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[[Cortana]] gets revenge on [[Colonel James Ackerson]], part of [[ONI]]'s Special Warfare branch, for attempting to eliminate [[Cortana]] and [[Master Chief]] - she gets him transferred to the front. Bypassing several other colonies, the [[Covenant]] arrive at [[Reach]] and begin what has become all too familiar to the embattled [[Human]] forces: the destruction of the planet. The [[Spartans]] are divided into two teams: Red and Blue. [[John-117]] and the rest of Blue team (Linda and James), while on an orbital mission to ensure that a NAV database stays out of [[Covenant]] hands, end up onboard [[The Pillar of Autumn]] when she jumps away from the [[Reach]] system to evade [[Covenant]] forces. James is lost and Linda is mortally wounded, and the subsequent mission on [[Halo]] is left to the [[Master Chief]] to complete. When the [[Master Chief]] retreats to the [[Pelican]], he meets up with some [[marines]]: [[Private]] [[Jenkins]], [[Private O'Brien]], [[Private Bicenti]], and [[Sergeant Johnson]]. The [[Covenant]] take the surface of [[Reach]], and Red team splits, one group to retrieve Admiral Whitcomb, while the rest hole up in [[ONI]]'s Castle Base underground facility with [[Dr. Halsey]]. The [[Spartans]] receive parts of a [[MJOLNIR]] Mark V upgrade and new weapons, while [[Dr. Halsey]] learns of [[Colonel James Ackerson]]'s mysterious plans, plans that seem to involve "her" [[Spartans]].