Editing Raid on Lockup

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
|name=Raid on Lockup
|prev=[[Assault on the Warrens]]
|conc=
|next=[[Second Raid on Control]]
|image=
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Requiem Campaign]]
|date=
|place="[[Lockup]]", [[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]]
|result=*'''Decisive UNSC victory'''
**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] listening post destroyed
|side1=*[[United Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|commanders1=*Spartan [[Jared Miller]]
*Spartan [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]]
|commanders2=*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]
|forces1=*[[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]]
**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
**[[Spartan Operations]]
***[[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s
****[[Fireteam Crimson]]
**[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
*1 [[D79-TC Pelican]]
|forces2=*Numerous [[Sangheili]]
*Numerous [[Kig-Yar]]
*Numerous [[Unggoy]]
*4 [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]
*Several [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]]
*3 [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]]s
*Several [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]]
*1 captured [[UNSC Army]] [[D79-TC Pelican]]
|casual1=*Light
|casual2=*Heavy
**Captured [[UNSC Army]] [[D79-TC Pelican]]
}}
{{Quote|All right, Crimson: A captured Elite offered up the crystal ball they’ve been using to track us and it’s in there somewhere.|Sarah Palmer{{Ref/Reuse|Crystal Ball}}}}
During the [[Requiem Campaign]], UNSC forces launched '''a raid''' on the location known as "[[Lockup]]" in order to destroy a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] listening post.

==Prelude==
At some point, a [[UNSC Army]] [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] was shot down in "[[the Cauldron]]" and assumed destroyed. However, the Pelican survived intact and was captured by the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] who transported it to "[[Lockup]]." Tying energy tethers from the Forerunner structure into the dropship's comm systems, the Covenant were able to turn the Pelican into a listening post to spy on the UNSC's communications and anticipate their moves in battle.<ref name="Crystal Ball">''[[Spartan Ops]]'', [[Expendable/Crystal Ball|S108 Crystal Ball]]</ref>

During the [[Assault on Cyclone]], [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] [[Jared Miller]] the strange ability of the Covenant to seemingly predict [[Fireteam Crimson]] and [[Fireteam Kodiak]]'s movements, but couldn't determine the source of it though he doubted it was a coincidence.<ref name="Majestic Rescue">''Spartan Ops'', [[Expendable/Majestic Rescue|S108 Majestic Rescue]]</ref> While Crimson was helping [[Fireteam Lancer]] [[Assault on the Warrens|attack]] a Covenant base in the "[[Warrens]]," [[Poker Squad]] captured a wounded [[Sangheili]] who offered up the location of the Covenant listening post in exchange for his life. Palmer ordered Poker to check the intel and make the deal, causing the prisoner to point them to "Lockup."<ref name="Lancer">''Spartan Ops'', [[Expendable/Lancer|S108 Lancer]]</ref>

==Battle==
===Destroying the jammers===
[[Fireteam Crimson]] and a squad of [[UNSC Marines]] were deployed to "[[Lockup]]" in order to destroy the listening post a captured [[Sangheili]] had revealed was located there. A [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] carrying the UNSC forces eliminated three guarding [[Unggoy]] with its guns before depositing the Spartans and Marines to complete their mission.

The UNSC forces were immediately engaged by the Covenant forces defending the landing zone, but managed to eliminate them. [[Spartan-IV|Spartan]] [[Jared Miller]] directed Crimson to the door controls to the next area, but got interference around Crimson's uplink which he suspected could be why drones were unreliable in that particular area. Realizing that the Covenant had jammers, [[Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] ordered Miller to have them on the lookout for jammers as well. Crimson fought their way through a hallway defended by Covenant, including a [[Stealth Sangheili]] armed with an [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]] and reached a large open area on the other side.

In the heavily-defended area, Miller detected three energy signatures matching known Covenant jammers. Miller directed Crimson to the jammers which they managed to destroy while fighting off the Covenant, including reinforcements deployed from [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]], two [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]] patrolling the area and a third dropped off by a Phantom.{{Ref/Reuse|Crystal Ball}}

===Destruction of the Covenant listening post===
After all of the Covenant were eliminated in the area with the jammers, Miller detected a UNSC transponder in the adjacent chamber. Entering the chamber, which was heavily defended by Covenant forces including several [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghosts]], Crimson found a [[UNSC Army]] [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] suspended in energy tethers. Miller identified the Pelican as one shot down in "[[the Cauldron]]" and assumed destroyed and it was quickly realized that the Pelican was the listening post, its comm systems enabling the Covenant to listen in on UNSC transmissions. Crimson battled the Covenant guarding the captured Pelican, bolstered by reinforcements from Phantoms and [[heavy orbital insertion pod]]s. Eventually, Crimson managed to eliminate all of the Covenant forces.

After the Covenant were gone, Miller determined that the energy tethers were tied into the Pelican's comm systems and ordered Crimson to break them. As Crimson activated the four consoles around the suspended Pelican that would sever the energy tethers, Phantoms brought in more reinforcements which failed to stop Crimson. Once the link to the comm system was severed, Miller contacted [[Robert Dalton]] for a ride out and an orbital strike to destroy the Pelican which Dalton obliged. However, before either could arrive, another Phantom deployed more Covenant troops, including four [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]. Crimson was able to eliminate all of the Covenant troops and clear a landing zone for extraction.

Once the landing zone was clear, Crimson was extracted by a Pelican. As they flew away, Dalton targeted the captured Pelican with three missiles from orbit, destroying the Pelican and preventing the Covenant from ever using it as a listening post again.{{Ref/Reuse|Crystal Ball}}

==Aftermath==
With the listening post destroyed, the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] were left without the ability to spy on UNSC communications once again. As a result, the UNSC regained the element of surprise in their operations.{{Ref/Reuse|Crystal Ball}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Engagements in the Requiem Campaign}}
[[Category:UNSC victories]]