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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
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|forces1=*Alpha Company (300 [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]]) | |forces1=*Alpha Company (300 [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]]) | ||
*Multiple [[Calypso-class | *Multiple [[Calypso-class exfiltration craft|''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft]] | ||
|forces2=*Thousands of Covenant soldiers | |forces2=*Thousands of Covenant soldiers | ||
**[[Unggoy|Grunt]] | **[[Unggoy|Grunt]] | ||
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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
K7-49 was discovered when the prowler {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}} managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to an enemy ship during the [[Battle of New Harmony]]. The UNSC discovered the asteroid after the ship's return there along with a dozen partially constructed Covenant ships and an orbital shipyard. The asteroid's apparent volcanism was artificial; it was created by high-output plasma reactors that liquefied metallurgical components. These were then refined, shaped, and shipped away for final assembly.<ref>''' | K7-49 was discovered when the prowler {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}} managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to an enemy ship during the [[Battle of New Harmony]]. The UNSC discovered the asteroid after the ship's return there along with a dozen partially constructed Covenant ships and an orbital shipyard. The asteroid's apparent volcanism was artificial; it was created by high-output plasma reactors that liquefied metallurgical components. These were then refined, shaped, and shipped away for final assembly.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 83''</ref> | ||
The mission for the SPARTAN-IIIs was to disable as many reactors as possible so that the liquid contents of the facility would solidify and permanently clog the machines, ruining the Covenant's capacity to produce the metal. | The mission for the SPARTAN-IIIs was to disable as many reactors as possible so that the liquid contents of the facility would solidify and permanently clog the machines, ruining the Covenant's capacity to produce the metal. | ||
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At 0700, 300 SPARTAN-IIIs from [[Alpha Company]] landed. Initial resistance to the SPARTANs was light, and after two days, [[seven]] reactors had been deactivated before the Covenant organized a proper counterforce. However, the force was neutralized and over the next three days, Alpha Company destroyed 13 more reactors. | At 0700, 300 SPARTAN-IIIs from [[Alpha Company]] landed. Initial resistance to the SPARTANs was light, and after two days, [[seven]] reactors had been deactivated before the Covenant organized a proper counterforce. However, the force was neutralized and over the next three days, Alpha Company destroyed 13 more reactors. | ||
However, the Covenant soon arranged a massive counterforce, with the | However, the Covenant soon arranged a massive counterforce, with the Spartans trading fire with [[Sangheili]] and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. On the seventh day, more Covenant reinforcements arrived. The Spartans lost their unit cohesion in the battle, while the Elites took up superior positions with good cover. By then, 89% of the planet had cooled, enough for the Covenant shipyard to be shut down. The Spartans, however, were cut off from their Calypso exfiltration craft, preventing them from escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 86''</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Although the mission was a success and K7-49 would no longer be able to build ships, all three hundred members of Alpha Company were killed in the fighting (other than those transferred out of the company beforehand by [[Franklin Mendez]]). | Although the mission was a success and K7-49 would no longer be able to build ships, all three hundred members of Alpha Company were killed in the fighting (other than those transferred out of the company beforehand by [[Franklin Mendez]]). According to [[Kurt-051]], if the operation had failed, the Covenant would have destroyed all of humanity's [[Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]]-side colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 341''</ref> | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||