroyed two freighters. The fourth detonation [[Electromagnetic pulse|disabled]] the Banshee formation that Blue Team had infiltrated, forcing them to abandon their fighters and go EV. Afterwards, when the prowler escorts moved in to extract Green and Gold Teams from orbit over Etalan, their retrieval created an unintentional diversion that drew attention away from Blue Team as they destroyed the logistics fleet’s "[[Bladder ship|air-skimmers]]," vessels that Dr. Halsey had identified as key targets.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}} | |||
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