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[[File:HLC battle for earth.png|thumb|250px|ODSTs during the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | [[File:HLC battle for earth.png|thumb|250px|ODSTs during the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | ||
Following the enactment of the [[Cole Protocol]] in [[2535]], ODST combat teams were tasked with boarding commercial and private vessels and purging their navigation databases.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''pages 31-35''</ref> During one of these routine operations, a group of ODSTs aboard the ''[[UNSC Midsummer Night]]'' were captured and taken to the [[Rubble]]. They, in conjunction with SPARTAN-II [[Gray Team]], would later [[Battle of Metisette|defeat]] a [[Kig-Yar]] plan to trick the inhabitants of the Rubble out of their navigation data, which could compromise the location of Earth.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 312-317''</ref> As the Human-Covenant War progressed, the ODST would participate in many engagements; among these were the [[Battle of Jericho VII]],<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 6'' (2001); ''page 20'' (2010)</ref> an [[Raid on Heian|assassination mission]] on [[Heian]],<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[The Babysitter]]''</ref> the [[Battle of Skopje]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 171''</ref> the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the [[Battle of New Jerusalem]], the [[Battle of Tribute]],<ref name="interview">'''[[ | Following the enactment of the [[Cole Protocol]] in [[2535]], ODST combat teams were tasked with boarding commercial and private vessels and purging their navigation databases.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''pages 31-35''</ref> During one of these routine operations, a group of ODSTs aboard the ''[[UNSC Midsummer Night]]'' were captured and taken to the [[Rubble]]. They, in conjunction with SPARTAN-II [[Gray Team]], would later [[Battle of Metisette|defeat]] a [[Kig-Yar]] plan to trick the inhabitants of the Rubble out of their navigation data, which could compromise the location of Earth.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 312-317''</ref> As the Human-Covenant War progressed, the ODST would participate in many engagements; among these were the [[Battle of Jericho VII]],<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 6'' (2001); ''page 20'' (2010)</ref> an [[Raid on Heian|assassination mission]] on [[Heian]],<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[The Babysitter]]''</ref> the [[Battle of Skopje]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 171''</ref> the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the [[Battle of New Jerusalem]], the [[Battle of Tribute]],<ref name="interview">'''[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A]]'''</ref> and the [[Battle of Ariel]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'''</ref> The numerous campaigns and operations in which the ODST participated throughout the long war all pale in comparison to the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], during which countless ODSTs lost their lives defending strategic locations on the planet.<ref name="tots">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> | ||
During the initial invasion of Reach, a large contingent of ODSTs participated in the [[Battle of Viery]], assisting the Army in repelling the Covenant forces from the planet. Throughout the course of the battle, the UNSC formed joint-forces to combat against the overwhelming Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}} Some time during the event, several battalions were stationed on ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]''. As the planet fell to the Covenant onslaught, the vessel made a blind slipspace jump away from the [[Epsilon Eridani]] system, discovering the long-abandoned [[Installation 04]]. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], shock troopers led by [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] and [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]], operated as a guerrilla force by conducting hit-and-run operations against the forces of the Covenant's [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].<ref name="flood">'''Halo: The Flood'''</ref> | During the initial invasion of Reach, a large contingent of ODSTs participated in the [[Battle of Viery]], assisting the Army in repelling the Covenant forces from the planet. Throughout the course of the battle, the UNSC formed joint-forces to combat against the overwhelming Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}} Some time during the event, several battalions were stationed on ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]''. As the planet fell to the Covenant onslaught, the vessel made a blind slipspace jump away from the [[Epsilon Eridani]] system, discovering the long-abandoned [[Installation 04]]. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], shock troopers led by [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] and [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]], operated as a guerrilla force by conducting hit-and-run operations against the forces of the Covenant's [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].<ref name="flood">'''Halo: The Flood'''</ref> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' | *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' | ||
*''[[The Life]]'' | *''[[The Life]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' | *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' |