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Given the loss of their [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]], Captain Keyes made the decision to initiate Article Two of the [[Cole Protocol]].<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA"/> He made the determination that it had become necessary to abandon the cruiser, and in accordance with the protocol, that meant someone would need to be entrusted with the protection of [[Cortana]] during the retreat. The captain planned to stay behind to attempt put the ship down himself on the surface of [[Installation 04|the ring]]. [[Cortana]] protested what she saw as a suicidal decision on Keyes' part, but he simply ordered that she locked in a selection of emergency landing zones and upload them to his [[Neural interface|neural lace]]. As for guardianship of the [[A.I.]], the job naturally fell to the [[Master Chief]]. Her [[data crystal chip]] was transferred from a pedestal on the ''Autumn'''s bridge to the housing within the Spartan's [[MJOLNIR]] armor. Keyes offered his own [[M6D magnum]] to John and wished him good luck just before the Spartan took his leave.<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | Given the loss of their [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]], Captain Keyes made the decision to initiate Article Two of the [[Cole Protocol]].<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA"/> He made the determination that it had become necessary to abandon the cruiser, and in accordance with the protocol, that meant someone would need to be entrusted with the protection of [[Cortana]] during the retreat. The captain planned to stay behind to attempt put the ship down himself on the surface of [[Installation 04|the ring]]. [[Cortana]] protested what she saw as a suicidal decision on Keyes' part, but he simply ordered that she locked in a selection of emergency landing zones and upload them to his [[Neural interface|neural lace]]. As for guardianship of the [[A.I.]], the job naturally fell to the [[Master Chief]]. Her [[data crystal chip]] was transferred from a pedestal on the ''Autumn'''s bridge to the housing within the Spartan's [[MJOLNIR]] armor. Keyes offered his own [[M6D magnum]] to John and wished him good luck just before the Spartan took his leave.<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:Poa concept 04.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UNSC Marines fend off Covenant borders.]] | |||
By the time John, with Cortana now in tow, left the bridge, the Covenant boarders had pushed beyond the areas adjacent to the airlocks they had entered by and had encroached toward the ship's command deck.<ref name="TF1"/> A wave had been repulsed by the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defenders, but it had come close to reaching the bridge. Ammunition for the captain's sidearm was provided in the form of that which John collected from a fallen ensign. The first to fall to its 12.7x40mm [[M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive]] rounds was a group of [[Unggoy]].<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA"/> | By the time John, with Cortana now in tow, left the bridge, the Covenant boarders had pushed beyond the areas adjacent to the airlocks they had entered by and had encroached toward the ship's command deck.<ref name="TF1"/> A wave had been repulsed by the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defenders, but it had come close to reaching the bridge. Ammunition for the captain's sidearm was provided in the form of that which John collected from a fallen ensign. The first to fall to its 12.7x40mm [[M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive]] rounds was a group of [[Unggoy]].<ref name="TF1"/><ref name="CE:TPOA"/> | ||