Recovery of John-117: Difference between revisions

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*[[Type-52 Phantom|Phantoms]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}

The '''Recovery of John-117''' was a small [[battle|engagement]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] in the [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungles near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]]. UNSC forces led by [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] succeeded in recovering [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] after his escape from the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Level|Id=arrival|H3|Arrival}}{{Ref/Level|Id=s117|H3|Sierra 117}}

During the early morning of [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]], the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' carrying the [[Hierarch|High Prophet]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] arrived at [[Earth]], smashing through the remnants of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] that had been [[Battle for Earth|engaging]] [[Covenant]] warships over the planet for the last month. On board the keyship was [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] who, after making a failed [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|assassination attempt]] on the Prophet, was forced to flee from the ship.{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Uprising}} Using a [[door]] as a heat shield, the Spartan bailed out of the ''Anodyne Spirit'' as it entered Earth's atmosphere. His trajectory and expected crash site was triangulated by [[S. Hartley]], an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] [[Covenant]] forces near [[Sector Six]], [[Asia]].{{Ref/Generic|Halo: Last One Standing}} This would allow several [[squad]]s of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] led by [[Avery Johnson]] to locate the Spartan in the following hours.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} John made landfall in a [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] while the Forerunner vessel continued descending until it landed on the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], which had been excavated by Truth's [[Truth's fleet|fleet]].{{Ref/Level|H3|The Storm}}

In the morning of 17 November, 2552, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson led [[Gunnery Sergeant]][[Marcus Stacker]]'s [[First Squad]] and [[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]] into the jungles of Tanzania to recover John-117, using the triangulation data acquired by forces [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] near the [[Pakistan]]-Afghanistan border in [[Sector Six]].{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} [[Bravo Team]], led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], was also deployed nearby, closer to the extraction point at the river.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}  

Johnson and his team discovered the Spartan lying in a supine position at the end of an impact crater with his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]] locked into place by it's [[Hydrostatic gel|gel layer]]. The Spartan remained unconscious until the [[Unidentified Corpsman|Corpsman]] partially unlocked John's armor, and the Spartan woke up just as Johnson instructed his Marines to call in heavy lifting gear to extract the Spartan. After John-117 reported [[Cortana]] had remained on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Corpsman helped the calibrate the Spartan’s armor.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}  

Johnson ordered First Squad to scout ahead. The squad moved ahead, with Second Squad along with himself, John-117 and 'Vadam following behind. As they made their way through the jungle, Johnson informed Reynolds that they had recovered the Master Chief. Although Reynolds responded in affirmative, soon afterwards he and the rest of Bravo Team, while en route to the extraction point, came under attack by a Jiralhanae Chieftain and a Phantom, and they lost contact with Johnson's team.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}  

As Johnson's team approached a waterfall, they were forced to take cover as a [[Type-52 Phantom]] flew overhead. Fearful that they would be spotted more quickly in a large unit, Johnson split the team. John-117 and 'Vadam went with First Squad while he took command of Second Squad. Johnson and Second Squad ascended a nearby cliff-face to take an alternate route to the extraction point at a nearby river. Soon after, First Squad was discovered by Covenant patrols, and they fought their way through the Covenant-occupied jungle.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}  

Near the extraction point, John-117 found a Jiralhanae Captain interrogating Reynolds and demanding the location of the [[Crow's Nest (location)|nearby UNSC base]], to which the Gunnery Sergeant refused to answer. Before the Brute could kill Reynolds, John-117 and his team managed to eliminate the Captain and his subordinates. The group, now accompanied by Reynolds, then continued their way towards the river.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}

Johnson and Second Squad were the first ones to arrive at the extraction point, where two Pelicans, including ''[[Echo 051]]'', awaited. By the time John and his team reached the river, the Pelicans were under heavy fire from Covenant ground troops that had entrenched themselves around the river substation. Several [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] soared in over the river, landing direct hits on the engines of both Pelicans. One dropship plummeted into the water beyond the dam while ''[[Echo 051]]'' managed to clear the dam but smashed into a nearby cliff and tumbled out of sight. Several Phantoms then arrived, one of them suppressing the UNSC forces while the other deployed large numbers of Covenant reinforcements onto the dam. John and his team had fight their way through these newly-landed troops until they could re-enter the jungle.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}  

''Kilo 023'' then headed towards Crow's Nest, with [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] personally arriving to meet the group off the Pelican. There, the UNSC forces planned [[Battle of Voi|its attack]] on [[Portal at Voi|Covenant excavation site at Voi]]. The base would soon be [[Attack on Crow's Nest|attacked]] by the Covenant, which would conclude with John destroying the entire base with a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] once all other UNSC personnel had evacuated.{{Ref/Level|H3|Crow's Nest}} The survivors would then mobilize for the assault on Voi.{{Ref/Level|H3|Tsavo Highway}}