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The '''Jim Dandy''' <ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' prologue</ref> was a civilian food service establishment on the [[human]] planet of [[Tribute]] in the capital city [[Casbah]]. It was the scene of a [[UNSC]] vs. [[Insurrectionist]] conflict that was a failure for UNSC forces.
'''Jim Dandy roadside diner''' is a [[human]] business enterprise, a chain of restaraunts operation around [[2524]]. Jim Dandy restaraunts contain food coutners and booths where food is served to customers. Jim Dandy serves breakfast food, [[coffee]], and other foods<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 16</ref>.


After eliminating Insurrectionist forces at one of their bombshops in a nearby city, [[Staff Sergeant|SSgt]] [[Avery Johnson]] and his seven fellow [[UNSC Marines]] were ordered to move via their [[Hornet]] attack craft to Casbah. The [[Tactical Operations Center]] on the UNSC [[Mako-class Corvette|Corvette]] ''[[UNSC Bum Rush|Bum Rush]]'' had overwatch, and learned that the Insurrectionists had mixed an explosive compound into the tires of a 16-wheeler commercial hauler. This was discovered through an [[ARGUS Drone]] patrolling one of the city's major highways.
==History==
 
A Jim Dandy restaraunt in the city of [[Casbah]], [[Tribute]] in the [[Epsilon Eridanus System]] was destroyed during a disasterous hostage situation during [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]]. Two squads of [[UNSC]] [[Marines]], led by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[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 resturaunt on [[AV-14 Hornet]] airships, and were sucessful in killing one Insurrectionist, but when Byrne's team entered the resturaunt, another Insurrectionist was discovered. When they tried to apprehend her, she took a child hostage. In the chaos that followed, the bombs were detonated, killing the woman, three Marines, and 38 civilians<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 27</ref>.
After a 20 minute flight, the strike team, made up of Alpha team led by Staff Sergeant Avery and Bravo team led by [[Staff Sergeant|SSgt]] [[Nolan Byrne]], arrived on station. Their Hornets maneuvered behind an office building across the highway from the Jim Dandy. Using an [[M99 Special Application Scoped Rifle]], Johnson killed the Insurrectionist driver of the hauler as he exited the building.
 
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 Byrne and his squad entered the restaurant and secured the purse, but as they did so a female Insurrectionist member took hostage a civilian child. In the ensuing chaos of panicked civilians, the purse bomb was detonated.
 
The explosive radius of the purse bomb also triggered the tire bombs, and thus ended the Jim Dandy Battle, resulting in three Marine deaths from Bravo team, 37 civilian casualties, and the complete destruction of the Jim Dandy.


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Revision as of 14:47, December 6, 2007

Jim Dandy roadside diner is a human business enterprise, a chain of restaraunts operation around 2524. Jim Dandy restaraunts contain food coutners and booths where food is served to customers. Jim Dandy serves breakfast food, coffee, and other foods[1].

History

A Jim Dandy restaraunt in the city of Casbah, Tribute in the Epsilon Eridanus System was destroyed during a disasterous 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 resturaunt on AV-14 Hornet airships, and were sucessful in killing one Insurrectionist, but when Byrne's team entered the resturaunt, another Insurrectionist was discovered. When they tried to apprehend her, she took a child hostage. In the chaos that followed, the bombs were detonated, killing the woman, three Marines, and 38 civilians[2].

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 16
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 27
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