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{{disambig header|the skirmish during the [[Created conflict]]|the years-long major battle at the final stages of the [[Human-Covenant War]]|Battle of Meridian}} | {{disambig header|the skirmish during the [[Created conflict]]|the years-long major battle at the final stages of the [[Human-Covenant War]]|Battle of Meridian}} | ||
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|prev=*[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]] | |prev=*[[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]] | ||
*[[Operation: RETRIBUTION]] {{c|[[Meridian]]}} | *[[Operation: RETRIBUTION]] {{c|[[Meridian]]}} | ||
|conc=* [[ | |conc= | ||
* [[ | |next=*[[Sanghelios global war]] | ||
**[[Battle of Nuusra]] | |||
*[[Battle of Genesis]] | |||
|image=[[File:H5G MeridianMiners.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:H5G MeridianMiners.png|300px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
*[[Created | *[[Created conflict]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Guardian emergences]] | ||
|date=[[2558#October|October 25, 2558]]{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | |date= [[2558#October|October 25, 2558]]{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | ||
|place=[[Meridian]], [[Hestia system]]{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | |place=[[Meridian]], [[Hestia system]]{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | ||
|result='''Created victory''' | |result='''Created victory''' | ||
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*Several [[Z-510 focus turret]]s | *Several [[Z-510 focus turret]]s | ||
*Several [[Promethean Knight]]s | *Several [[Promethean Knight]]s | ||
*Several [[ | *Several [[Promethean Soldier]]s | ||
*Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s | *Several [[Promethean Watcher]]s | ||
*Several [[Promethean Crawler]]s | *Several [[Promethean Crawler]]s | ||
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===First Promethean assault=== | ===First Promethean assault=== | ||
{{Quote|no=two|[[Holly Tanaka]]|q1=What the hell are Forerunners doing here?|[[Jameson Locke]]|q2=Maybe we're not the only ones here for the Master Chief.|Fireteam Osiris witnessing Promethean forces attack Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|[[Holly Tanaka]]|q1=What the hell are Forerunners doing here?|[[Jameson Locke]]|q2=Maybe we're not the only ones here for the Master Chief.|Fireteam Osiris witnessing Promethean forces attack Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}}}} | ||
On October 25, [[2558]], the first [[Promethean]]s appeared on the surface of [[Meridian]] and immediately began attacking the miners of the Liang-Dortmund Corporation. The LDC was largely unprepared and stood little chance against the sudden and overwhelmingly aggressive constructs. The meager air forces and anti-air batteries which the LDC could muster were swiftly destroyed by the Prometheans' [[Phaeton]] | On October 25, [[2558]], the first [[Promethean]]s appeared on the surface of [[Meridian]] and immediately began attacking the miners of the Liang-Dortmund Corporation. The LDC was largely unprepared and stood little chance against the sudden and overwhelmingly aggressive constructs. The meager air forces and anti-air batteries which the LDC could muster were swiftly destroyed by the Prometheans' [[Phaeton|Phaetons]], and all evacuation attempts were discontinued when the moon's only [[space elevator]], [[Pinnacle Station]], was surrounded by Promethean infantry.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | ||
Shortly after the start of the attack, [[Fireteam Osiris]] arrived above the moon and began a descent on the [[space elevator]], not realizing that the mining colony was under attack. As the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTANs]] were approaching the surface, they were hailed by [[Governor]] [[Sloan]], who demanded to know what the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was doing at the old colony. Realizing that the Liang-Dortmund Corporation had made violent contact with Promethean forces, [[Jameson Locke|SPARTAN Locke]] pledged to aid the LDC in exchange for assistance in locating [[Blue Team]]. After making landfall, Fireteam Osiris broke the siege of Pinnacle Station and pushed towards [[Meridian Station (location)|Meridian Station]], where the brunt of the Promethean attack was centered.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | |||
With Pinnacle Station secured, Fireteam Osiris commandeered several vehicles from the station garage and began to remove the Promethean presence on the surface, rescuing several surrounded teams of LDC miners in the process. Although the LDC continued to deploy [[D79H-TC Pelican|aircraft]] in an attempt to forestall Forerunner airstrikes, the superior technology of the Promethean Phaetons meant that Osiris and the LDC forces were forced to fight through increasingly thick resistance in order to reach Meridian Station. Utilizing the [[M820 Scorpion|considerable arsenal]] that the anti-centralist [[Governor]] [[Sloan]] had amassed, the [[human]]s were eventually able to clear the approach to Meridian Station of all Promethean forces. Sloan begrudgingly thanked the SPARTANs for their assistance in protecting his people and instructed the miners still at Meridian Station to cooperate with Osiris.