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{{Battle infobox | {{Battle infobox | ||
|prev= [[Operation: ATHENA]] | |prev= [[Operation: ATHENA]] | ||
|conc= | |conc= [[Guardian emergences]] | ||
|next=[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]] | |next=[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]] | ||
|image= [[File:H5G-BattleofKamchatka.png|350px]] | |image= [[File:H5G-BattleofKamchatka.png|350px]] | ||
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|place=[[Kamchatka]], [[Caspar system]] | |place=[[Kamchatka]], [[Caspar system]] | ||
|result='''UNSC victory''' | |result='''UNSC victory''' | ||
*Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] rescued{{Ref/Level|Id=osiris| | *Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] rescued{{Ref/Level|Id=osiris|H5G|[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]}} | ||
*[[Jul 'Mdama]] killed{{Ref/Reuse|osiris}} | *[[Jul 'Mdama]] killed{{Ref/Reuse|osiris}} | ||
*Remnants of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] fleet routed | *Remnants of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] fleet routed | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Before the [[Great Purification]], Kamchatka was an [[Astroengineering|astroengineered]] [[Forerunner]] world, created to serve as a link to the galaxy-spanning network the [[Domain]].{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka| | ===Ancient history=== | ||
Before the [[Great Purification]], Kamchatka was an [[Astroengineering|astroengineered]] [[Forerunner]] world, created to serve as a link to the galaxy-spanning network the [[Domain]].{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Kamchatka|D=23|M=04|Y=2021}} | |||
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 moved to control the planet while Dr. Halsey, under temporary alliance with Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama, studied the relay and discovered that her old AI [[Cortana]] was alive.{{Ref/Level|Id=blue team| | ===Jul 'Mdama and his Covenant=== | ||
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 moved to control the planet while Dr. Halsey, under temporary alliance with Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama, studied the relay{{Ref/Game|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Osiris|Mission Intel - Osiris - Halsey Research Notes 2/4]]}} and discovered that her old AI [[Cortana]] was alive.{{Ref/Level|Id=blue team|H5G|[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]}} All the while, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant would gather and use the Caspar system as a staging area{{Ref/Reuse|osfmp11}} as their primary base on [[Hesduros]] was lost.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=75}} | |||
Approximately three weeks before the battle, Dr. Halsey contacted the UNSC, warning of an [[Guardian emergences|incoming event]] caused by Cortana. However, the UNSC didn't act upon that information immediately.{{Ref/Reuse|blue team}} | Approximately three weeks before the battle, Dr. Halsey contacted the UNSC, warning of an [[Guardian emergences|incoming event]] caused by Cortana. However, the UNSC didn't act upon that information immediately.{{Ref/Reuse|blue team}} | ||
===UNSC plans=== | ===UNSC plans=== | ||
Analysts at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] deemed that a strike on these forces at Caspar could potentially do substantial damage against the Covenant faction, and give the UNSC an edge.{{Ref/Reuse|osfmp7}} By [[2558#October|October 17, 2558]], plans were put in place to attack Jul's forces in the system as part of Operation: ANCHORITE,{{Ref/Book|Id=osfmp11| | Analysts at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] deemed that a strike on these forces at Caspar could potentially do substantial damage against the Covenant faction, and give the UNSC an edge.{{Ref/Reuse|osfmp7}} By [[2558#October|October 17, 2558]], plans were put in place to attack Jul's forces in the system as part of Operation: ANCHORITE,{{Ref/Book|Id=osfmp11|OSFM|Page=11}} and to retrieve Dr. Halsey as part of Operation: DESINENCE.{{Ref/Book|Id=osfmp115|OSFM|Page=115}} 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/Book|Id=osfmp7|OSFM|Page=7}} The ''Infinity'' would also bring a complement of {{Class|Anlace|light frigate}}s.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFCalm|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/calm-in-the-storm|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Calm in the Storm|D=09|M=3|Y=2021}} | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
{{Quote|no=two|Kelly-087|Fred-104|q1=There's chatter about Jul 'Mdama on Covenant comms. The new arrivals say he's dead.|q2=Somebody cut the head off the Covenant. Bravo.|[[Kelly-087]] and [[Frederic-104]] of [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|blue team}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|Kelly-087|Fred-104|q1=There's chatter about Jul 'Mdama on Covenant comms. The new arrivals say he's dead.|q2=Somebody cut the head off the Covenant. Bravo.|[[Kelly-087]] and [[Frederic-104]] of [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|blue team}}}} | ||
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/Level| | 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/Level|H5G|[[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]}} Covenant forces at that were under the joint control of several other high-ranking members of the faction including [[Kitun 'Arach]].{{Ref/Reuse|HWCF}} | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||