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A sizable [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] special forces detachment and a standard [[Marine]] detachment was assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} for its intended operation to infiltrate [[Covenant]] High Command and kidnap a [[Prophet]] as leverage for negotiating a peace treaty between the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]]. However, the ambush over [[Threshold]] forced the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' to crash land on the [[Forerunner]] installation also known as [[Installation 04]] ([[Alpha Halo]]). | A sizable [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] special forces detachment and a standard [[Marine]] detachment was assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} for its intended operation to infiltrate [[Covenant]] High Command and kidnap a [[Prophet]] as leverage for negotiating a peace treaty between the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]]. However, the ambush over [[Threshold]] forced the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' to crash land on the [[Forerunner]] installation also known as [[Installation 04]] ([[Alpha Halo]]). | ||
[[Image:Siege.jpg|right|thumb|Marines aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} take cover from Covenant boarders behind [[Combat Barrier]]s.]] | [[Image:Siege.jpg|right|thumb|Marines aboard the ''{{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'' take cover from Covenant boarders behind [[Combat Barrier]]s.]] | ||
The ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'''s [[ODST]] detachment consisted of four 130-man companies: Companies A, B, C, and D, for a total of approximately 520 operators. During the Covenant boarding of the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'', they were assigned to defend the engine room of the warship against the boarding parties. They were extremely efficient in their defense, suffering only several dozen casualties while successfully holding off the Covenant at the two entrances to the massive engine chamber<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 33</ref>. However, the standard Marines did not fare as well in their defense, setting up multiple lines of defense around the periphery of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and utilizing [[Combat Barrier]]s and urban combat techniques in the restrictive environment to hold off the enemy, which were [[Elite]]s and [[Grunt]]s. Ultimately, they were unsuccessful, and the Covenant managed to infiltrate many compartments of the warship before [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commander of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', decided it was a lost cause to hold off superior numbers of attacking Covenant warships as well as internal boarders and ordered all hands to evacuate.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Pillar of Autumn (Level)]]''</ref>. | The ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'''s [[ODST]] detachment consisted of four 130-man companies: Companies A, B, C, and D, for a total of approximately 520 operators. During the Covenant boarding of the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'', they were assigned to defend the engine room of the warship against the boarding parties. They were extremely efficient in their defense, suffering only several dozen casualties while successfully holding off the Covenant at the two entrances to the massive engine chamber<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 33</ref>. However, the standard Marines did not fare as well in their defense, setting up multiple lines of defense around the periphery of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and utilizing [[Combat Barrier]]s and urban combat techniques in the restrictive environment to hold off the enemy, which were [[Elite]]s and [[Grunt]]s. Ultimately, they were unsuccessful, and the Covenant managed to infiltrate many compartments of the warship before [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commander of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', decided it was a lost cause to hold off superior numbers of attacking Covenant warships as well as internal boarders and ordered all hands to evacuate.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Pillar of Autumn (Level)]]''</ref>. | ||
