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A few days later, Lieutenant Commander Nyeto and his flight were assigned to [[Task Force Yama]]—a splinter group of [[Battle Group X-Ray]]—for the duration of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], a daring UNSC operation that would see the SPARTAN-IIs and the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODSTs]] of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] boarding Covenant vessels to destroy them from the inside using [[nuclear weapon]]s. The hope was that this would slow down the Covenant's [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|advance]] enough that the UNSC would have time to formulate an effective defensive strategy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}} Upon learning that [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], mastermind of the SPARTAN-II program, would be assigned to the unit, Nyeto or one of his subordinates outfitted her temporary lab on the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} with hidden surveillance equipment and software, in an effort to learn crucial information about her supersoldiers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}} Ghost Flight and the rest of Task Force Yama soon left for the [[Kolaqoa system]] and [[Biko]], which was theorized to be the Covenant's next target. [[Seoba Ice Quarry|An ice quarry]] on [[Seoba]], one of Biko's three [[Natural satellite|moon]]s, was selected as the staging point for the UNSC's operation there.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}} | A few days later, Lieutenant Commander Nyeto and his flight were assigned to [[Task Force Yama]]—a splinter group of [[Battle Group X-Ray]]—for the duration of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], a daring UNSC operation that would see the SPARTAN-IIs and the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODSTs]] of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] boarding Covenant vessels to destroy them from the inside using [[nuclear weapon]]s. The hope was that this would slow down the Covenant's [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|advance]] enough that the UNSC would have time to formulate an effective defensive strategy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}} Upon learning that [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], mastermind of the SPARTAN-II program, would be assigned to the unit, Nyeto or one of his subordinates outfitted her temporary lab on the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} with hidden surveillance equipment and software, in an effort to learn crucial information about her supersoldiers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}} Ghost Flight and the rest of Task Force Yama soon left for the [[Kolaqoa system]] and [[Biko]], which was theorized to be the Covenant's next target. [[Seoba Ice Quarry|An ice quarry]] on [[Seoba]], one of Biko's three [[Natural satellite|moon]]s, was selected as the staging point for the UNSC's operation there.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}} | ||
Arriving in the Kolaqoa system, Task Force Yama approached Seoba and [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] of the Black Daggers—the nickname for the 21st Space Assault Battalion—decided that | Arriving in the Kolaqoa system, Task Force Yama approached Seoba, and [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] of the Black Daggers—the nickname for the 21st Space Assault Battalion—decided that it would be a great time to practice the mass deployment of the Spartans and his ODSTs. However, it was soon discovered that insurgent forces were occupying the quarry. Operation: ICE DANCE was no longer a drill. As the [[Battle of Seoba|battle]] began, Nyeto's flagship, the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}}, was assigned to drop off First Platoon from the Black Daggers' Alpha Company, along with John-117, above the ice quarry. Prior to their deployment, the lieutenant commander confronted John and pulled him into a secluded passageway next to the troop bay. Nyeto apologized to John for the "mistake" made by one of his sensor operators during the Spartans' raid on the ''Radiant Arrow''. Then, he furtively steered their conversation toward a rumor he had apparently heard from an associate that the Spartans were trained as children on [[Reach]], and that they were still only in their mid-teens. Although John denied this, his defensiveness only confirmed that Nyeto's information was accurate.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} Soon after, he ordered his ship to begin the insertion run and launch a missile strike on the insurrectionist relay station when the ''Ghost Song'' was fired upon by rebel anti-aircraft bunkers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS8|HSS|Chapter=8}} The missiles damaged but ultimately missed a direct hit on the transmitter, which left it open to be repaired.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS11}} He ordered his flight to abort the drop, but after John exited the prowler and took out all the hostile emplacements, he was forced to continue with the deployment.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS8}} His flagship and the other prowlers in Ghost Flight delivered the remnants of Alpha Company to the field, and launched a final salvo against the rebels before pulling out when the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} was shot down.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS8}} After the battle concluded and the UNSC had taken the ice quarry, he was summoned by [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]] for a debriefing in the quarry's [[Assembly Chamber 4L430]]. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss what went wrong during the operation and what led to Alpha Company's unusually-high casualties. Ultimately, the conversation turned to the Spartans and their qualifications, which led to a discussion about their true ages. With some careful hinting from Nyeto, Colonel Crowther became curious about John's age. As Nyeto began sharing the rumors and evidence he had to suggest that the Spartans were only about fifteen years old, Dr. Halsey all but confirmed the assertion. Now that he had a good reason to do so, Crowther refused to send the Spartans into any of his future battles. After this, the discussion turned to how the insurgents had seemingly prepared for the UNSC's arrival. John suggested that they were waiting for someone else, the Covenant. Just as everyone else began to see the logic in his reasoning, [[Bloodstar Flotilla|a Covenant flotilla]] arrived in the system. Nyeto and Ascot immediately rushed back to their ships to prepare for battle. {{Ref/Reuse|HSS11}} | ||
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