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{{Quote|no=two|q1=This ain't our fight, Whit. Why should we help them after what they did to Watts?|[[Miguel]]|q2=You heard what he said about Harvest, Miguel? That's why.|Whitaker|Whitaker shuts down any thoughts of going back on their new undesirable but necessary alliance with the Spartans.}}<ref name="HCD1"/> | {{Quote|no=two|q1=This ain't our fight, Whit. Why should we help them after what they did to Watts?|[[Miguel]]|q2=You heard what he said about Harvest, Miguel? That's why.|Whitaker|Whitaker shuts down any thoughts of going back on their new undesirable but necessary alliance with the Spartans.}}<ref name="HCD1"/> | ||
[[File:HCD-BTfighting.png|thumb|300px|right|By working with the URF, Blue Team was able to steer the Covenant troops right into its line of fire.<ref name="HCD1"/>]] | [[File:HCD-BTfighting.png|thumb|300px|right|By working with the URF, Blue Team was able to steer the Covenant troops right into its line of fire.<ref name="HCD1"/>]] | ||
Blue Team was set down in a ground vehicle on the beach and immediately began taking fire from rebels encamped a short distance away.<ref name="HCD1"/> [[Kelly-087]] and [[Fred-104]] recommended taking them out quickly so they could move on to deal with the Covenant, but [[John-117]] opted for a different option. He activated his active camouflage and crept up on the small band, only revealing himself when he could reach out and touch their apparent leader. John identified his team as being responsible for [[Operation: TALON|capturing]] Colonel [[Robert Watts]] and argued there was no way they could hope to beat them. He told them what had [[First Battle of Harvest|happened]] to [[Harvest]] and through appealing to their immediate common enemy, was able to get the leader, [[Whitaker]], to agree to work together for the time being. At John's insistence, he ordered his squad to circle around and rendezvous with the rest of their forces at the edge of a lagoon. From there, they would hit the Covenant from one side and drive them toward where Blue Team lay in wait. In order to keep an eye on their uneasy allies, John sent along a surveillance [[drone]] to keep a visual on them. The insurrectionists took up position as planned and opened fire, catching the small contingent of aliens by surprise and sending them running. Blue Team too unloaded on them with [[BR55 battle rifle]]s when the distance between them closed. During the fighting, John's drone was destroyed by a shot from a [[Kig-Yar]]'s [[Type-25 plasma pistol]]. The [[Sangheili]] and [[Kig-Yar]] that remained escaped into the mouth of a tunnel that led deep into the mines beneath the reef's bedrock. John was determined to pursue them, not least of which because he was curious about [[Kindler|a strange device]] a Sangheili took in with him. Whitaker informed him that though the mine was an expansive mess of tunnels, it only had the one entry and exit, meaning the enemy was trapped within it.<ref name="HCD1"/> | Blue Team was set down in a [[Unidentified APC|ground vehicle]] on the beach and immediately began taking fire from rebels encamped a short distance away.<ref name="HCD1"/> [[Kelly-087]] and [[Fred-104]] recommended taking them out quickly so they could move on to deal with the Covenant, but [[John-117]] opted for a different option. He activated his active camouflage and crept up on the small band, only revealing himself when he could reach out and touch their apparent leader. John identified his team as being responsible for [[Operation: TALON|capturing]] Colonel [[Robert Watts]] and argued there was no way they could hope to beat them. He told them what had [[First Battle of Harvest|happened]] to [[Harvest]] and through appealing to their immediate common enemy, was able to get the leader, [[Whitaker]], to agree to work together for the time being. At John's insistence, he ordered his squad to circle around and rendezvous with the rest of their forces at the edge of a lagoon. From there, they would hit the Covenant from one side and drive them toward where Blue Team lay in wait. In order to keep an eye on their uneasy allies, John sent along a surveillance [[drone]] to keep a visual on them. The insurrectionists took up position as planned and opened fire, catching the small contingent of aliens by surprise and sending them running. Blue Team too unloaded on them with [[BR55 battle rifle]]s when the distance between them closed. During the fighting, John's drone was destroyed by a shot from a [[Kig-Yar]]'s [[Type-25 plasma pistol]]. The [[Sangheili]] and [[Kig-Yar]] that remained escaped into the mouth of a tunnel that led deep into the mines beneath the reef's bedrock. John was determined to pursue them, not least of which because he was curious about [[Kindler|a strange device]] a Sangheili took in with him. Whitaker informed him that though the mine was an expansive mess of tunnels, it only had the one entry and exit, meaning the enemy was trapped within it.<ref name="HCD1"/> | ||
[[File:HCD - AlphaCorviSpaceBattle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The UNSC fleet quickly lost its initiative in the battle above Alpha Corvi II as the Covenant's superior firepower ripped through their defensive lines.]] | [[File:HCD - AlphaCorviSpaceBattle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The UNSC fleet quickly lost its initiative in the battle above Alpha Corvi II as the Covenant's superior firepower ripped through their defensive lines.]] | ||