Battle of Kamchatka: Difference between revisions

|result='''UNSC strategic victory'''<ref name="osiris">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]</ref>

|casual1=*Presumably all Sangheili Storm

In 2558 a '''battle took place at Kamchatka''', fought between the forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]], and the [[Promethean]]s, during which Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] was rescued and [[Jul 'Mdama]] was assassinated.{{Ref/Reuse|osiris}}

In [[2558]], a long-dead communications hub on the planet's surface activated, attracting the attention of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} Jul 'Mdama's Covenant established an outpost while Dr. Halsey, under temporary alliance with Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama, studied the relay and discovered that her old AI [[Cortana]] was alive. She contacted the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] about her discovery, but they did not take any action for three weeks.<ref name="blue team">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]</ref>

By [[2558#October|October 17, 2558]], plans were put in place to attack Jul's forces in the Caspar system as part of Operation: ANCHORITE,<ref name="osfmp11">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p. 11</ref> and to retrieve Dr. Halsey as part of Operation: DESINENCE.<ref name="osfmp115">''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual'', p. 115</ref> While ANCHORITE was known widely across the UNSC ''Infinity'' with it being part of a briefing letter,{{Ref/Reuse|osfmp11}} DESINENCE was not, with little information being discussed about it.{{Ref/Reuse|osfmp115}} Part of the overall attack plans included a second wave of forces deployed from the ''Infinity''.<ref>''Halo: Official Spartan Field Guide'', p. 7</ref>

With Jul 'Mdama dead and the Prometheans now against them, his Covenant troops became desperate. Some of them fled to the ''[[Argent Moon]]'' to retrieve their soldiers scavenging the station, though most of them were killed in the attempt after [[Blue Team]] [[self-destruct|scuttled]] the station to [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|keep it out of enemy hands]], destroying several Covenant warships in the process.{{Ref/Reuse|blue team}} Most of the rest regrouped on [[Sanghelios]], attempting [[Battle of Nuusra|an attack]] on the [[Vadam clan burial grounds]] in hopes of a revenge attack against [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]].<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]</ref>

*[[Halo Waypoint]]'s [[Canon Fodder]] article ''Fifty Caliber'' states that "unconfirmed reports" about the Battle of Kamchatka claim there might have been a temporary alliance between Fireteam Osiris and the Sangheili [[Kitun 'Arach]] of Jul's forces. This is a reference to the [[Enemy of my Enemy]] achievement, in which the player(s) can choose to save a [[Sangheili Warrior]] assaulting a hill against [[Promethean Soldier]]s, turning him from an enemy to an ally.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-fifty-caliber ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Fifty Caliber]</ref>