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== Summary == | |||
[[ | Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb appeared in [[Halo: First Strike]]. He was the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and his accomplishments during the battle for New Constantinople and the Siege of the Atlas Moons were well-known. Every [[SPARTAN-II]] had studied his record. He claims that he descended from Russian Cossacks, despite his Texan accent. | ||
He was stationed at [[Reach]] in 2552. During The [[Battle of Reach]], he had gone to secure his secret project, the [[Nova]] bomb, when the [[HIGHCOM]] HQ of the Reach Military Complex was destroyed. Whitcomb then became the ranking officer on the planet. Whitcomb radioed the team he had sent to gather the Novas, [[Charlie Company]]. It had turned out that the company was forced to defend [[ODG Facility A-331]] and most of them were killed when a flight of [[Longsword]]s were ordered to bomb the area mistakenly. Instead, he contacted [[Fredric-104]], who was now in charge of Charlie Company. Fred sent [[Anton-044]], [[Li-008]], and [[Grace-093]] to rescue him. | |||
The Admiral had a staff with him, but it is assumed that they were killed. He and the three [[Spartans]] then retreated to [[Camp Independence]] to avoid [[Covenant]] activity. For three weeks they conducted hit and run missions against the Covenant and broadcast [[Oly Oly Oxen Free]], until they were picked up by [[John-117]] and [[Lieutenant Haverson]]. They then went to rescue Fred's team, and returned to the captured [[Ascendant Justice]]/[[Gettysburg]] aboard a captured [[Covenant Dropship]]. | |||
Whitcomb then took command of the vessel, navagating it through an anomalous [[Slipspace]] bubble and defeating the Covenant, despite the heavy damage to the ship. He then took it to [[Eridanus Secundus]], blackmailing [[Governor Jacob Jiles]] to help him repair his ship. But they were unable to hold back the Covenant onslaught, and with great remorse, Whitcomb retreated, dooming the [[Eridanus Rebel]]s to death in Covenant hands. | |||
He then approved [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], and observed the Spartan team's actions from behing a nearby moon. He died after the mission, while using the captured flagship to lure starships towards the [[Unyielding Hierophant]] in an attempt to maximise Covenant losses. He was sucessful, and he perished along with [[Lieutenant Haverson]] and the Ascendant Justice. | |||
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