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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]] was completely disrupted by the appearance of a cloaked Covenant supercarrier in low orbit above [[Reach]]. The UNSC had no available nuclear weapons or large orbital assets to strike down the supercarrier, prompting the SPARTANs of [[Noble Team]] to improvise. Recalling a slipspace drive accident near [[Cygnus]], [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[Lieutenant Commander|LCDR]] [[ | The [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]] was completely disrupted by the appearance of a cloaked Covenant supercarrier in low orbit above [[Reach]]. The UNSC had no available nuclear weapons or large orbital assets to strike down the supercarrier, prompting the SPARTANs of [[Noble Team]] to improvise. Recalling a slipspace drive accident near [[Cygnus]], [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[Lieutenant Commander|LCDR]] [[Kat-B320]] conceived an unorthodox plan to use a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] as a makeshift bomb.<ref name="lnos"/> To reach orbit, they decided to appropriate the top-secret [[YSS-1000 Sabre|YSS-1000 Sabre]] planetary defense fighters stored at the [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]] at [[Farkas Lake]]. [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] reluctantly approved the operation, with [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]], a qualified Sabre pilot, leading the space portion of the attack. | ||
==The operation== | ==The operation== | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The success of Operation: UPPER CUT was short lived. Only minutes after the supercarrier was destroyed, an enormous [[Covenant fleet]] exited Slipspace above Reach and launched a full-scale assault on the planet. | The success of Operation: UPPER CUT was short lived. Only minutes after the supercarrier was destroyed, an enormous [[Covenant fleet]] exited Slipspace above Reach and launched a full-scale assault on the planet. | ||
Due to the rapid launch of UPPER CUT, [[Operation: RED FLAG]], which sought to capture a Class-Five Covenant flagship and use it to find ''[[High Charity]]'. was unable to mobilize in time and so delayed until August 29th for another chance.<ref>'''Halo Waypoint''', ''[[Data Drop]] 5''</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||