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In [[2526#May|May-June 2526]], the brigade was involved in the fighting of the [[Battle of Mesra]]. During the battle, the [[Covenant]] elected not to [[Glassing|glass]] the planet, instead deploying invasion forces onto the surface to capture the planet's rich mineral veins, including [[xenotime]]. The 24th were thus deployed onto the planet in a large-scale asset-denial operation, using [[nuclear weapon]]s to destroy the mining infrastructure and render any of the ore veins unuseable. The fighting was conducted over the course of eight days, with the Marines working alongside the [[Militia of Mesra]] to keep the Covenant at bay. Due to the local militia conducting most of the heavy lifitng during the fighting, the Marines supplied much of their combat equipment for use including [[Anaconda surface-to-air missile]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HO2|Oblv|Chapter=2}} | In [[2526#May|May-June 2526]], the brigade was involved in the fighting of the [[Battle of Mesra]]. During the battle, the [[Covenant]] elected not to [[Glassing|glass]] the planet, instead deploying invasion forces onto the surface to capture the planet's rich mineral veins, including [[xenotime]]. The 24th were thus deployed onto the planet in a large-scale asset-denial operation, using [[nuclear weapon]]s to destroy the mining infrastructure and render any of the ore veins unuseable. The fighting was conducted over the course of eight days, with the Marines working alongside the [[Militia of Mesra]] to keep the Covenant at bay. Due to the local militia conducting most of the heavy lifitng during the fighting, the Marines supplied much of their combat equipment for use including [[Anaconda surface-to-air missile]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HO2|Oblv|Chapter=2}} | ||
On the eighth day of fighting, the Marine HQ was located in the [[ | On the eighth day of fighting, the Marine HQ was located in the [[Doukala Xenotime Works]], the final xenotime mine on the planet needing to be destroyed. With the brigade primarily intended for demolition operations, they were reliant on the Militia and the reinforcement of [[Blue Team]] to hold off a massive Covenant armoured column.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} Unfortunately, the attempts to resist the alien advance were defeated and dozens of [[Wraith]] tanks were able to spill across the [[Nasim Bridge]] and begin an advance on the brigade HQ.{{Ref/Reuse|HO3}} A platoon of the brigade's Marines were dispatched to assist Blue Team in their retreat in the hopes that the brigade might be able to hold off the Covenant; though the intervention of Admiral [[Preston Cole|Cole]] saw Blue Team extracted off-world via [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}} to begin an operation to [[Battle of Netherop|capture]] a downed [[Covenant frigate]], the "''[[Lucky Break]]''".{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}} | ||
The 24th Marine Engineering Brigade were ultimately unable to complete their objective, and instead began a general evacuation. However, the Covenant's orbital superiority over [[Mesra]] meant that the Marines' lightly-armoured transports would have most likely been destroyed by their [[Space fighter|strikecraft]] pickets. The ''Night Watch'' waited until the Marine evacuation began to extract, intending to use them as a cover to exit the planet undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}} | The 24th Marine Engineering Brigade were ultimately unable to complete their objective, and instead began a general evacuation. However, the Covenant's orbital superiority over [[Mesra]] meant that the Marines' lightly-armoured transports would have most likely been destroyed by their [[Space fighter|strikecraft]] pickets. The ''Night Watch'' waited until the Marine evacuation began to extract, intending to use them as a cover to exit the planet undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}} | ||
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