Battle of Installation 04: Difference between revisions

[[File:HCEA-Concept-PoA-Chief-Profile.jpg|thumb|left|200px|John-117 engaging Covenant forces boarding the ''Pillar of Autumn'']]

The opening shot of the battle came from a [[Type-31 Seraph]], which struck a blow across the ''Autumn'''s [[Titanium-A armor]] that those on the bridge could feel.<ref name="TF1"/> The small craft had evidently managed to slip past their patrolling [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s by powering down. Lieutenant [[Aki Hikowa]] sent new orders to the squadron and the Seraph was destroyed almost immediately. Just as Captain [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]] plotted a course to bring his ship closer to [[Threshold|the gas giant]], sensors picked up the approaching squadron of [[Covenant]] fighters, followed by boarding craft. [[Installation 04]], a massive ring-shaped [[Astroengineering|superstructure]], made its first appearance to those on the ''Autumn'' as the ship came around the planet and found it suspended at a [[lagrange point]] between it and [[Basis|its moon]].<ref name="TF1">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' ''Chapter 1''</ref>

Prior to landing on the Forerunner construct, the ''Autumn'' was pursued by at least a dozen warships who sent several waves of dropships to board the vessel. The ''Autumn'' engaged with its interceptors and managed to destroy four of the Covenant warships. One of the intercepting warships, the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', was heavily damaged by the engagement and forced to retreat for repairs.