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'''Jim Dandy''' is a [[human]] business enterprise, a franchise of restaurants that began before [[2524]]. Jim Dandy restaurants contain food counters and booths where food is served to customers. Jim Dandy serves breakfast, [[coffee]], and other foods and refreshments.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 16''</ref>
=Introduction=
The '''Jim Dandy''' was a civilian food services establishment (roadside diner) on the [[human]] planet [[Tribute]], in the capital city of [[Casbah]]. It was the scene of a [[UNSC]] vs. [[Insurrectionist]] conflict that was a UNSC loss and apparently had dozens of civilian casualties.


=Summary=
==History==
After eliminating Insurrectionist forces at one of their bombshops in a nearby city, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] and his seven fellow [[Marines]] are ordered to move via their [[Hornet]] attack craft to Casbah. [[Tactical Operations Center|TOC]] (tactical operations center) on the UNSC [[Mako-class Corvette|Corvette]] ''[[UNSC Bum Rush|Bum Rush]]'' had overwatch, had just learned that the Insurrectionists had mixed an explosive compound into the seemingly harmless tires of a 16-wheeler commercial "hauler". This was discovered through an [[ARGUS Drone]] patrolling one of the city's major highways.
A Jim Dandy restaurant in the city of [[Casbah]], [[Tribute]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]], was destroyed during a disastrous hostage situation during [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]]. Two squads of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]], led by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], were neutralizing [[Insurrectionist]] bomb-making facilities when the {{UNSCShip|Bum Rush}} detected a truck full of Insurrectionist bombs with its [[ARGUS]] equipment. The teams flew to the restaurant on [[AV-14 Attack VTOL|AV-14 Hornet VTOLs]], and Johnson was successful in killing one confirmed Insurrectionist leader using an [[Model 99 Special Application Scoped Rifle|M99 Special Application Rifle]] fired from the Hornet, but when Byrne's team entered the restaurant, a female Insurrectionist was discovered. When they tried to apprehend her, she took a child hostage. In the chaos that followed, the bombs were detonated,<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 27''</ref> killing the woman, three Marines, and 38 civilians.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 86''</ref>


After a 20 minute flight, the strike team (made up of Alpha team led by Staff Sergeant Avery and Bravo team led by [[Byrne|Staff Sergeant Byrne]]) arrived on station. Their Hornets maneuvered behind an office building across the street from the Jim Dandy. Using an [[M99 Special Application Scoped Rifle|M99 Stanchion]], Johnson killed (and blew to pieces) the Insurrectionist driver of the hauler as he exited the building.
A Jim Dandy was also present in the city of [[Mount Haven]] on an unspecified UNSC colony in [[2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 141''</ref>


Bravo team proceeded to land in the parking lot to secure the Jim Dandy and extract a purse suspected to be filled with explosives, as also sensed by the ARGUS drone. Staff Sergeant Bryne and his squad entered the restaurant and secured the purse, but as he did so a female Insurrectionist member exited the bathroom. She saw the Marines and panicked, taking hostage a four-year old boy.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Dirt]]''


With detonator in hand, the woman threatened to detonate the bomb. The civilians in the restaurant panicked and attempted to escape. What happened in the next few seconds is not clear through the chaos, but it can be surmised that the woman detonated the bomb. The explosive radius of the purse bomb also triggered the tire bombs, and thus ended the Jim Dandy Battle, likely resulting in the [[KIA]] of all of Bravo team, the complete destruction of the Jim Dandy and many civilian casualties.
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


=Source=
[[Category:Restaurants and bars]]
[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:09, March 19, 2022

Jim Dandy is a human business enterprise, a franchise of restaurants that began before 2524. Jim Dandy restaurants contain food counters and booths where food is served to customers. Jim Dandy serves breakfast, coffee, and other foods and refreshments.[1]

History[edit]

A Jim Dandy restaurant in the city of Casbah, Tribute in the Epsilon Eridani system, was destroyed during a disastrous hostage situation during Operation: TREBUCHET in 2524. Two squads of UNSC Marines, led by Staff Sergeants Avery Johnson and Nolan Byrne, were neutralizing Insurrectionist bomb-making facilities when the UNSC Bum Rush detected a truck full of Insurrectionist bombs with its ARGUS equipment. The teams flew to the restaurant on AV-14 Hornet VTOLs, and Johnson was successful in killing one confirmed Insurrectionist leader using an M99 Special Application Rifle fired from the Hornet, but when Byrne's team entered the restaurant, a female Insurrectionist was discovered. When they tried to apprehend her, she took a child hostage. In the chaos that followed, the bombs were detonated,[2] killing the woman, three Marines, and 38 civilians.[3]

A Jim Dandy was also present in the city of Mount Haven on an unspecified UNSC colony in 2552.[4]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 16
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 27
  3. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 86
  4. ^ Halo: Evolutions, "Dirt", page 141
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