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{{Main|Skirmish on Installation 03}}

On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]] John was debriefed by the [[UNSC Security Council]], though this questioning session as well as his survival were kept secret from Doctor Halsey.<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[S1/Invasion|S1E7 ''Invasion'']]</ref> John confirmed that Cortana and the Composer were both destroyed over Earth, but he was unable to confirm the Didact's death. With there being no proof of a living [[Forerunner]], the Council decided to tell the general public that the attack on New Phoenix was caused by the [[Covenant remnants]] and ended by the return of a hero, the Master Chief. Following his meeting with the Security Council, the Master Chief met with [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]. Hood asked the Master Chief if he could advise a team on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with a science team escorted by Spartan [[Black Team]] on the ring. The Master Chief then reunited with [[Blue Team]], consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]].

John and the rest of Blue Team took a Longsword fighter to Gamma Halo and landed in near the science team's camp. There, the Spartans found the corpses of both the science team and Spartan Black. After being attacked by Promethean Knights, Blue Team discovered the former location of the Composer and within, the [[Composer's Abyss]], a facility used to store the Composer's victims.<ref name="HE8">''Halo: Escalation'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]</ref> The Spartans entered a [[slipspace portal]] at the end of the Abyss and were [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] to the [[Composer's Forge]], housing six new Composers, where they were confronted by the Didact and his Promethean constructs. During the battle, [[859 Static Carillon]], the Forge's [[monitor]], transported Installation 03 over the Forge by the Didact's request. The Didact subsequently took one of the Composers and departed for the Halo, intending to use the ring to eradicate humanity. Infuriated by the Didact bringing his "abominations" to the Composer's Forge, Static Carillon allied with the Spartans and escorted them back to the portal, holding off the hordes of Promethean machines.<ref name="HE9">''Halo: Escalation'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]</ref>

Blue Team returned to the surface of Gamma Halo from the Composer's Abyss, arriving just in time as the Didact's new Composer rose from the pit. John fell behind while the Didact attacked and prepared to kill the others, starting with Kelly. Before he could do so, the Master Chief snuck up behind the Didact and stabbed him in the eye with his combat knife. Intending to correct his mistake of not having killed the Spartan when he had the chance, the Didact grabbed John by the helmet, lifted him up in the air and squeezed, cracking his visor.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} However, the rest of Blue Team intervened, forcing the Didact to throw John aside. The Forerunner quickly and easily subdued all four Spartans, but Static Carillon arrived and teleported the Didact into the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] before he could finish them off.<ref name="HE10">''Halo: Escalation'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]</ref>

After recovering, John picked up the ring's [[Activation Index]] the Didact had dropped and intended to confront the Forerunner in the control room while the rest of the team returned to their Longsword. Using the Index to override the system's safeties, the Master Chief gave control of the Halo to Static Carillon who then ejected the section of the ring housing the control room, causing it to plunge toward the planet below. The monitor teleported John away just as the segment struck the Composer's Forge and the Didact was disintegrated by the Composers. John and Static Carillon materialized aboard Blue Team's Longsword, where the monitor bade farewell to the Reclaimer before departing to take Gamma Halo to an undisclosed location.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}}