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At some point in 2526, the Covenant began an assault on Circinius IV, targeting the Corbulo Academy of Military Science with three {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}s. Locally stationed Marines provided an initial defense of the academy and the evacuation of the cadets via the school's [[space elevator]] was begun immediately. Orbiting UNSC vessels soon deployed [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] directly onto the campus. However, one of the Covenant corvettes fired on the elevator, causing it to collapse on the school and halt the evacuation. Since all the cadets and staff had converged near the elevator for evacuation, the collapse of the elevator killed many members of the academy. Moments later, the survivors came under attack by Sangheili and Kig-Yar troops.<ref name="FUD 3"/> | At some point in 2526, the Covenant began an assault on Circinius IV, targeting the Corbulo Academy of Military Science with three {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}s. Locally stationed Marines provided an initial defense of the academy and the evacuation of the cadets via the school's [[space elevator]] was begun immediately. Orbiting UNSC vessels soon deployed [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] directly onto the campus. However, one of the Covenant corvettes fired on the elevator, causing it to collapse on the school and halt the evacuation. Since all the cadets and staff had converged near the elevator for evacuation, the collapse of the elevator killed many members of the academy. Moments later, the survivors came under attack by Sangheili and Kig-Yar troops.<ref name="FUD 3"/> | ||
Corbulo's officer cadets were caught off-guard by this attack. General Black was killed within minutes of the attack; [[Colonel]] [[K.L. Mehaffey]] attempted to organize the surviving cadets inside the tunnels, though she too was quickly killed. Soon, whatever UNSC forces left were eliminated and four members of [[Hastati Squad]], Cadets [[April Orenski]], [[Thomas Lasky]], [[Chyler Silva]], and [[Michael Sullivan]], were the only human survivors on the entire planet. SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]] were then subsequently deployed in response to the cadets' distress beacon. Spartan [[John-117]] infiltrated the besieged school and arrived just in time to rescue the cadets from a [[Unidentified Sangheili Zealot|Sangheili Zealot]]. | Corbulo's officer cadets were caught off-guard by this attack. General Black was killed within minutes of the attack; [[Colonel]] [[K.L. Mehaffey]] attempted to organize the surviving cadets inside the tunnels, though she too was quickly killed. Soon, whatever UNSC forces left were eliminated and four members of [[Hastati Squad]], Cadets [[April Orenski]], [[Thomas Lasky]], [[Chyler Silva]], and [[Michael Sullivan]], were the only human survivors on the entire planet. SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]] were then subsequently deployed in response to the cadets' distress beacon. Spartan [[John-117]] infiltrated the besieged school and arrived just in time to rescue the cadets from a [[Unidentified Sangheili Zealot|Sangheili Zealot]]. After contacting Kelly-087 and arranging for a Pelican extraction, John-117 broke open the cadets' weapons lockers and allowed the cadets to arm themselves.<ref name="part4">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 4''</ref> | ||
The Spartan led the survivors to the academy's exterior, where they were ambushed by [[Kig-Yar Sniper|Kig-Yar snipers]]. Cadet Sullivan was wounded during the firefight, but survived. After dispatching the snipers, they retreated from the combat zone in General Black's personal [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]].<ref name="part4"/> During the drive however, they came under heavy fire from more Kig-Yar. Silva was killed by a Needler round, and the rest of the group was attacked by a pair of [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]. John-117 depleted all his ammunition killing one of the Hunters, and was left with only a single grenade. He | The Spartan led the survivors to the academy's exterior, where they were ambushed by [[Kig-Yar Sniper|Kig-Yar snipers]]. Cadet Sullivan was wounded during the firefight, but survived. After dispatching the snipers, they retreated from the combat zone in General Black's personal [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]].<ref name="part4"/> During the drive however, they came under heavy fire from more Kig-Yar and were eventually forced to abandon their vehicle. Silva was killed by a Needler round, and the rest of the group was attacked by a pair of [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]. John-117 depleted all his ammunition killing one of the Hunters, and was left with only a single grenade. He decided to take on the remaining Hunter alone, buying the surviving cadets time to escape. However, Cadet Lasky volunteered to distract the Hunter while John-117 got into position. Lasky successfully drew the Hunter's fire, allowing John to plant the grenade under its armor. The resulting detonation blew the Hunter to pieces. | ||
As morning arrived, the | As morning arrived, the survivors reached Blue Team's Pelican just as the Covenant began glassing the planet. Impressed by Lasky's actions, John-117 gave him a fragment of the Hunter's armor.<ref name="part5">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 5''</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||