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|conc=[[Battle for Earth]]
*[[Battle of Ross Island]]
*[[Fall of High Charity]]
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|next=[[Battle of Cleveland]]
|name=Battle of Havana
|name=Battle of Havana
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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|date=[[2552#November|November 3]], [[2552]]
*[[Battle for Earth]]
|date=[[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]
|place=[[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]], [[Earth]], [[Sol system]]
|place=[[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]], [[Earth]], [[Sol system]]
|result=UNSC victory
|result='''UNSC victory'''
*[[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] destroyed
*[[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] destroyed
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side1=*{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=[[Covenant]]
**{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]]
|commanders1=*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]
|side2={{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant]]
*[[Frederic-104]]
|commanders1=*[[Fleet Admiral|FADM]] [[Terrence Hood]]
*[[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]] [[Frederic-104]]
|commanders2=Unknown
|commanders2=Unknown
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|forces1=
*Three [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]]'s, and numerous [[UNSC Navy]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] forces
*1 [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] {{c|late in battle}}
*[[Frederic-104]]
*[[Linda-058]]
*[[William-043]]
*[[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]]
*[[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]]
*{{UNSCShip|Chalons}}
*3 [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] {{c|late in battle}}
|forces2=*Numerous ground and air forces
*Numerous [[UNSC Navy]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] forces
*1 [[Scarab]]
|forces2=
*Numerous [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]]
*5 [[warship]]s
*Numerous [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]
**2 {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}s
*Numerous [[Type-25 Spirit|Spirits]]
**3 other [[capital ship]]s
*Three [[capital ship]]s
*Numerous ground and air forces
*Two [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]]
**Numerous [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirits]]
**Numerous [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]
**1 [[Scarab]]
**Numerous [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]]
**Numerous ground troops
***[[Jiralhanae]]
***[[Kig-Yar]]
***[[Unggoy]]
|casual1=Unconfirmed number of casualties
|casual1=Unconfirmed number of casualties
*[[Station Wayward Rest]]
*[[Station Wayward Rest]]
|casual2=All Covenant forces near the Centennial Orbital Elevator
|casual2=All Covenant forces near the Centennial Orbital Elevator
*2 destroyers
*1 Scarab
**''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' captured
*1 ''CPV''-class destroyer
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' captured
}}
}}
The '''Battle of Havana''' was an engagement during the [[Battle for Earth]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] in [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]]'s capital, [[Havana]]. Numerous [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] forces, and later three [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] from [[Blue Team]], were sent to retake Havana and its [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. They succeeded in reclaiming the elevator, though it was destroyed shortly afterward.<ref name="twentythree">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''chapter 23'', ''pages 203-213''</ref><ref name="twentyfour">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''chapter 24'', ''pages 214-220''</ref>
The '''Battle of Havana''' was a major [[Battle|engagement]] during the [[Battle for Earth]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] in [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]]'s capital, [[Havana]]. Numerous [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] forces, and later three [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] from [[Blue Team]], were sent to retake Havana and its [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. They succeeded in reclaiming the elevator, though it was destroyed shortly afterward.{{Ref/Novel|Id=twentythree|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=203-213}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=twentyfour|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=24|Page=214-220}}


==Background==
==Background==
After the disappearance of [[John-117]] and the [[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa Slipspace event]] on [[2552#October|October 20th]], a massive Covenant [[Truth's fleet|occupation fleet]] arrived at Earth, attacking targets worldwide. The SPARTAN-II Blue Team, now consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]] and [[Linda-058]], were deployed to repel the invaders in numerous battles on and around the planet during the two weeks after the initial Covenant invasion. In orbit, the Covenant fleet constantly fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], including the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.
After the disappearance of [[John-117]] and the [[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa Slipspace event]] on [[2552#October|October 20]], numerous Covenant occupation [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] continued to arrive at [[Earth]], attacking targets worldwide.{{Ref/Generic|Id=FTH|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 1.jpg|First Twelve Hours]]}} The [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]], now consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]] and [[Linda-058]], were deployed to repel the invaders and their [[Covenant starship|starships]] in numerous battles on and around the planet during the two weeks after the initial Covenant invasion. In orbit, the Covenant fleets constantly fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during many major skirmishes, including the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo205|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=205}}


