File EHY-97 is the NavSpecWep after-action report dealing with the apparent loss of SPARTAN-051.[1]

The reportEdit

ADDENDUM/AFTER-ACTION REPORT/UNSC-NAVSPECWEP
OPS, FILE EHY-97
SUBJECT: SPARTAN-051
DURING AFOREMENTIONED OPERATION (SEE ATTACHED MISSION PRO-FILE)
TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE REBEL ACTIVITY ON THE DECOMMISSIONED
CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM 966A, UNOFFICIALLY NAMED
"Station Delphi", A CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION OF A THRUSTER PACK
(MODEL 050978, UNIT SERIAL #82.10923.129) OCCURRED.
AT 1000 HOURS, A THRUSTER MALFUNCTION PROPELLED
SPARTAN-051 OFF MISSION AND INTO INTERPLANETARY SPACE.
IMMEDIATE RESCUE ATTEMPTS COMMENCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE UNSC PROWLER CIRCUMFERENCE, JOINED ON 1/13/2535,
1105 HOURS, BY THE UNSC FRIGATE TANNENBURG.
THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MINUTES AFTER PROJECTED OXYGEN IN
SPARTAN-051 VARIANT-V MJOLNIR SUIT EXPIRED, OPERATION
TERMINATED AS NEARBY COVENANT ACTION (SEE ATTACHED REFERENCES)
PROMPTED AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION OF ALL NEARBY
UNSC FORCES.
CAUSE OF THRUSTER MALFUNCTION REMAINS UNKNOWN, PENDING
FURTHER INVESTIGATION, BUT IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT A PARTIALLY
DECOMMISSIONED SHAW-FUJIKAWA TRANSLIGHT ENGINE CORE
ON THE PLATFORM AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SPARTAN-051 AT
THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SERIES OF CATASTROPHIC
ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. ANOMALOUS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
ALSO OBSCURED FURTHER, LATER RESCUE EFFORTS IN THE
REGION.
PLATFORM 966A HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH A HAZNAV SATELLITE,
PENDING HMAT TEAM DISPATCH (FLEETCOM ORDER D-88934).
SPARTAN-051 STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION

TriviaEdit

A possible inconsistency in this report is that the rescue was commenced in the year 2535, when the accident actually happened in 2531.

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