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | With Pinnacle Station secured, Fireteam Osiris commandeered several vehicles from the station garage and began to remove the Promethean presence on the surface, rescuing several surrounded teams of LDC miners in the process. Although the LDC continued to deploy [[D79H-TC Pelican|aircraft]] in an attempt to forestall Forerunner airstrikes, the superior technology of the Promethean Phaetons meant that Osiris and the LDC forces were forced to fight through increasingly thick resistance in order to reach Meridian Station. Utilizing the [[M820 Scorpion|considerable arsenal]] that the anti-centralist [[Governor]] [[Sloan]] had amassed, the [[human]]s were eventually able to clear the approach to Meridian Station of all Promethean forces. Sloan begrudgingly thanked the SPARTANs for their assistance in protecting his people and instructed the miners still at Meridian Station to cooperate with Osiris.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Gglass}} | ||
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As Fireteam Osiris delved deeper and deeper within the LDC excavation, they discovered that the corporation had discovered a massive [[Forerunner]] structure housed in a volcanic cavern far below the surface and utterly untouched by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[glassing]] [[Battle of Meridian|ten years earlier]]. Here the SPARTANs encountered the [[Warden Eternal]], a [[Promethean]] construct tasked with safeguarding the [[Guardian Custode]] interred at the heart of the cavern. The Warden Eternal informed them that [[Blue Team]] had been permitted access to the Guardian, but that Osiris's presence was considered trespassing. Determined to catch the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] before they reached the Guardian, Fireteam Osiris engaged the Warden in combat, defeating him after a prolonged battle. As seismic activity began to increase, Osiris advanced to the final chamber of the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}} | As Fireteam Osiris delved deeper and deeper within the LDC excavation, they discovered that the corporation had discovered a massive [[Forerunner]] structure housed in a volcanic cavern far below the surface and utterly untouched by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[glassing]] [[Battle of Meridian|ten years earlier]]. Here the SPARTANs encountered the [[Warden Eternal]], a [[Promethean]] construct tasked with safeguarding the [[Guardian Custode]] interred at the heart of the cavern. The Warden Eternal informed them that [[Blue Team]] had been permitted access to the Guardian, but that Osiris's presence was considered trespassing. Determined to catch the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] before they reached the Guardian, Fireteam Osiris engaged the Warden in combat, defeating him after a prolonged battle. As seismic activity began to increase, Osiris advanced to the final chamber of the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}} | ||
[[File:H5G-Chief&Locke-01.jpg|thumb|250px|John-117 and Jameson Locke fighting below the surface of the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}}]] | [[File:H5G-Chief&Locke-01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|John-117 and Jameson Locke fighting below the surface of the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}}]] | ||
The last chamber lay in the lowest depths of the volcanic cavern, and it was here that [[Fireteam Osiris]] found the Guardian and [[Blue Team]]. Using a complex set of tiered [[teleporter]]s, the two SPARTAN teams raced each other to the Guardian. The [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Jameson Locke|SPARTAN Locke]] arrived nearly simultaneously at the final teleporter. Locke instructed the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] at gunpoint to stand down with the rest of his team and return with Osiris to {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. However, at the Master Chief's command the rest of Blue Team disappeared into the final teleporter and boarded the Guardian. When Locke insisted that John-117 allow Fireteam Osiris to pursue [[Cortana]] instead of Blue Team, the Chief attacked Locke; attempting to incapacitate the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] while avoiding his primed armor restraining device. Locke succeeded in dealing the SPARTAN-II a hard enough blow to damage his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]], but the fight ended shortly thereafter when the Master Chief managed to paralyze Locke with the active armor restraint device. The Chief then followed the rest of Blue Team into the teleporter, which closed as the seismic activity in the cavern intensified.{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}} | The last chamber lay in the lowest depths of the volcanic cavern, and it was here that [[Fireteam Osiris]] found the Guardian and [[Blue Team]]. Using a complex set of tiered [[teleporter]]s, the two SPARTAN teams raced each other to the Guardian. The [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Jameson Locke|SPARTAN Locke]] arrived nearly simultaneously at the final teleporter. Locke instructed the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] at gunpoint to stand down with the rest of his team and return with Osiris to {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. However, at the Master Chief's command the rest of Blue Team disappeared into the final teleporter and boarded the Guardian. When Locke insisted that John-117 allow Fireteam Osiris to pursue [[Cortana]] instead of Blue Team, the Chief attacked Locke; attempting to incapacitate the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] while avoiding his primed armor restraining device. Locke succeeded in dealing the SPARTAN-II a hard enough blow to damage his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]], but the fight ended shortly thereafter when the Master Chief managed to paralyze Locke with the active armor restraint device. The Chief then followed the rest of Blue Team into the teleporter, which closed as the seismic activity in the cavern intensified.{{Ref/Reuse|unconfirm}} | ||
