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===Freighter rescue and Oth Lodon=== | ===Freighter rescue and Oth Lodon=== | ||
{{Main|Ambush at Oth Lodon}} | {{Main|Ambush at Oth Lodon}} | ||
On March 11, six days after DeMarco's death on [[ | On March 11, six days after DeMarco's death, Majestic, sans Thorne, and Roland were in the middle of a [[poker]] game night. Thorne walked in to discover that the rest of the team had made wagers on DeMarco's [[keepsake]], the looted energy sword recovered from [[Gek 'Lhar]] during the Requiem Campaign. Days ago, Grant had won DeMarco's sword in a card game against Spartan Jones of Fireteam Bailey, only to suddenly lose it to Hoya. Thorne expressed that the weapon was a tribute to DeMarco for having saved his life, and requested to join in and take a shot at playing for it. Hoya yielded to his request when the rest of team agreed they all deserved an equal chance. After being rebuked for almost sitting down in DeMarco's seat, Thorne pulled up a chair and joined the others around the table. When Roland began to start a new game of Hold 'em poker, Thorne stopped him and replaced the virtual [[holotank]] cards with his own inherited deck of physical playing cards. As Hoya dealt the deck and revealed the community cards, Roland suddenly alerted the team to an emergency distress call. Before the Spartans left their interrupted game, Thorne unveiled his winning hand, a quad of kings, and claimed the sword of his fallen friend. | ||
The distress call, it turned out, originated in the [[Artesia-702 system]] and was coming from the damaged freighter Pilgrims' Pride. Majestic was permitted to return to being at ease, since it was judged to be of no immediate danger. However, upon arriving at the freighter's location, a trap was sprung inside ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sub-vessel deployment bay. Fireteam Majestic was dispatched along with Fireteams [[Fireteam Colossus|Colossus]] and [[Fireteam Fenrir|Fenrir]] to repel the attack by preventing the freighter from self-destructing inside ''Infinity''. As team Majestic advanced to the freighter's core, they encountered and quickly disabled multiple [[M202 XP machine gun|automated defense turrets]]. As the enemy went into retreat, the freighter was tugged out back into space, where Grant ejected its core before it exploded. The Spartans survived the detonation and requested pickup.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref> | |||
Following the attack, ''Infinity'' learned the freighter's assault crafts seemingly belonged to the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} and tracked their origin to [[Oth Lodon]], a gas giant located deep in [[Jiralhanae]] space. With the ''Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s possible location found, [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] authorized a search and rescue mission. Equipped with [[OF92 Booster Frame]]s, Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic scouted the planet's system and came across not the ''Spirit of Fire'' but a [[Oth Lodon station|Covenant station]] controlled by [[New Colonial Alliance]] insurgents.<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> The station fired upon ''Infinity'' with its glassing cannon, disabling the UNSC flagship. Palmer immediately ordered Majestic to take control of the station. After evading oncoming missiles on their Booster Frames, the Spartans quickly boarded the station and secured the bridge, ordering everyone to freeze. The Spartans apprehended Captain [[Daniel Clayton]], a UNSC defector and the mastermind behind the [[Battle of Ealen IV|attack on Ealen IV]]. They then turned their attention to his associate [[Vata 'Gajat]], who was preparing to assault the crippled ''Infinity''. With the station's cannon back online, they fired on 'Gajat's flagship, destroying it and saving ''Infinity''.<ref name="HE6">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 6|Issue #6]]''</ref> | Following the attack, ''Infinity'' learned the freighter's assault crafts seemingly belonged to the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} and tracked their origin to [[Oth Lodon]], a gas giant located deep in [[Jiralhanae]] space. With the ''Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s possible location found, [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] authorized a search and rescue mission. Equipped with [[OF92 Booster Frame]]s, Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic scouted the planet's system and came across not the ''Spirit of Fire'' but a [[Oth Lodon station|Covenant station]] controlled by [[New Colonial Alliance]] insurgents.<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> The station fired upon ''Infinity'' with its glassing cannon, disabling the UNSC flagship. Palmer immediately ordered Majestic to take control of the station. After evading oncoming missiles on their Booster Frames, the Spartans quickly boarded the station and secured the bridge, ordering everyone to freeze. The Spartans apprehended Captain [[Daniel Clayton]], a UNSC defector and the mastermind behind the [[Battle of Ealen IV|attack on Ealen IV]]. They then turned their attention to his associate [[Vata 'Gajat]], who was preparing to assault the crippled ''Infinity''. With the station's cannon back online, they fired on 'Gajat's flagship, destroying it and saving ''Infinity''.<ref name="HE6">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 6|Issue #6]]''</ref> | ||