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The [[Ascendant Justice]] arrived seven hundred thousand kilometers<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 154</ref> from [[Reach]] where its crew assessed the situation. They noticed several ships in orbit along with an orbital docking station and that the planet had mostly been glassed. However, a small spot that had not been destroyed perked the interest of both John-117 and Lieutenant Haverson, the former because it meant that there might be survivors from the Spartan team, the latter because of the Covenant's obvious interest in that spot.

When they arrived at Reach, they sent all the standard responses to indicate that they were still Covenant controlled. The Ascendant Justice was supposed to have a high ranking person on board so the Covenant did not question their authority to be there and thus, the charade succeeded. From here, they were able to determine that the enemy fleet consisted of 13 [[Covenant cruiser|heavy cruisers]], a pair of [[Covenant light cruiser|light cruisers]] and a trio of ~~[[Covenant~~ carrier~~|carriers]]~~ along with hundreds of smaller ships. They also spotted a pile of debris where all the leftover Covenant and UNSC ships that had fallen in the Fall of Reach were being kept. They also picked up a weak transmission for the Master Chief, which was the ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' signal. From this, he knew that there were Spartans alive on the planet.

When they arrived at Reach, they sent all the standard responses to indicate that they were still Covenant controlled. The Ascendant Justice was supposed to have a high ranking person on board so the Covenant did not question their authority to be there and thus, the charade succeeded. From here, they were able to determine that the enemy fleet consisted of 13 [[Covenant cruiser|heavy cruisers]], a pair of [[Covenant light cruiser|light cruisers]] and a trio of {{Class|DDS|carrier}}s along with hundreds of smaller ships. They also spotted a pile of debris where all the leftover Covenant and UNSC ships that had fallen in the Fall of Reach were being kept. They also picked up a weak transmission for the Master Chief, which was the ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' signal. From this, he knew that there were Spartans alive on the planet.

===Rescue===

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 The [[Ascendant Justice]] arrived seven hundred thousand kilometers<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 154</ref> from [[Reach]] where its crew assessed the situation. They noticed several ships in orbit along with an orbital docking station and that the planet had mostly been glassed. However, a small spot that had not been destroyed perked the interest of both John-117 and Lieutenant Haverson, the former because it meant that there might be survivors from the Spartan team, the latter because of the Covenant's obvious interest in that spot.
-When they arrived at Reach, they sent all the standard responses to indicate that they were still Covenant controlled. The Ascendant Justice was supposed to have a high ranking person on board so the Covenant did not question their authority to be there and thus, the charade succeeded. From here, they were able to determine that the enemy fleet consisted of 13 [[Covenant cruiser|heavy cruisers]], a pair of [[Covenant light cruiser|light cruisers]] and a trio of [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] along with hundreds of smaller ships. They also spotted a pile of debris where all the leftover Covenant and UNSC ships that had fallen in the Fall of Reach were being kept. They also picked up a weak transmission for the Master Chief, which was the ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' signal. From this, he knew that there were Spartans alive on the planet.
+When they arrived at Reach, they sent all the standard responses to indicate that they were still Covenant controlled. The Ascendant Justice was supposed to have a high ranking person on board so the Covenant did not question their authority to be there and thus, the charade succeeded. From here, they were able to determine that the enemy fleet consisted of 13 [[Covenant cruiser|heavy cruisers]], a pair of [[Covenant light cruiser|light cruisers]] and a trio of {{Class|DDS|carrier}}s along with hundreds of smaller ships. They also spotted a pile of debris where all the leftover Covenant and UNSC ships that had fallen in the Fall of Reach were being kept. They also picked up a weak transmission for the Master Chief, which was the ''[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]'' signal. From this, he knew that there were Spartans alive on the planet.
 ===Rescue===