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As the Spartans neared the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing them to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was largely intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Also, they spotted an intrusion corvette moving into position over the prowler, seemingly preparing to recover it for study. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Then, John opened the command channel again and relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed John's concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way that the prowler's [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] system could be remotely activated, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, neither of the two people with the ability to activate it could be reached. Crowther reluctantly ordered the Spartans to prevent the ''Starry Night''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s capture, but John cut him off, assuring him that they would not fail. Yet, the Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | As the Spartans neared the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing them to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was largely intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Also, they spotted an intrusion corvette moving into position over the prowler, seemingly preparing to recover it for study. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Then, John opened the command channel again and relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed John's concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way that the prowler's [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] system could be remotely activated, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, neither of the two people with the ability to activate it could be reached. Crowther reluctantly ordered the Spartans to prevent the ''Starry Night''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s capture, but John cut him off, assuring him that they would not fail. Yet, the Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | ||
Just then, a Covenant [[Type-32 Ghost|Ghost]] appeared on John's motion tracker, firing at him through the fog. Once it showed itself, he killed its [[Jiralhanae]] driver with his MA5B's [[M301 grenade launcher|underbarrel grenade launcher]]. Shortly after that was handled, more Ghosts entered the quarry, so John ordered Green and Gold Teams to deal with them as Blue Team followed him. At this point, the looming intrusion corvette had begun deploying EVA-equipped [[Sangheili]], Jiralhanae, and [[Kig-Yar]] warriors via gravity lift, with the first already looking for a way inside the ship. Another corvette crested the edge of the quarry, firing its main cannon on the Spartans. [[Grace-093]] took a hit, and John requested an ETA on Nyeto's support. The lieutenant commander told him not to worry, as it was nearly set up. However, John realized it would be too late for that and he ordered Fred, Kelly, and Linda to simultaneously fire on the avalanche just below the ''Starry Night'' with their grenade launchers to cause the vessel to fall to quarry floor and prevent the Covenant from gaining entrance. The volley of [[grenade]]s worked a bit too well, bringing the avalanche down on top of the Spartans, but successfully delaying the Covenant in their boarding attempt.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | Just then, a Covenant [[Type-32 Ghost|Ghost]] appeared on John's motion tracker, firing at him through the fog. Once it showed itself, he killed its [[Jiralhanae]] driver with his MA5B's [[M301 grenade launcher|underbarrel grenade launcher]]. Shortly after that was handled, more Ghosts entered the quarry, so John ordered Green and Gold Teams to deal with them as Blue Team followed him. At this point, the looming intrusion corvette had begun deploying EVA-equipped [[Sangheili]], Jiralhanae, and [[Kig-Yar]] [[Bloodstars|Bloodstar]] warriors via gravity lift, with the first already looking for a way inside the ship. Another corvette crested the edge of the quarry, firing its main cannon on the Spartans. [[Grace-093]] took a hit, and John requested an ETA on Nyeto's support. The lieutenant commander told him not to worry, as it was nearly set up. However, John realized it would be too late for that and he ordered Fred, Kelly, and Linda to simultaneously fire on the avalanche just below the ''Starry Night'' with their grenade launchers to cause the vessel to fall to quarry floor and prevent the Covenant from gaining entrance. The volley of [[grenade]]s worked a bit too well, bringing the avalanche down on top of the Spartans, but successfully delaying the Covenant in their boarding attempt.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | ||
By the time some of the Spartans had recovered, two more corvettes had arrived to support the Bloodstars, as well as to deploy more armored vehicles. However, Fred led a small team of Spartans into the prowler before the Covenant could make a second boarding attempt. Within the ''Starry Night'', the Spartans found five survivors: Staff Sergeant Johnson and four ODSTs. While most of the supersoldiers were occupied fending off the ground vehicles or freeing themselves from the ice flow, a Bloodstar strike team approached the vessel. Two Kig-Yar entered first to scout it out, then a group of Sangheili and Jiralhanae entered, leaving two more Kig-Yar atop the fuselage to act as a rear guard. Meanwhile, Task Force Yama shot down two of the flotilla's corvettes in a strafing run. Shortly after they boarded, the Bloodstars were attacked by Fred's team. Most of them died in an explosion, but two Sangheili escaped to be confronted by John. The Spartan killed one of them with his [[M6D magnum]] and stabbed the other with their own [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]]. Before he could recover from the encounter, the two Kig-Yar stationed atop the prowler began firing at him from behind their [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet|shields]], with one landing a hit that compromised his armor's seal. [[Joshua-029|Two]] [[Anton-044|more]] Spartans arrived to assist, but the corvette overhead began lifting the ''Starry Night'' into its cargo hold. The team inside the prowler armed its [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] and fled in an escape pod, while the other Spartans sprinted out of the [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuke]]'s blast radius. Thirty seconds later, the nuke detonated, destroying both the ''Starry Night'' and the intrusion corvette above. Each of the twelve Spartans made it to safety, but John wanted to check on each of them personally, once [[Joshua-029]] patched the breach in his armor. Colonel Crowther extracted the Spartans after the nuke's [[electromagnetic pulse]] had dissipated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:HSS full cover.jpg| | File:HSS full cover.jpg|John-117 in the ice quarry. | ||
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