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The next day Halsey joined Johnson and both admirals aboard the {{class|Point Blank|stealth cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} in deep space within the [[Polona sector]].<ref name="HSS5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> At 0558 hours she led [[John-117]] into the ship's tactical planning center for a meeting with the aforementioned men, Captain [[Halima Ascot]], and [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]], commander of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] of [[ODST|orbital drop shock trooper]]s. Halsey took the first open chair around the TPC's conference table and before long was being introduced by Cole as leading their effort to analyze and reverse-engineer alien tech. The mission those present had gathered to discuss, [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], was being conceived of as a desperate mission with the stated aim of boarding as many Covenant capital ships as possible in order to detonate small-yield tactical [[nuclear weapon]]s within their hulls. When Colonel Crowther balked at these aims, Halsey suggested that John be put in command of his troopers. She had previously broached this suggestion with Cole, who rebuffed it for a second time, stating that John was not ready to lead something of that scale. Halsey began to argue in kind but was cut of by John himself, who agreed with the admiral. This earned him a scowl from the doctor but she did not press the point any further after that. Ascot, who would be leading an all [[prowler]] force dubbed [[Task Force Yama]], let Halsey know she would be confined to the ''Vanishing Point'' for her own safety for the operation's duration. Halsey began to protest this but relented when Cole threatened to ship her back to [[Reach]] should she try to leave the ship.<ref name="HSS5"/> Following this meeting Catherine gave Johnson access to the Spartans' TEAMCOM to facilitate his role as liaison between they and the ODSTs and also made it clear to John that he should give the sergeant's advice a lot of weight—especially when navigating the vagaries of protocol inherent in their attachment to the 21st.<ref name="HSS7"/><ref name="HSS8">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref> | The next day Halsey joined Johnson and both admirals aboard the {{class|Point Blank|stealth cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} in deep space within the [[Polona sector]].<ref name="HSS5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> At 0558 hours she led [[John-117]] into the ship's tactical planning center for a meeting with the aforementioned men, Captain [[Halima Ascot]], and [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]], commander of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] of [[ODST|orbital drop shock trooper]]s. Halsey took the first open chair around the TPC's conference table and before long was being introduced by Cole as leading their effort to analyze and reverse-engineer alien tech. The mission those present had gathered to discuss, [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], was being conceived of as a desperate mission with the stated aim of boarding as many Covenant capital ships as possible in order to detonate small-yield tactical [[nuclear weapon]]s within their hulls. When Colonel Crowther balked at these aims, Halsey suggested that John be put in command of his troopers. She had previously broached this suggestion with Cole, who rebuffed it for a second time, stating that John was not ready to lead something of that scale. Halsey began to argue in kind but was cut of by John himself, who agreed with the admiral. This earned him a scowl from the doctor but she did not press the point any further after that. Ascot, who would be leading an all [[prowler]] force dubbed [[Task Force Yama]], let Halsey know she would be confined to the ''Vanishing Point'' for her own safety for the operation's duration. Halsey began to protest this but relented when Cole threatened to ship her back to [[Reach]] should she try to leave the ship.<ref name="HSS5"/> Following this meeting Catherine gave Johnson access to the Spartans' TEAMCOM to facilitate his role as liaison between they and the ODSTs and also made it clear to John that he should give the sergeant's advice a lot of weight—especially when navigating the vagaries of protocol inherent in their attachment to the 21st.<ref name="HSS7"/><ref name="HSS8">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref> | ||
===Seoba=== | ===Seoba and Etalan=== | ||
