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Prior to, and during, the [[Battle of Reach]], ''Circumference'' was docked at [[Reach Station Gamma]], Bay 9. In an effort to maintain the secrecy of HYPODERMIC, the Prowler was removed from [[Reach]]'s database after an intrusion into the [[ONI]] database by the [[AI]] [[Cortana]].<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]] pp. 269, 281-282</ref> This isolation meant that the Station Gamma Dockmaster AI [[Doppler]] was unable to implement the [[Cole Protocol]] on the ''Circumference''.<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]] pg 302</ref> | Prior to, and during, the [[Battle of Reach]], ''Circumference'' was docked at [[Reach Station Gamma]], Bay 9. In an effort to maintain the secrecy of HYPODERMIC, the Prowler was removed from [[Reach]]'s database after an intrusion into the [[ONI]] database by the [[AI]] [[Cortana]].<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]] pp. 269, 281-282</ref> This isolation meant that the Station Gamma Dockmaster AI [[Doppler]] was unable to implement the [[Cole Protocol]] on the ''Circumference''.<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]] pg 302</ref> | ||
This oversight was detected by [[Covenant]] intrusion software, and the [[Covenant]] dispatched three frigates full of [[Elite]]s, [[Jackal]]s, and [[Rangers]] to recover the [[Prowler]]s NAV database. Three [[SPARTAN-II]]s ([[John-117]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Spartan-James|James]]) were diverted from defending [[Reach]]'s [[Orbital Defense Generator]]s to prevent this. The [[Spartan]]s were successful, using the weapons of a commandeered [[Pelican]] to destroy the ''Circumference'' and the NAV database. It was during the mission to destroy the NAV database that [[SPARTAN-117]] met [[Staff Sergeant Avery J. Johnson ]]. The mission also cost very severe injuries to [http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Linda-058 SPARTAN-058], and probably killing [[James]] when his jetpack was | This oversight was detected by [[Covenant]] intrusion software, and the [[Covenant]] dispatched three frigates full of [[Elite]]s, [[Jackal]]s, and [[Rangers]] to recover the [[Prowler]]s NAV database. Three [[SPARTAN-II]]s ([[John-117]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Spartan-James|James]]) were diverted from defending [[Reach]]'s [[Orbital Defense Generator]]s to prevent this. The [[Spartan]]s were successful, using the weapons of a commandeered [[Pelican]] to destroy the ''Circumference'' and the NAV database. It was during the mission to destroy the NAV database that [[SPARTAN-117]] met [[Staff Sergeant Avery J. Johnson ]]. The mission also cost very severe injuries to [http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Linda-058 SPARTAN-058], and probably killing [[James]] when his jetpack was ruptured by a needle. <ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In | *In [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] it is said that in the UNSC ''Circumference'', in the part where the name would be, there was a simple circle instead (a circumference). | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||