Operation: FAR STORM: Difference between revisions

==The mission==

Following the discovery of a countdown on the Halo Array, both the [[UNSC]] and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] decided that the best course of action was to go to what remained of [[Installation 00]] to try and manually stop the timer. Members of the group came from both factions involved, including two [[Sangheili]] who had conducted operations on the installation; [[N'tho 'Sraom]] and [[Usze 'Taham]], the former in command of the warship ''[[Mayhem]]''. The mission was put into action rather abruptly - and earlier than planned - when the [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] activated the [[Portal at Voi]] for the first time since the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]]. Almost immediately, a [[Retriever Sentinel]]  emerged through the portal and began strip-mining the area around the portal, forcing the {{UNSCShip|Endeavor}} and accompanying small craft to engage combat with it. After this event, the UNSC task force met aboard the ''Mayhem'' to discuss what to do next. The commander of the ship, [[N'tho 'Sraom]], proceeded to kidnap the UNSC troops, believing that the more time wasted talking would mean less time to stop the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. ''Mayhem'' proceeded to enter the portal to travel to the Ark.

The ''[[Mayhem]]'' arrived at [[Installation 00]] much earlier than expected; the previous voyage to the installation had taken weeks, whereas ''Mayhem'' arrived in a matter of mere hours. Upon exiting slipspace, the corvette was immediately engaged by more [[Retriever Sentinel|Retrievers]], and was heavily damaged in the process, crash-landing on the surface of the installation. Unable to continue by air, the group set out to go to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] by foot. The group, consisting of several UNSC [[Marines]], two [[Spartan-IVs]], several [[Sangheili]] and one [[Huragok]], initially made slow progress over the blasted terrain, but eventually began to encounter some of the installation's ambient life in the form of [[Sky Leviathan|Sky Leviathans]]. Shortly after, the group would be attacked by [[Morolaath|blind wolves]] and [[Chaefka]], two predatory species 'native' to the installation. In the skirmish, [[Olympia Vale]] would injured and lured away from the battle by the [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]], using a friendly [[Chaefka]] to lead her to the monitor. When Vale's absence was noted, [[Usze 'Taham]], [[Elias Holt]] and [[Henry Lamb]] would be sent to track her down, while Captain [[Annabelle Richards]] would return to ''Mayhem'' after being injured, alongside her marines and those killed in the previous skirmish.