The constant fighting had depleted the UNSC [[nuclear weapon]] stockpile, and all that was left were older, low-yield [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s originally intended to be converted to peaceful purposes. These nukes had been transported to Havana, Cuba, where the Covenant had recently inserted forces.<ref name="twentythree"/>
Immediately before the [[Great Schism]] could began and following the [[Assassination of the Prophet of Regret|assasination]] of the [[Prophet of Regret]] during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], the [[Jiralhanae]] would continue to replace many [[Sangheili]] masters on Earth in order to take the total command of Covenant forces and their fleets as it would be the [[Changing of the Guard|same case]] for the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman]]s in preparation for the eventual Covenant genocidal conflict against them and the rest of Sangheili. This preparation was informed to the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]] by the [[Prophet of Truth]] shortly after Jiralhanae successfully took the control of Covenant forces on Earth.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Broken Circle|Page=198-202}}


==The battle==
The constant fighting had depleted the UNSC [[nuclear weapon]] stockpile, and all that was left were older, low-yield [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s originally intended to be converted to peaceful purposes. These nukes had been transported to Havana, Cuba, where the Covenant had recently inserted forces.{{Ref/Reuse|twentythree}}
 
==Battle==
{{References|section}}
===Ground battle===
===Ground battle===
There had been scattered reports that the Covenant had invaded the Centennial Orbital Elevator in Havana, before all contact with [[Centennial Orbital Elevator Control|COE Control]] had been lost. [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] had been sent to Havana to retake the elevator, but they had not succeeded.
There had been scattered reports that the Covenant had invaded the Centennial Orbital Elevator in Havana, before all contact with [[Centennial Orbital Elevator Control|COE Control]] had been lost. [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] had been sent to Havana to retake the elevator, but they had not succeeded.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo204|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=204}}


Operating from [[Base Segundo Terra]], Blue Team was deployed to Havana on a [[D77-TC Pelican]] piloted by [[Sergeant]] [[Laura Tanner]] with [[Jim Higgins]] as its crew chief. Three Covenant capital ships hung in low orbit above Havana, and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] patrols circled around the orbital elevator. Spotting a hole in a Banshee patrol pattern, the Pelican dropped the team down into the jungle. They moved out northeast, towards the space elevator where the jungle ended at the warehouse complex of the COE.
Operating from [[Base Segundo Terra]], Blue Team was deployed to Havana on a [[D77H-TCI Pelican]] piloted by [[Sergeant]] [[Laura Tanner]] with [[Jim Higgins]] as its crew chief.{{Ref/Reuse|goo204}} Three Covenant [[capital ship]]s hung in low orbit above Havana, and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] patrols circled around the orbital elevator. Spotting a hole in a Banshee patrol pattern, the Pelican dropped the team down into the jungle. They moved out northeast, towards the space elevator where the jungle ended at the warehouse complex of the COE.


Upon arriving at the edge of the jungle, the team discovered a [[Scarab]] walking through the warehouse complex nearby. Observing the area through her [[Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Matériel|sniper rifle]] [[oracle N-variant scope|scope]], Linda spotted a group of dead Marines and a dozen [[Jiralhanae]] moving in groups of four towards the space elevator, carrying cargo pods containing the nukes. The Spartans made a plan; they would part ways, with Will and Fred moving to opposite directions while Linda would provide cover for the team with her sniper rifle. In one of the garages, there was a massive tank truck full of explosive fuel which Will would use to disable the Scarab, while Fred would move to the elevator's base and secure the ascent car.<ref name="twentythree"/>
Upon arriving at the edge of the jungle, the team discovered a [[Scarab]] walking through the warehouse complex nearby. Observing the area through her [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]] [[Oracle scope|scope]], Linda spotted a group of dead Marines and a dozen [[Jiralhanae]] moving in groups of four towards the space elevator, carrying cargo pods containing the nukes. The Spartans made a plan; they would part ways, with Will and Fred moving to opposite directions while Linda would provide cover for the team with her sniper rifle. In one of the garages, there was a massive tank truck full of explosive fuel which Will would use to disable the Scarab, while Fred would move to the elevator's base and secure the ascent car.{{Ref/Reuse|twentythree}}


