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**{{Pattern|Ruma|light carrier}} (1) | **{{Pattern|Ruma|light carrier}} (1) | ||
**{{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}} (1) | **{{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}} (1) | ||
**{{ | **{{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} (12) | ||
**[[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]] (1) | **[[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]] (1) | ||
**[[Morsam-pattern Seraph]]s | **[[Morsam-pattern Seraph]]s | ||
**{{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s | **{{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s | ||
** | **{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s | ||
**{{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}}es | **{{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}}es | ||
|forces3=[[Installation 04]] | |forces3=[[Installation 04]] | ||
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*Heavy defending crew casualties | *Heavy defending crew casualties | ||
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*Four {{ | *Four {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s | ||
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' damaged | *''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' damaged | ||
*Heavy boarding party casualties | *Heavy boarding party casualties | ||
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==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
[[File:HFR Banshee SpaceBattle.png|left|thumb|Banshees attack the ''Pillar of Autumn''.]] | [[File:HFR Banshee SpaceBattle.png|left|thumb|Banshees attack the ''Pillar of Autumn''.]] | ||
The first shot fired in the battle was suffered by the ''Pillar of Autumn'' only twenty minutes after its arrival when a [[Seraph]] managed to slip through the cruiser's sentry screening. The fighter was shortly destroyed by one of the escort Longswords, though another wave of fighters would be inbound, with the boarding craft behind.<ref name="flood1">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> As the cruiser cleared the gas giant [[Threshold]], the crew were met with the sight of a [[Halo Array|gargantuan megastructure]] of neither human nor Covenant origin.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} Cortana was able to identify four [[battle group]]s of three {{ | The first shot fired in the battle was suffered by the ''Pillar of Autumn'' only twenty minutes after its arrival when a [[Seraph]] managed to slip through the cruiser's sentry screening. The fighter was shortly destroyed by one of the escort Longswords, though another wave of fighters would be inbound, with the boarding craft behind.<ref name="flood1">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> As the cruiser cleared the gas giant [[Threshold]], the crew were met with the sight of a [[Halo Array|gargantuan megastructure]] of neither human nor Covenant origin.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} Cortana was able to identify four [[battle group]]s of three {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s, estimating she'd be able to use the cruiser to get 3-4 kills on the Covenant fleet with those odds. At this time, technicians [[Samuel Marcus]] and [[Thom Shephard]] were authorised to wake up [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] from [[Cryo chamber|stasis]].{{Ref/Reuse|CEPOA}} | ||
The cruiser would continue to be assaulted by several [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|''Morsam''-pattern Seraphs]] and {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s throughout the battle, who would be fended off by the ship's [[M910 Rampart point defense network]].<ref name="HFR">'''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Escape]]''</ref> Later on, the ship would take fire from Covenant [[pulse laser turret]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|CEPOA}} | The cruiser would continue to be assaulted by several [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|''Morsam''-pattern Seraphs]] and {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s throughout the battle, who would be fended off by the ship's [[M910 Rampart point defense network]].<ref name="HFR">'''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Escape]]''</ref> Later on, the ship would take fire from Covenant [[pulse laser turret]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|CEPOA}} | ||
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In the ODST drop bay, Major Silva assigned [[Fireteam Raven]] to defend the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The fireteam proceeded to exit the drop bay and tour several corridors before being contacted by [[Wellsley]]; several of the ship's [[M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 Rampart]] guns had been taken offline, and the team would need to perform a [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] to man them and fend off waves of fighters. The team were able to shoot down multiple waves of Seraph and Banshee before beginning to head back into the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} Meanwhile, the ODST complement under Lieutenant McKay had performed their jobs successfully, and had taken to stacking Covenant bodies like firewood to maintain clear fields of fire in the reactor bay. Unfortunately for the ODSTs, the human side had also taken many casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | In the ODST drop bay, Major Silva assigned [[Fireteam Raven]] to defend the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The fireteam proceeded to exit the drop bay and tour several corridors before being contacted by [[Wellsley]]; several of the ship's [[M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 Rampart]] guns had been taken offline, and the team would need to perform a [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] to man them and fend off waves of fighters. The team were able to shoot down multiple waves of Seraph and Banshee before beginning to head back into the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} Meanwhile, the ODST complement under Lieutenant McKay had performed their jobs successfully, and had taken to stacking Covenant bodies like firewood to maintain clear fields of fire in the reactor bay. Unfortunately for the ODSTs, the human side had also taken many casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | ||