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The final teleporter brought them back to Meridian Station, where they found a full-scale evacuation in-effect, despite the ongoing threat of Promethean Phaetons. Knowing that the air was too dangerous to commandeer a LDC Pelican, Osiris raced back towards Pinnacle Station in the hopes of riding the [[space elevator]] back into orbit. As they retraced their steps back to the station, the Guardian burst from the vitrified crust of the surface, showering the battlefield in magma from the subterranean cavern and triggering another wave of earthquakes. Several evacuation shuttles were shot down as the Prometheans redoubled their assaults on the colony. Osiris arrived at Pinnacle to find that the elevator was once again surrounded by Promethean forces. After destroying the occupying constructs, Osiris entered the station and re-powered the elevator.{{Ref/Level|Id=evac|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Evacuation]]}} | The final teleporter brought them back to Meridian Station, where they found a full-scale evacuation in-effect, despite the ongoing threat of Promethean Phaetons. Knowing that the air was too dangerous to commandeer a LDC Pelican, Osiris raced back towards Pinnacle Station in the hopes of riding the [[space elevator]] back into orbit. As they retraced their steps back to the station, the Guardian burst from the vitrified crust of the surface, showering the battlefield in magma from the subterranean cavern and triggering another wave of earthquakes. Several evacuation shuttles were shot down as the Prometheans redoubled their assaults on the colony. Osiris arrived at Pinnacle to find that the elevator was once again surrounded by Promethean forces. After destroying the occupying constructs, Osiris entered the station and re-powered the elevator.{{Ref/Level|Id=evac|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Evacuation]]}} | ||
With Pinnacle Station secured and power restored to the [[space elevator]] gondola, Fireteam Osiris and the last of the Liang-Dortmund Corporation colonists began their ascent. The humans were attacked incessantly by Prometheans warping into the moving gondola, and all the while the Guardian slowly began powering its drives for a [[Slipstream Space|slipspace]] jump. As part of its pre-jump power sequence, the Guardian emitted a series of destructive kinetic pulses as a self-defense precaution. Due to the Guardian's close proximity to Pinnacle Station, the first of these pulses crippled the elevator's maglev suspension system; immobilizing the gondola high above the surface of [[Meridian]]. The sudden stop killed all of the LDC personnel and stranded the SPARTANs several hundred feet shy of the landing pad where | With Pinnacle Station secured and power restored to the [[space elevator]] gondola, Fireteam Osiris and the last of the Liang-Dortmund Corporation colonists began their ascent. The humans were attacked incessantly by Prometheans warping into the moving gondola, and all the while the Guardian slowly began powering its drives for a [[Slipstream Space|slipspace]] jump. As part of its pre-jump power sequence, the Guardian emitted a series of destructive kinetic pulses as a self-defense precaution. Due to the Guardian's close proximity to Pinnacle Station, the first of these pulses crippled the elevator's maglev suspension system; immobilizing the gondola high above the surface of [[Meridian]]. The sudden stop killed all of the LDC personnel and stranded the SPARTANs several hundred feet shy of the landing pad where their [[D79H-TC Pelican|Pelican]] was docked. Using the maintenance hatches, Osiris gained access to the exterior scaffolding of the elevator, climbing up the last levels while fighting teleporting Prometheans and evading Phaeton fire. As the Guardian's pulses increased in frequency and intensity, Osiris reached the Pelican and escaped the collapsing scaffolding just as the Forerunner construct entered slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|evac}} | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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|[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] | |[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] | ||
|[[John-117]] | |[[John-117]] | ||
|Survived | |Survived, but still AWOL | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[Petty Officer First Class]] | | rowspan="2" |[[Petty Officer First Class]] | ||
|[[Kelly-087]] | |[[Kelly-087]] | ||
|Survived | |Survived, but still AWOL | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Linda-058]] | |[[Linda-058]] | ||
|Survived | |Survived, but still AWOL | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] | |[[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] | ||
|[[Frederic-104]] | |[[Frederic-104]] | ||
|Survived | |Survived, but still AWOL | ||
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| rowspan="4" |[[Spartan Operations]] | | rowspan="4" |[[Spartan Operations]] | ||
