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===The raid===

[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Blue Team's commandeered Spirit dropship approaching ''Unyielding Hierophant''.]]

In a desperate attempt to stop the massive Covenant armada from invading Earth, the five Spartans aboard the hybrid vessel [[UNSC Gettysburg|''Gettysburg'']]-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - John-117, [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[William-043]], and [[Grace-093]] - infiltrated the Covenant repair and refit station ''Unyielding Hierophant'' via a captured [[Type-25 ~~Troop Carrier~~|Spirit dropship]]. After landing in a vast hangar, the Spartans began to sneak through maintenance access and ventilation tunnels until they found the station's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]].{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}

In a desperate attempt to stop the massive Covenant armada from invading Earth, the five Spartans aboard the hybrid vessel [[UNSC Gettysburg|''Gettysburg'']]-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - John-117, [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[William-043]], and [[Grace-093]] - infiltrated the Covenant repair and refit station ''Unyielding Hierophant'' via a captured [[Type-25 Spirit|Spirit dropship]]. After landing in a vast hangar, the Spartans began to sneak through maintenance access and ventilation tunnels until they found the station's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]].{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}

As the Spartans approached a large temple-like atrium, they were ambushed by Jiralhanae guards. During this ambush, Grace was killed when the Covenant tracked her [[COM]] signals; after the immediate threat was eliminated, John activated Grace's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR suit's]] [[fail-safe detonation system]], killing the investigating Covenant soldiers.<ref name="Alamo">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 328-333''</ref> The Spartans then fought their way to a reactor room and set the generators to overload. Once the reactors were set to overload, the Spartans returned to the atrium, opened the [[airlock]]s, and blew out a heavily enforced window that enclosed the atrium with hijacked [[Type-26 ~~Ground Support Aircraft~~|Banshees]], sucking all Covenant forces inside the atrium into space.{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}

As the Spartans approached a large temple-like atrium, they were ambushed by Jiralhanae guards. During this ambush, Grace was killed when the Covenant tracked her [[COM]] signals; after the immediate threat was eliminated, John activated Grace's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR suit's]] [[fail-safe detonation system]], killing the investigating Covenant soldiers.<ref name="Alamo">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 328-333''</ref> The Spartans then fought their way to a reactor room and set the generators to overload. Once the reactors were set to overload, the Spartans returned to the atrium, opened the [[airlock]]s, and blew out a heavily enforced window that enclosed the atrium with hijacked [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]], sucking all Covenant forces inside the atrium into space.{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}

Around this time, Cortana's attempts to hack the [[Covenant battle network]] was discovered and she was forced to make hundreds of copies to protect herself. She successfully opened the airlocks and interfered with the Covenant's communications by repeating error messages on their COM systems endlessly. The Spartans then traveled to the far side of a nearby moon and unexpectedly met the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}, now separated from ''Ascendant Justice'', which [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] had taken to the system's [[Oort cloud]] to gather intelligence from a distance. Having realized that destroying the station would not be enough to stop the threat to Earth, Whitcomb had ''Ascendant Justice's'' [[slipspace]] drive mounted on the ''Gettysburg'' while he and Lieutenant Haverson used the ''Ascendant Justice'' to lure the Covenant fleet into a trap.

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 ===The raid===
 [[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Blue Team's commandeered Spirit dropship approaching ''Unyielding Hierophant''.]]
-In a desperate attempt to stop the massive Covenant armada from invading Earth, the five Spartans aboard the hybrid vessel [[UNSC Gettysburg|''Gettysburg'']]-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - John-117, [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[William-043]], and [[Grace-093]] - infiltrated the Covenant repair and refit station ''Unyielding Hierophant'' via a captured [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit dropship]]. After landing in a vast hangar, the Spartans began to sneak through maintenance access and ventilation tunnels until they found the station's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]].{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}
+In a desperate attempt to stop the massive Covenant armada from invading Earth, the five Spartans aboard the hybrid vessel [[UNSC Gettysburg|''Gettysburg'']]-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - John-117, [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[William-043]], and [[Grace-093]] - infiltrated the Covenant repair and refit station ''Unyielding Hierophant'' via a captured [[Type-25 Spirit|Spirit dropship]]. After landing in a vast hangar, the Spartans began to sneak through maintenance access and ventilation tunnels until they found the station's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]].{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}
-As the Spartans approached a large temple-like atrium, they were ambushed by Jiralhanae guards. During this ambush, Grace was killed when the Covenant tracked her [[COM]] signals; after the immediate threat was eliminated, John activated Grace's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR suit's]] [[fail-safe detonation system]], killing the investigating Covenant soldiers.<ref name="Alamo">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 328-333''</ref> The Spartans then fought their way to a reactor room and set the generators to overload. Once the reactors were set to overload, the Spartans returned to the atrium, opened the [[airlock]]s, and blew out a heavily enforced window that enclosed the atrium with hijacked [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]], sucking all Covenant forces inside the atrium into space.{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}
+As the Spartans approached a large temple-like atrium, they were ambushed by Jiralhanae guards. During this ambush, Grace was killed when the Covenant tracked her [[COM]] signals; after the immediate threat was eliminated, John activated Grace's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR suit's]] [[fail-safe detonation system]], killing the investigating Covenant soldiers.<ref name="Alamo">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 328-333''</ref> The Spartans then fought their way to a reactor room and set the generators to overload. Once the reactors were set to overload, the Spartans returned to the atrium, opened the [[airlock]]s, and blew out a heavily enforced window that enclosed the atrium with hijacked [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]], sucking all Covenant forces inside the atrium into space.{{Ref/Reuse|Alamo}}
 Around this time, Cortana's attempts to hack the [[Covenant battle network]] was discovered and she was forced to make hundreds of copies to protect herself. She successfully opened the airlocks and interfered with the Covenant's communications by repeating error messages on their COM systems endlessly. The Spartans then traveled to the far side of a nearby moon and unexpectedly met the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}, now separated from ''Ascendant Justice'', which [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] had taken to the system's [[Oort cloud]] to gather intelligence from a distance. Having realized that destroying the station would not be enough to stop the threat to Earth, Whitcomb had ''Ascendant Justice's'' [[slipspace]] drive mounted on the ''Gettysburg'' while he and Lieutenant Haverson used the ''Ascendant Justice'' to lure the Covenant fleet into a trap.