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The '''War on Requiem''' is an ongoing conflict that began approximately on July 20th, 2557 on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] called "[[Requiem]]." The [[Covenant remnant]], led by [[Jul 'Mdama|Shipmaster Jul 'Mdama]], first engaged [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces during the boarding of the derelict wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}. UNSC reinforcements would subsequently arrive to fight a Covenant effort now aligned with the [[Didact]] and Requiem's native inhabitants, the [[Prometheans]]. | The '''War on Requiem''' is an ongoing conflict that began approximately on July 20th, 2557 on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] called "[[Requiem]]." The [[Covenant remnant]], led by [[Jul 'Mdama|Shipmaster Jul 'Mdama]], first engaged [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces during the boarding of the derelict wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}. UNSC reinforcements would subsequently arrive to fight a Covenant effort now aligned with the [[Didact]] and Requiem's native inhabitants, the [[Prometheans]]. | ||
Seeking both a new spiritual voice for their people and a chance for revenge against the victorious UNSC, the | ==Background== | ||
In ancient times, the human race was once a great interstellar empire. Fleeing from the Flood, they came into contact with the Forerunner Ecumene. Ignoring their warnings about the dangers posed by the parasite, the Forerunners led by the Didact defeated humanity and forcibly devolved their civilization. But the Forerunners were weakened that war, making them easy prey to the resurgent Flood. | |||
Despite this, the Didact planned to use the Composer, a device capable of transferring organic consciousness to software format to escape the Flood's infection. But the process was flawed, and the humans who underwent the process were corrupted, becoming fit only to function as the AIs of Promethean war-frames. This, however, suited his purposes, and would let his use the Composer as both as a means of victory and for revenge against humanity. However, his wife the Librarian was horrified by his hatred, and ended up sealing him inside the shield world Requiem, which was his base of operations. The Prometheans were left there to guard his [[Cryptum]], and Requiem remained quiet for millennia as the Forerunners disappeared. | |||
Then, in the year [[2554]], the planet was found again. Seeking both a new spiritual voice for their people and a chance for revenge against the victorious UNSC, the Covenant remnant sought the Forerunner world of Requiem to unlock its secrets. Additionally, their shipmaster, Jul 'Mdama, had learned the Didact was trapped inside and sought to release him as revenge on humanity. In orbit above the planet, however, were two UNSC ships, the wreckage of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, and the UNSC Infinity, who had been searching for it. In the first skirmish of the war, Covenant warriors attacked the two vessel in hopes of deterring the humans' efforts. | |||
==Entering the Planet== | |||
The reawakened John and Cortana defeated the advanced scouting teams and reactivated the Dawn's weapon systems manually, destroying a CCS-class cruiser in the process. | |||
After scanning the vessel and detecting a Reclaimer, Requiem's automated systems pulled both the Dawn and the Covenant force surrounding it through the world's outer shell and down to the planet's surface. Recovering a Warthog, Master Chief and Cortana vowed to make their way back to Earth in order to find a cure for Cortan's escalating Rampancy. They set out to find a way to contact the UNSC, circumventing the powerful jamming field surrounding the world. | After scanning the vessel and detecting a Reclaimer, Requiem's automated systems pulled both the Dawn and the Covenant force surrounding it through the world's outer shell and down to the planet's surface. Recovering a Warthog, Master Chief and Cortana vowed to make their way back to Earth in order to find a cure for Cortan's escalating Rampancy. They set out to find a way to contact the UNSC, circumventing the powerful jamming field surrounding the world. | ||
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Evading capture, John was successful in regrouping with a group of SPARTAN-IVs led by Commander Thomas Lasky. Recognizing the Chief immediately, Lasky asked John and Cortana to clear a landing zone so that Infinity's ground forces could fall back to the ship which had fallen under siege. Commandeering a Scorpion tank, John led the attack to the crippled vessel alongside Commander Sarah Palmer's Spartans. Using the UNSC's latest weapon, the Mantis exoskeleton, John rallied a force of nearby Marines and regained control of the ship's interior. After reinitializing the ship's secondary MAC guns and missile batteries, the tide turned in the UNSC's favor. Two CCS-class cruisers and dozens of dropships were destroyed in the artillery barrage, while the Didact's Cryptum was forced to retreat. | Evading capture, John was successful in regrouping with a group of SPARTAN-IVs led by Commander Thomas Lasky. Recognizing the Chief immediately, Lasky asked John and Cortana to clear a landing zone so that Infinity's ground forces could fall back to the ship which had fallen under siege. Commandeering a Scorpion tank, John led the attack to the crippled vessel alongside Commander Sarah Palmer's Spartans. Using the UNSC's latest weapon, the Mantis exoskeleton, John rallied a force of nearby Marines and regained control of the ship's interior. After reinitializing the ship's secondary MAC guns and missile batteries, the tide turned in the UNSC's favor. Two CCS-class cruisers and dozens of dropships were destroyed in the artillery barrage, while the Didact's Cryptum was forced to retreat. | ||
With a momentary lull in the fighting, John was called to a strategy meeting with Andrew Del Rio, Captain of the Infinity. Skeptical of the threat of the Prometheans, Rio ordered an immediate attack on a Forerunner gravity well preventing the ship from leaving. A strike force of Spartans led by John was deployed with a Mammoth-class ultra heavy ground vehicle supporting the attack. Facing daunting odds, the UNSC was able to defeat a large armored strike force of Covenant and Promethean and disabled the gravity beam. Upon reaching his objective, John was confronted with a vision from the Librarian, who warned him of the | With a momentary lull in the fighting, John was called to a strategy meeting with Andrew Del Rio, Captain of the Infinity. Skeptical of the threat of the Prometheans, Rio ordered an immediate attack on a Forerunner gravity well preventing the ship from leaving. A strike force of Spartans led by John was deployed with a Mammoth-class ultra heavy ground vehicle supporting the attack. Facing daunting odds, the UNSC was able to defeat a large armored strike force of Covenant and Promethean and disabled the gravity beam. Upon reaching his objective, John was confronted with a vision from the Librarian, who warned him of the Didact's true plans. After explaining to their history to them, she provided John with a gift, a medical treatment to counteract the Forerunner's devolution of the human genome, and a means to resist the Didact's plan to enslave the human race once again. | ||
Regrouping aboard the Infinity, Captain Del Rio dismissed the threat of the Prometheans and prepared the ship to depart the system. Defying direct orders, John took the increasingly unstable Cortana and departed the Infinity. Armed with a Pelican gunship provided by Commander Lasky, John launched several attacks on support pillars providing the Didact's Cryptum with shield and power, with the goal of preventing him from leaving the planet and attacking Earth and other colonies. | Regrouping aboard the Infinity, Captain Del Rio dismissed the threat of the Prometheans and prepared the ship to depart the system. Defying direct orders, John took the increasingly unstable Cortana and departed the Infinity. Armed with a Pelican gunship provided by Commander Lasky, John launched several attacks on support pillars providing the Didact's Cryptum with shield and power, with the goal of preventing him from leaving the planet and attacking Earth and other colonies. | ||