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[[File:H3 Brute Chieftain and Bodyguards.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Jiralhanae Chieftain and his bodyguards in Crow's Nest's motor pool.]]

John left the operations center and arrived in the base's motor pool, which had recently fallen to the Covenant. The [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] in the room detected the Spartan's scent, and ordered his [[pack]] to find him. As the Jiralhanae dispersed, John begun his assault. Despite the arrival of reinforcements, John continued to prevail. As the Jiralhanae's numbers started to dwindle, the Chieftain charged John with his [[Type-2 gravity hammer|gravity hammer]] but he fell along with the rest of his pack. Victorious, John moved across the motor pool and entered another corridor. A cave in forced the Spartan to drop down through a hole in the floor, landing in an area with opened maintenance pipes through which Yanme'e were traversing. Here, John experienced a [[Character interludes|hallucination]] of [[Cortana]] repeating a line made by [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Halsey]] to him and the other [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] candidates at the age of six, immediately following his abduction by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. Beyond the vents, John arrived in time to witness Thel 'Vadam attempting to convince several Yanme'e to rebel against the Covenant, to no avail. After assisting the Arbiter in killing the Drones, Thel told him that the Jiralhanae had taken several Marines in the barracks prisoner. Knowing the barbarity of their foes, the two moved into the barracks while watching for survivors. They arrived just as a Marine was thrown head-first into a concrete pillar. The rest of the barracks was filled with Jiralhanae, many of them holding Marines up by their necks or ankles. Acting fast, John managed to save a Marine moments before he was killed. The Marine armed himself as John and Thel continued to push down the barracks, killing large numbers of Jiralhanae and rescuing several more Marines. The War Chieftain and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguards]] stood in their path to the exit but they were eventually slain. With as many UNSC personnel saved as possible, John and Thel left the barracks where the Spartan called down a service elevator that would take them up to the landing pad where ''Kilo 023'' was waiting to extract them.<ref name="crows"/>

Unfortunately for the UNSC, the situation was deteriorating. A large Jiralhanae-led Covenant force succeeded in capturing the operations center, managing to disarm the bomb and forcing Sergeant Johnson and several surviving Marines to fall back. Meanwhile, a group of [[Jiralhanae Jumper]]s arrived on the landing pad and assaulted the parked Pelican, attempting to sabotage the dropship's thrusters and forcing her [[pilot]], [[Hocus]] to take off out of reach. At this time, John, Thel and the survivors from the barracks arrived on the landing pad, repelling the Jumper squad and allowing ''Kilo 023'' to return. Johnson and his men arrived at the landing pad while under fire from Yanme'e; the sergeant providing covering fire to allow his soldiers to make it to the Pelican. Unwilling to allow Crow's Nest to fall to the Covenant, Commander Keyes ordered John to return to the operations center and re-arm the bomb, promising to send another Pelican for the Spartan. Johnson and his squad, along with Thel 'Vadam and the Marines from the barracks boarded ''Kilo 023'' and the Pelican departed the base, leaving John as the only human left in Crow's Nest.<ref name="crows"/>