Iota Eta Pi

Once they were evacuated, the remnants of Red Team were sent to Earth. There, Daniel and Justin were began rigorous training exorcises to make sure that nothing like the incident on the ''Long Night of Solace'' would ever happen again, after which he was promoted to the rank of [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]]. On October 18, 2552, the rest of Omega Company, Red Team, Blue Team, Black Team and White Team, was gathered on the [[orbital defense platform]] ''Shanghai Station'' due to ONI having suspicions that the Covenant secretly knew the location of Earth. Coincidentally, on October 20, the [[Battle of Earth|Covenant arrived at Earth]]. ''Shanghai Station'' was the first ODP to be boarded, and Omega Company quickly went to work. They quickly neutralized all Covenant on the station and were quickly ordered by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson|Ackerson]], the head of the SPARTAN-III Program, to drop to Earth in the [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] that were supposed to be used by the [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] on board. Unfortunately, there were only eight that could be in ''Shanghai Station'' at one time. Daniel, being the highest ranked of Omega Company, ordered the rest of the team to take an SOEIV and drop to Earth, except for Justin-O193. Once the team departed after readying themselves for multiple firefights, Daniel told Justin to enter his pod, and drop as normal. Justin got in and as he was preparing to drop, Daniel grasped onto the backside  of it. Justin's SOEIV fell toward Earth, and Daniel held on with almost no effort at all. As they were dropping, both Daniel and Justin noticed that the [[Solemn Penance|flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|small invading fleet]] was making an inter-atmospheric [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump over the city of [[New Mombasa]], and, as it just so happened, all eight drop pods and Daniel landed on the ship.