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In response to the emergence of the Covenant, the Spartans graduation occurs earlier than anticipated, while Chief Mendez leaves to train the next class of Spartans, giving John some advice before and returning the coin Dr. Halsey gave him years earlier. Dr. Halsey takes the Spartans to [[Chi Ceti IV]] to begin Project: MJOLNIR. Upon arriving in the system, the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'', the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] carrying the Spartans, is attacked by [[Unrelenting|a Covenant ship]]. The ''Commonwealth'' engages the Covenant ship and is able to drive it off, but with significant damage. Heading to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]], Dr. Halsey introduces the Spartans to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV power armor]], which enhances the Spartans already significant strength and speed even more. While returning to the ''Commonwealth'', John comes up with the idea to go EVA and board the Covenant vessel and destroy it using [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK]] nuclear weapons on the Pelican. Only three Spartans--John, Sam, and Kelly--manage to board the ship. They fight their way past the crew, a bird like race later dubbed [[Kig-yar|Jackals]], and are able to make their way to a reactor, but Sam's armor is penetrated, and he is forced to stay behind or die from upon exposure to vacuum. John and Kelly are able to escape as the Covenant ship is destroyed. | In response to the emergence of the Covenant, the Spartans graduation occurs earlier than anticipated, while Chief Mendez leaves to train the next class of Spartans, giving John some advice before and returning the coin Dr. Halsey gave him years earlier. Dr. Halsey takes the Spartans to [[Chi Ceti IV]] to begin Project: MJOLNIR. Upon arriving in the system, the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]'', the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] carrying the Spartans, is attacked by [[Unrelenting|a Covenant ship]]. The ''Commonwealth'' engages the Covenant ship and is able to drive it off, but with significant damage. Heading to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]], Dr. Halsey introduces the Spartans to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV power armor]], which enhances the Spartans already significant strength and speed even more. While returning to the ''Commonwealth'', John comes up with the idea to go EVA and board the Covenant vessel and destroy it using [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK]] nuclear weapons on the Pelican. Only three Spartans--John, Sam, and Kelly--manage to board the ship. They fight their way past the crew, a bird like race later dubbed [[Kig-yar|Jackals]], and are able to make their way to a reactor, but Sam's armor is penetrated, and he is forced to stay behind or die from upon exposure to vacuum. John and Kelly are able to escape as the Covenant ship is destroyed. | ||
Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of | Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of Human commanders, superior Covenant technology guarantees a three to one kill/loss ratio in most space battles. One by one, the Outer Colonies fall to the onslaught and, by 2536, all have been destroyed. | ||
To protect the location of [[Earth]], Vice Admiral Cole establishes the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1]], more commonly known as the "Cole Protocol". If any Covenant forces are present, selective purges of databases on all ship based and planetary data networks are to be activated. When | To protect the location of [[Earth]], Vice Admiral Cole establishes the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1]], more commonly known as the "Cole Protocol". If any Covenant forces are present, selective purges of databases on all ship based and planetary data networks are to be activated. When Human forces are forced into retreat, they must not execute a [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] jump in the direction of Earth, or any major population center, even if this forces them to jump without the necessary navigational calculations (a "blind jump"). If such a jump is not possible, and if capture is imminent, the commanding officer must order a self-destruct. The on-board ship [[artificial intelligence]] construct, normally imperative to navigation and tactical decisions, must either be destroyed or removed. | ||
Due to the shortage of effective officers, Keyes is promoted to Commander and assumes command of the [[UNSC Iroquois|UNSC ''Iroquois'']]. Shortly thereafter, he foresees a Covenant attack on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] thanks to a paper by Spartan [[Fhajad-084]]. His actions result in the destruction of a [[Covenant destroyer]] and two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]] as well as the routing of a [[Covenant carrier]] with a daring maneuver dubbed the "[[Keyes Loop]]". This unprecedented victory against a Covenant force earns him a promotion to Captain and helps him to become recognized by the entire UNSC. Keyes and the ''Iroquois'' remain in the Sigma Octanus system to partake in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. | Due to the shortage of effective officers, Keyes is promoted to Commander and assumes command of the [[UNSC Iroquois|UNSC ''Iroquois'']]. Shortly thereafter, he foresees a Covenant attack on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] thanks to a paper by Spartan [[Fhajad-084]]. His actions result in the destruction of a [[Covenant destroyer]] and two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]] as well as the routing of a [[Covenant carrier]] with a daring maneuver dubbed the "[[Keyes Loop]]". This unprecedented victory against a Covenant force earns him a promotion to Captain and helps him to become recognized by the entire UNSC. Keyes and the ''Iroquois'' remain in the Sigma Octanus system to partake in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. | ||
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[[File:Battle_of_Reach.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'']] flees from [[Reach]].]] | [[File:Battle_of_Reach.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'']] flees from [[Reach]].]] | ||
John's team crash-land their [[Pelican]] on the station which the ''Circumference'' is docked on and move towards the NAV data. Among the Covenant attack force are the [[Sangheili|Elites]], the leaders of the Covenant military. However, James' thruster pack is hit by a [[type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|needler]] shard and explodes, sending James flying uncontrollably into space, where he presumably dies. John and Linda proceed to the ''Circumference'', where they find [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] and his Marines, including [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]] and [[Bisenti]], also fighting to wipe the data. With John's help, the Marines are successful, but Linda is shot by five separate plasma blasts. The | John's team crash-land their [[Pelican]] on the station which the ''Circumference'' is docked on and move towards the NAV data. Among the Covenant attack force are the [[Sangheili|Elites]], the leaders of the Covenant military. However, James' thruster pack is hit by a [[type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|needler]] shard and explodes, sending James flying uncontrollably into space, where he presumably dies. John and Linda proceed to the ''Circumference'', where they find [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] and his Marines, including [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]] and [[Bisenti]], also fighting to wipe the data. With John's help, the Marines are successful, but Linda is shot by five separate plasma blasts. The Humans fall back to the ''Autumn''; Linda is clinically dead because of the extensive wounds she receives, but is placed in a cryotube in the hope that she can be resuscitated. | ||
The surface of Reach is also overrun. The Spartans who John sent to the surface are presumably overrun and all slaughtered. Without the generators, the Super MACs fall silent and are destroyed by the Covenant, who soon begin glassing the planet. The remaining UNSC ships are all destroyed, except for the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as Cortana plotted an exit vector in compliance with the Cole Protocol, though not completely at random. A comment by the Master Chief leads Cortana to reinterpret the alien symbols from the artifact as star charts. The NAV coordinates led the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to what the Covenant had been searching for: [[Installation_04|Halo]], an extremely sacred artifact to the Covenant. The book ends with Captain Keyes looking through view screens at the ring, asking Cortana to identify the object. | The surface of Reach is also overrun. The Spartans who John sent to the surface are presumably overrun and all slaughtered. Without the generators, the Super MACs fall silent and are destroyed by the Covenant, who soon begin glassing the planet. The remaining UNSC ships are all destroyed, except for the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as Cortana plotted an exit vector in compliance with the Cole Protocol, though not completely at random. A comment by the Master Chief leads Cortana to reinterpret the alien symbols from the artifact as star charts. The NAV coordinates led the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to what the Covenant had been searching for: [[Installation_04|Halo]], an extremely sacred artifact to the Covenant. The book ends with Captain Keyes looking through view screens at the ring, asking Cortana to identify the object. | ||