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By August 30, Red Team had been assigned to the cruiser {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to participate in [[Operation: RED FLAG]], a plan to force a ceasefire by kidnapping one of the Covenant's [[Hierarchs|highest leaders]]. However, before the ''Autumn'' could exit the system and initiate the mission, all UNSC ships in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] were recalled to defend [[Reach]]. Red Team, consisting of 22 members under the command of Fred-104,<ref name="DD">'''[[Data Drop]]s'''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars''' timeline</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/user/HaloWaypoint#p/a/DF8EE7CCE045CAA0/0/jh7Q3fjIIwc '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Defiant to the End'']</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''' ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]'' - Pelican</ref> was deployed to the surface of Reach to defend the [[Orbital defense generator|generators]] that powered the planet's 20 [[orbital defense platform]]s. Unfortunately, their Pelican transport, ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was shot down, resulting in the deaths of four Spartans (including [[Malcolm-059]]), and significant injuries to most of the survivors. Near their crash site, the surviving Spartans discovered the shell-shocked remnants of [[Charlie Company]]. | By August 30, 2552, Red Team had been assigned to the cruiser {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to participate in [[Operation: RED FLAG]], a plan to force a ceasefire by kidnapping one of the Covenant's [[Hierarchs|highest leaders]]. However, before the ''Autumn'' could exit the system and initiate the mission, all UNSC ships in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] were recalled to defend [[Reach]]. Red Team, consisting of 22 members under the command of Fred-104,<ref name="DD">'''[[Data Drop]]s'''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars''' timeline</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/user/HaloWaypoint#p/a/DF8EE7CCE045CAA0/0/jh7Q3fjIIwc '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Defiant to the End'']</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''' ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]'' - Pelican</ref> was deployed to the surface of Reach to defend the [[Orbital defense generator|generators]] that powered the planet's 20 [[orbital defense platform]]s. Unfortunately, their Pelican transport, ''[[Bravo 001]]'', was shot down, resulting in the deaths of four Spartans (including [[Malcolm-059]]), and significant injuries to most of the survivors. Near their crash site, the surviving Spartans discovered the shell-shocked remnants of [[Charlie Company]]. | ||
The Spartans, after being briefed on the situation by Charlie Company, responded to a distress call from [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], who requested immediate evacuation. Fred then split Red Team into four groups: [[Team Alpha]], which was tasked with eliminating an encampment of 10,000 Covenant and their hovering [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]], [[Beta-Red|Team Beta]], tasked with defense of the orbital defense generators, [[Team Gamma]], ordered to retrieve Vice Admiral Whitcomb, and [[Team Delta]] (the Charlie Company Marines and six wounded Spartans), ordered to secure the Spartans' fallback point at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[CASTLE Base]]. | The Spartans, after being briefed on the situation by Charlie Company, responded to a distress call from [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], who requested immediate evacuation. Fred then split Red Team into four groups: [[Team Alpha]], which was tasked with eliminating an encampment of 10,000 Covenant and their hovering [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]], [[Beta-Red|Team Beta]], tasked with defense of the orbital defense generators, [[Team Gamma]], ordered to retrieve Vice Admiral Whitcomb, and [[Team Delta]] (the Charlie Company Marines and six wounded Spartans), ordered to secure the Spartans' fallback point at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[CASTLE Base]]. | ||
[[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Red Team defending the generators from a Covenant horde.]] | [[File:Invasion - Red Team.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Red Team defending the generators from a Covenant horde.]] | ||
Team Alpha hijacked three [[Banshee]]s and approached the Covenant encampment, where they deployed [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]]s inside the cruiser's shields. Although this destroyed both the ship and the encampment, Joshua was killed in the process. The remaining Spartans of Team Alpha then fell back to CASTLE Base, fighting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Wraith]] tanks. Team Gamma accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. Team Delta fell back to CASTLE Base, but in the process lost the remaining Marines and every Spartan save for [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[William-043]]. When the remnants of Team Alpha and Team Delta arrived at CASTLE Base, they found [[ | Team Alpha hijacked three [[Banshee]]s and approached the Covenant encampment, where they deployed [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]]s inside the cruiser's shields. Although this destroyed both the ship and the encampment, Joshua was killed in the process. The remaining Spartans of Team Alpha then fell back to CASTLE Base, fighting their way through the remaining Covenant in the area with two commandeered [[Wraith]] tanks. Team Gamma accomplished its mission and fell back to [[Camp Independence]] with Whitcomb, where they survived the partial [[glassing]] of the planet. Team Delta fell back to CASTLE Base, but in the process lost the remaining Marines and every Spartan save for [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[William-043]]. When the remnants of Team Alpha and Team Delta arrived at CASTLE Base, they found Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] (the creator of the SPARTAN-II program) there. | ||
Team Beta was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began glassing Reach. | Team Beta was unable to stop the Covenant, who attacked in swarms of thousands. The orbital defense generators were compromised, and the Covenant, after eliminating the powerless, immobile ODPs in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, began glassing Reach. |