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*[[Lieutenant]] [[SPARTAN-B312]]† | *[[Lieutenant]] [[SPARTAN-B312]]† | ||
|commanders2 = *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee | |commanders2 = *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee | ||
*[[Sangheili Field Marshal| | *Unidentified [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]]† | ||
|forces1 = *[[UNSC Navy]] | |forces1 = *[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
**1 {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} | **1 {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} | ||
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**Marines | **Marines | ||
|forces2 = *Navy | |forces2 = *Navy | ||
**1 {{ | **1 {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} | ||
*Army | *Army | ||
**{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s | **{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s | ||
**[[Type-26 Banshee]]s | **[[Type-26 Banshee]]s | ||
**7 {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s | **7 {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s | ||
** | **{{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}s | ||
**[[Devoted Sentries]] | **[[Devoted Sentries]] | ||
**[[Mgalekgolo]] | **[[Mgalekgolo]] | ||
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*Light Marine losses, most fall back to PoA | *Light Marine losses, most fall back to PoA | ||
|casual2 = Heavy | |casual2 = Heavy | ||
*1 {{ | *1 {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} | ||
*1 Scarab | *1 Scarab | ||
*1 Unidentified [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] | |||
*3+ Zealot-class Sangheili commanders | *3+ Zealot-class Sangheili commanders | ||
*3+ [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]s | *3+ [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]s | ||
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==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
===Regroup=== | ===Regroup=== | ||
As the UNSC forces began to retreat, their land and air defenses moved to Asźod to regroup. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s landing site, numerous [[M808 Scorpion]]s and [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s assaulted a pair of {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s and made their way to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. While encircling the Scarabs, the UNSC forces had to avoid mortar fire from several | As the UNSC forces began to retreat, their land and air defenses moved to Asźod to regroup. Near the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s landing site, numerous [[M808 Scorpion]]s and [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]s assaulted a pair of {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}s and made their way to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. While encircling the Scarabs, the UNSC forces had to avoid mortar fire from several {{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}s that were also moving into Asźod from other parts of Reach. Meanwhile, a large number of [[UH-144 Falcon]]s engaged Covenant [[Type-26 Banshee]]s overhead.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}} | ||
===Noble Team's arrival=== | ===Noble Team's arrival=== | ||
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===Finale=== | ===Finale=== | ||
After the SPARTANs reached the rendezvous point for the transfer, a furious battle broke out between the advancing Covenant soldiers and the surviving UNSC forces. The Covenant, sensing their victory and wishing to stop the escape of the humans, deployed waves of [[ | After the SPARTANs reached the rendezvous point for the transfer, a furious battle broke out between the advancing Covenant soldiers and the surviving UNSC forces. The Covenant, sensing their victory and wishing to stop the escape of the humans, deployed waves of [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom dropships]] and Banshees to overwhelm the human defenses. While SPARTAN-B312 led the surviving Marines against the Covenant ground forces, Emile manned a [[mark 2488 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|"Onager" mass driver]] that had been mounted on top of the facility, using it as a makeshift anti-aircraft battery. The sheer power of the mass driver, aided by the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s point defense guns, devastated the Covenant assault waves, but the Covenant fought relentlessly, sacrificing dropships willingly to get their troops on the ground. Despite Emile's best efforts, a number of [[Jiralhanae]]-led forces fought furiously against the remaining UNSC forces. The Covenant had the advantage of numbers, but the UNSC held the high ground and the Covenant infantry assault was repulsed. With the landing zone clear, Captain Keyes personally took a Pelican to the rendezvous point, where he was met by SPARTAN-B312. | ||
[[File:Keyes n' Six.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Keyes taking possession of [[Cortana]]'s fragment.]] | [[File:Keyes n' Six.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Keyes taking possession of [[Cortana]]'s fragment.]] | ||
Keyes promptly took possession of the package, but the Covenant, realizing that their ground attack had failed, deployed a {{ | Keyes promptly took possession of the package, but the Covenant, realizing that their ground attack had failed, deployed a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} to destroy the facility and to block the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s escape. Keyes ordered Emile to cover the ship's escape and the SPARTAN prepared to oblige. However, as Keyes boarded his Pelican and prepared to return to the ''Pillar of Autumn'', with Noble Six in tow, the landing zone was attacked by a Phantom dropship that managed to slip through the UNSC defensive barrage. The Pelican escorting Keyes was destroyed by a barrage of plasma from the Covenant dropship, which took up position by the mass driver and dropped off a team of [[Sangheili Zealot]]s to eliminate Emile and the threat of the mass driver. Emile, although caught by surprise, reacted swiftly and killed the first Zealot at point-blank range with his shotgun. Emile's victory was short-lived, as a second Zealot impaled him from behind with an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. However, Emile valiantly challenged his attacker, stabbing it in the neck before they both fell to their deaths.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}} | ||
However, Emile's death left the mass driver unmanned, and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was rendered vulnerable to the advancing Covenant battlecruiser. Noble Six decided to commandeer the mass driver, thus forsaking transport off-planet, to ensure the ''Autumn''{{'}}s safe passage into space. The Covenant, aware of the threat posed by the mass driver, had deployed a team of Sangheili Zealots, led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]], to prevent the gun from being manned; however, after a hard fight, Noble Six killed them and manned the mass driver. The battlecruiser, undeterred, or perhaps unaware of the danger of the mass driver, continued to advance on the shipyard. The Covenant warship charged its ventral [[energy projector]], preparing to destroy the ''Pillar of Autumn''; however, in order to fire, the ship needed to drop the [[Energy shielding|shield]] around the weapon. Turning the cannon on the battlecruiser, SPARTAN-B312 fired a round straight into the ship's unshielded energy projector port. The slug's impact disrupted the finely tuned magnetic field controlling the energy projector and the plasma gutted the ship, sending it plummeting to the surface of Reach. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s path was clear, and the cruiser immediately launched.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}} | However, Emile's death left the mass driver unmanned, and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was rendered vulnerable to the advancing Covenant battlecruiser. Noble Six decided to commandeer the mass driver, thus forsaking transport off-planet, to ensure the ''Autumn''{{'}}s safe passage into space. The Covenant, aware of the threat posed by the mass driver, had deployed a team of Sangheili Zealots, led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]], to prevent the gun from being manned; however, after a hard fight, Noble Six killed them and manned the mass driver. The battlecruiser, undeterred, or perhaps unaware of the danger of the mass driver, continued to advance on the shipyard. The Covenant warship charged its ventral [[energy projector]], preparing to destroy the ''Pillar of Autumn''; however, in order to fire, the ship needed to drop the [[Energy shielding|shield]] around the weapon. Turning the cannon on the battlecruiser, SPARTAN-B312 fired a round straight into the ship's unshielded energy projector port. The slug's impact disrupted the finely tuned magnetic field controlling the energy projector and the plasma gutted the ship, sending it plummeting to the surface of Reach. The ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s path was clear, and the cruiser immediately launched.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TPoA}} | ||