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{{Center|''"405th" redirects here. For the Halo costuming community, see [[405th.com]]''.}} | {{Center|''"405th" redirects here. For the Halo costuming community, see [[405th.com]]''.}} | ||
{{ | {{Military infobox | ||
|image= [[File:A Company.jpg|300px]] | |image= [[File:HTMCC-H2A A Company.jpg|300px]] | ||
|allegiance= [[United Nations Space Command]] | |allegiance= [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]] | |branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
A Company arrived on scene during the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]], and [[Battle of Mombasa|went on to fight]] in the city streets of [[New Mombasa]]. They took heavy casualties immediately after landing; the lieutenant commanding an element of the unit's forces in the [[New Mombasa industrial zone]] was killed upon arrival. Soon after, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Banks]] was placed in charge of a command post in an [[Mtangulizi Kampuni]] building which soon became pinned down by heavy Covenant armor. | ===Battle for Earth=== | ||
A Company arrived on scene during the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]], and [[Battle of Mombasa|went on to fight]] in the city streets of [[New Mombasa]]. They took heavy casualties immediately after landing; the lieutenant commanding an element of the unit's forces in the [[New Mombasa industrial zone]] was killed upon arrival. Soon after, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Banks]] was placed in charge of a command post in an [[Mtangulizi Kampuni]] building which soon became pinned down by heavy Covenant armor.{{Ref/Reuse|metropolis}} | |||
Elements of A Company assisted [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] in the destruction of a [[ | Elements of A Company assisted [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] in the destruction of a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] that was moving through the city. Surviving members of this unit then traveled to [[Installation 05]] along with John-117 aboard the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. It is likely all were killed in either the [[Battle of the Quarantine Zone]] or, although unlikely, the [[Fall of High Charity]]. It is also possible that they were attacked by the [[Flood]] as some of the [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] spilled out on the ''In Amber Clad''. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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*[[Private]] [[McKenzie]] | *[[Private]] [[McKenzie]] | ||
== | ==Production notes== | ||
It is | *An early depiction of A Company made an appearance in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]] under the designation "405th", which operated in [[Diego Garcia]]. In the demo, John-117 was greeted by a Corporal named Perez at the Marine command post, and was led to a Sergeant named Banks, who had taken over command after the Lieutenant was incapacitated. | ||
*In ''[[Palace Hotel]]'', the appearance of A Company was replaced by [[Kilo Company]]. ''Palace Hotel'' is of debatable canonicity because it greatly contradicts the events, characters, and locations shown in the ''Halo 2'' level ''[[Metropolis]]'', on which the story is based. | |||
*It is possible that A Company was part of [[E2-BAG/1/7]], a battalion identified in ''Palace Hotel''; earlier in the battle, John-117 encountered and fought alongside members of the battalion's Kilo Company. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:A Company.jpg|Banks and two Marines in ''Halo 2''. | |||
File:HTMCC-H2A Scarab Advances.jpg|Banks and a Marine confronting a Scarab. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||