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{{Infobox Military Unit | {{Infobox Military Unit | ||
|image= [[File: | |image= [[File:A Company.jpg|300px]] | ||
|allegiance= [[United Nations Space Command]] | |allegiance= [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]] | |branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
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'''A Company''' is a [[UNSC Marine Corps]] [[company]]. It was among the first UNSC forces to respond to the [[ | '''A Company''' is a [[UNSC Marine Corps]] [[company]]. It was among the first UNSC forces to respond to the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion]] of [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] during the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref name="metropolis">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
A Company arrived on scene during the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]], and [[Battle of Mombasa|went on to fight]] in the city streets of [[New Mombasa]]. They took heavy casualties immediately after landing; the lieutenant commanding an element of the unit's forces in the [[New Mombasa industrial zone]] was killed upon arrival. Soon after, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Banks]] was placed in charge of a command post in an [[Mtangulizi Kampuni]] building which soon became pinned down by heavy Covenant armor.<ref name="metropolis"/> | A Company arrived on scene during the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]], and [[Battle of Mombasa|went on to fight]] in the city streets of [[New Mombasa]]. They took heavy casualties immediately after landing; the lieutenant commanding an element of the unit's forces in the [[New Mombasa industrial zone]] was killed upon arrival. Soon after, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Banks]] was placed in charge of a command post in an [[Mtangulizi Kampuni]] building which soon became pinned down by heavy Covenant armor.<ref name="metropolis"/> | ||
Elements of A Company assisted [[SPARTAN-II | Elements of A Company assisted [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] in the destruction of a [[Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform|Scarab]] that was moving through the city. Surviving members of this unit then traveled to [[Installation 05]] along with John-117 aboard the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. It is likely all were killed in either the [[Battle of the Quarantine Zone]] or, although unlikely, the [[Battle of High Charity]]. It is also possible that they were attacked by the [[Flood]] as some of the [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] spilled out on the ''In Amber Clad''. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== |