Editing Carl Patterson

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[[Admiral]] '''Carl Patterson''', who also went by the nickname of '''Buster''', was a [[UNSC Navy|UNSC naval]] officer and commander of the ''[[UNSC Stalingrad]]'' and of [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']]. Patterson was a very straightforward Admiral whose direct forward-assault style cost him his life in the middle of the [[Battle of Onyx]].

His ship was one of eight sent to [[Onyx]] to rescue the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. He was supposed to receive full information on the planet from the prowler ''[[Dusk]]'' before attacking the planet, but Patterson chose instead to order a forward attack before the entire planet was scanned. His fleet destroyed the two [[Covenant]] destroyers they found before the other twenty Covenant ships that had been on the other side of the planet showed up. At the cost of four of his eight ships, Patterson was able to escape.

He set up an ambush for the Covenant ships behind the planet's moon using [[HORNET Mines]], which succeeded in destroying almost all of the ships. Patterson again ordered a forward charge to wipe out the rest. Thirty-two more Covenant ships emerged from [[Slipspace]] around his ships in mid-charge, massacring them all and killing Patterson.
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-'''Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson''' was an officer of the [[UNSC Navy]]. He was the commanding officer of {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} and, by extension, [[Battle Group Omicron]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 290''</ref> Patterson was cunning, though he was very straightforward, favoring frontal assaults in combat.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 327''</ref>
+[[Admiral]] '''Carl Patterson''', who also went by the nickname of '''Buster''', was a [[UNSC Navy|UNSC naval]] officer and commander of the ''[[UNSC Stalingrad]]'' and of [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']]. Patterson was a very straightforward Admiral whose direct forward-assault style cost him his life in the middle of the [[Battle of Onyx]].
-==Biography==
+His ship was one of eight sent to [[Onyx]] to rescue the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. He was supposed to receive full information on the planet from the prowler ''[[Dusk]]'' before attacking the planet, but Patterson chose instead to order a forward attack before the entire planet was scanned. His fleet destroyed the two [[Covenant]] destroyers they found before the other twenty Covenant ships that had been on the other side of the planet showed up. At the cost of four of his eight ships, Patterson was able to escape.
-===Onyx Conflict===
-{{Main|Onyx Conflict}}
-Patterson and his battlegroup were deployed to [[Onyx]] to reinforce the UNSC presence on the planet's surface. Arriving on November 3rd, 2552, Patterson ordered his battlegroup to attack before receiving a full scan of the planet from the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}. Two [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]s were destroyed before twenty additional enemy warships revealed themselves from the other side of the planet. At the cost of four of his ships, Patterson was able to escape.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 294-288''</ref>
-He set up an ambush for the Covenant ships behind the planet's moon when [[Commander]] [[Richard Lash]] set up a field of [[HORNET mine]]s in space, which succeeded in destroying all but two of the ships.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 332''</ref> Patterson again ordered a forward charge to wipe out the remaining ones. Thirty-two more Covenant ships emerged from [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] around Patterson's ships in mid-charge, destroying the human fleet and killing the admiral in the process.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 333''</ref>
+He set up an ambush for the Covenant ships behind the planet's moon using [[HORNET Mines]], which succeeded in destroying almost all of the ships. Patterson again ordered a forward charge to wipe out the rest. Thirty-two more Covenant ships emerged from [[Slipspace]] around his ships in mid-charge, massacring them all and killing Patterson.
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-==List of appearances==
+[[Category: Humans (Characters)|Patterson, Carl]]
-*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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-[[Category:UNSC Navy officers|Patterson, Carl]]