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The departure of the prowlers alerted [[Sangheili First Blade officer|First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] to the humans' stealth capabilities, and he resolved himself to capture one of these "shadow ships" to learn more about how they were able to avoid Covenant detection systems. The [[intrusion corvette]]s had a roughly 80% effective cloak system and had thus entered the system undetected with the orbital traffic around Biko continuing as usual. From aboard the ''[[Sacred Whisper]]'', the Sangheili ordered the [[Bloodstar Flotilla]] to open fire on the quarry, bombarding it from orbit in an attempt to shoot down any vessels that may try to escape.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}} The [[Chancellor's Guards]] would notice this barrage and respond with force, with Nyeto estimating they would destroy the fleet within the hour.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | The departure of the prowlers alerted [[Sangheili First Blade officer|First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] to the humans' stealth capabilities, and he resolved himself to capture one of these "shadow ships" to learn more about how they were able to avoid Covenant detection systems. The [[intrusion corvette]]s had a roughly 80% effective cloak system and had thus entered the system undetected with the orbital traffic around Biko continuing as usual. From aboard the ''[[Sacred Whisper]]'', the Sangheili ordered the [[Bloodstar Flotilla]] to open fire on the quarry, bombarding it from orbit in an attempt to shoot down any vessels that may try to escape.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}} The [[Chancellor's Guards]] would notice this barrage and respond with force, with Nyeto estimating they would destroy the fleet within the hour.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} | ||
The bombardment hit the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}}, Ascot's prowler, and downed the ship. By this point, most of the 21/SAB had departed, with the final company in [[Night Flight]]. Crowther denied requests for the Prowlers to return to the ground to assist as he didn't want to lose any more ships. In response, John-117 ordered the insurrectionist prisoners into [[Subsurface Maintenance Grotto 6M430]] to begin boarding the ''Emmeline'', listening out in case the SPARTANs were given a new assignment. Eventually, he realized that his SPARTANs were the only ones left in a position to help the downed Prowler, and sealed the rebels inside the transport to ensure they couldn't escape. He proceeded to begin assisting, recognizing that if the aliens captured the ''Starry Night'', they could learn everything about humanity including the location of [[Earth]]. The ''Emmeline'' then departed | The bombardment hit the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}}, Ascot's prowler, and downed the ship. By this point, most of the 21/SAB had departed, with the final company in [[Night Flight]]. Crowther denied requests for the Prowlers to return to the ground to assist as he didn't want to lose any more ships. In response, John-117 ordered the insurrectionist prisoners into [[Subsurface Maintenance Grotto 6M430]] to begin boarding the ''Emmeline'', listening out in case the SPARTANs were given a new assignment. Eventually, he realized that his SPARTANs were the only ones left in a position to help the downed Prowler, and sealed the rebels inside the transport to ensure they couldn't escape. He proceeded to begin assisting, recognizing that if the aliens captured the ''Starry Night'', they could learn everything about humanity including the location of [[Earth]]. The ''Emmeline'' then departed Seoba.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}} | ||
The squad set out without authorization from Crowther, but were soon given authorization once they explained the risks involved with leaving the ''Starry Night''. Due to the sublimation fog in the quarry, a remnant of the earlier battle, it was impossible to see and so the SPARTANs maintained a spacing of ten meters to ensure their search pattern worked. The squad found the ''Starry Night'' impacted into the quarry wall, with [[Worthy Silence|an intrusion corvette]] lowering itself into the quarry to begin salvaging the ship. The mission changed from recovery to asset denial, with the SPARTANs aiming to detonate the [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] in the ship's engineering compartment. The Covenant deployed several {{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}}s manned by [[Jiralhanae]] to engage the SPARTANs, while the supersoldiers prepared to use their [[M301 grenade launcher]]s to fire on the Prowler and cause an avalanche. The Covenant ship continued to drop several [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]]-equipped Sangheili, Jiralhanae and [[Kig-Yar]], while Nyeto began using the remaining Prowlers to try and take out the Covenant from the air. The SPARTANs were able to combine fire on the area below the Prowler impact site, and the avalanche dropped the prowler onto the quarry floor - encasing the SPARTANs in ice.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS14|HSS|Chapter=14}} | The squad set out without authorization from Crowther, but were soon given authorization once they explained the risks involved with leaving the ''Starry Night''. Due to the sublimation fog in the quarry, a remnant of the earlier battle, it was impossible to see and so the SPARTANs maintained a spacing of ten meters to ensure their search pattern worked. The squad found the ''Starry Night'' impacted into the quarry wall, with [[Worthy Silence|an intrusion corvette]] lowering itself into the quarry to begin salvaging the ship. The mission changed from recovery to asset denial, with the SPARTANs aiming to detonate the [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] in the ship's engineering compartment. The Covenant deployed several {{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}}s manned by [[Jiralhanae]] to engage the SPARTANs, while the supersoldiers prepared to use their [[M301 grenade launcher]]s to fire on the Prowler and cause an avalanche. The Covenant ship continued to drop several [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]]-equipped Sangheili, Jiralhanae and [[Kig-Yar]], while Nyeto began using the remaining Prowlers to try and take out the Covenant from the air. The SPARTANs were able to combine fire on the area below the Prowler impact site, and the avalanche dropped the prowler onto the quarry floor - encasing the SPARTANs in ice.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS14|HSS|Chapter=14}} | ||
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===Casualties=== | ===Casualties=== | ||
During the initial assault on the rebel coalition base, the Black Daggers took 127 casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} Alpha Company lost fifty-two ODSTs including the loss of Captain [[Zelos Cuvier]] and his staff. Alpha Company suffered a 32% casualty rate, while the rest of the 21/SAB took only 6% without losing any of their Captains. Due to this, Lieutenant Nelly Hamm was promoted to Captain of Alpha Company.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS11}} The initial attack was responsible for the destruction of UNSC ''Ghost Star'' and 22 crew members,{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} while the later Covenant attack was able to destroy the UNSC ''Starry Night''. The ''Starry Night'' was the leader of [[Night Flight]] and Captain Ascot's ship - in the ship's destruction, Ascot was killed alongside fifty-three other crewmembers and ODSTs aboard the ship. The Battle of Seoba in total cost 203 human lives, who were commemorated aboard the UNSC ''Vanishing Point'' in a funeral ceremony the next day. Due to the loss of Captain Ascot, Lt. Commander Hector Nyeto became the de-facto commander of Task Force Yama.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} | During the initial assault on the rebel coalition base, the Black Daggers took 127 casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} Alpha Company lost fifty-two ODSTs including the loss of Captain [[Zelos Cuvier]] and his staff. Alpha Company suffered a 32% casualty rate, while the rest of the 21/SAB took only 6% without losing any of their Captains. Due to this, Lieutenant Nelly Hamm was promoted to Captain of Alpha Company.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS11}} The initial attack was responsible for the destruction of UNSC ''Ghost Star'' and 22 crew members,{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} while the later Covenant attack was able to destroy the UNSC ''Starry Night''. The ''Starry Night'' was the leader of [[Night Flight]] and Captain Ascot's ship - in the ship's destruction, Ascot was killed alongside fifty-three other crewmembers and ODSTs aboard the ship. The Battle of Seoba in total cost 203 human lives, who were commemorated aboard the UNSC ''Vanishing Point'' in a funeral ceremony the next day. Due to the loss of Captain Ascot, Lt. Commander Hector Nyeto became the de-facto commander of Task Force Yama.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |