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|name = Operation: WHITE GLOVE | |name = Operation: WHITE GLOVE | ||
|image =[[File: | |image =[[File:HaloReach - Package Intro.jpg|300px]] | ||
|conflict = | |conflict = [[Human-Covenant war]] | ||
|date = [[2552#August|August 29]]<ref name="package" />-30, 2552<ref name="firststrike14"/> | |||
|date = [[2552#August|August 29]] | |||
|place = [[SWORD Base]] and [[CASTLE Base]], [[Reach]] | |place = [[SWORD Base]] and [[CASTLE Base]], [[Reach]] | ||
|result = UNSC Victory | |result = UNSC Victory | ||
*SWORD Base and CASTLE Base destroyed | *SWORD Base and CASTLE Base destroyed | ||
*[[Cortana]] in transit to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} | *[[Cortana]] in transit to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} | ||
|side1 = | |side1 = [[File:Halopedia Era UNSC.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2 = [[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant]] | |side2 = [[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant]] | ||
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*[[Commander|CDR]] [[Carter-A259]] | *[[Commander|CDR]] [[Carter-A259]] | ||
*[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] | *[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] | ||
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* | |forces1 = *[[File:UNSC-Army-logo1.png|25px]] [[UNSC Army]] | ||
**[[Special Warfare Command]] | **[[Special Warfare Command]] | ||
***[[Noble Team]] | ***[[File:Noblelogo.png|25px]] [[Noble Team]] | ||
*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | *[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
**[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] | **[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] | ||
*[[UNSC Navy]] | *[[File:UNSC-Navy-logo1.png|25px]] [[UNSC Navy]] | ||
**[[Frederic-104]] | **[[Frederic-104]] | ||
**[[William-043]] | **[[William-043]] | ||
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*[[Kig-Yar]] | *[[Kig-Yar]] | ||
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|casual2=Heavy | |casual2=Heavy | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Operation: WHITE GLOVE''' was a broad UNSC | |||
'''Operation: WHITE GLOVE''' was a broad UNSC operation to destroy the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[CASTLE Base|CASTLE]] and [[SWORD Base]]s.<ref name="Legendary">''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]'', [[:File:Journal Contents.jpg|container manifest]]</ref> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===SWORD Base=== | ===SWORD Base=== | ||
Sword base was the site of previous incursions, including the [[First Battle of Sword Base]]<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, [[ONI: Sword Base (level)|ONI: Sword Base]]</ref> and a later attack on [[2552#August|August 12, 2552]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> This left the base in ruins, and the Covenant began glassing area. The base was deemed critical and was ordered to be destroyed.<ref name="package">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[The Package (level)|The Package]]</ref> | |||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
===SWORD Base=== | ===SWORD Base=== | ||
[[File:HaloReach - JunEmileCarter.jpg|thumb|250px|Emile, Jun, and Carter fighting an Elite.]] | [[File:HaloReach - JunEmileCarter.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Emile, Jun, and Carter fighting an Elite.]] | ||
{{Quote|Time to get to work, Noble Six. Take out those guns.|Carter to Noble Six. | {{Quote|Time to get to work, Noble Six. Take out those guns.|Carter to Noble Six.<ref name="package" />}} | ||
On August 29, 2552, [[ | On August 29, 2552, [[Noble Six]] and several ODSTs showed up to the ruins of [[Farragut Station]]. They cleared out local resistance around the station, and proceeded to [[Airview Base]]. There, [[Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|Tyrants]] were blocking the remaining members of Noble Team from backing up existing forces. Along the path, they encountered more Covenant forces.<ref name="package" /> | ||
In the sky, numerous [[UH-144 Falcon]]s harassed Covenant Banshees. At Airview, Noble Six attacked defending Covenant and destroyed the Tyrants. Reinforcements, now able to move, flew to SWORD Base and began assaulting Covenant there. Noble Six regrouped with Carter-A259, [[Emile-A239]], and [[Jun-A266]] at Sword Base after battling more Covenant along the way. | In the sky, numerous [[UH-144 Falcon]]s harassed Covenant Banshees. At Airview, Noble Six attacked defending Covenant and destroyed the Tyrants. Reinforcements, now able to move, flew to SWORD Base and began assaulting Covenant there. Noble Six regrouped with Carter-A259, [[Emile-A239]], and [[Jun-A266]] at Sword Base after battling more Covenant along the way.<ref name="package" /> | ||
Together, they entered the base and cleared out the remaining Covenant. Believing the coordinates they were given led to a structurally important part of the base, they followed. Eventually they ended up in a dead-end hallway that had been heavily defended. Noble Team was then redirected to a new set of coordinates, and a wall in the hall opened up. | Together, they entered the base and cleared out the remaining Covenant. Believing the coordinates they were given led to a structurally important part of the base, they followed. Eventually they ended up in a dead-end hallway that had been heavily defended. Noble Team was then redirected to a new set of coordinates, and a wall in the hall opened up.<ref name="package" /> | ||
=== | ===Noble working for ONI=== | ||
{{Quote|Your orders were a pretext to bring you to me and have been overridden.|Catherine Halsey to Carter-A259 | {{Quote|Your orders were a pretext to bring you to me and have been overridden.|Catherine Halsey to Carter-A259<ref name="package" />}} | ||
Dr. Catherine Halsey had actually been the cause of this. Using a tram system, she took | Dr. Catherine Halsey had actually been the cause of this. Using a tram system, she took Noble Team to an underground complex as part of her plan. Halsey had been decrypting data and needed protection from fast approaching Covenant.<ref name="package" /> | ||
Noble Team, using pre-established [[M8 Wolf Spider]] turrets, mounted a successful defense against those Covenant. Upon entering Halsey's lab, Noble Team discovered their final objective; deliver [[Cortana|an AI]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} in [[ | Noble Team, using pre-established [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider]] turrets, mounted a successful defense against those Covenant. Upon entering Halsey's lab, Noble Team discovered their final objective; deliver [[Cortana|an AI]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} in [[Aszod]]. Noble Six received the package, having been chosen to be the AIs caretaker. Noble, along with Halsey proceeded to escape the facility Jun however, was tasked with delivering Dr. Halsey to [[CASTLE Base]].<ref name="package" /> | ||
===CASTLE Base=== | ===CASTLE Base=== | ||
By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base. | By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 12</ref> Although the rest of the facility's personnel had evacuated, she began to enact Operation: WHITE GLOVE.<ref name="firststrike14">''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 14</ref> She was accompanied by the AI [[Kalmiya]], a predecessor of [[Cortana]], and was harried by [[Araqiel]], the personal AI of her nemesis, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. The operation called for the destruction of every [[artificial intelligence]] in the facility using the fail-safe in its [[Riemann matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the Covenant did not capture such technology.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 127-128</ref> After erasing Araqiel with a fail-safe command, Halsey did the same to Kalmiya. When the surviving [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] of [[Red Team]] arrived at the base, Halsey destroyed the facility via the self-destruct charges installed throughout the complex.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 135</ref> She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the slipspace-distorting [[Forerunner crystal|crystal]] in the [[Menachite Forerunner complex|Forerunner complex]] beneath the base, though they became trapped for several days.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 132-139</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
===SWORD Base and Noble Team=== | ===SWORD Base and Noble Team=== | ||
The underground complex connected to SWORD Base was destroyed. | The underground complex connected to SWORD Base was destroyed.<ref name="package" /> However, just prior to this, [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] was secured by the Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref name="Legendary"/> | ||
Emile, Six, and Carter managed to reach | Emile, Six, and Carter managed to reach Aszod and deliver the package at the cost of Carter and Emile.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref> | ||
== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="150" spacing="small"> | ||
HaloReach - Package Intro.jpg|Noble Six approaching Farragut Station. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Engagements in the Fall of Reach}} | {{Engagements in the Fall of Reach}} |