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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|HCW}} |
| {{Battle infobox | | {{Battle Infobox |
| |prev=[[Battle of Sector Six]] | | |prev=[[Battle of Sector Six]] |
| |conc=[[URNA Southwest Campaign]] | | |conc=[[Battle of Earth]] |
| |next=[[Attack on Crow's Nest]] | | |next=[[Battle of Voi]] |
| |name=Recovery of John-117 | | |name=Raid on Kilimanjaro |
| |image=[[File:Master Chief & The Arbiter.jpg|350px]] | | |image=[[File:Master Chief & The Arbiter.jpg|300px]] |
| |conflict=*[[Human-Covenant War]] | | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| **[[Battle for Earth]]
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| |date=[[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] | | |date=[[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] |
| |place=South of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], [[Tanzania]], [[East African Protectorate]] | | |place=South of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], [[Tanzania]] |
| |result=;Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory | | |result=Decisive [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory |
| *[[John-117]] recovered | | *[[John-117]] recovered |
| |side1=*{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command]] | | *Covenant forces suffer heavy casualties |
| **{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]]
| | |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| **[[UNSC Air Force]]
| | |side2=[[Covenant Empire]] |
| **[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
| | |commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] John-117 |
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| *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant separatists]]
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| **[[Fleet of Retribution]]
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| |side2= *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant]] | |
| |commanders1=*[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] | |
| *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] | | *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] |
| *[[Sergeant Major|SGTMAJ]] [[Avery Johnson]] | | *[[Sergeant Major|SgtMaj]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]] |
| *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GYSGT]] [[Marcus Stacker]] | | *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GySgt]] [[Stacker]] |
| *[[Gunnery Sergeant|GYSGT]] [[Reynolds]] | | *GySgt [[Reynolds]] |
| |commanders2=Unnamed [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]† | | |commanders2=Unnamed [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]† |
| |forces1= | | |forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] |
| *3 [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]]s{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | **[[Bravo Team]] |
| **[[Echo 051]]†{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | **[[First Squad]] |
| **[[Kilo 023]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | **[[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]] |
| *1 [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | *[[D77H-TCI Pelican]]s (3) |
| *1 [[Sangheili]] [[Arbiter]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | **[[Echo 051]] |
| *Several ground troops | | **[[Kilo 023]] |
| |forces2= | | *John-117 |
| *[[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | *Thel' Vadam |
| *2 [[Irdnekt-pattern Banshee|Banshees]] {{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | |forces2=*Multiple [[Jiralhanae]] [[Pack]]s |
| *Ground forces{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | *Large number of [[Unggoy]] |
| **[[Jiralhanae]]
| | *Many [[Kig-yar]] |
| **[[Unggoy]]
| | *[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] (6+) |
| **[[Kig-Yar]]
| | *[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] (2) |
| |casual1=*Medium-heavy | | |casual1=*Medium-heavy casualties among Marines |
| **2 Pelicans{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} | | *D77H-TCI Pelicans (2) |
| ***''Echo 51'' | | **Echo 51 |
| **Most of [[Bravo Team]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}} {{c|save for Reynold}}
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| |casual2=Heavy | | |casual2=Heavy |
| }} | | }} |
| | {{Quote|We must go. The Brutes have our scent.|Thel 'Vadam}} |
| | The '''Raid on Kilimanjaro''' was a small engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant loyalists]] in [[2552#November|late 2552]] near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]], Tanzania, [[Earth]]. The raid was significant because of the recovery of the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II commando]] [[John-117]], who would play a vital part in the ending of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="s117">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> |
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| The '''Recovery of John-117''' was a small [[battle|engagement]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]] in the [[Tanzania]]n jungles near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]]. UNSC forces led by [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] succeeded in recovering [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] after his escape from the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Level|Id=arrival|H3|Arrival}}{{Ref/Level|Id=s117|H3|Sierra 117}} | | ==The battle== |
| | | ===Recovery of SPARTAN-117=== |
| ==Background==
| | On November 17, the Prophet of Truth arrived at Earth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], landing in the center of [[The Portal]], a [[Forerunner]] structure near the town of [[Voi]]. SPARTAN-117, onboard the ship, bailed out as it entered atmosphere, and using a hatch as a heat shield, landed in a jungle near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]. Because of force of the impact, he went unconscious for hours. |
| During the early morning of [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]], the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' carrying the [[Hierarch|High Prophet]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] arrived at [[Earth]], smashing through the remnants of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] that had been [[Battle for Earth|engaging]] [[Covenant]] warships over the planet for the last month. On board the keyship was [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] who, after making a failed [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|assassination attempt]] on the Prophet, was forced to flee from the ship.{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Uprising}} Using a [[door]] as a heat shield, the Spartan bailed out of the ''Anodyne Spirit'' as it entered Earth's atmosphere. His trajectory and expected crash site was triangulated by [[S. Hartley]], an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] [[Covenant]] forces near [[Sector Six]], [[Asia]].{{Ref/Generic|Halo: Last One Standing}} This would allow several [[squad]]s of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] led by [[Avery Johnson]] to locate the Spartan in the following hours.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} John made landfall in a [[Tanzania]]n jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] while the Forerunner vessel continued descending until it landed on the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], which had been excavated by Truth's [[Truth's fleet|fleet]].{{Ref/Level|H3|The Storm}}
