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{{Quote|Point to team leader: enemy contact. Enemy troops within one hundred meters of my position, ten degrees left.|James to John during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].}} | {{Quote|Point to team leader: enemy contact. Enemy troops within one hundred meters of my position, ten degrees left.|James to John during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].}} | ||
[[File:James-005.png|thumb|left|175px|James cradles the stump of his arm.]] | [[File:James-005.png|thumb|left|175px|James cradles the stump of his arm.]] | ||
On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], James and eleven other Spartan-IIs arrived at the human colony of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] in the [[Sigma Octanus system]] with [[Vice Admiral]] Stanforth's [[Battle Group Leviathan|Battle Group ''Leviathan'']] to aid UNSC forces in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|ongoing battle]] on and over the planet. Deployed to the remains of [[Alpha Headquarters]] to assist the local marine forces as part of [[Operation: OCEAN BREAKER]], James was assigned to [[Blue Team]]—along with [[Kelly-087]] and [[ | On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], James and eleven other Spartan-IIs arrived at the human colony of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] in the [[Sigma Octanus system]] with [[Vice Admiral]] Stanforth's [[Battle Group Leviathan|Battle Group ''Leviathan'']] to aid UNSC forces in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|ongoing battle]] on and over the planet. Deployed to the remains of [[Alpha Headquarters]] to assist the local marine forces as part of [[Operation: OCEAN BREAKER]], James was assigned to [[Blue Team]]—along with [[Kelly-087]] and [[Fred-104]]—as "Blue-Four" under the command of John-117; James was given control of the unit's extra COM equipment. After meeting with the [[Corporal Harland's fireteam|surviving marines]] at Alpha Headquarters, Blue Team departed for the city of [[Côte d'Azur]] to investigate unusual Covenant activity and to destroy the city with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]], provided no [[civilian]]s remained. The Spartans traveled through a jungle in a slightly staggered single-file line to reach the city, with James in the lead. Every hundred yards, James signaled the group to halt while he methodically surveyed the area for any sign of the enemy. As the team's scout, when a patrol of ten [[Unggoy]] was sighted James concealed himself at the bottom of a hill and indicated to the rest when it was okay to strike after the rear guard had passed by. When Blue Team finally arrived at Côte d'Azur, the Spartans began scouting Covenant movements throughout the city while [[Red Team]] and [[Green Team]] escorted the city's surviving population to safety.<ref name="for205">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 205-214'' (2010)</ref> As the other Spartans left the city with the civilians, Blue Team infiltrated the Covenant-held [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]] to investigate unusual Covenant activity. Within an accessway that led underneath the museum, James attached a ground-return transceiver to pipes overhead to establish contact with Green Team. | ||
Within the museum, Blue Team discovered that the Covenant were scanning what appeared to be [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|a simple piece of igneous rock]] and sending the information to a ship in orbit. James and his compatriots quietly eliminated nearby [[Kig-Yar]] patrols inside the museum but then encountered a pair of [[Mgalekgolo]]. The Spartans engaged the creatures but James had his left arm burnt away from the elbow down after being hit with a blast from one's [[assault cannon]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 208''</ref> Upon John's orders, Blue Team switched to [[shredder round]]s and fired at the floor beneath the massive aliens. The Spartans managed to make the floor collapse under the Mgalekgolo, causing them to fall into the museum's basement. To finish off the pair, Fred, Kelly, John, and the wounded James pushed a large quartz monolith into the pit, trapping the Mgalekgolo but not killing them. Recovering the rock that the Covenant were scanning, Blue Team left the museum and escaped the city by traveling through Côte d'Azur's sewer systems.<ref name="for231">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 231-241'' (2010)</ref> John helped James make the trip and even carried him after he had collapsed twice and finally slipped into unconsciousness. Upon rendezvousing with the rest of the Spartans and surviving marines, Linda had her team carry him aboard a Pelican. Before they could take off, James regained consciousness and use his remaining hand to salute John, who directed Kelly to administer an [[drugs|analgesic]] that knocked him out once more. They all returned to Stanforth's {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}, the {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}}, in the planet's orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|for231}} As the battle drew to an end, Battle Group ''Leviathan'' returned to Reach in the Epsilon Eridani system for repairs with the Spartan-IIs aboard.<ref>'''[[Data Drop]]''', ''#2''</ref> | Within the museum, Blue Team discovered that the Covenant were scanning what appeared to be [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|a simple piece of igneous rock]] and sending the information to a ship in orbit. James and his compatriots quietly eliminated nearby [[Kig-Yar]] patrols inside the museum but then encountered a pair of [[Mgalekgolo]]. The Spartans engaged the creatures but James had his left arm burnt away from the elbow down after being hit with a blast from one's [[assault cannon]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 208''</ref> Upon John's orders, Blue Team switched to [[shredder round]]s and fired at the floor beneath the massive aliens. The Spartans managed to make the floor collapse under the Mgalekgolo, causing them to fall into the museum's basement. To finish off the pair, Fred, Kelly, John, and the wounded James pushed a large quartz monolith into the pit, trapping the Mgalekgolo but not killing them. Recovering the rock that the Covenant were scanning, Blue Team left the museum and escaped the city by traveling through Côte d'Azur's sewer systems.<ref name="for231">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 231-241'' (2010)</ref> John helped James make the trip and even carried him after he had collapsed twice and finally slipped into unconsciousness. Upon rendezvousing with the rest of the Spartans and surviving marines, Linda had her team carry him aboard a Pelican. Before they could take off, James regained consciousness and use his remaining hand to salute John, who directed Kelly to administer an [[drugs|analgesic]] that knocked him out once more. They all returned to Stanforth's {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}, the {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}}, in the planet's orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|for231}} As the battle drew to an end, Battle Group ''Leviathan'' returned to Reach in the Epsilon Eridani system for repairs with the Spartan-IIs aboard.<ref>'''[[Data Drop]]''', ''#2''</ref> |