Operation: SILENT STORM: Difference between revisions

{{Era|HCW}}

|date=[[2526#March|March 8]]-[[2526#April|April 25, 2526]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}<ref name="HSS27">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 27</ref>

|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}

|side2=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}

[[Insurrectionist]]s

*[[United Rebel Front]]<ref name="HSS6">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 6</ref>

*[[Gao Liberation Force]]

*[[Biko Independence Army]]

*[[People's Occupation]]

*[[Venezian Militia]]

With the initial reconquest of Harvest successful at a high price, it became clear to UNSC command that the war was unlikely to be one through sheer naval superiority due to the aliens' vastly superior technology. Realising the UNSC needed time to fully mobilise for war and to develop technology sufficient of fighting the new threat, Vice Admiral Cole convened a meeting to devise Operation: SILENT STORM. Inspired by Sergeant Johnson's successful boarding of ''Minor Transgression'' and the successful boardings of ''[[Unrelenting]]'' and ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' by [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]]s the year prior, Cole intended to use the SPARTANs supplemented by an [[ODST]] space assault [[battalion]] to infiltrate and plant [[nuclear weapon]]s on Covenant vessels and staging points behind enemy lines - disrupting the enemy supply lines and invasion while the UNSC could prepare.

Upon arriving at Bikon moon of [[Seoba]], [[Task Force Yama]] soon realized that the moon was the [[Insurrectionist]] staging ground for their coup.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS7}} Trying to land [[ODSTs]] on the moon’s quarry through aerial drops, the [[UNSC]] force suffered severe losses, with one company of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] taking over 30% casualties, although three [[Spartan-II]] teams (including [[Blue Team]]) were able to stop the Insurrectionists from reporting news of the attack to their superiors. After taking several hundred [[Insurrectionist]] prisoners, who [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] put in the hands of the Spartans to guard while the [[ODST]] battalion withdrew to orbit. [[John-117]] was able to find former UNSC Major General [[Harper Garvin]] among the prisoners. It was then that a flotilla of [[Covenant]]  stealth ships, led by [[Blademaster]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]], visually spotted seven [[UNSC]] [[Prowlers]] and engaged their larger force in an attempt to capture one of the superior [[UNSC]] stealth ships. In this engagement, [[Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]] was killed when her [[prowler]], [[UNSC Starry Night]], was downed and crashed near the Seoba Ice Quarry. [[Blue Team]] were able to make their way to the crashed [[Starry Night]] and activate its onboard [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] to destroy the [[prowler]] and sensitive information on its data logs, including, among other things, the location of [[Earth]]. During the battle, [[Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]] attempted to get the Spartans killed by delaying an attack run on the Covenant ships, but all Spartans survived and two more Covenant ships were eventually destroyed by Nyeto’s squadron.

{{Main|Skirmish over Etalan}}

{{Main|Attack on Zhoist}}

[[Category:UNSC Victories]]