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| ==Battle==
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| ===Recovering John-117===
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| {{Quote|no=two|[[Avery Johnson]]|[[John-117]]|q1=Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here.|q2=Yeah, you're not.|John-117 after regaining consciousness.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}}}
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| In the morning of 17 November 2552, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson led [[Gunnery Sergeant]][[Marcus Stacker]]'s [[First Squad]] and [[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]] into the jungles of Tanzania to recover John-117, using the triangulation data acquired by forces [[Battle of Sector Six|fighting]] near the [[Pakistan]]-Afghanistan border in [[Sector Six]].{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}} [[Bravo Team]], led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], was also deployed nearby, closer to the extraction point at the river.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| Johnson and his team discovered the Spartan lying in a supine position at the end of an impact crater with his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor]] locked into place by its [[Hydrostatic gel|gel layer]]. The Spartan remained unconscious until the [[Unidentified Corpsman|Corpsman]] partially unlocked John's armor, and the Spartan woke up just as Johnson instructed his Marines to call in heavy lifting gear to extract the Spartan. After John-117 reported [[Cortana]] had remained on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Corpsman helped the calibrate the Spartan’s armor.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}
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| The recovery team was joined by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], who, upon disengaging his [[active camouflage]], was briefly accosted by John-117. Johnson quickly defused the situation, and 'Vadam reported the Jiralhanae had caught their scent.{{Ref/Reuse|arrival}}
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| ===Opening skirmishes===
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| Johnson ordered First Squad to scout ahead. The squad moved ahead, with Second Squad along with himself, John-117 and 'Vadam following behind. As they made their way through the jungle, Johnson informed Reynolds that they had recovered the Master Chief. Although Reynolds responded in affirmative, soon afterward he and the rest of Bravo Team, while en route to the extraction point, came under attack by a Jiralhanae Chieftain and a Phantom, and they lost contact with Johnson's team.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| As Johnson's team approached a waterfall, they were forced to take cover as a {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} flew overhead. Fearful that they would be spotted more quickly in a large unit, Johnson split the team. John-117 and 'Vadam went with First Squad while he took command of Second Squad. Johnson and Second Squad ascended a nearby cliff-face to take an alternate route to the extraction point at a nearby river. Soon after, First Squad was discovered by Covenant patrols, and they fought their way through the Covenant-occupied jungle.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| Near the extraction point, John-117 found a Jiralhanae Captain interrogating Reynolds and demanding the location of the [[Crow's Nest (location)|nearby UNSC base]], to which the Gunnery Sergeant refused to answer. Before the Brute could kill Reynolds, John-117 and his team managed to eliminate the Captain and his subordinates. The group, now accompanied by Reynolds, then continued their way toward the river.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ===Failed extraction===
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| {{Quote|Come on, you dumb apes! You want breakfast? You gotta catch it!|Sergeant Johnson to pursuing Covenant forces.}}
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| Johnson and Second Squad were the first ones to arrive at the extraction point, where two Pelicans, including ''[[Echo 051]]'', awaited. By the time John and his team reached the river, the Pelicans were under heavy fire from Covenant ground troops that had entrenched themselves around the river substation. Several [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] soared in over the river, landing direct hits on the engines of both Pelicans. One dropship plummeted into the water beyond the dam while ''[[Echo 051]]'' managed to clear the dam but smashed into a nearby cliff and tumbled out of sight. Several Phantoms then arrived, one of them suppressing the UNSC forces while the other deployed large numbers of Covenant reinforcements onto the dam. John and his team had fought their way through these newly-landed troops until they could re-enter the jungle.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ''Echo 051'' crashed approximately half a klick downstream from the river substation. Although Johnson and his Marines survived the crash, they were soon attacked by Covenant forces led by a Jiralhanae Chieftain. John-117 and 'Vadam fought through the jungle to witness Johnson and his Marines retreating into a cave from the crash site while under heavy fire. As John-117 and his team pursued Johnson into the cave, Pelican ''[[Kilo 023]]'' was ordered by a controller at [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]] to divert its flight plan for emergency evacuation.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| ===Rescue of Sergeant Johnson===
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| {{Quote|See how they bait their trap? I will help you spring it.|Thel 'Vadam to John-117 as they prepare to rescue the captured Sergeant Johnson.}}
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| Traversing through the cave and arriving at the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]], John-117 and 'Vadam found that Johnson had been captured by the Covenant; the two watched as the sergeant attempted to punch the commanding Jiralhanae Chieftain, only to get kicked into a small building and sealed behind a [[shield door]]. They led the surviving Marines into the facility, where they fought the Covenant forces under command of the same Chieftain.{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| Upon rescuing Johnson, a pair of Phantom dropships entered the area. The dropships deployed more reinforcements while the firing their turrets on the UNSC forces. The team held off reinforcements for a few minutes, until ''Kilo 023'' arrived, unloading barrages of [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|missiles]] into both Phantoms, destroying them. [[Hocus|The pilot]] then brought her dropship in to land on the dam, allowing the survivors to climb on board.