Amidst the boarding action, [[Special Operations Sangheili]] [[Isna 'Nosolee]] was selected by the Minor Prophet of Stewardship to infiltrate the vessel as an "Ossoona", or "Eye of the Prophet". 'Nosolee had three goals; capture the shipboard AI, capture command personnel and record anything he saw. Armed with six [[ | Amidst the boarding action, [[Special Operations Sangheili]] [[Isna 'Nosolee]] was selected by the Minor Prophet of Stewardship to infiltrate the vessel as an "Ossoona", or "Eye of the Prophet". 'Nosolee had three goals; capture the shipboard AI, capture command personnel and record anything he saw. Armed with six [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenades]] and a [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistol]], the Sangheili engaged [[active camoflage]] and exited his boarding craft. | ||
===Evacuation=== | ===Evacuation=== | ||
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With Keyes planning to crash the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the surface of the ringworld, a general evacuation was ordered. For most personnel, this meant evacuating the ship in [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]] lifeboats. Eventually, the Master Chief was able to find a lifeboat that had not yet launched, and paused to throw a stumbling marine into the craft before boarding himself.{{Ref/Reuse|CEPOA}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} Fireteam Raven were just behind and covering fire, and soon headed for the [[SOEIV]] drop bays to join their comrades in dropping "feet first into hell".{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} The troops were ordered by Silva to abandon the reactor bay and make preparations to drop, with McKay entering her pod last and launching just as someone began to play the [[Helljumpers' anthem]] over the radio network shared by all the drop pods. Despite being against regulations, nobody ordered the music to be turned off.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | With Keyes planning to crash the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the surface of the ringworld, a general evacuation was ordered. For most personnel, this meant evacuating the ship in [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]] lifeboats. Eventually, the Master Chief was able to find a lifeboat that had not yet launched, and paused to throw a stumbling marine into the craft before boarding himself.{{Ref/Reuse|CEPOA}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} Fireteam Raven were just behind and covering fire, and soon headed for the [[SOEIV]] drop bays to join their comrades in dropping "feet first into hell".{{Ref/Reuse|HFR}} The troops were ordered by Silva to abandon the reactor bay and make preparations to drop, with McKay entering her pod last and launching just as someone began to play the [[Helljumpers' anthem]] over the radio network shared by all the drop pods. Despite being against regulations, nobody ordered the music to be turned off.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | ||
[[File:HR GearUp.png|thumb|250px | [[File:HR GearUp.png|thumb|250px|Fireteam Raven readies for battle.]] | ||
Despite the rest of the UNSC personnel abandoning in lifeboats and drop pods, several naval [[pilot]]s and ground crew including [[Carol Rawley]] devised an alternate plan; to attempt to take off from the ship in their [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships, believing that dying behind the stick of her own craft was preferable to death by a Covenant weapon. The pilot team managed to make their way to the Pelican bays, thankful to find their craft undamaged and fully fueled. As they ran an abbreviated pre-flight checklist, they spotted a Covenant boarding craft lining up to enter the bay, though the Pelican's chin-mounted 70mm chaingun took care of the dropship without issue. By this time, the ''Autumn'' was beginning to scrape the atmosphere of the Halo, meaning the ships would have to be extremely lucky to deploy due to the wall of fire building around the ship. Nonetheless, the Pelicans were able to deploy without issue.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | Despite the rest of the UNSC personnel abandoning in lifeboats and drop pods, several naval [[pilot]]s and ground crew including [[Carol Rawley]] devised an alternate plan; to attempt to take off from the ship in their [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships, believing that dying behind the stick of her own craft was preferable to death by a Covenant weapon. The pilot team managed to make their way to the Pelican bays, thankful to find their craft undamaged and fully fueled. As they ran an abbreviated pre-flight checklist, they spotted a Covenant boarding craft lining up to enter the bay, though the Pelican's chin-mounted 70mm chaingun took care of the dropship without issue. By this time, the ''Autumn'' was beginning to scrape the atmosphere of the Halo, meaning the ships would have to be extremely lucky to deploy due to the wall of fire building around the ship. Nonetheless, the Pelicans were able to deploy without issue.{{Ref/Reuse|flood1}} | ||
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Following his landing on the ring, Keyes and the rest of the bridge crew would later be captured by the Covenant. Meanwhile, John-117 would proceed to begin rounding up survivors for evacuation by Rawley's Pelican. | Following his landing on the ring, Keyes and the rest of the bridge crew would later be captured by the Covenant. Meanwhile, John-117 would proceed to begin rounding up survivors for evacuation by Rawley's Pelican. | ||
By [[2558]], simulations of the ''Undiminished Entelechy'' and the Fleet of Particular Justice in the battle were depicted in UNSC [[War Games]] simulations.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Truth (level)|Truth]]''</ref> In the simulations, the fleet's {{ | By [[2558]], simulations of the ''Undiminished Entelechy'' and the Fleet of Particular Justice in the battle were depicted in UNSC [[War Games]] simulations.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Truth (level)|Truth]]''</ref> In the simulations, the fleet's {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s were replaced by post-war [[Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/halo-5-truth/7c25c1e2-29a4-4ef9-bf84-f9912215a0a0/posts?page=1#post17 ''Halo Waypoint Forums'': Catalog interaction] - ''HALO 5 TRUTH'' ([[Catalog/Archive/2015#Halo 5 Truth|Archive]])</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||