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[[File:HFR Alpha Base 2.png|250px|thumb|left|UNSC forces from the ''Autumn'' set up Alpha Base on a Forerunner building.]] | [[File:HFR Alpha Base 2.png|250px|thumb|left|UNSC forces from the ''Autumn'' set up Alpha Base on a Forerunner building.]] | ||
The ODSTs battalion under Major Silva made landing on the ring via orbital insertion, in an area roughly three kilometers in diameter. They were quick to organize, meeting up with Silva and Lt. McKay to establish a temporary base of operations. Relying on data provided the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Wellsley]], Silva instructed [[Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to take the battalion's [[B Company (Pillar of Autumn)|B Company]] and capture [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|a Covenant-held butte]] to gain a tactical advantage in fighting off Covenant forces. The group had also received word of a group of Pelican pilots who had landed their craft some distance away, and [[C Company (Pillar of Autumn)|C Company]] was sent to meet them and prepare for aerial insertion to reinforce McKay. The remaining [[A Company (Pillar of Autumn)|A Company]] and [[D Company (Pillar of Autumn)|D Company]] remained under the command of Silva directly, and took some time to reinforce their temporary foothold and get some rest. This peace would not last long as the temporary base of operations was assaulted by Covenant ground forces consisting of 50 [[Sangheili]], 100 | The ODSTs battalion under Major Silva made landing on the ring via orbital insertion, in an area roughly three kilometers in diameter. They were quick to organize, meeting up with Silva and Lt. McKay to establish a temporary base of operations. Relying on data provided the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Wellsley]], Silva instructed [[Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to take the battalion's [[B Company (Pillar of Autumn)|B Company]] and capture [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|a Covenant-held butte]] to gain a tactical advantage in fighting off Covenant forces. The group had also received word of a group of Pelican pilots who had landed their craft some distance away, and [[C Company (Pillar of Autumn)|C Company]] was sent to meet them and prepare for aerial insertion to reinforce McKay. The remaining [[A Company (Pillar of Autumn)|A Company]] and [[D Company (Pillar of Autumn)|D Company]] remained under the command of Silva directly, and took some time to reinforce their temporary foothold and get some rest. This peace would not last long as the temporary base of operations was assaulted by Covenant ground forces consisting of 50 [[Sangheili]], 100 [[Type-32 Ghost]]s and, later, [[Type-26 Banshee]]s. The defending ODSTs managed to fend off the assault but suffered a loss of 23 ODSTs killed and 16 ODSTs wounded.{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood2|TF|Chapter=2}} | ||
Around the time of the Covenant attack, McKay's force engaged the Covenant at the butte and began a slow climb up to the base proper. In the assault, the ODSTs advanced into the butte using a spiraling ramp. Covenant forces responded to this advancement by raining down plasma grenades and unleashing volleys of plasma bolts. The Covenant defense was soon relaxed when a number of ODST companies performed aerial assaults on the defending Covenant forces. McKay's advancement into the butte was halted by a rockfall. Fortunately, McKay managed to find an access into the butte which led to a chamber filled with Covenant explosives. The lieutenant fired a rocket into the chamber, subsequently killing any Covenant force, and led her ODSTs on a lift up to the surface, where they met Major Silva who had arrived and eliminated the remaining Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood3|TF|Chapter=3}} | Around the time of the Covenant attack, McKay's force engaged the Covenant at the butte and began a slow climb up to the base proper. In the assault, the ODSTs advanced into the butte using a spiraling ramp. Covenant forces responded to this advancement by raining down plasma grenades and unleashing volleys of plasma bolts. The Covenant defense was soon relaxed when a number of ODST companies performed aerial assaults on the defending Covenant forces. McKay's advancement into the butte was halted by a rockfall. Fortunately, McKay managed to find an access into the butte which led to a chamber filled with Covenant explosives. The lieutenant fired a rocket into the chamber, subsequently killing any Covenant force, and led her ODSTs on a lift up to the surface, where they met Major Silva who had arrived and eliminated the remaining Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood3|TF|Chapter=3}} |