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{{Quote|no=two|q1=What if you miss?|Cortana|q2=I won't.|John-117|John-117 reassuring Cortana before turning the Covenant's bomb against them<ref name="h2 cairo">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Cairo Station]]</ref>}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=What if you miss?|Cortana|q2=I won't.|John-117|John-117 reassuring Cortana before turning the Covenant's bomb against them<ref name="h2 cairo">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Cairo Station]]</ref>}} | ||
Aboard ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'', John received a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR]] and attended an award ceremony with [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] and the newly promoted Sergeant Major Avery Johnson.<ref name="TheHeretic">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> The ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of the Covenant [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], initiating the [[Battle | Aboard ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'', John received a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR]] and attended an award ceremony with [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] and the newly promoted Sergeant Major Avery Johnson.<ref name="TheHeretic">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> The ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of the Covenant [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], initiating the [[Battle for Earth]]. Upon discovering a Covenant [[antimatter charge]] on board ''Cairo Station'', John fought his way through waves of boarding parties until he reached the bomb, allowing Cortana to access and deactivate it. Feeling he could put the device to better use than the Covenant, John launched himself and the charge towards the Covenant assault carrier ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''. A timely bombing run by Longsword interceptors opened a breach in the warship's hull, allowing John to direct the bomb into the ship's fusion core. With seconds to spare, he launched himself back into space just before the vessel detonated. The {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} quickly recovered the free-falling Spartan.{{Ref/Reuse|h2 cairo}} | ||
John was then deployed to [[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]] aboard the ''In Amber Clad'', in an attempt to board the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s flagship. Both of the strike teams' [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships were shot down by a {{Pattern|Protos|Scarab}}. John and the surviving Marines fought their way to the other Pelican's crash site. After rendezvousing with [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Stacker]] at [[Hotel Zanzibar]] in [[Old Mombasa]], the Master Chief destroyed Covenant infantry and armor along the shore of the city as he chased the Scarab.<ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Outskirts]]</ref> Upon arriving at the edge of Old Mombasa, John commandeered a [[M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion tank]] from Sergeant Major Johnson, which he used to punch a hole through the city's alien occupiers. | John was then deployed to [[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]] aboard the ''In Amber Clad'', in an attempt to board the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s flagship. Both of the strike teams' [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships were shot down by a {{Pattern|Protos|Scarab}}. John and the surviving Marines fought their way to the other Pelican's crash site. After rendezvousing with [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Stacker]] at [[Hotel Zanzibar]] in [[Old Mombasa]], the Master Chief destroyed Covenant infantry and armor along the shore of the city as he chased the Scarab.<ref>''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Outskirts]]</ref> Upon arriving at the edge of Old Mombasa, John commandeered a [[M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion tank]] from Sergeant Major Johnson, which he used to punch a hole through the city's alien occupiers. | ||