Editing Alpha-Five

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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch=[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
|type=[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
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|size=Five ODSTs
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This '''unidentified squad''' of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s participated in the [[Battle of Mombasa]] in an attempt to retrieve the [[Conduit]] form the [[Covenant]].<ref name="SS">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'''</ref> Following the ''[[Solemn Penance]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> slipspace jump inside the city the entire squad was presumed dead.

==History==
During the battle, the Covenant brought the Conduit—a Forerunner device capable of opening [[slipspace portal]]s—to New Mombasa.<ref name="opa">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation A: Orphic Spear]]''</ref> A [[Type-25 Spirit|Spirit]] [[dropship]] carrying a [[data pad]] with information pertaining to the Conduit was shot down by UNSC forces.<ref name="ss1">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 1: New Mombasa Nightmare|New Mombasa Nightmare]]''</ref> When the data pad's relevance to the Conduit was realized by the UNSC, this ODST squad was sent to recover it.<ref name="opa"/> Covenant forces awaiting extraction at the crashed Spirit were attacked by the ODST squad and the [[Sangheili]] [[Field Master]] carrying the data pad was killed. With the data pad, the UNSC used the information gained to pinpoint the location of the Conduit in the city.<ref name="ss2">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 2: On Top of the World|On Top of the World]]''</ref> The ODST squad was directed to a Sangheili task force carrying the Conduit. After a brief engagement, the ODSTs managed to procure the Conduit from the Covenant and the device was delivered to a nearby UNSC convoy.<ref name="ss3">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 3: Conduit|Conduit]]''</ref>

The Covenant responded by assaulting the convoy with waves of infantry. Though the ODST squad and several Marines attempted to defend the convoy from attacking Covenant forces, a Sangheili Field Master dropped down from his Spirit into the [[M313 Elephant|Elephant]] carrying the Conduit, retrieved the device, and escaped the engagement aboard the dropship. The ODSTs gave chase and,<ref name="ss4">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 4: Reversal of Fortune|Reversal of Fortune]]''</ref> eventually, the Spirit was shot down. The squad located the dropship's crash site and attacked its surviving occupants. When the Field Master and his [[Kig-Yar]] bodyguards were eventually eliminated, the Conduit was reclaimed by the UNSC.<ref name="ss5">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 5: Wounded Quarry|Wounded Quarry]]''</ref> The ODSTs took the Conduit aboard a [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]] and were ordered to leave the city as the nearby ''Solemn Penance'' entered slipstream space over Mombasa.<ref name="ss6">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 6: Last Exit|Last Exit]]''</ref> When the resulting slipspace rupture destroyed the city, the ODSTs were presumed dead and the Conduit was believed to have been destroyed as well.<ref name="opb">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit]]''</ref> However, the Conduit entered slipspace to save itself from destruction and arrived at [[Installation 03]].<ref name="opc">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref>

The squad's mission in New Mombasa was later featured as a training simulation in the [[UNSC Tactical Simulator]], albeit with a lone [[Spartan-IV]] in the place of the ODSTs.<ref name="opa"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HSS-ODSTsinWarthog.png|The ODSTs attempt to escape New Mombasa in a [[M12 Warthog LRV|Warthog]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Trooper units]]