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Arriving at Eridanus Secundus on [[2552#September|September 12, 2552]], Fred and John accompanied Whitcomb, Halsey, and Haverson into the asteroid after the URF, under the leadership of [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], reluctantly agreed to repair ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg''. As the group discussed the current situation with Jiles, a Covenant cruiser suddenly arrived in the system, having tracked ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' by following the radiation emitted by the crystal in slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|fs301}} Fred and the others returned to their ships to [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|combat]] the cruiser, with Fred manning the engineering station of ''Gettysburg''. The humans were eventually able to destroy the cruiser and Jiles agreed to have the URF repair their vessels before the next wave of Covenant ships arrived.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 314-321'' (2010)</ref> Fred and the rest of Blue Team, including the recently healed Kelly and Linda, were then given some time to rest and repair their equipment, where they discussed their next best course of action with Johnson and Locklear. They realized that the Covenant fleet headed to Earth was grouping at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''—a command-and-control station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]—and decided that attacking the station would be the best way to weaken the Covenant's inevitable attack on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 322-326'' (2010)</ref> While preparing for the Covenant's next attack, Halsey sedated Kelly and left the system with her aboard Jiles' [[Beatrice|flagship]] to follow coordinates she had taken from [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] that led to [[Onyx|a world]] with numerous pieces of Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 334'' (2010)</ref> Shortly after, Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal to prevent it from falling into Covenant hands, killing himself in the process. ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' and its crew were ultimately forced to abandon the URF when a fleet of thirty Covenant ships arrived at the asteroid. The Spartans then began to enact [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 337-349'' (2010)</ref> | Arriving at Eridanus Secundus on [[2552#September|September 12, 2552]], Fred and John accompanied Whitcomb, Halsey, and Haverson into the asteroid after the URF, under the leadership of [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], reluctantly agreed to repair ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg''. As the group discussed the current situation with Jiles, a Covenant cruiser suddenly arrived in the system, having tracked ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' by following the radiation emitted by the crystal in slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|fs301}} Fred and the others returned to their ships to [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|combat]] the cruiser, with Fred manning the engineering station of ''Gettysburg''. The humans were eventually able to destroy the cruiser and Jiles agreed to have the URF repair their vessels before the next wave of Covenant ships arrived.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 314-321'' (2010)</ref> Fred and the rest of Blue Team, including the recently healed Kelly and Linda, were then given some time to rest and repair their equipment, where they discussed their next best course of action with Johnson and Locklear. They realized that the Covenant fleet headed to Earth was grouping at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''—a command-and-control station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]—and decided that attacking the station would be the best way to weaken the Covenant's inevitable attack on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 322-326'' (2010)</ref> While preparing for the Covenant's next attack, Halsey sedated Kelly and left the system with her aboard Jiles' [[Beatrice|flagship]] to follow coordinates she had taken from [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] that led to [[Onyx|a world]] with numerous pieces of Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 334'' (2010)</ref> Shortly after, Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal to prevent it from falling into Covenant hands, killing himself in the process. ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' and its crew were ultimately forced to abandon the URF when a fleet of thirty Covenant ships arrived at the asteroid. The Spartans then began to enact [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 337-349'' (2010)</ref> | ||
The next day, the Spartans were deployed from ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' in a | The next day, the Spartans were deployed from ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' in a {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} dropship while in slipspace. The dropship exited slipspace and arrived at Tau Ceti, where Fred and Blue Team infiltrated ''Unyielding Hierophant'' with assistance from Cortana.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 356'' (2010)</ref> While traveling to the station's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor]], Blue Team was ambushed by [[Jiralhanae]] and Grace was killed. After eliminating the Covenant soldiers, Fred and the surviving Spartans set the station's reactors to overload.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 374-380'' (2010)</ref> Fred then escaped ''Unyielding Hierophant'' with John, Will, and Linda aboard Banshees, where they rendezvoused with ''Gettysburg''—now detached from ''Ascendant Justice'' and equipped with the Covenant carrier's slipspace drive—at a nearby moon. While Whitcomb and Haverson sacrificed themselves to lure the Covenant fleet closer to the station in ''Ascendant Justice'', the Spartans escaped to Earth on ''Gettysburg'' with Johnson. The detonation caught almost the entire fleet in the explosion, with all but twelve ships being destroyed in the blast.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 382-398'' (2010)</ref> | ||
=== Battle of Earth === | === Battle of Earth === | ||