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|game = ''[[Halo 4]]''
|game = ''[[Halo 4]]''
|name = '''''Pelican Down'''''
|name = '''''Pelican Down'''''
|image =  
|image = [[File:SO-EP1-CH2.png|300px]]
|player = [[Fireteam Crimson]]
|player = [[Fireteam Crimson]]
|date = [[2558]]
|date = [[2558]]
|place = [[Requiem]]
|place = [[Requiem]]
|objective =  
|objective = Locate and destroy [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] anti-aircraft guns
}}
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{{Article Quote|Fireteam Crimson has been shot down.}}
{{Article Quote|Fireteam Crimson has been shot down.}}
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==Summary==
==Summary==
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While en route to Gagarin team's last known location, the [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] carrying [[Fireteam Crimson]] is shot down by [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] anti-air defenses. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Jared Miller]] comes online and reveals that there are several anti-air turrets hidden near Crimson's crash site. In order to avoid any more casualties, [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]] orders [[Robert Dalton]] to redirect all ''[[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]]'' air-traffic away from the area. Miller then discovers that Crimson has survived the crash when their [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]] tags register on-screen. Crimson is then contacted by [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]] to locate and destroy the anti-aircraft guns that shot them down. While doing so, large Covenant [[Heavy Orbital Insertion Pod|drop-pods]], including several individual [[Orbital insertion pod|insertion pods]] carrying [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealots]] and [[Sangheili Warrior|Warriors]], reinforce the local Covenant garrison, who are swiftly taken out by the Spartans. After disabling both anti-aircraft batteries, Crimson eliminates the rest of the remaining Covenant in the area. Palmer, with the help of Miller, discovers a nearby [[Forerunner]] transit-system Crimson can use to locate Science Team Gagarin. With the area secured, Fireteam Crimson continue on with their previous mission.


==Transcript==
==Transcript==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
This chapter's name and subject may be a reference to Mark Bowden's historical biography ''[[Wikipedia:Black Hawk Down (book)|Black Hawk Down]]'', or more likely the [[Wikipedia:Black Hawk Down (film)|film adaptation]] by Ridley Scott. One of ''Black Hawk Down''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main threads tells the story of Delta Force personnel trapped behind enemy lines after their helicopter is shot down during the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Mogadishu (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia]]. This is similar to the chapter's plot, in which Fireteam Crimson must hold out for extraction their transport is shot down.
This chapter's name may be a reference to Mark Bowden's historical biography ''[[Wikipedia:Black Hawk Down (book)|Black Hawk Down]]'', or more likely the [[Wikipedia:Black Hawk Down (film)|film adaptation]] by Ridley Scott.


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Template:Level Infobox Template:Article Quote Pelican Down is the fourth chapter of Spartan Ops' second episode, Artifact.[1]

Summary

While en route to Gagarin team's last known location, the Pelican carrying Fireteam Crimson is shot down by Covenant anti-air defenses. Spartan Jared Miller comes online and reveals that there are several anti-air turrets hidden near Crimson's crash site. In order to avoid any more casualties, Commander Palmer orders Robert Dalton to redirect all Infinity air-traffic away from the area. Miller then discovers that Crimson has survived the crash when their IFF tags register on-screen. Crimson is then contacted by Commander Palmer to locate and destroy the anti-aircraft guns that shot them down. While doing so, large Covenant drop-pods, including several individual insertion pods carrying Sangheili Zealots and Warriors, reinforce the local Covenant garrison, who are swiftly taken out by the Spartans. After disabling both anti-aircraft batteries, Crimson eliminates the rest of the remaining Covenant in the area. Palmer, with the help of Miller, discovers a nearby Forerunner transit-system Crimson can use to locate Science Team Gagarin. With the area secured, Fireteam Crimson continue on with their previous mission.

Transcript

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Trivia

This chapter's name may be a reference to Mark Bowden's historical biography Black Hawk Down, or more likely the film adaptation by Ridley Scott.

Sources