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Circinius IV was but one stop in a chain of disasters that Blue Team found itself rushing to and from over the course of six weeks following the victory at [[Naraka]], the Spartans desperately attempting to stem a brutal tide of violence.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} The Covenant was bringing its full might to bear and human colonies were falling at a rate of two or three a week by the end of May. By June 5 John estimated that he would have died a dozen times during the past six weeks had it not been for the advantages his [[Neural interface|neural lace]] offered him.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} By [[2526#May|May 3, 2526]] the Spartan-IIs had at some point successfully infiltrated [[Outer Colony]] networks with the help of [[Smart AI|"smart" (volitional) A.I.]]s.<ref name="HJ5326">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''May 3, 2526''</ref> On May 30 Blue Team deployed to the planet [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]], where it fought alongside the Mesranis for six days.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} During this period of time the four Spartan-IIs managed to destroy at least a hundred of the enemy's | Circinius IV was but one stop in a chain of disasters that Blue Team found itself rushing to and from over the course of six weeks following the victory at [[Naraka]], the Spartans desperately attempting to stem a brutal tide of violence.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} The Covenant was bringing its full might to bear and human colonies were falling at a rate of two or three a week by the end of May. By June 5 John estimated that he would have died a dozen times during the past six weeks had it not been for the advantages his [[Neural interface|neural lace]] offered him.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} By [[2526#May|May 3, 2526]] the Spartan-IIs had at some point successfully infiltrated [[Outer Colony]] networks with the help of [[Smart AI|"smart" (volitional) A.I.]]s.<ref name="HJ5326">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''May 3, 2526''</ref> On May 30 Blue Team deployed to the planet [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]], where it fought alongside the Mesranis for six days.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} During this period of time the four Spartan-IIs managed to destroy at least a hundred of the enemy's [[Type-26 Wraith]]s. They were assisting the [[Militia of Mesra]] in a delaying action which sought to prevent the Covenant from gaining access to valuable [[Wikipedia:Xenotime|xenotime]] mines. By June 5 they had arrived in time to help protect the planet's most remote mine, the [[Doukala Xenotime Works]], while the UNSC's [[24th Marine Engineering Brigade]] worked to demolish it. John was observing a line of Covenant armor five kilometers away opposite his post on one side of the [[Samalat Gorge]] in the [[Karpos Mountain Range]] at 1403 hours on this date. Easing back from the cliff edge, down behind a rocky crest overlooking the gorge, John then descended the slope a dozen meters so as not to disturb nearby sleeping Mesranis and crab-walked across it to the [[Fifth Ghost Battalion]]'s command post. After dropping two meters into the bottom of the bunker he introduced himself to the commanding major, [[Bah'd de Gaya y Elazia de los Karim]], and confirmed he was the support she'd been promised. | ||
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