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|result=Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] Victory | |result=Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] Victory | ||
*[[John-117]] recovered | *[[John-117]] recovered | ||
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
|side1=United Nations Space Command | |side2=[[Covenant Empire]] | ||
|side2=Covenant Empire | |||
|commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] John-117 | |commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] John-117 | ||
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] | *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] | ||
*[[Sergeant Major|SgtMaj]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] | *[[Sergeant Major|SgtMaj]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] | ||
*[[Gunnery Sergeant| | *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GySgt]] [[Pete Stacker]] | ||
* | *GySgt [[Reynolds]] | ||
|commanders2=Unnamed [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] | |commanders2=Unnamed [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] | ||
|forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | |forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
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**[[Kilo 023]] | **[[Kilo 023]] | ||
|forces2=*Multiple [[Jiralhanae]] [[Pack]]s | |forces2=*Multiple [[Jiralhanae]] [[Pack]]s | ||
*Large | *Large number of [[Unggoy]] | ||
*Many [[Kig-yar]] | *Many [[Kig-yar]] | ||
*[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] (6+) | *[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] (6+) | ||
*[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] (2) | *[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] (2) | ||
|casual1=*Medium | |casual1=*Medium casualties among Marine | ||
*D77H-TCI Pelicans (2) | *D77H-TCI Pelicans (2) | ||
**Echo 51 | **Echo 51 | ||
|casual2=Heavy | |casual2=Heavy | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|We must go. The Brutes have our scent.|Thel 'Vadam}} | {{Quote|We must go. The Brutes have our scent.|Thel 'Vadam}} | ||
The '''Raid on Kilimanjaro''' was a small engagement between the United Nations Space Command against the Covenant Loyalists in 2552 on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, [[Earth]]. The raid was significant because of the recovery of the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II commando]] John-117, who would play a vital part in the ending of the Human-Covenant War. | |||
The | ==The battle== | ||
===Recovery of SPARTAN-117=== | |||
= | On November 17, the Prophet of Truth arrived at Earth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], landing in the center of [[the Artifact]], a [[Forerunner]] structure near the town of [[Voi]]. SPARTAN-117, onboard the ship, bailed out as it entered atmosphere, and using a hatch as a heat shield, landed in a jungle near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]. Because of force of the impact, he went unconscious for hours. | ||
On November 17, the Prophet of Truth arrived at Earth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], landing in the center of the | |||
In the morning, the Spartan was recovered by Marines led by Sergeant Johnson, | In the morning, the Spartan was recovered by Marines led by [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]], with [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] with them. The SPARTAN was initially thought dead from the impact, but recovered just as Johnson prepared to call in [[VTOL]] support to carry the Spartan's body away. | ||
===Advance through the forest=== | |||
Johnson sent his team's [[First Squad]] forward as the scouts. [[Bravo Team]], led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], was scouting the jungle some kilometers away, and Johnson ordered him to fall back to the extraction point at the [[Nkuu River]] located nearby. Soon, a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Covenant Phantom]] appeared overhead, and Johnson decided to split the squads in order to go undetected. With the [[Second Squad]], he would find another way to the extraction point while the First Squad and GySgt [[Pete Stacker]] went with John-117 and the Arbiter and headed straight to the river. Reynolds' squad was ambushed by a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] and a Phantom, with the Gunnery Sergeant as the only survivor. | |||
After some time, John-117 and the Arbiter discovered Reynolds. He was being tortured by a Jiralhanae, who tried to force him to tell the location of the UNSC base in the area | After some time, John-117 and the Arbiter discovered Reynolds. He was being tortured by a [[Jiralhanae]], who tried to force him to tell the location of [[Crow's Nest|the UNSC base]] in the area. Reynolds then joined Arbiter and John on their way to the river. As the Arbiter and John-117 arrived at the river, Johnson and the Second Squad had already been picked up by a Pelican, [[Echo 051]], with another Pelican hovering nearby and providing fire support against the numerous Covenant ground troops around the river. Suddenly, two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] appeared and shot down the Pelicans. Echo 051, its thruster heavily damaged, crashed about half a kilometer away, while the other one plunged straight to the river. | ||
===Recovery of Johnson=== | |||
Arbiter and | The Arbiter and SPARTAN-117 then made their way to the crash site, where Johnson and his Marines were holding position. However, Johnson and his squad were captured by the Jiralhanae and taken to [[Global Water Campaign|GWC]]'s [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]] nearby. SPARTAN-117 and the Arbiter made their way to the dam, where Johnson and his Marines were being held. After defeating the Covenant on the dam, including the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] in command of the Covenant forces in the area, the human prisoners were freed. After this however, two more Phantoms appeared, dropping off Covenant reinforcements on the dam. The UNSC forces held off the attacking Covenant for some time, and not long after, the Pelican [[Kilo 023|Kilo 23]] arrived, destroying the Phantoms. The Marines, John-117 and the Arbiter boarded the dropship, and set course for the UNSC base, Crow's Nest.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||