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On March 20, [[Marmon Crowther|Colonel Marmon Crowther]] discreetly encouraged the Spartans to go on a covert mission to attack a Covenant logistics convoy over the planet [[Etalan]].<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 17''</ref> When this mission commenced six days later, Kurt and teams Green and Gold were tasked with piloting [[S-14 Baselard]]s, with the objective of infiltrating logistics vessels and placing [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|Havok warheads]] within their hulls. Once the Baselards were close enough to their targets, Kurt and the others would exit the fighter craft (which would then serve as decoys) and use [[extra-vehicular activity]] to board the targets.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover page 251''</ref> Using these tactics, he and the other seven Spartans ended up successfully destroying four logistics vessels. Afterwards, when their prowler escorts moved in to extract them from orbit, their retrieval created an unintentional diversion that helped Blue Team deliver the killing punch to the convoy’s munitions carriers.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 20''</ref> | On March 20, [[Marmon Crowther|Colonel Marmon Crowther]] discreetly encouraged the Spartans to go on a covert mission to attack a Covenant logistics convoy over the planet [[Etalan]].<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 17''</ref> When this mission commenced six days later, Kurt and teams Green and Gold were tasked with piloting [[S-14 Baselard]]s, with the objective of infiltrating logistics vessels and placing [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|Havok warheads]] within their hulls. Once the Baselards were close enough to their targets, Kurt and the others would exit the fighter craft (which would then serve as decoys) and use [[extra-vehicular activity]] to board the targets.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover page 251''</ref> Using these tactics, he and the other seven Spartans ended up successfully destroying four logistics vessels. Afterwards, when their prowler escorts moved in to extract them from orbit, their retrieval created an unintentional diversion that helped Blue Team deliver the killing punch to the convoy’s munitions carriers.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 20''</ref> | ||
Kurt’s final mission as part of SILENT STORM would follow three weeks later, when he, the Spartan teams, and what remained of the Black Daggers all ventured into Covenant space, to strike at the heart of one of their supply depots.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 24''</ref> The Spartans ended up inserting on the surface of [[Naraka]], a planet which was home to ten Forerunner cities, and was the anchor for a massive Covenant support station, a ring structure aptly titled [[ | Kurt’s final mission as part of SILENT STORM would follow three weeks later, when he, the Spartan teams, and what remained of the Black Daggers all ventured into Covenant space, to strike at the heart of one of their supply depots.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 24''</ref> The Spartans ended up inserting on the surface of [[Naraka]], a planet which was home to ten Forerunner cities, and was the anchor for a massive Covenant support station, a ring structure aptly titled "[[The Ring of Mighty Abundance]]."<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover pages 342 and 345''</ref> They were ferried down to the surface by their prowlers, but because this was an improvised insertion, Covenant resistance was too heavy for some of the prowlers to finish the drop. Only Green and Blue Teams made it to the ground, while Gold Team’s prowlers were forced to withdraw, and Green’s ship crashed during its final drop. However, Kurt, his team, and a handful of Black Daggers survived, and made their way up into the ring structure via one of the massive gravity lifts connecting the station to the surface. Each Spartan was equipped with a Havok nuke, and two tubs of [[octanitrocubane]] explosives; the ODSTs also carried "octas".<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover page 329''</ref> With these, Green Team managed to destroy roughly three sections of the ring, greatly assisting Blue in the process. The ring became unstable, and after a final detonation from Blue Team, it collapsed and began to crumble into the atmosphere. Kurt and Green Team evacuated, and were picked up by the prowler [[UNSC Night Watch|Night Watch]], as were most of the other survivors of Operation: SILENT STORM.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 27''</ref> Safely on board the Night Watch, Kurt sat with his fellow Spartans and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]], and viewed the ongoing destruction of the Ring of Mighty Abundance. When it came time for octas carried by fallen or captured “Green Team” Daggers to automatically detonate, he and the others saw eight corresponding explosions, six of which were in the nearby Covenant support fleet. Thus concluded Kurt-051’s involvement in Operation: SILENT STORM.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Epilogue''</ref> | ||
===Camp New Hope=== | ===Camp New Hope=== | ||