As Fred advanced, Linda provided him cover, killing Jiralhanae patrols headed his way. As Fred sprinted closer to the elevator, he ran into a single Jiralhanae. After Fred had neutralized the alien, he took its [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|weapon]]. Meanwhile, Will crashed the huge tanker out of a garage, through a gate, and straight to the Scarab. The explosion engulfed the walker, destroyed its core and completely obliterated it.
As Fred advanced, Linda provided him cover, killing Jiralhanae patrols headed his way. As Fred sprinted closer to the elevator, he ran into a single Jiralhanae. After Fred had neutralized the alien, he took its [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|weapon]]. Meanwhile, Will crashed the huge tanker out of a garage, through a gate, and straight to the Scarab. The explosion engulfed the walker, destroyed its core and completely obliterated it.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo209|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=209}}


Fred moved towards the orbital elevator, where the Jiralhanae were already loading the nukes into the car and shutting its doors. Fred stormed into the car, engaged the Covenant there with his Brute Shot but was nearly overwhelmed before the rest of the team arrived. They secured the car and the twelve nuclear warheads inside. As soon as they got the car moving, [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraith]] tanks, Banshees and large amounts of ground forces began to converge on their position.<ref name="twentythree"/>
Fred moved towards the orbital elevator, where the Jiralhanae were already loading the nukes into the car and shutting its doors. Fred stormed into the car, engaged the Covenant there with his Brute Shot but was nearly overwhelmed before the rest of the team arrived. They secured the car and the twelve nuclear warheads inside. As soon as they got the car moving, [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] tanks, Banshees and large amounts of ground forces began to converge on their position.{{Ref/Reuse|twentythree}}


===Orbital battle===
===Orbital battle===
During their way up, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] contacted the team from [[Cairo Station]]. Hood told them they had a new mission, and a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] was dispatched to extract them. Hood then relayed a message from [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] on [[Onyx]], received by the [[Remote scanning outpost|Remote Scanning Outpost]] ''[[Democritus]]''. As they ascended, the team reviewed the message, which contained information about the [[Battle of Installation 05|recent events]] on [[Installation 05]], [[the Flood]] and that [[John-117]] was on his way to Earth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. Finally, Halsey requested Fleet Command to send Spartans to Onyx in order to retrieve valuable Forerunner technologies.<ref name="twentythree"/>
During their way up, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] contacted the team from ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]''. Hood told them they had a new mission, and a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] was dispatched to extract them. Hood then relayed a message from [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] on [[Onyx]], received by the [[Remote scanning outpost|Remote Scanning Outpost]] ''[[Democritus]]''. As they ascended, the team reviewed the message, which contained information about the [[Battle of Installation 05|recent events]] on [[Installation 05]], the [[Flood]] and that [[John-117]] was on his way to Earth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. Finally, Halsey requested Fleet Command to send Spartans to Onyx in order to retrieve valuable Forerunner technologies.{{Ref/Reuse|twentythree}}


Hood had prepared one of UNSC's fastest ships, the [[UNSC corvette|corvette]], {{UNSCShip|Pony Express}} to transport the Spartans to Onyx. Fred, however, realized it would still take weeks to reach [[Zeta Doradus system|the system]] with a UNSC ship and that there had to be a faster way.<ref name="twentythree"/> Near the elevator, they noticed two [[Covenant]] {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}s. Fred formulated a plan to hijack and use one of them to get to Onyx. The plan was approved, and the corvette {{UNSCShip|Chalons}} was sent to distract the Covenant ships while the Covenant sent [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|dropships]] to retrieve the nukes from the space elevator. However, the Spartans hid under the hull of one of the dropships and managed to infiltrate the [[Hangar bay|shuttle bay]] of one of the destroyers, the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', undetected.
Hood had prepared one of UNSC's fastest ships, the [[Mako-class corvette|corvette]], {{UNSCShip|Pony Express}} to transport the Spartans to Onyx. Fred, however, realized it would still take weeks to reach [[Zeta Doradus system|the system]] with a UNSC ship and that there had to be a faster way.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo212|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=212}} Near the elevator, they noticed two [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}s. Fred formulated a plan to hijack and use one of them to get to Onyx. The plan was approved, and the corvette {{UNSCShip|Chalons}} was sent to distract the Covenant ships while the Covenant sent [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|dropships]] to retrieve the nukes from the space elevator. However, the Spartans hid under the hull of one of the dropships and managed to infiltrate the [[Hangar bay|shuttle bay]] of one of the destroyers, the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', undetected.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo215|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=215}}


