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|name = Battle of the Quarantine Zone | |name = Battle of the Quarantine Zone | ||
|image = [[File:H2A - Library.jpg|375px]] | |image = [[File:H2A - Library.jpg|375px]] | ||
|conflict = | |conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
*[[Battle of Installation 05]] | *[[Battle of Installation 05]] | ||
|date = c.[[2552#November|November 2552]] | |date = c.[[2552#November|November 2552]] | ||
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*Many Kig-yar | *Many Kig-yar | ||
|casual2 = | |casual2 = | ||
* | *40 [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] killed or infected<ref>'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''pg. 37''</ref> | ||
* | *150(+) [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] killed or infected<ref>'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''pg. 37''</ref> | ||
*250 [[UNSC Navy|Naval personnel]] killed or infected<ref>'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''pg. 37''</ref> | |||
*8(+) Marines captured | |||
*Most ground assets captured | *Most ground assets captured | ||
*Many D77-TC Pelicans captured | *Many D77-TC Pelicans captured | ||
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A sizable UNSC force made a final stand outside the western gondola structure, utilizing multiple stationary [[M247 machine gun]] turrets. Despite receiving reinforcements during the battle from a stray UNSC Pelican carrying a Scorpion, the position was overrun, the Pelican shot down and the Scorpion left abandoned. Meanwhile at the western structure, Commander Keyes lead Sergeant Johnson and a squad of Marines aboard the eastern Gondola. Moments later, [[Covenant Special Operations]] forces launched the western gondola, in close pursuit. | A sizable UNSC force made a final stand outside the western gondola structure, utilizing multiple stationary [[M247 machine gun]] turrets. Despite receiving reinforcements during the battle from a stray UNSC Pelican carrying a Scorpion, the position was overrun, the Pelican shot down and the Scorpion left abandoned. Meanwhile at the western structure, Commander Keyes lead Sergeant Johnson and a squad of Marines aboard the eastern Gondola. Moments later, [[Covenant Special Operations]] forces launched the western gondola, in close pursuit. | ||
As Johnson and Keyes arrived at the Library, four Marines were killed by a horde of Flood combat forms. After securing the facility, Johnson left the surviving [[ | As Johnson and Keyes arrived at the Library, four Marines were killed by a horde of Flood combat forms. After securing the facility, Johnson left the surviving Cpl [[Perez]] and [[McKenzie]] to guard the exit while he escorted Keyes to retrieve the Index, however the Marines were then killed by a swarm of Flood Infection forms. The pair thus had no warning as a cloaked Thel 'Vadamee ambushed them, and arriving Jiralhanae forces led by the Chieftain [[Tartarus]] subsequently captured the index, taking the unconscious Johnson and Keyes as prisoners. | ||
With the majority of the ship's Marine complement killed in action, the ''In Amber Clad'' was eventually overrun by the surging Flood presence, and it's entire crew presumably killed. A number of Marine survivors from the battle were captured<ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''' - ''[[Gravemind (level)#Inside_Job|Gravemind]], Inside Job''</ref> by Covenant forces, including Sergeants Banks and Stacker.<ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''' - ''[[The Great Journey#Your Ass, My Size-24 Hoof|The Great Journey]] | With the majority of the ship's Marine complement killed in action, the ''In Amber Clad'' was eventually overrun by the surging Flood presence, and it's entire crew presumably killed. A number of Marine survivors from the battle were captured<ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''' - ''[[Gravemind (level)#Inside_Job|Gravemind]], Inside Job''</ref> by Covenant forces, including Sergeants Banks and Stacker.<ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''' - ''[[The Great Journey#Your Ass, My Size-24 Hoof|The Great Journey]]</ref> | ||
===Covenant intervention=== | ===Covenant intervention=== | ||
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===Conclusion=== | ===Conclusion=== | ||
The battle itself was a decisive Covenant victory. They succeeded in obtaining the Index, captured the UNSC leadership as well as all surviving Marines, providing them with the [[Reclaimers]] required to activate the Installation. The Flood also | The battle itself was a decisive Covenant victory. They succeeded in obtaining the Index, captured the UNSC leadership as well as all surviving Marines, providing them with the [[Reclaimers]] required to activate the Installation. The Flood also won a tactical victory, securing an immense number of hosts, weapons and vehicles, escaping the Quarantine Zone, and capturing a slipspace-capable starship in the ''In Amber Clad.'' UNSC forces failed to recover the Index, lost the ''In Amber Clad'' and it's crew to Flood, and suffered total casualties, aside from the small number of survivors captured by the Covenant from the Library and Sentinel Wall. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | ||