James Cutter: Difference between revisions

{{quote|Five years, five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back. At first it was going well. Then setback after setback... Loss after loss... Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win... Into five years of Hell. Of course, that's all Harvest really is today... It's Hell down there, but now it's ours again.|Cpt. Cutter about Harvest campaign<ref name="RI"/>}}

His belief was soon vindicated when [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] alerted Cutter that the Covenant had uncovered a [[Forerunner]] [[Relic|structure]] in the planet's northern polar region, with [[Anders|Professor Anders]] giving further proof of this claim. Cutter thus ordered that [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]] be brought back online<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Alpha Base (level)|Alpha Base]]''</ref> and the site be taken.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Relic Approach]]''</ref> Upon the discovery of a Forerunner starmap inside the structure,<ref name="RI">'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Relic Interior]]''</ref> Anders determined that the map pointed to her homeworld, [[Arcadia]], and advised Cutter to set course for the planet. His trust in Anders had been strengthened by the bravery she had displayed on Harvest,<ref name="Crew"/> so he came to agree with the professor's assessment; after informing Vice Admiral Cole of his intentions, Cutter ordered Serina to set a course for Arcadia.<ref name="Arcadia City">'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref>

{{quote|If the Covenant get their hands on these ships it will mean the end of the war. We'll take our chances here, to give humanity some hope.|Cpt. Cutter's gamble<ref name="Reactor"/>}}

''Spirit of Fire'' soon emerged within the shield world's interior and almost immediately collided with a [[CPV-class heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class destroyer]]. ''Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor was severely damaged and required repairs before the ship could escape. Cutter was thus forced to coordinate a delaying action at metaphorical point-blank range while Sergeant Forge's Marines conducted repairs.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref> Anders escaped and was soon found by Sergeant Forge. She had gained knowledge of a fleet of [[Forerunner dreadnought]]s that the Covenant planned to use against humanity.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref> She quickly devised a plan to use the ''Spirit of Fire's'' [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL reactor]] to cause the [[Astroengineering#Stars|artificial star]] inside the shield world to go [[supernova]], thus destroying the ships before the Covenant could make use of them; Cutter understood that this would limit ''Spirit of Fire'' to sublight speed, though he considered the sacrifice necessary when weighed against the possible extinction of humanity.<ref name="Reactor">'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Forge and Spartan Red Team killed the Arbiter and his guards when delivering the FTL drive to [[The Apex|its destination]], although the reactor core was damaged. Forge stayed behind to manually overload the reactor. With the shield world's utter destruction eminent, the captain ordered Red Team and numerous Marines to deactivate the [[hard light]] barrier that enclosed the exit portal. Cutter ordered Serina to make a dangerous slingshot maneuver around the expanding star and the ship escaped the ensuing explosion, after which ''Spirit of Fire'' began a long journey home.  

{{Quote|If we don't stop Atriox now, we leave the galaxy at the mercy of a monster. So no, Isabel. We won't be running anywhere today.|Cpt. Cutter calling his crew to action.<ref name="ANE"/>}}