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|name = Operation: WHITE GLOVE | |name = Operation: WHITE GLOVE | ||
|image =[[File:HR ScorpionAtAirview.jpg|300px]] | |image =[[File:HR ScorpionAtAirview.jpg|300px]] | ||
|conflict = *[[Human-Covenant | |conflict = *[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
**[[Fall of Reach]] | **[[Fall of Reach]] | ||
|date = [[2552#August|August 29]]{{Ref/Reuse|package}}-30, 2552{{Ref/Reuse|firststrike14}} | |date = [[2552#August|August 29]]{{Ref/Reuse|package}}-30, 2552{{Ref/Reuse|firststrike14}} | ||
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==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
===SWORD Base=== | ===SWORD Base=== | ||
[[File:HaloReach - JunEmileCarter.jpg|thumb | [[File:HaloReach - JunEmileCarter.jpg|thumb|250px|Emile, Jun, and Carter fighting an Elite.]] | ||
{{Quote|Time to get to work, Noble Six. Take out those guns.|Carter to Noble Six.{{Ref/Reuse|package}}}} | {{Quote|Time to get to work, Noble Six. Take out those guns.|Carter to Noble Six.{{Ref/Reuse|package}}}} | ||
On August 29, 2552, [[SPARTAN-B312]] and several ODSTs showed up to the ruins of [[Farragut Station]]. They cleared out local resistance around the station, and proceeded to [[Airview Base]]. There, [[Cheru-pattern Tyrant|Tyrants]] were blocking the remaining members of Noble Team from backing up existing forces. Along the path, they encountered more Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|package}} | On August 29, 2552, [[SPARTAN-B312]] and several ODSTs showed up to the ruins of [[Farragut Station]]. They cleared out local resistance around the station, and proceeded to [[Airview Base]]. There, [[Cheru-pattern Tyrant|Tyrants]] were blocking the remaining members of Noble Team from backing up existing forces. Along the path, they encountered more Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|package}} | ||
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===CASTLE Base=== | ===CASTLE Base=== | ||
By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: First Strike]]|Chapter=12}} By this time, Jun had left her for reasons unknown. Although the rest of the facility's personnel had evacuated, she began to enact Operation: WHITE GLOVE.{{Ref/Novel|Id=firststrike14|Halo: First Strike|Chapter 14}} She was accompanied by the AI [[Kalmiya]], a predecessor of [[Cortana]], and was harried by [[Araqiel]], the personal AI of her nemesis, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. The operation called for the destruction of every [[artificial intelligence]] in the facility using the fail-safe in its [[Riemann matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the Covenant did not capture such technology.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=127-128}} After erasing Araqiel with a fail-safe command, Halsey did the same to Kalmiya. When the surviving [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] of [[Red Team]] arrived at the base, Halsey destroyed the facility via the self-destruct charges installed throughout the complex.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=135}} She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the slipspace-distorting [[Forerunner crystal|crystal]] in the [[Menachite portal complex|Forerunner complex]] beneath the base, though they became trapped for several days.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=132-139}}. | By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: First Strike]]|Chapter=12}} By this time, Jun had left her for reasons unknown. Although Jun-A266 and the rest of the facility's personnel had evacuated, she began to enact Operation: WHITE GLOVE.{{Ref/Novel|Id=firststrike14|Halo: First Strike|Chapter 14}} She was accompanied by the AI [[Kalmiya]], a predecessor of [[Cortana]], and was harried by [[Araqiel]], the personal AI of her nemesis, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. The operation called for the destruction of every [[artificial intelligence]] in the facility using the fail-safe in its [[Riemann matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the Covenant did not capture such technology.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=127-128}} After erasing Araqiel with a fail-safe command, Halsey did the same to Kalmiya. When the surviving [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] of [[Red Team]] arrived at the base, Halsey destroyed the facility via the self-destruct charges installed throughout the complex.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=135}} She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the slipspace-distorting [[Forerunner crystal|crystal]] in the [[Menachite portal complex|Forerunner complex]] beneath the base, though they became trapped for several days.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=132-139}}. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||