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|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
|date=[[2558|September 2558]] | |date=[[2558|September 17, 2558]] | ||
|place=[[Absolute Record]] | |place=[[Absolute Record]] | ||
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*[[United Nations Space Command]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2=[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Jul 'Mdama's]] [[Covenant remnants|Covenant faction]] | |side2=[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Jul 'Mdama's]] [[Covenant remnants|Covenant faction]] | ||
|commanders1= | |commanders1=[[Commander|CDR]] [[Sarah Palmer]] | ||
[[Commander|CDR]] [[Sarah Palmer]] | |||
|commanders2= [[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] | |commanders2= [[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] | ||
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*3 [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IVs]] | *3 [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IVs]] | ||
**Sarah Palmer | **Sarah Palmer | ||
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|forces2=*{{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s | |forces2=*{{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s | ||
**''[[Song of Retribution]]'' | **''[[Song of Retribution]]'' | ||
**''[[Breath of Annihilation]]'' | |||
*{{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s | *{{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s | ||
*[[Type-44 Phantom]]s | *[[Type-44 Phantom]]s | ||
*Covenant infantry | *Covenant infantry | ||
*[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] (Not a combatant) | |||
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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
{{Main|Requiem campaign|Battle of Aktis IV}} | {{Main|Requiem campaign|Battle of Aktis IV}} | ||
After the events on the [[shield world]] of [[Requiem]], Jul 'Mdama and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] allied themselves to recover both halves of the [[Janus Key]] and discover the location of the Absolute Record.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', [[S1/Exodus|Episode 10 ''Exodus'']]</ref> In [[Aktis IV]], they planned to steal the UNSC half of the Janus Key, but a rebellion led by the [[Sangheili]] [[Sali 'Nyon]] threatened their plans.<ref name="HE14">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 14|Issue #14]]''</ref> Halsey was able to recover the second half of the Janus Key thanks to a [[Unidentified Sangheili Minor|Minor]] who betrayed 'Nyon. Even when Commander Sarah Palmer captured the doctor, the Covenant was able to emerging victorious, rescue the doctor and recover the Janus Key. Days later, Jul and Halsey discovered the location of the Absolute Record.<ref name="HE16">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 16|Issue #16]]''</ref> | After the events on the [[shield world]] of [[Requiem]], Jul 'Mdama and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] allied themselves to recover both halves of the [[Janus Key]] and discover the location of the Absolute Record.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', [[S1/Exodus|Episode 10 ''Exodus'']]</ref> In [[Aktis IV]], they planned to steal the UNSC half of the Janus Key, but a rebellion led by the [[Sangheili]] [[Sali 'Nyon]] threatened their plans.<ref name="HE14">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 14|Issue #14]]''</ref> Halsey was able to recover the second half of the Janus Key thanks to a [[Unidentified Sangheili Minor|Minor]] who betrayed 'Nyon. Even when Commander Sarah Palmer captured the doctor, the Covenant was able to emerging victorious, rescue the doctor and recover the Janus Key. Days later, Jul and Halsey discovered the location of the Absolute Record.<ref name="HE16">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 16|Issue #16]]''</ref> Unknowledge to them, [[Ayit 'Sevi]], a Sangheili working with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was able to infiltrate inside Jul's faction and provided ONI with information about their plans.The UNSC then formed an specialist team formed by Spartans [[Sarah Palmer]], [[Gabriel Thorne]] and [[Holly Tanaka]], Dr. [[Henry Glassman]] and Ayit.<ref name="HE19"/> | ||
Onboard the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, Glassman then briefs them on the equipment they will use on the mission: the human members of the team will infiltrate the ''[[Breath of Annihilation]]'' in a Covenant box with a cloaked interior compartment, transported to the ship aboard a [[Type-44 Phantom]] piloted by 'Sevi. Once at the Absolute Record they will separate from the fleet and find a place to land. Because they lack real-time superluminal communications options, they will use a state-of-the-art model of [[telemetry probe]] that will transmit their location back to the UNSC.<ref name="HE19"/> | |||
==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
On September 17, 2558, Ayit 'Sevi's Phantom enters ''Breath of Annihilation'', just before the fleet makes the jump toward the Absolute Record. Upon their exit from slipspace three hours later, 'Mdama's fleet enters the upper atmosphere of an unusually hot gas giant with a metallic hydrogen core, noted by Dr. Halsey as being likely artificial. The Janus Key begins to react, leading Halsey to conclude that they are close to their destination — a slipspace portal to the Absolute Record. As the portal begins to form, however, slipspace ruptures materialize into several ships of the fleet, tearing them apart. ''Breath of Annihilation'' is damaged as well and the Spartans and Glassman are thrown about uncontrollably in their crate. 'Sevi blows the box open and tells the others that they must move out as the entire ship is breaking apart. He also reveals that the telemetry probe has been destroyed, meaning they have no way to contact the UNSC.<ref name="HE19"/> | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
