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{{ | '''Narrator:''' What makes one a hero? If humanity did not know before, the last [[Human-Covenant War|three decades of war]] have most certainly shown us. Perhaps the hero's most striking feature is courage - their bravery and audacity in the face of certain death - something we've become all too familiar with in recent years. | ||
In [[2531]] the {{UNSCship|Spirit of Fire}} led by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter]] would strike back at the Covenant's attack on [[Harvest]], tracking them all the way to a mysterious [[Forerunner]] [[Shield 0459|Shield World]]. Outnumbered and out gunned the ''Spirit of Fire'' would fight against impossible odds. The crew's unflinching courage eventually culminated in victory against the Covenant. | |||
Twenty years later, [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]] would find himself similarly outmatched, as an advance Covenant survey party arrived near [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. Alone and with allies too far away to assist, Keyes ordered his ship, the {{UNSCship|Iroquois}}, to pursue the Covenant, fighting them off in a stunning display of bravery and tactical brilliance. This event continues to be cited as one of the most impressive naval maneuvers in the history of the [[UNSC]], informally dubbed the [[Keyes Loop]]. | |||
And what better example of courage is there than that of his daughter, [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]]. She would chase the Covenant not once, but twice into the unknown black of slipspace, eventually tracking them to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], where she would lay down her own life for a fellow soldier and set into motion the events leading to the end of the war. | |||
But years before the war came to an end an expression of this very same courage was made by [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]] of the [[53rd Armored Division]]. On May 10th, [[2545]] when the Colonel stood before the twelve thousand men and women fighting alongside him on the colony world [[Actium]], he told them this: "''Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident, it is our fate, and this war our birthright, our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you my fellow soldiers were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity, and they will fear us.''" Though Actium would [[Battle of Actium|fall]] less than a month later, the Colonel would lead UNSC forces deep into enemy territory, and they, with the aid of a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK tactical nukes]], would wipe out three of the largest Covenant staging areas in recorded history. There would be no survivors in the 53rd Armored Division, but one thing was certain: the Covenant saw first-hand the capacity of human courage and our unwillingness to accept defeat. | |||
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