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This operation was one of the most effective raids in [[UNSC]] history. In a desperate attempt to stop a massive [[Covenant]] armada heading for [[Earth]], five [[Spartans]] and a | This operation was one of the most effective raids in [[UNSC]] history. In a desperate attempt to stop a massive [[Covenant]] armada heading for [[Earth]], five [[Spartans]] infiltrated the [[Covenant]] battlestation [[Unyielding Hierophant]] and set the generators on one side of the station to overload. This was the first [[Spartan]] encounter with [[Brutes]], who guarded a temple in an Atrium-like structure in the battlestation. [[Spartan-II]], [[Grace]], was killed by the Brutes' high-velocity grenade launchers and COM triangulation tactics. Once the reactors were set to overload, the [[Spartans]] returned to the Atrium-like room, opened the airlocks, and blew out a shield-like structure that enclosed the "Atrium." One of [[Cortana]]'s clones was taken along and had to open the airlocks for the [[Spartans]]. Her copy of a copy in the [[Covenant]] network was discovered and forced to make hundreds of copies to protect herself. She sucessfuly opened the airlocks and tied up the [[Covenant]]'s communication by repeating error messages on their COM systems endlessly. The [[Spartans]] then traveled to the far side of a nearby moon and unexpectedly met the [[UNSC Gettysburg]]. [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[Lieutenant Elias Haverson]] took the [[Ascendant Justice]] and crashed into the [[Unyielding Hierophant]]. Whitcomb pretended to have the Forerunner crystal on board the ship (using a hologram), challenging all the [[Covenant]] in the system to try and take it from him. The Covenant battleships all gathered around the [[Ascendant Justice]] and the overloading battlestation, attempting to take the "crystal" from Whitcomb. The battlestation then overloaded and exploded, killing the Vice Admiral and Lieutenant, destroying most of the [[Covenant]] fleet, and saving Earth from an unexpected strike. | ||
The outcome of the battle was very important as the Covenant did not yet know the strategic importance of their intended target. Thus, their actual [[First Battle of Earth|first entrance]] into the Sol system was with a much smaller force. This was crucial to the survival of the human homeworld and the significant UNSC presence on Earth. | The outcome of the battle was very important as the Covenant did not yet know the strategic importance of their intended target. Thus, their actual [[First Battle of Earth|first entrance]] into the Sol system was with a much smaller force. This was crucial to the survival of the human homeworld and the significant UNSC presence on Earth. |