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→Regret's withdrawal: In the game, Hood said he'd "Vector two heavies for starside intercept". He clearly intended on sending stronger ships to attack the carrier once it was clear of the city.
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[[Image:HEVs_Dropping.png|250px|thumb|HEV pods falling into New Mombasa moments before the Slipspace rupture backlash.]] | [[Image:HEVs_Dropping.png|250px|thumb|HEV pods falling into New Mombasa moments before the Slipspace rupture backlash.]] | ||
[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] was hesitant to let ''In Amber Clad'' engage the High Prophet of Regret's Assault Carrier, still above Mombasa and beside the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator. However, when the Carrier initiated its slipspace drive, preparing to jump while still in the atmosphere, Hood recognized that the only ship able to follow was the ''In Amber Clad'' and gave the ship the green light to give chase. Another three vessels followed, but were unable to reach the Carrier before it jumped. | [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] was hesitant to let ''In Amber Clad'' engage the High Prophet of Regret's Assault Carrier, still above Mombasa and beside the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator. He instead opted to call in the Home Fleet to intercept the Carrier once it returned to Earth orbit. However, when the Carrier initiated its slipspace drive, preparing to jump while still in the atmosphere, Hood recognized that the only ship able to follow was the ''In Amber Clad'' and gave the ship the green light to give chase. Another three vessels followed, but were unable to reach the Carrier before it jumped. | ||
The Pelicans carrying Spartan-117 and the Marines entered the ''In Amber Clad'', which followed the Assault Carrier into Slipspace. Just before the Carrier jumped, remaining ships of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] deployed dozens of [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] down to the city in an effort to infiltrate the Carrier, only to be caught by the [[Electromagnetic Pulse|EMP]] blast in mid-flight, frying their navigational and safety systems, plunging them and their [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] occupants to almost certain death. It is likely that only [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|one Squad]] survived, having changed their course away from the carrier at the last moment. Many of the city's buildings were heavily damaged but remained standing, including the Orbital Elevator. The rupture also created a large crater in the mainland, north of New Mombasa, partially revealing the Forerunner Portal. | The Pelicans carrying Spartan-117 and the Marines entered the ''In Amber Clad'', which followed the Assault Carrier into Slipspace. Just before the Carrier jumped, remaining ships of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] deployed dozens of [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] down to the city in an effort to infiltrate the Carrier, only to be caught by the [[Electromagnetic Pulse|EMP]] blast in mid-flight, frying their navigational and safety systems, plunging them and their [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] occupants to almost certain death. It is likely that only [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|one Squad]] survived, having changed their course away from the carrier at the last moment. Many of the city's buildings were heavily damaged but remained standing, including the Orbital Elevator. The rupture also created a large crater in the mainland, north of New Mombasa, partially revealing the Forerunner Portal. | ||