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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
{{Quote|When the Covenant used the Conduit at the Altar, they activated portals all over the galaxy. One of those portals was in New Phoenix, and... Well, you can guess what came next. What's more, the only way to close the portal was to bring the Conduit to the base—and use it to deactivate the Forerunner device.|[[Roland]]}} | {{Quote|When the Covenant used the Conduit at the Altar, they activated portals all over the galaxy. One of those portals was in New Phoenix, and... Well, you can guess what came next. What's more, the only way to close the portal was to bring the Conduit to the base—and use it to deactivate the Forerunner device.|[[Roland]]}} | ||
[[File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|thumb|250px|left|The Spartan leaves Gamma Halo in a Pelican]] | [[File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|thumb|250px|left|The Spartan leaves Gamma Halo in a Pelican.]] | ||
Some point after the original [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] had discovered the [[Conduit]], a [[Forerunner]] device that was capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s throughout the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref name="opc">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October of 2552]], the device was brought to the city. A skirmish between the Covenant and the [[United Nations Space Command]] ensured as both sides attempted to take the Conduit for themselves. Ultimately, a [[squad]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] managed to steal the Conduit from the Covenant. As [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was preparing to enter [[slipstream space]] over the city, the ODST squad was ordered to take the Conduit out of the city, so it could be safely delivered to an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI research facility]] in [[New Phoenix]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. Before the squad could leave New Mombasa, ''Solemn Penance'' entered slipspace and the resulting slipstream wake killed the ODST squad and destroyed the city, seemingly along with the Conduit. | Some point after the original [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] had discovered the [[Conduit]], a [[Forerunner]] device that was capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s throughout the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref name="opc">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of New Mombasa]] on [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October of 2552]], the device was brought to the city. A skirmish between the Covenant and the [[United Nations Space Command]] ensured as both sides attempted to take the Conduit for themselves. Ultimately, a [[squad]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] managed to steal the Conduit from the Covenant. As [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was preparing to enter [[slipstream space]] over the city, the ODST squad was ordered to take the Conduit out of the city, so it could be safely delivered to an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI research facility]] in [[New Phoenix]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. Before the squad could leave New Mombasa, ''Solemn Penance'' entered slipspace and the resulting slipstream wake killed the ODST squad and destroyed the city, seemingly along with the Conduit. | ||
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==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
===Opening actions=== | ===Opening actions=== | ||
[[File:HSS-Cinematic-Oscar Mike.jpg|thumb|250px|A Hornet flying towards the battle]] | [[File:HSS-Cinematic-Oscar Mike.jpg|thumb|250px|A Hornet flying towards the battle.]] | ||
As Covenant remnant and Promethean forces attacked researchers and UNSC Marine garrisons, the Spartan received an emergency distress call from the facility and traveled to the city to aid in the defense of New Phoenix, bringing the Conduit along to use it to help close the portal. The Spartan's initial [[landing zone]] was under heavy Covenant fire, so the supersolider was dropped off by a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] outside the facility's plaza. A team of researchers with knowledge on how to close the portal was pinned down by hostile forces at the Spartan's original landing point; the Spartan was tasked with rescuing them. With the support of the Marine garrison forces, the Spartan was able to operate a [[M808 Scorpion|Scorpion tank]] and fight their way through hordes of [[Promethean Crawler]]s and [[Promethean Knight|Knights]]. Debris blocking the way forced the Spartan to abandon the Scorpion. The Headhunter continued on foot, battling [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] soldiers along the way. Upon arriving at the researchers' location, the Spartan wiped out the nearby Sangheili, [[Kig-Yar]], and Unggoy troops. Once the Covenant forces were eliminated, the Spartan met with the three surviving researchers.<ref name="ss19"/> The research team decided that they needed to use the Conduit to close the portal. The Spartan escorted the team to the research facility's primary laboratory in the inner campus, so they could use the Conduit to end the invasion.<ref name="ss20">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level, ''[[Mission 20: Serve and Protect|Serve and Protect]]''</ref> | As Covenant remnant and Promethean forces attacked researchers and UNSC Marine garrisons, the Spartan received an emergency distress call from the facility and traveled to the city to aid in the defense of New Phoenix, bringing the Conduit along to use it to help close the portal. The Spartan's initial [[landing zone]] was under heavy Covenant fire, so the supersolider was dropped off by a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] outside the facility's plaza. A team of researchers with knowledge on how to close the portal was pinned down by hostile forces at the Spartan's original landing point; the Spartan was tasked with rescuing them. With the support of the Marine garrison forces, the Spartan was able to operate a [[M808 Scorpion|Scorpion tank]] and fight their way through hordes of [[Promethean Crawler]]s and [[Promethean Knight|Knights]]. Debris blocking the way forced the Spartan to abandon the Scorpion. The Headhunter continued on foot, battling [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] soldiers along the way. Upon arriving at the researchers' location, the Spartan wiped out the nearby Sangheili, [[Kig-Yar]], and Unggoy troops. Once the Covenant forces were eliminated, the Spartan met with the three surviving researchers.<ref name="ss19"/> The research team decided that they needed to use the Conduit to close the portal. The Spartan escorted the team to the research facility's primary laboratory in the inner campus, so they could use the Conduit to end the invasion.<ref name="ss20">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level, ''[[Mission 20: Serve and Protect|Serve and Protect]]''</ref> | ||