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This operation was one of the most effective raids in [[UNSC]] history. In a desperate attempt to stop a massive [[Covenant]] armada heading for [[Earth]], five [[Spartans]] infiltrated the [[Covenant]] battlestation [[Unyielding Hierophant]] and set the generators on one side of the station to overload. This was the first [[Spartan]] encounter with [[Brutes]], who guarded a temple in an Atrium-like structure in the battlestation. [[Spartan-II]], [[Grace]], was killed by the Brutes' high-velocity grenade launchers and COM triangulation tactics. Once the reactors were set to overload, the [[Spartans]] returned to the Atrium-like room, opened the airlocks, and blew out a shield-like structure that enclosed the "Atrium." One of [[Cortana]]'s clones was taken along and had to open the airlocks for the [[Spartans]]. Her copy of a copy in the [[Covenant]] network was discovered and forced to make hundreds of copies to protect herself. She sucessfuly opened the airlocks and tied up the [[Covenant]]'s communication by repeating error messages on their COM systems endlessly. The [[Spartans]] then traveled to the far side of a nearby moon and unexpectedly met the [[UNSC Gettysburg]]. [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[Lieutenant Elias Haverson]] took the [[Ascendant Justice]] and crashed into the [[Unyielding Hierophant]]. Whitcomb pretended to have the Forerunner crystal on board the ship (using a hologram), challenging all the [[Covenant]] in the system to try and take it from him. The Covenant battleships all gathered around the [[Ascendant Justice]] and the overloading battlestation, attempting to take the "crystal" from Whitcomb. The battlestation then overloaded and exploded, killing the Vice Admiral and Lieutenant, destroying most of the [[Covenant]] fleet, and saving Earth from an unexpected strike. | This operation was one of the most effective raids in [[UNSC]] history. In a desperate attempt to stop a massive [[Covenant]] armada heading for [[Earth]], five [[Spartans]] infiltrated the [[Covenant]] battlestation [[Unyielding Hierophant]] and set the generators on one side of the station to overload. This was the first [[Spartan]] encounter with [[Brutes]], who guarded a temple in an Atrium-like structure in the battlestation. [[Spartan-II]], [[Grace]], was killed by the Brutes' high-velocity grenade launchers and COM triangulation tactics. Once the reactors were set to overload, the [[Spartans]] returned to the Atrium-like room, opened the airlocks, and blew out a shield-like structure that enclosed the "Atrium." One of [[Cortana]]'s clones was taken along and had to open the airlocks for the [[Spartans]]. Her copy of a copy in the [[Covenant]] network was discovered and forced to make hundreds of copies to protect herself. She sucessfuly opened the airlocks and tied up the [[Covenant]]'s communication by repeating error messages on their COM systems endlessly. The [[Spartans]] then traveled to the far side of a nearby moon and unexpectedly met the [[UNSC Gettysburg]]. [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[Lieutenant Elias Haverson]] took the [[Ascendant Justice]] and crashed into the [[Unyielding Hierophant]]. Whitcomb pretended to have the Forerunner crystal on board the ship (using a hologram), challenging all the [[Covenant]] in the system to try and take it from him. The Covenant battleships all gathered around the [[Ascendant Justice]] and the overloading battlestation, attempting to take the "crystal" from Whitcomb. The battlestation then overloaded and exploded, killing the Vice Admiral and Lieutenant, destroying most of the [[Covenant]] fleet, and saving Earth from an unexpected strike. | ||
The outcome of the battle was very important as the Covenant did not yet know the strategic importance of their intended target. Thus, their actual [[First Battle of Earth|first entrance]] into the Sol system was with a much smaller force. This was crucial to the survival of the human homeworld and the significant UNSC presence on Earth. | The outcome and historical result of the battle was very important and noteworthy as the Covenant did not yet know the strategic importance of their intended and vectored target. Thus, their actual [[First Battle of Earth|first entrance]] into the Sol system was with a much smaller force than the pre-fated Reach. This was crucial to the survival of the human homeworld and the significant UNSC presence on Earth. | ||
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