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It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints, bunkers, guardhouses, and sandbags. It contained a main barracks, a command office, and a munitions bunker. It also had a main hospitial. It was set up near [[Cote D'Azur]] so that the Marines, under command of [[General Kits]], could assault the city, which had been captured by the [[Covenant]]. | It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints, bunkers, guardhouses, and sandbags. It contained a main barracks, a command office, and a munitions bunker. It also had a main hospitial. It was set up near [[Cote D'Azur]] so that the Marines, under command of [[General Kits]], could assault the city, which had been captured by the [[Covenant]]. | ||
The base was staffed by 400 marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces. They attacked with [[Wraith]] tanks, [[Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Grunt]]s. The Marines were able to hold them off, but at heavy cost. Almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten marines survived the | The base was staffed by 400 marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces. They attacked with [[Wraith]] tanks, [[Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Grunt]]s. The Marines were able to hold them off, but at heavy cost. Almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten marines survived the incident. When a single [[Warthog]] with [[Corporal Harland]] arrived, he assumed tactical command of the entire ground operation. He was quickly relieved by a team of [[Spartan]]s. | ||
The Spartans landed their [[Pelican]] in the base and used it as a staging area. They sucessfully killed all the Covenant soldiers in the area, and along with the surviving marines and civilians, were evacuated and docked with the ''[[UNSC Leviathan]]'' for a return to [[Reach]]. | The Spartans landed their [[Pelican]] in the base and used it as a staging area. They sucessfully killed all the Covenant soldiers in the area, and along with the surviving marines and civilians, were evacuated and docked with the ''[[UNSC Leviathan]]'' for a return to [[Reach]]. | ||