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===Destruction=== | ===Destruction=== | ||
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Not long after, on April 26th,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2482554_Today-in-Halo.aspx#post2482554 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''' - ''Today in Halo'']</ref> the school came under attack by the Covenant, with at least three [[SDV-class heavy corvette|heavy corvettes]] descending over the campus and one of them destroying the academy's space elevator, halting the ongoing evacuation effort. Teams of Marine [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] dropped in to the academy grounds to reinforce the locally stationed Marines, with the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] supersoldiers [[John-117]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Fred-104]] later arriving to support the academy's defense. Corbulo's officer cadets and the local Marine guard were caught off-guard by this attack, which resulted in the deaths of virtually all the students and personnel stationed at the academy, save for [[Hastati Squad|three survivors]] rescued by Blue Team. The Academy itself was completely destroyed when the planet was [[glassing|glassed]] after the attack.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''' ''Part 5''</ref> | Not long after, on April 26th,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2482554_Today-in-Halo.aspx#post2482554 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''' - ''Today in Halo'']</ref> the school came under attack by the Covenant, with at least three [[SDV-class heavy corvette|heavy corvettes]] descending over the campus and one of them destroying the academy's space elevator, halting the ongoing evacuation effort. Teams of Marine [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] dropped in to the academy grounds to reinforce the locally stationed Marines, with the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] supersoldiers [[John-117]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Fred-104]] later arriving to support the academy's defense. Corbulo's officer cadets and the local Marine guard were caught off-guard by this attack, which resulted in the deaths of virtually all the students and personnel stationed at the academy, save for [[Hastati Squad|three survivors]] rescued by Blue Team. The Academy itself was completely destroyed when the planet was [[glassing|glassed]] after the attack.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''' ''Part 5''</ref> |
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