In the bay, there were ten [[Kig-Yar]] and several [[Unggoy]]. The Spartans killed all of them, and Fred sent Linda to defuse the nukes while he would hack a control terminal in the bay. Using an ONI [[data pad]] with new translation and infiltration software, he managed to get in the system. He then depressurized the entire ship, killing all Covenant aboard. Meanwhile, Linda and Will managed to defuse the nukes aboard ''Bloodied Spirit'', while the other Covenant dropship took the rest of the nukes to the other destroyer. Unbeknownst to the Covenant, the warheads were still armed.
In the bay, there were ten [[Kig-Yar]] and several [[Unggoy]]. The Spartans killed all of them, and Fred sent Linda to defuse the nukes while he would hack a control terminal in the bay. Using an ONI [[data pad]] with new translation and infiltration software, he managed to get in the system. He then depressurized the entire ship, killing all Covenant aboard.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo218|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=218}} Meanwhile, Linda and Will managed to defuse the nukes aboard ''Bloodied Spirit'', while the other Covenant dropship took the rest of the nukes to the other destroyer. Unbeknownst to the Covenant, the warheads were still armed.


The Blue Team then got to bridge, where Fred hacked the control system with his ONI datapad. He proceeded to enter the [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] jump solution and coordinates to Onyx, when the crew of the other destroyer realized that ''Bloodied Spirit'' had been boarded and moved to intercept the human-captured ship. As the destroyer started to charge its weapons, the nukes transported aboard it went off, completely obliterating the ship and [[Station Wayward Rest]] on top of the Centennial Orbital Elevator. Simultaneously, the ''Bloodied Spirit'' made a successful jump into Slipspace.<ref name="twentyfour"/>
The Blue Team then got to bridge, where Fred hacked the control system with his ONI datapad. He proceeded to enter the [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] jump solution and coordinates to Onyx, when the crew of the other destroyer realized that ''Bloodied Spirit'' had been boarded and moved to intercept the human-captured ship. As the destroyer started to charge its weapons, the nukes transported aboard it went off, completely obliterating the ship and [[Station Wayward Rest]] on top of the Centennial Orbital Elevator.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo220|Novel=Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=23|Page=220}} Simultaneously, the ''Bloodied Spirit'' made a successful jump into Slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|twentyfour}}


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
With no orbital anchor station, the Centennial Orbital Elevator crumbled down to Earth's surface. Blue Team would make it to Onyx in a few hours and join the [[Onyx Conflict]]. Lord Hood would remain uncertain if Blue Team managed to complete a Slipspace jump or if they were obliterated by the nuclear explosion.<ref name="twentyfour"/>
With no orbital anchor station, the Centennial Orbital Elevator crumbled down to Earth's surface. Blue Team would make it to Onyx in a few hours and join the [[Onyx Conflict]]. Lord Hood would remain uncertain if Blue Team managed to complete a Slipspace jump or if they were obliterated by the nuclear explosion.{{Ref/Reuse|twentyfour}}
 
==Participants==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===UNSC===
===Naval assets===
====Starships====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! Fleet
! Class
! Name
! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]]
| [[UNSC corvette]]
|{{UNSCShip|Chalons}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{Class|Mako|corvette}}
|{{UNSCShip|Pony Express}}
|Unknown
|}
 
====Military personnel====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! Branch
! Rank
! Name
! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[UNSC Navy]]
|[[Fleet Admiral]]
|[[Terrence Hood]]
|Survived
|-
|[[Senior Chief Petty Officer]]
|[[Frederic-104]]
|Survived
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Petty Officer Second Class]]
|[[Linda-058]]
|Survived
|-
|[[William-043]]
|Survived
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
|[[Sergeant]]
|[[Laura Tanner]]
|Unknown
|-
|[[Corporal]]
|[[Jim Higgins]]
|Unknown
|}
 