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| ==Aftermath==
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| ''Kilo 023'' then headed towards Crow's Nest, with [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] personally arriving to meet the group on the Pelican. There, the UNSC forces planned [[Battle of Voi|its attack]] on [[Portal at Voi|Covenant excavation site at Voi]]. The base would soon be [[Attack on Crow's Nest|attacked]] by the Covenant, which would conclude with John destroying the entire base with a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] once all other UNSC personnel had evacuated.{{Ref/Level|H3|Crow's Nest}} The survivors would then mobilize for the assault on Voi.{{Ref/Level|H3|Tsavo Highway}}
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| ==Participants==
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| ===UNSC===
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| ===Naval assets===
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| ====Military personnel====
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| | rowspan="5" |[[UNSC Navy]]
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| | rowspan="2" |[[Gunnery Sergeant]]
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| |[[Marcus Stacker]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| |Survived
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| |[[Reynolds]]{{Ref/Reuse|s117}}
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| |[[Sergeant Major]]
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| |[[Avery Johnson]]
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| |Survived
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| |[[Master Chief Petty Officer]]
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| |[[John-117]]
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| |[[Lieutenant]]
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| |[[Hocus]]
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| |Survived
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| |}
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| ===Units===
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| ====Ground forces====
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| *[[UNSC Navy]]
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| *[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
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| **[[Bravo Team]]†
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| **[[First Squad]]
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| **[[Second Squad#Recovering Spartan-117|Second Squad]]
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| ===Covenant separatists===
| | Due to the efforts of a group of Marines in the [[Battle of Sector Six]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Landfall]]''', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''</ref> the UNSC was able to track the descent of SPARTAN-117 and quickly pinpoint his crash site. In the morning, a squad of Marines led by [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]], accompanied by the [[Sangheili]] [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], found its way to the Spartan's position. The SPARTAN was initially thought dead from the impact, but recovered just as Johnson prepared to call in [[VTOL]] support to carry the Spartan's body away.<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level ''[[Arrival]]''</ref> |
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| ==Gallery== | | ===Advance through the forest=== |
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| | Johnson sent his team's [[First Squad]] forward as the scouts. [[Bravo Team]], led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], was scouting the jungle some kilometers away, and Johnson ordered him to fall back to the extraction point at the [[Nkuu River]] located nearby. Soon, a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Covenant Phantom]] appeared overhead, and Johnson decided to split the squads in order to go undetected. With the [[Second Squad]], he would find another way to the extraction point while the First Squad and GySgt [[Stacker]] went with John-117 and the Arbiter and headed straight to the river. Reynolds' squad was ambushed by a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] and a Phantom, with the Gunnery Sergeant as the only survivor. |
| File:Arrivalgather.jpg|Sergeant Johnson and his Marines locate the unconscious Master Chief.
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| File:H3_Sierra117_Marines.jpg|John-117 and a fireteam of Marines in the Tanzanian jungle.
| | After some time, John-117 and the Arbiter discovered Reynolds. He was being tortured by a [[Jiralhanae]], who tried to force him to tell the location of [[Crow's Nest|the UNSC base]] in the area. Reynolds then joined Arbiter and John on their way to the river. As the Arbiter and John-117 arrived at the river, Johnson and the Second Squad had already been picked up by a Pelican, [[Echo 051]], with another Pelican hovering nearby and providing fire support against the numerous Covenant ground troops around the river. Suddenly, two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] appeared and shot down the Pelicans. Echo 051, its thruster heavily damaged, crashed about half a kilometer away, while the other one plunged straight to the river.<ref name="s117"/> |
| File:H3 Sierra 117 Reynolds captured.jpg|Reynolds being interrogated by a Jiralhanae Captain.
| | ===Recovery of Johnson=== |
| File:Halo3-Banshee-Hits-Pelican.jpg|Banshees attacking the Pelicans.
| | The Arbiter and SPARTAN-117 then made their way to the crash site, where Johnson and his Marines were holding position. However, Johnson and his squad were captured by the Jiralhanae and taken to [[Global Water Campaign|GWC]]'s [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]] nearby. SPARTAN-117 and the Arbiter made their way to the dam, where Johnson and his Marines were being held. After defeating the Covenant on the dam, including the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] in command of the Covenant forces in the area, the human prisoners were freed. After this however, two more Phantoms appeared, dropping off Covenant reinforcements on the dam. The UNSC forces held off the attacking Covenant for some time, and not long after, the Pelican [[Kilo 023]] arrived, destroying the Phantoms. The Marines, John-117 and the Arbiter boarded the dropship, and set course for the UNSC [[Military base|base]], [[Crow's Nest]].<ref name="s117"/> |
| File:Sierra117grunts.png|John-117 fighting Unggoy at the river substation.
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| File:emag_halo3_092307_2_bd140.jpg|John-117 fighting a Jiralhanae Chieftain at the A2 Hydroelectric Facility.
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| {{Engagements in the Battle for Earth}} | | {{Human-Covenant War}} |
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