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To aid the Spartans in this mission, an AI, [[Cortana]], is created based on a younger Doctor Halsey. John is introduced to Cortana during a live-fire mission to test their capabilities working together, and they perform spectacularly. With Cortana's aid, John manages to overpower a full squad of [[ODSTs]] using live-fire rounds, pick his way through a minefield, destroy automated chain guns attacking him, and even evade an air strike. | To aid the Spartans in this mission, an AI, [[Cortana]], is created based on a younger Doctor Halsey. John is introduced to Cortana during a live-fire mission to test their capabilities working together, and they perform spectacularly. With Cortana's aid, John manages to overpower a full squad of [[ODSTs]] using live-fire rounds, pick his way through a minefield, destroy automated chain guns attacking him, and even evade an air strike. | ||
Every Spartan-II except for [[Gray Team]], because they are too far away to be easily recalled, boards a specially outfitted [[Halcyon-class_Cruiser|''Halcyon''-class cruiser]] known as the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|''Pillar of Autumn'']] (under the command of [[Captain Jacob Keyes]]). The ''Pillar of Autumn'' moves out towards the edges of the system to make a | Every Spartan-II except for [[Gray Team]], because they are too far away to be easily recalled, boards a specially outfitted [[Halcyon-class_Cruiser|''Halcyon''-class cruiser]] known as the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|''Pillar of Autumn'']] (under the command of [[Captain Jacob Keyes]]). The ''Pillar of Autumn'' moves out towards the edges of the system to make a Slip-space jump to begin the mission. | ||
This plan, however, is interrupted when a massive Covenant fleet of over 300 ships enters the Reach System. Captain Keyes orders the ''Pillar of Autumn'' back towards Reach, but the Master Chief convinces him to allow the Spartans to continue their mission by finding a damaged Covenant ship to capture and take to Covenant space. Reach's fleet, about a hundred ships and twenty [[Orbital Defense Platform]] on hand, engages the Covenant fleet, but takes massive losses. However, the Super MAC platforms manage to repulse the initial Covenant assault. | This plan, however, is interrupted when a massive Covenant fleet of over 300 ships enters the Reach System. Captain Keyes orders the ''Pillar of Autumn'' back towards Reach, but the Master Chief convinces him to allow the Spartans to continue their mission by finding a damaged Covenant ship to capture and take to Covenant space. Reach's fleet, about a hundred ships and twenty [[Orbital Defense Platform]] on hand, engages the Covenant fleet, but takes massive losses. However, the Super MAC platforms manage to repulse the initial Covenant assault. | ||
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[[File:Reach.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'']] flees from [[Reach]].]] | [[File:Reach.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'']] flees from [[Reach]].]] | ||
John's team crash-lands their [[Pelican]] on the station which the ''Circumference'' is docked on, and they move towards the NAV data. However, James' thruster pack for maneuvering in vacuum is hit by a [[needler]] shard and explodes, sending James flying uncontrollably into space, where he presumably dies. John and Linda proceed to the ''Circumference'', where they find [[Sergeant Johnson]] and his Marines, including [[Jenkins]] and [[Bisenti]], also fighting to wipe the data. With John's help, the Marines are successful, but Linda is shot by five separate plasma blasts. The humans fall back to the Autumn, Linda is clinically dead because of the extensive wounds she received, but is placed in a | John's team crash-lands their [[Pelican]] on the station which the ''Circumference'' is docked on, and they move towards the NAV data. However, James' thruster pack for maneuvering in vacuum is hit by a [[needler]] shard and explodes, sending James flying uncontrollably into space, where he presumably dies. John and Linda proceed to the ''Circumference'', where they find [[Sergeant Johnson]] and his Marines, including [[Jenkins]] and [[Bisenti]], also fighting to wipe the data. With John's help, the Marines are successful, but Linda is shot by five separate plasma blasts. The humans fall back to the Autumn, Linda is clinically dead because of the extensive wounds she received, but is placed in a cryo-tube, hoping that they could get her to a Fleet hospital and resuscitate her. | ||
The surface of Reach is also overrun. The Spartans which John sent to the surface are presumably overrun and all slaughtered. Without the generators, the Super MAC Cannons fall silent and are destroyed by the Covenant, who soon proceed to begin [[glassing]] the planet. The remaining UNSC ships are all destroyed, except for the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as Cortana plotted an exit vector in compliance with the Cole Protocol, though not completely at random. She had decrypted [[Forerunner]] glyphs found by the Master Chief on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. The NAV coordinates led the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to what the Covenant had been searching for: [[Installation_04|Halo]], an extremely sacred Forerunner artifact. The book ends with Captain Keyes looking through view screens at the ring talking to Cortana about it. | The surface of Reach is also overrun. The Spartans which John sent to the surface are presumably overrun and all slaughtered. Without the generators, the Super MAC Cannons fall silent and are destroyed by the Covenant, who soon proceed to begin [[glassing]] the planet. The remaining UNSC ships are all destroyed, except for the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as Cortana plotted an exit vector in compliance with the Cole Protocol, though not completely at random. She had decrypted [[Forerunner]] glyphs found by the Master Chief on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. The NAV coordinates led the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to what the Covenant had been searching for: [[Installation_04|Halo]], an extremely sacred Forerunner artifact. The book ends with Captain Keyes looking through view screens at the ring talking to Cortana about it. | ||