Red Slate Plateau: Difference between revisions

The '''Red Slate Plateau''' was a plateau on the [[human]] colony of [[Draetheus V]]. During the [[Battle of Draetheus V]], [[Merg Vol's Covenant faction|Covenant forces]]  had gathered at the plateau. After the remainder of the [[23rd Armored Cavalry]] and [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]] made their way across the bridges on [[Epsilon Expanse]], [[UNSC]] forces engaged the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Mission 9: Battle for Epsilon Expanse|Battle for Epsilon Expanse]]''</ref> [[M808 Scorpion]]s and [[M850 Grizzly|M850 Grizzlies]] from the 23rd Armored Cavalry battled Covenant [[Wraith]]s on the plateau. Following the engagement, only eight of cavalry's eighty-six vehicles remained.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Assault''', ''[[Mission 10: Battle at Red Slate|Battle at Red Slate]]''</ref> Later in the battle, Covenant forces overran the position once again.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Assault''', ''[[Mission 19: Escape from Faraday|Escape from Faraday]]''</ref>