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Task Force Yama split off from Battle Group X-Ray under the orders of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The Task Force's main objective was to escort and infiltrate the Spartans into a Covenant ship, so they could capture it. The Covenant ship would | Task Force Yama split off from Battle Group X-Ray under the orders of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The Task Force's main objective was to escort and infiltrate the Spartans into a Covenant ship, so they could capture it. The Covenant ship would then be used to gain intelligence about the Covenant technology and their homeworlds. | ||
The initial insertion was a failure due to an accidentally broadcasted transmission the Covenant picked up. Captain Ascot, Spartan [[John-117]] and the commander of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] joining the fleet, [[Marmon Crowther|Colonel Crowther]] then decided to await the Covenant at [[Biko]], a [[UNSC]] Strongpoint. Intending to using an abandoned Ice Quarry on Biko's third moon, the Task Force was unexpectedly ambushed by the [[United Rebel Front]], who also used the Quarry as a staging location for a coup. Although the [[Spartans]] and the Black Daggers managed to defeat the Insurrectionists, they still managed to shoot down the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} and ''Starry Night'', killing Captain Ascot. Though Covenant forces tried to capture the still relatively-intact ''Starry Night'', the Spartans rescued the Prowler's surviving crew and activated its [[self-destruct]], a one-megaton [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] that destroyed the {{Class|Intrusion|corvette}} that was trying to take the Prowler on board. | The initial insertion was a failure due to an accidentally broadcasted transmission the Covenant picked up. Captain Ascot, Spartan [[John-117]] and the commander of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] joining the fleet, [[Marmon Crowther|Colonel Crowther]] then decided to await the Covenant at [[Biko]], a [[UNSC]] Strongpoint. Intending to using an abandoned Ice Quarry on Biko's third moon, the Task Force was unexpectedly ambushed by the [[United Rebel Front]], who also used the Quarry as a staging location for a coup. Although the [[Spartans]] and the Black Daggers managed to defeat the Insurrectionists, they still managed to shoot down the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} and ''Starry Night'', killing Captain Ascot. Though Covenant forces tried to capture the still relatively-intact ''Starry Night'', the Spartans rescued the Prowler's surviving crew and activated its [[self-destruct]], a one-megaton [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] that destroyed the {{Class|Intrusion|corvette}} that was trying to take the Prowler on board. | ||