===Units===
====Ground forces====
*[[UNSC Navy]]
**[[Blue Team]]
====Naval forces====
*[[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]]
 
{{col-2}}
===Covenant===
===Naval assets===
====Starships====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 75%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! Fleet
! Class
! Name
! Status<!--This refers to their status after the battle, not their overall status-->
|-
| Unknown
| {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}
| ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''
| Survived {{c|captured}}
|}
{{col-end}}


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{Engagements in the Battle for Earth}}
[[Category:UNSC Victories]]

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Battle of Havana

Conflict:

Human-Covenant War

Date:

November 3, 2552

Location:

Havana, Cuba, Earth, Sol system

Outcome:

UNSC victory

Details
Belligerents

The Fleet Battles/Halo 5: Guardians Covenant Icon made in the style of HN. Covenant

Commanders

Unknown

Strength
Casualties

Unconfirmed number of casualties

All Covenant forces near the Centennial Orbital Elevator

 

The Battle of Havana was a major engagement during the Battle for Earth between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant in Cuba's capital, Havana. Numerous Marine forces, and later three SPARTAN-IIs from Blue Team, were sent to retake Havana and its Centennial Orbital Elevator. They succeeded in reclaiming the elevator, though it was destroyed shortly afterward.[1][2]

Background[edit]

After the disappearance of John-117 and the Mombasa Slipspace event on October 20, numerous Covenant occupation fleets continued to arrive at Earth, attacking targets worldwide.[3] The SPARTAN-II Blue Team, now consisting of Frederic-104, William-043 and Linda-058, were deployed to repel the invaders and their starships in numerous battles on and around the planet during the two weeks after the initial Covenant invasion. In orbit, the Covenant fleets constantly fought the UNSC Home Fleet during many major skirmishes, including the Second, Seventh, and Sixteenth Fleets.[4]

Immediately before the Great Schism could began and following the assasination of the Prophet of Regret during the Battle of Installation 05, the Jiralhanae would continue to replace many Sangheili masters on Earth in order to take the total command of Covenant forces and their fleets as it would be the same case for the Sangheili Honor Guardsmans in preparation for the eventual Covenant genocidal conflict against them and the rest of Sangheili. This preparation was informed to the Chieftain of the Jiralhanae Tartarus by the Prophet of Truth shortly after Jiralhanae successfully took the control of Covenant forces on Earth.[5]

The constant fighting had depleted the UNSC nuclear weapon stockpile, and all that was left were older, low-yield FENRIS nuclear warheads originally intended to be converted to peaceful purposes. These nukes had been transported to Havana, Cuba, where the Covenant had recently inserted forces.[1]

Battle[edit]

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Ground battle[edit]

There had been scattered reports that the Covenant had invaded the Centennial Orbital Elevator in Havana, before all contact with COE Control had been lost. Marines had been sent to Havana to retake the elevator, but they had not succeeded.[6]

Operating from Base Segundo Terra, Blue Team was deployed to Havana on a D77H-TCI Pelican piloted by Sergeant Laura Tanner with Jim Higgins as its crew chief.[6] Three Covenant capital ships hung in low orbit above Havana, and Banshee patrols circled around the orbital elevator. Spotting a hole in a Banshee patrol pattern, the Pelican dropped the team down into the jungle. They moved out northeast, towards the space elevator where the jungle ended at the warehouse complex of the COE.

Upon arriving at the edge of the jungle, the team discovered a Scarab walking through the warehouse complex nearby. Observing the area through her sniper rifle scope, Linda spotted a group of dead Marines and a dozen Jiralhanae moving in groups of four towards the space elevator, carrying cargo pods containing the nukes. The Spartans made a plan; they would part ways, with Will and Fred moving to opposite directions while Linda would provide cover for the team with her sniper rifle. In one of the garages, there was a massive tank truck full of explosive fuel which Will would use to disable the Scarab, while Fred would move to the elevator's base and secure the ascent car.[1]

As Fred advanced, Linda provided him cover, killing Jiralhanae patrols headed his way. As Fred sprinted closer to the elevator, he ran into a single Jiralhanae. After Fred had neutralized the alien, he took its weapon. Meanwhile, Will crashed the huge tanker out of a garage, through a gate, and straight to the Scarab. The explosion engulfed the walker, destroyed its core and completely obliterated it.[7]

