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==History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the [[Covenant]] attack, Gamma Station provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and [[Earth]].<ref name="reach"/> | Prior to the [[Covenant]] attack, Gamma Station provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and [[Earth]].<ref name="reach"/> On [[2552#August|August 14, 2552]], Gamma Station reported several slipspace ruptures emanating from a [[Covenant]] invasion fleet. These vessels emerged from slipspace below the planet's orbital defense grid and began attacking population centers.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> Despite the scale of the initial attack, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] kept the invasion secret from most of the planet's military garrison and civilian population.<ref>[[Data Drop]]</ref> | ||
On | On August 30, Gamma Station received a transmission from [[remote scanning outpost]] [[Fermion]] reporting an unconfirmed in-system [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rupture; this belied the arrival of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. Shortly thereafter, three [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] ([[John-117]], [[Linda-058]], and [[James-005]]) commandeered a [[D77-TC Pelican]] to Reach Station Gamma. An ONI [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the ''[[UNSC Circumference|Circumference]]'', docked in the station failed to delete its navigation database. Covenan intrusion software had detected the unsecured database and three [[Covenant frigate]]s were sent to secure the data. Those frigates were destroyed by [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds from the planet's [[orbital defense platform|orbital guns]], as well as firepower from the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, but not before they dispatched [[Sangheili Ranger|Elite]] and [[Kig-yar Ranger|Jackal]] rangers to secure the data.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 308''</ref> Eventually, John-117 was able to destroy the database but Linda-058 was clinically killed and James-005 was lost in the vacuum of space after his [[thruster pack]] was damaged in combat. Several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] were onboard the station: [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Private]]s [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]], [[Bisenti]], and [[O'Brien (Reach)|O'Brien]]. They were evacuated along with the Spartans. | ||
During the battle, the station was severely damaged, with the station ring finally breaking into multiple pieces. However, a few fortified sections remained intact and fully pressurized. Near the end of the battle, a skirmish between a [[UNSC frigate]] and [[Covenant corvette]] took place within the vicinity of the station.<ref name="reach"/> | During the battle, the station was severely damaged, with the station ring finally breaking into multiple pieces. However, a few fortified sections remained intact and fully pressurized. Near the end of the battle, a skirmish between a [[UNSC frigate]] and [[Covenant corvette]] took place within the vicinity of the station.<ref name="reach"/> | ||
