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On board a [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|Covenant corvette]], the Kig-Yar queen is informed by her forces that the ''Infinity'' is stationary and that their advance fleet has taken severe losses. The queen decides to ignore the rescue convey and regroup with the fleet in space. However, before she and her forces can advance they are destroyed by a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK]] missiles deployed by a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]. Inside the base, Sarah Palmer and Fireteam Majestic take out several Kig-Yar pirates while they make their way towards Thorne. After the blast the unidentified Sangheili escapes from the chamber. Thorne orders Ray to pursue the Sangheili despite her wanting to stay to protect him. Ray calls in her position to Palmer and informs her that she's pursuing the Sangheili. However Palmer tells Ray that she is redirecting Majestic to her position to assist in the pursuit. Ray immediately shuts off her locator to force them to rescue Thorne instead while she continues her pursuit. | On board a [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|Covenant corvette]], the Kig-Yar queen is informed by her forces that the ''Infinity'' is stationary and that their advance fleet has taken severe losses. The queen decides to ignore the rescue convey and regroup with the fleet in space. However, before she and her forces can advance they are destroyed by a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK]] missiles deployed by a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]. Inside the base, Sarah Palmer and Fireteam Majestic take out several Kig-Yar pirates while they make their way towards Thorne. After the blast the unidentified Sangheili escapes from the chamber. Thorne orders Ray to pursue the Sangheili despite her wanting to stay to protect him. Ray calls in her position to Palmer and informs her that she's pursuing the Sangheili. However Palmer tells Ray that she is redirecting Majestic to her position to assist in the pursuit. Ray immediately shuts off her locator to force them to rescue Thorne instead while she continues her pursuit. | ||
The Sangheili boards a [[ | The Sangheili boards a [[Type-32 Ghost|Ghost]] and takes off. Ray finds another Ghost and chases him through the base. Eventually they run through a cavern and Ray fires at the Ghost eventually disabling it outside the base. Ray immediately corners the Sangheili and orders him to hand over the canister holding the bioweapon. He starts to explain that the bioweapon isn't actually for him. Seconds later, a [[Sahara-class heavy prowler|prowler]] lands nearby and several [[ONI]] agents run over to their position. One of the agents tell Ray to stand down and hands her a report from [[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]] authorizing them to detain the Sangheili and seize the bioweapon. The agents then lead the unrestrained Sangheili to the prowler. | ||
After the mission, Ray resides by a recovering Thorne, while Lasky shares a drink with Palmer onboard ''Infinity''. Discussing the aftermath, Lasky tells Palmer not to be angry at Ray for disobeying orders since Thorne would have died otherwise. He also tells Palmer that his debriefing with Osman went surprisingly well despite the covert operation turning into a battle. Palmer asks if he learned anything about the captured Elite but Lasky explains he was told to drop the subject. He then tells her that he got a look at a memo sent by an ONI analyst to [[HIGHCOM]] six months ago concerning a growing number of Kig-Yar pirate bases being set at trade routes and the possible consequences for ignoring the threat. Lasky theorizes that since HIGHCOM ignored ONI's demands for action against the Kig-Yar, ONI hired the Sangheili mercenary and staged the bioweapon accident as an excuse to send a small team of Spartans to the planet, thus forcing a scenario in which ''Infinity'' would have to destroy the pirate nest in order to rescue the team. Lasky wonders which was worse: that ONI played them or that they fell for the staged act. Lasky then asks Palmer to promise to not let him forget what happened this day. | After the mission, Ray resides by a recovering Thorne, while Lasky shares a drink with Palmer onboard ''Infinity''. Discussing the aftermath, Lasky tells Palmer not to be angry at Ray for disobeying orders since Thorne would have died otherwise. He also tells Palmer that his debriefing with Osman went surprisingly well despite the covert operation turning into a battle. Palmer asks if he learned anything about the captured Elite but Lasky explains he was told to drop the subject. He then tells her that he got a look at a memo sent by an ONI analyst to [[HIGHCOM]] six months ago concerning a growing number of Kig-Yar pirate bases being set at trade routes and the possible consequences for ignoring the threat. Lasky theorizes that since HIGHCOM ignored ONI's demands for action against the Kig-Yar, ONI hired the Sangheili mercenary and staged the bioweapon accident as an excuse to send a small team of Spartans to the planet, thus forcing a scenario in which ''Infinity'' would have to destroy the pirate nest in order to rescue the team. Lasky wonders which was worse: that ONI played them or that they fell for the staged act. Lasky then asks Palmer to promise to not let him forget what happened this day. | ||