Fred moved towards the orbital elevator, where the Jiralhanae were already loading the nukes into the car and shutting its doors. Fred stormed into the car, engaged the Covenant there with his Brute Shot but was nearly overwhelmed before the rest of the team arrived. They secured the car and the twelve nuclear warheads inside. As soon as they got the car moving, Wraith tanks, Banshees and large amounts of ground forces began to converge on their position.[1]

Orbital battle[edit]

During their way up, Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood contacted the team from Cairo Station. Hood told them they had a new mission, and a prowler was dispatched to extract them. Hood then relayed a message from Dr. Halsey on Onyx, received by the Remote Scanning Outpost Democritus. As they ascended, the team reviewed the message, which contained information about the recent events on Installation 05, the Flood and that John-117 was on his way to Earth aboard the Forerunner Dreadnought. Finally, Halsey requested Fleet Command to send Spartans to Onyx in order to retrieve valuable Forerunner technologies.[1]

Hood had prepared one of UNSC's fastest ships, the corvette, UNSC Pony Express to transport the Spartans to Onyx. Fred, however, realized it would still take weeks to reach the system with a UNSC ship and that there had to be a faster way.[8] Near the elevator, they noticed two Covenant Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers. Fred formulated a plan to hijack and use one of them to get to Onyx. The plan was approved, and the corvette UNSC Chalons was sent to distract the Covenant ships while the Covenant sent dropships to retrieve the nukes from the space elevator. However, the Spartans hid under the hull of one of the dropships and managed to infiltrate the shuttle bay of one of the destroyers, the Bloodied Spirit, undetected.[9]

In the bay, there were ten Kig-Yar and several Unggoy. The Spartans killed all of them, and Fred sent Linda to defuse the nukes while he would hack a control terminal in the bay. Using an ONI data pad with new translation and infiltration software, he managed to get in the system. He then depressurized the entire ship, killing all Covenant aboard.[10] Meanwhile, Linda and Will managed to defuse the nukes aboard Bloodied Spirit, while the other Covenant dropship took the rest of the nukes to the other destroyer. Unbeknownst to the Covenant, the warheads were still armed.

The Blue Team then got to bridge, where Fred hacked the control system with his ONI datapad. He proceeded to enter the Slipspace jump solution and coordinates to Onyx, when the crew of the other destroyer realized that Bloodied Spirit had been boarded and moved to intercept the human-captured ship. As the destroyer started to charge its weapons, the nukes transported aboard it went off, completely obliterating the ship and Station Wayward Rest on top of the Centennial Orbital Elevator.[11] Simultaneously, the Bloodied Spirit made a successful jump into Slipspace.[2]

Aftermath[edit]

With no orbital anchor station, the Centennial Orbital Elevator crumbled down to Earth's surface. Blue Team would make it to Onyx in a few hours and join the Onyx Conflict. Lord Hood would remain uncertain if Blue Team managed to complete a Slipspace jump or if they were obliterated by the nuclear explosion.[2]

Participants[edit]

UNSC[edit]

Naval assets[edit]

Starships[edit]

Fleet Class Name Status
Home Fleet UNSC corvette UNSC Chalons Unknown
Mako-class corvette UNSC Pony Express Unknown

Military personnel[edit]

Branch Rank Name Status
UNSC Navy Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood Survived
Senior Chief Petty Officer Frederic-104 Survived
Petty Officer Second Class Linda-058 Survived
William-043 Survived
UNSC Marine Corps Sergeant Laura Tanner Unknown
Corporal Jim Higgins Unknown

Units[edit]

Ground forces[edit]

Naval forces[edit]

Covenant[edit]

Naval assets[edit]

Starships[edit]

Fleet Class Name Status
Unknown Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer Bloodied Spirit Survived (captured)

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 203-213
  2. ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 24, page 214-220
  3. ^ Halo Legendary Crate - Data Drop #2: First Twelve Hours
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 205
  5. ^ Halo: Broken Circle, page 198-202
  6. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 204
  7. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 209
  8. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 212
  9. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 215
  10. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 218
  11. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 23, page 220

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