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**{{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} | **{{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} | ||
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[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] | [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] | ||
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==Operation: SILENT STORM== | '''Task Force Yama''' was a splinter group of [[Battle Group X-Ray]] under the command of [[Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]]. The {{Class|Point Blank|stealth cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} would serve as a logistics-support ship,<ref name="silentstorm5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 5</ref> while the {{Class|Razor|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} served as Ascot's flagship. In [[2526]], the Task Force participated in the [[Battle of Biko]] and [[Operation: SILENT STORM]]. | ||
==History== | |||
===Operation: SILENT STORM=== | |||
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}} | {{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}} | ||
Task Force Yama split off from Battle Group X-Ray under the orders of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The Task Force's main objective was to escort and infiltrate the Spartans into a Covenant ship, so they could capture it. The Covenant ship would then be used to gain intelligence about the Covenant technology and their homeworlds. | Task Force Yama split off from Battle Group X-Ray under the orders of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The Task Force's main objective was to escort and infiltrate the Spartans into a Covenant ship, so they could capture it. The Covenant ship would then be used to gain intelligence about the Covenant technology and their homeworlds. | ||
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Shortly after, the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] [[Battle of Biko|attacked Biko]] with the task force attempting to help defend the planet. Due to Insurrectionist warnings, the Covenant was successfully able to protect against boarding actions and the task force lost five more Prowlers, but the Spartans used the time to go on a secret side mission to [[Etalan]] where they successfully destroyed the Covenant logistics fleet, forcing the Covenant to call in another for resupply and exposing their support world of [[Zhoist]] to Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]]. | Shortly after, the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] [[Battle of Biko|attacked Biko]] with the task force attempting to help defend the planet. Due to Insurrectionist warnings, the Covenant was successfully able to protect against boarding actions and the task force lost five more Prowlers, but the Spartans used the time to go on a secret side mission to [[Etalan]] where they successfully destroyed the Covenant logistics fleet, forcing the Covenant to call in another for resupply and exposing their support world of [[Zhoist]] to Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]]. | ||
The task force, split into Dagger Force and Sierra Force next launched an attack against Zhoist. By this point, it had become clear that the task force's new commander, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] was in fact an Insurrectionist attempting to sabotage the Spartans. Before departure, [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] promoted [[John-117]] to [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] and placed him in charge of Sierra Force with secret new orders that foiled Nyeto's attempt to betray the task force to the Covenant. Nyeto was forced to flee to slipspace, escaping with the three Prowlers of Ghost Flight which all turned out to be crewed by Insurrectionists. Though the Black Daggers aboard were blown into vacuum, they were later rescued by the {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}}. Another Prowler was lost on approach to Zhoist, but the task force was able to complete its mission, destroying the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]] and inflicting massive casualties upon the Covenant. | The task force, split into Dagger Force and Sierra Force, next launched an attack against Zhoist. By this point, it had become clear that the task force's new commander, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] was in fact an Insurrectionist attempting to sabotage the Spartans. Before departure, [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] promoted [[John-117]] to [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] and placed him in charge of Sierra Force with secret new orders that foiled Nyeto's attempt to betray the task force to the Covenant. Nyeto was forced to flee to slipspace, escaping with the three Prowlers of Ghost Flight which all turned out to be crewed by Insurrectionists. Though the Black Daggers aboard were blown into vacuum, they were later rescued by the {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}}. Another Prowler was lost on approach to Zhoist, but the task force was able to complete its mission, destroying the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]] and inflicting massive casualties upon the Covenant. | ||
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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
* | Task Force Yama comprised of three squadrons of {{Class|Eclipse|prowler}}s and {{Class|Razor|prowler}}s, each being led by a {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}.<ref name="silentstorm5"/> | ||
*{{Class|Razor|prowler}} | |||
**{{UNSCShip|Black Widow}} | **{{UNSCShip|Black Widow}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} | **{{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Widow Maker}} | **{{UNSCShip|Widow Maker}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Hush Now}} | **{{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip| | **{{UNSCShip|Ghost Flag}} | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Quiet Death}} | |||
*{{UNSCShip|Quiet Man}} | |||
*{{UNSCShip|Hush Now}} | |||
*{{UNSCShip|Ghost Wind}} | |||
*{{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}} | |||
*{{UNSCShip|Night Watch}} | |||
*[[Slipper Flight]] | |||
*[[Ghost Flight]] | |||
*[[Quiet Flight]] | |||
*[[Hush Flight]] | |||
*[[Watch Flight]] | |||
*[[Sierra Force]] | |||
*[[Dagger Force]] | |||
*Several [[S-14 Baselard Space Striker]] | *Several [[S-14 Baselard Space Striker]] | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{UNSC Naval Fleets}} | {{UNSC Naval Fleets}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC Navy battle groups]] | [[Category:UNSC Navy battle groups]] | ||