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|name=Battle of New Jerusalem | |name=Battle of New Jerusalem | ||
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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date=[[2552# | |date=[[2552#September|September]] [[2552]] | ||
|place=[[New Jerusalem]], [[Cygnus system]] | |place=[[New Jerusalem]], [[Cygnus system]] | ||
|result=Covenant victory | |result=Covenant victory | ||
*New Jerusalem [[Glassing|glassed]] | |||
*Heavy casualties on both sides | *Heavy casualties on both sides | ||
*Forerunner artifacts destroyed | |||
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2=[[Covenant]] | |side2=[[Covenant Empire]] | ||
|commanders1= | |commanders1=*[[Colonel]] [[Felicia Sanderson]]† | ||
*[[Teller|Colonel Teller]]† | |||
|commanders2=Unknown | |commanders2=Unknown | ||
|forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | |forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
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**[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | **[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | ||
*[[UNSC Army]] | *[[UNSC Army]] | ||
|forces2= | |forces2=Unknown | ||
|casual1=26th MEF nearly annihilated; presumably heavy Army casualties | |casual1=26th MEF nearly annihilated; presumably heavy Army casualties | ||
|casual2=Unknown | |casual2=Unknown, presumably heavy due to nuclear detonation | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Cygnus? Didn't think there were any survivors.|[[Taylor H. Miles]], upon hearing about [[The Rookie|a survivor]] from the battle.<ref>[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A]]/[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A/Dutch|Dutch]]</ref>}} | |||
The '''Battle of New Jerusalem''' was an engagement in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was fought on the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony world of [[New Jerusalem]] in [[Cygnus system]] between the [[UNSC Defense Force]] and the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]].<ref name="Fieldguide">'''[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx Halo 3: ODST Field Guide]''': (''"[[The Rookie|This Marine]] was recently transferred from the 26th MEF, part of a Rapid Offensive Picket that suffered near-annihilation at New Jerusalem, Cygnus."'')</ref><ref name="Dirt">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]"</ref> | |||
==Battle== | |||
In September 2552, New Jerusalem was invaded by the Covenant; this invasion was resisted by the [[UNSC Army]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/gallery/dmr/c0dfea7c-87fa-4224-82ff-c44d93b73f03 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''DMR'']</ref> as well as the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps']] [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force|26th Expeditionary Force]]. A team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s, including [[Gage Yevgenny]], [[Eric Santiago]], and several other ODSTs under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Felicia Sanderson]], were involved in an operation to infiltrate the city of [[Mount Haven]], then under siege by the Covenant, who were looking for [[Forerunner]] artifacts. Simultaneously, several former [[Colonial Military Administration|CMA]] members were performing a clandestine operation to extract a massive supply of [[gold]] bullion from a bank. However, after infiltrating the bank, the ODST team discovered a class of school children and [[Julian|their teacher]] hiding in the underground vault, hoping to survive the planet's inevitable [[glassing]]. After loading two Pelicans full of gold, the ODSTs knew there was no room for the children. To deceive the [[civilian]]s, the troopers claimed that the gold would be used in the UNSC's war effort. Gage, who had seen too many people killed by the Covenant, was in strong favor of postponing the theft to save the civilians. The other ODSTs, who claimed that the children were as good as dead, disagreed, causing an argument. Felicia stepped in, wanting to call in more Pelicans, but the other ODSTs had already raised their weapons at one another. In an instant, Gage was shot in the abdomen, three other squad members were dead, and Felicia was fatally wounded. Gage rushed to her side, but she died in his arms. | |||
Gage, in shock, went outside to find Eric, who informed him that the UNSC were falling back. Gage knocked him out with his gun and called for more Pelicans, claiming they were under heavy fire. He then flew Eric's Pelican to the pickup point and collected the artifacts the Covenant were looking for, as well as a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|Shiva nuclear device]], then flew away from the city. Gage believed that the Covenant forces would follow him in pursuit of the relics. As he was being pursued by Covenant [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]], he was "accidentally" shot down by ODSTs who knew of his betrayal. | |||
Gage crashed near the mountains outside the city, and was found mortally wounded by [[The Rookie]], a trooper from the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force]], who had arrived with Gage's reinforcements. Gage, who knew he was dying, told the Rookie his life story, right up until he crashed the Pelican. The Rookie, who had listened intently, promised to remember Gage and do whatever he could against the Covenant. Gage then told the Rookie that Covenant forces and the rogue ODSTs were on their way to the crash site, and warned the Rookie to get as far away as possible, as Gage was going to detonate the Shiva, killing them all. The Rookie ditched most of his gear and ran for his life until he reached the other side of the mountain, at which point Gage detonated the nuke, killing himself, his renegade teammates, and thousands of Covenant troops. The Rookie, being the only survivor, hailed a Pelican and was informed that [[Reach]] had been glassed, and that the survivors were retreating to [[Earth]]. They escaped as the planet was glassed, but the Rookie would not forget Gage Yevgenny, and his long and tragic life.<ref name="Dirt"/><ref group="note">It has been confirmed in a comment by [[Tobias Buckell]] [http://goingrampant.blogspot.com/2010/03/examination-of-female-characters-part-3.html here] that the rookie in ''Dirt'' is the same character as The Rookie from ''Halo 3: ODST''. Thus, the battle depicted in the story has to be the Battle of New Jerusalem, as it was the last battle in which The Rookie participated before the [[Battle of Earth]].</ref> | |||
At some point during the battle, ODST [[Carlo Hoya]] was captured by the Covenant, but managed to escape, saving a dozen Naval officers' lives in the process. After the war, Hoya would go on to join the new [[SPARTAN-IV Program]].<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''''</ref> | At some point during the battle, ODST [[Carlo Hoya]] was captured by the Covenant, but managed to escape, saving a dozen Naval officers' lives in the process. After the war, Hoya would go on to join the new [[SPARTAN-IV Program]].<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''''</ref> | ||
==Participants== | |||
'''UNSC''' | |||
*[[Colonel]] [[Felicia Sanderson]] | |||
*[[Gage Yevgenny]] | |||
*[[Private First Class]] [[The Rookie]] | |||
*[[Lance Corporal]] [[Kojo Agu]] | |||
*[[Eric Santiago]] | |||
*[[Amey]] | |||
*[[Charleston]] | |||
*[[Dale (ODST)|Dale]] | |||
*[[Orrin]] | |||
*[[Sita]] | |||
*[[Teller]] | |||
*[[Carlo Hoya]] | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*It has been implied that [[Kojo Agu]] saw action on the planet at some point during the war, possibly simultaneously with the | *It has been implied that [[Kojo Agu]] saw action on the planet at some point during the war, possibly simultaneously with the Rookie.<ref name="Fieldguide"/><ref>'''[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A]]'''/[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A/Romeo|Romeo]]</ref> | ||
*The presence of the Marine Expeditionary Force engaging in a "Rapid Offensive Picket" on New Jerusalem may suggest that at some point, the planet was lost to the Covenant, and the UNSC made an attempt to re-take it. | *The presence of the Marine Expeditionary Force engaging in a "Rapid Offensive Picket" on New Jerusalem may suggest that at some point, the planet was lost to the Covenant, and the UNSC made an attempt to re-take it. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[ | *''[[ONI Candidate Assessment Program V5.02A]]'' {{First mentioned}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | ||
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
<references group="note"/> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Human-Covenant War}} | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