[[Task Force Yama]] reached the [[Kolaqoa system]] and the planet [[Biko]]'s third moon, [[Seoba]], on March 18.<ref name="HSS7"/> Seeing as Biko lay right in the path of the enemy's current invasion route, it had been picked as the perfect spot to lie in wait for the Covenant.<ref name="HSS5"/> The task force was soon met with resistance from insurrectionists working in concert with the [[Biko Independence Army]] during its [[Operation: ICE DANCE|insertion]] of Spartans and ODSTs to an abandoned ice quarry on the moon.<ref name="HSS8"/> The following day, Halsey was present at 0816 hours for an impromptu after action debriefing held around a folding conference table within Assembly Chamber 4L430 in one of the quarry's abandoned habitats.<ref name="HSS11">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 11''</ref> She was seated between Captain Ascot and Colonel Crowther; also present were Captain [[Nelly Hamm]], Sergeant Johnson, Lieutenant Commander Nyeto, and John-117, who the debriefing principally concerned. During [[Ghost Flight]]'s insertion [[Alpha Company (Black Daggers)|Alpha Company]] had taken on an inordinate amount of casualties, and the unorthodox manner in which John had partially led that drop was being questioned. Halsey pushed back against the very notion that anything had gone wrong with the drop, seeing as the dockyards had been captured in less than an hour. She was surprised to hear, however, that it appeared the enemy had been expecting them. Regardless, Captain Hamm claimed that while still in the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}} John had dumped a wounded trooper in her lap for the sole purpose of keeping her preoccupied so he could do things as he saw fit. Halsey was quick to defend him, but John confirmed the captain's accusation. | [[Task Force Yama]] reached the [[Kolaqoa system]] and the planet [[Biko]]'s third moon, [[Seoba]], on March 18.<ref name="HSS7"/> Seeing as Biko lay right in the path of the enemy's current invasion route, it had been picked as the perfect spot to lie in wait for the Covenant.<ref name="HSS5"/> The task force was soon met with resistance from insurrectionists working in concert with the [[Biko Independence Army]] during its [[Operation: ICE DANCE|insertion]] of Spartans and ODSTs to an abandoned ice quarry on the moon.<ref name="HSS8"/> The following day, Halsey was present at 0816 hours for an impromptu after action debriefing held around a folding conference table within Assembly Chamber 4L430 in one of the quarry's abandoned habitats.<ref name="HSS11">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 11''</ref> She was seated between Captain Ascot and Colonel Crowther; also present were Captain [[Nelly Hamm]], Sergeant Johnson, Lieutenant Commander Nyeto, and John-117, who the debriefing principally concerned. During [[Ghost Flight]]'s insertion [[Alpha Company (Black Daggers)|Alpha Company]] had taken on an inordinate amount of casualties, and the unorthodox manner in which John had partially led that drop was being questioned. Halsey pushed back against the very notion that anything had gone wrong with the drop, seeing as the dockyards had been captured in less than an hour. She was surprised to hear, however, that it appeared the enemy had been expecting them. Regardless, Captain Hamm claimed that while still in the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}} John had dumped a wounded trooper in her lap for the sole purpose of keeping her preoccupied so he could do things as he saw fit. Halsey was quick to defend him, but John confirmed the captain's accusation. Nyeto also spoke in John's defense, but in doing so let on that he may be younger than the age currently being claimed for him. As the conversation shifted to this matter Halsey protested its relevance and told Captain Ascot the true ages of the Spartans were compartmentalized and classified Top Secret Level One. She also assured her, however, that their training and judgment was unparalleled. Despite her efforts at further concealment the lieutenant commander explained how he'd realized the Spartans must all be around fifteen years old then. He claimed to have a friend who had trained with a bunch of eight-year-olds on [[Reach]] seven years prior. Halsey responded by leaning forward so her upper body shielded Nyeto from Ascot demanded how he could know those eight-year-olds were her Spartans, and once again it was John's inability to convincingly lie that had given away the truth. The doctor was finally forced to resort to saying the Spartans' ages could not leave the room, but Colonel Crowther was quick to threaten her with incarceration for violations of the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]]. Catherine asked the man if he really thought his superiors would let the [[Judge Advocate General]] hear about this before emphatically declaring that despite their youth, the Spartans were ''not'' children. Ascot and Crowther determined that they were to be sidelined for the remaining duration of SILENT STORM; something Halsey strongly urged them to reconsider.<ref name="HSS11"/> | ||
After a long silence the debriefing returned once more to the matter of Alpha Company's casualties. | |||
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