Battle of Installation 04: Difference between revisions
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===The Fall of Reach=== | ===The Fall of Reach=== | ||
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Ultimately, RED FLAG | Ultimately, RED FLAG never went ahead due to the UNSC's disastrous [[Fall of Reach|defeat at Reach]]. During the battle on August 30, the majority of the ship's SPARTAN-II complement was deployed groundside to defend the [[orbital defense generator]]s, with Spartans [[John-117]], [[Linda-058]] and [[James-005]] deployed to [[Gamma Station]] to execute the [[Cole Protocol]] on the ONI vessel {{UNSCShip|Circumference}}. In the engagement, James was killed and Linda severely injured. Additionally, Staff Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Fire Team Charlie]] assisted the Spartan team and eventually evacuated back to the ''Pillar of Autumn''. With Linda clinically dead, she was placed into a [[cryo chamber]] with the hopes of reviving her later. With this, John-117 remained the only operational Spartan left on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' when it finally escaped Reach. | ||
With the loss of a third of her technical staff, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' made an apparently blind jump through [[slipstream space|slipspace]] from where they would then make their way to [[Earth]]. In reality, the slipspace jump was planned by the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]], using coordinates from an artifact found on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] as well as from an [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|object]] found under the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]].<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 376 (2010 edition)</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[The Package]]</ref> The ''Pillar of Autumn'' departed from the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] on August 30, 2552, and entered slipspace above Reach while the Covenant fleet continued to wreak destruction on the planet. | With the loss of a third of her technical staff, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' made an apparently blind jump through [[slipstream space|slipspace]] from where they would then make their way to [[Earth]]. In reality, the slipspace jump was planned by the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]], using coordinates from an artifact found on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] as well as from an [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|object]] found under the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]].<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 376 (2010 edition)</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[The Package]]</ref> The ''Pillar of Autumn'' departed from the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] on August 30, 2552, and entered slipspace above Reach while the Covenant fleet continued to wreak destruction on the planet. | ||
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The Covenant, primarily the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] led by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] had acquired the trajectory of the ''Autumn''{{'}}s jump and pursued,<ref name="priority"/> arriving ''before'' the Autumn due to their faster [[borer|slipspace drive]] technology.<ref name="CE:TPOA"/> Following the battle, some UNSC [[AI]]s would incorrectly suggest that the Covenant did not follow the ''Autumn'' to ''Halo'', but had in -fact already discovered the ring, and wanted to prevent the humans from finding it too.<ref name="jason">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=6 ''Bungie.net'', Jason Jones Interviewed By You] ([[Archive:Bungie.net/News/Jason Jones Interviewed By You|Archive]])</ref> | The Covenant, primarily the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] led by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] had acquired the trajectory of the ''Autumn''{{'}}s jump and pursued,<ref name="priority"/> arriving ''before'' the Autumn due to their faster [[borer|slipspace drive]] technology.<ref name="CE:TPOA"/> Following the battle, some UNSC [[AI]]s would incorrectly suggest that the Covenant did not follow the ''Autumn'' to ''Halo'', but had in -fact already discovered the ring, and wanted to prevent the humans from finding it too.<ref name="jason">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=6 ''Bungie.net'', Jason Jones Interviewed By You] ([[Archive:Bungie.net/News/Jason Jones Interviewed By You|Archive]])</ref> | ||
The ''Autumn'' and the approximately 1,100 humans on it arrived in orbit above the planet [[Threshold]] at 01:20 hours on September 19, [[2552]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Epilogue (Halo: Reach level)|Epilogue]]</ref> At some point after this time, Captain Keyes made a [[Anniversary Campaign Trailer|transmission]] that would later be picked up by [[NAVCOM]].<ref>''[[Anniversary Campaign Trailer]]''</ref> By this time, at least twelve Covenant vessels were already in station, with four battlegroups consisting of three [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s per group, the [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Blameless Conceit]]'', the {{Class|DSC|support ship}} ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', the {{Class|DDS|carrier}} ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and the [[CAS-class assault carrier]] ''Seeker of Truth''. The Covenant additionally established a series of recon pickets around the ring's orbit, which | The ''Autumn'' and the approximately 1,100 humans on it arrived in orbit above the planet [[Threshold]] at 01:20 hours on September 19, [[2552]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Epilogue (Halo: Reach level)|Epilogue]]</ref> At some point after this time, Captain Keyes made a [[Anniversary Campaign Trailer|transmission]] that would later be picked up by [[NAVCOM]].<ref>''[[Anniversary Campaign Trailer]]''</ref> By this time, at least twelve Covenant vessels were already in station, with four battlegroups consisting of three [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s per group, the [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Blameless Conceit]]'', the {{Class|DSC|support ship}} ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', the {{Class|DDS|carrier}} ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and the [[CAS-class assault carrier]] ''Seeker of Truth''. The Covenant additionally established a series of recon pickets around the ring's orbit, which were promptly engaged by the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] escort.<ref name="CE:TPOA"/> | ||
==Battle in space== | ==Battle in space== | ||
