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In [[2553#July|July 2553]], to destroy a [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner installation]] located in the [[Montero Cave System]] on [[Gao]], Blue Team dropped a Havok BB 2550 nuke into an [[Well of Echoes|opening]] in the caverns which detonated and destroyed the installation. The blast also destroyed a dozen [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s that were above the Well of Echoes pursuing their [[D102 Owl]] {{UNSCShip|Silent Claw}}. The nuclear blast turned the Well of Echoes into a kilometer-deep shaft of fused limestone with a pool of molten stone glowing for a time at the bottom of the crater. Rather than realizing that the HAVOK was intended to destroy the Forerunner base, President [[Arlo Casille]] believed it to be the Spartans way of making good their escape by destroying their pursuers. Rather than admitting the truth about the nuclear blast, Casille chose to cover it up by claiming that the blast was caused by a downed [[Prowler]]'s reactor going critical, knowing that if the citizens of Gao knew that the UNSC had detonated a [[nuclear weapon]] on their planet, they would push for a war with the UNSC that Casille didn't want.{{Ref/Reuse|ll376}} | In [[2553#July|July 2553]], to destroy a [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner installation]] located in the [[Montero Cave System]] on [[Gao]], Blue Team dropped a Havok BB 2550 nuke into an [[Well of Echoes|opening]] in the caverns which detonated and destroyed the installation. The blast also destroyed a dozen [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s that were above the Well of Echoes pursuing their [[D102 Owl]] {{UNSCShip|Silent Claw}}. The nuclear blast turned the Well of Echoes into a kilometer-deep shaft of fused limestone with a pool of molten stone glowing for a time at the bottom of the crater. Rather than realizing that the HAVOK was intended to destroy the Forerunner base, President [[Arlo Casille]] believed it to be the Spartans way of making good their escape by destroying their pursuers. Rather than admitting the truth about the nuclear blast, Casille chose to cover it up by claiming that the blast was caused by a downed [[Prowler]]'s reactor going critical, knowing that if the citizens of Gao knew that the UNSC had detonated a [[nuclear weapon]] on their planet, they would push for a war with the UNSC that Casille didn't want.{{Ref/Reuse|ll376}} | ||
During [[2553#December|December 2553]], ten disarmed HAVOKs were used as part of [[Operation: RETRIBUTION]] by [[Veta Lopis]]' [[Ferret]] team. The team claimed to gunrunner [[Ross Nyeto]] that they were [[piracy|pirates]] who had stolen the HAVOKs from the {{UNSCShip|Taulanti}} and were on the run from Blue Team as a result. In reality, four of the HAVOK shells contained their [[M7S SMG|M7S submachine guns]] while another was in fact a disguised [[distress beacon|slipbeacon]] intended to signal their location to the {{Class|Sahara|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Silent Joe}}. After being brought aboard the ''[[Stolen Faith]]'', the Ferrets retrieved their weapons from the HAVOKs. With the discovery of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]'s [[Salvation Base]], it was decided to have Blue Team reactivate the nine HAVOKs by replacing their missing tritium booster cylinders and use them to destroy the base. [[Linda-058]] managed to reactivate six HAVOKs in the time she had on a five minute timer to the protests of Veta due to the human and [[Sangheili]] prisoners within the base. However, it was sadly recognized that they did not have time to rescue the prisoners with Keeper forces massing around them. Both Blue Team and the Ferrets escaped in a [[Turaco]] while the ''Silent Joe'' used [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s to attack six Keeper ships that tried to escape the blast. The detonation obliterated Salvation Base and killed all within it, including the prisoners, much to Veta's grief. It was estimated that | During [[2553#December|December 2553]], ten disarmed HAVOKs were used as part of [[Operation: RETRIBUTION]] by [[Veta Lopis]]' [[Ferret]] team. The team claimed to gunrunner [[Ross Nyeto]] that they were [[piracy|pirates]] who had stolen the HAVOKs from the {{UNSCShip|Taulanti}} and were on the run from Blue Team as a result. In reality, four of the HAVOK shells contained their [[M7S SMG|M7S submachine guns]] while another was in fact a disguised [[distress beacon|slipbeacon]] intended to signal their location to the {{Class|Sahara|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Silent Joe}}. After being brought aboard the ''[[Stolen Faith]]'', the Ferrets retrieved their weapons from the HAVOKs. With the discovery of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]'s [[Salvation Base]], it was decided to have Blue Team reactivate the nine HAVOKs by replacing their missing tritium booster cylinders and use them to destroy the base. [[Linda-058]] managed to reactivate six HAVOKs in the time she had on a five minute timer to the protests of Veta due to the human and [[Sangheili]] prisoners within the base. However, it was sadly recognized that they did not have time to rescue the prisoners with Keeper forces massing around them. Both Blue Team and the Ferrets escaped in a [[Turaco]] while the ''Silent Joe'' used [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s to attack six Keeper ships that tried to escape the blast. The detonation obliterated Salvation Base and killed all within it, including the prisoners, much to Veta's grief. It was estimated that 90% of the Keeper forces were destroyed and their operations in the sector crippled by the blast.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]'''</ref> | ||
In [[2556]], the destruction of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} on [[Installation 04]] was discovered to have created deposits of a new element unique to a fragment of the installation known as [[Alpha Shard]]. The new element was fatal only to humans and was used in [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|a terrorist attack]] on [[Sedra City]]. To prevent such an attack again, [[ONI]] Commander [[Jameson Locke]] got [[Goodwin|Rear Admiral Goodwin]] to approve the use of a HAVOK to destroy the deposits. Accompanied by forces from the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]], [[Locke's team]] undertook [[Mission to Alpha Shard|a mission]] to the shard. In order to escape the shard, the HAVOK's emergency fuel cell was used to briefly power a [[Condor]] dropship, but this required a manual detonation of the warhead. As Locke and Private [[Talitha Macer]] escaped the shard in [[Bactrian-class freighter|the smugglers' ship]], Colonel [[Randall Aiken]] detonated the HAVOK, destroying the deposits and preventing their use ever again.<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall'''</ref> | In [[2556]], the destruction of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} on [[Installation 04]] was discovered to have created deposits of a new element unique to a fragment of the installation known as [[Alpha Shard]]. The new element was fatal only to humans and was used in [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|a terrorist attack]] on [[Sedra City]]. To prevent such an attack again, [[ONI]] Commander [[Jameson Locke]] got [[Goodwin|Rear Admiral Goodwin]] to approve the use of a HAVOK to destroy the deposits. Accompanied by forces from the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]], [[Locke's team]] undertook [[Mission to Alpha Shard|a mission]] to the shard. In order to escape the shard, the HAVOK's emergency fuel cell was used to briefly power a [[Condor]] dropship, but this required a manual detonation of the warhead. As Locke and Private [[Talitha Macer]] escaped the shard in [[Bactrian-class freighter|the smugglers' ship]], Colonel [[Randall Aiken]] detonated the HAVOK, destroying the deposits and preventing their use ever again.<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall'''</ref> | ||
