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Ponder was reassigned to a [[Colonial Militia]] training unit on [[Harvest]]. His subordinates included [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Nolan Byrne]] and [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]]. It was at this billet that he was present at [[First Battle of Harvest]] and the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The captain was part of a delegation to meet with [[Covenant]] representatives. The meeting started peacefully but degenerated into a melee when overeager [[Unggoy]] attacked militia recruits, and Ponder was severely wounded by the [[Fist of Rukt]] wielded by [[Jiralhanae]] Chieftain [[Maccabeus]]. | Ponder was reassigned to a [[Colonial Militia]] training unit on [[Harvest]]. His subordinates included [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Nolan Byrne]] and [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]]. It was at this billet that he was present at [[First Battle of Harvest]] and the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The captain was part of a delegation to meet with [[Covenant]] representatives. The meeting started peacefully but degenerated into a melee when overeager [[Unggoy]] attacked militia recruits, and Ponder was severely wounded by the [[Fist of Rukt]] wielded by [[Jiralhanae]] Chieftain [[Maccabeus]]. | ||
When the Covenant assault and [[glassing]] began in earnest, Ponder volunteered for a suicide mission to buy time for the civilian evacuations. He drew the enemy warship ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' toward the surface and to him by claiming the fake [[AI]] processor he was carrying was an "[[Monitor|Oracle]]". Upon seeing the cruiser being damaged by Harvest's [[Mass Driver]]s, [[Tartarus]] impaled the marine on the bayonets of a [[Type-25 Carbine]]. Ponder's spine was severed and shortly after he died. The officer had | When the Covenant assault and [[glassing]] began in earnest, Ponder volunteered for a suicide mission to buy time for the civilian evacuations. He drew the enemy warship ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' toward the surface and to him by claiming the fake [[AI]] processor he was carrying was an "[[Monitor|Oracle]]". Upon seeing the cruiser being damaged by Harvest's [[Mass Driver]]s, [[Tartarus]] impaled the marine on the bayonets of a [[Type-25 Carbine]]. Ponder's spine was severed and shortly after he died. The officer had took his remaining time to enjoy the warmth of the sunset, rather than regret his past decisions. | ||
The crippling of ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' cleared the way for the human evacuation. 215 out of some 360 cargo freighters of refugees and militia managed to escape into [[Slipspace]]. | The crippling of ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' cleared the way for the human evacuation. 215 out of some 360 cargo freighters of refugees and militia managed to escape into [[Slipspace]]. | ||