Raid on Lockup

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Raid on Lockup
Conflict:	Post-Covenant War conflicts Requiem Campaign
Location:	"Lockup", Requiem, Epoloch system
Outcome:	Decisive UNSC victory Covenant listening post destroyed
Details Belligerents United Earth Government United Nations Space Command Jul 'Mdama's Covenant Commanders Spartan Jared Miller Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer Supreme Leader Jul 'Mdama Strength Expeditionary Strike Group 1 UNSC Infinity Spartan Operations SPARTAN-IVs Fireteam Crimson UNSC Marine Corps 1 D79-TC Pelican Numerous Sangheili Numerous Kig-Yar Numerous Unggoy 4 Hunters Several Ghosts 2 Wraiths Several Phantoms 1 captured UNSC Army D79-TC Pelican Casualties Light Heavy Captured UNSC Army D79-TC Pelican

"All right, Crimson: A captured Elite offered up the crystal ball they’ve been using to track us and it’s in there somewhere."

— Sarah Palmer

During the Requiem Campaign, UNSC forces launched a raid on the location known as "Lockup" in order to destroy a Covenant listening post.

Prelude

At some point, a UNSC Army Pelican was shot down in "the Cauldron" and assumed destroyed. However, the Pelican survived intact and was captured by the Covenant who transported it to "Lockup." Tying energy tethers from the Forerunner structure into the dropship's comm systems, the Covenant were able to turn the Pelican into a listening post to spy on the UNSC's communications and anticipate their moves in battle.

During the Assault on Cyclone, Spartan Jared Miller the strange ability of the Covenant to seemingly predict Fireteam Crimson and Fireteam Kodiak's movements, but couldn't determine the source of it though he doubted it was a coincidence. While Crimson was helping Fireteam Lancer attack a Covenant base in the "Warrens," Poker Squad captured a wounded Sangheili who offered up the location of the Covenant listening post in exchange for his life. Palmer ordered Poker to check the intel and make the deal, causing the prisoner to point them to "Lockup."

Battle

Destroying the jammers

Fireteam Crimson and a squad of UNSC Marines were deployed to "Lockup" in order to destroy the listening post a captured Sangheili had revealed was located there. A Pelican carrying the UNSC forces eliminated three guarding Unggoy with its guns before depositing the Spartans and Marines to complete their mission.

The UNSC forces were immediately engaged by the Covenant forces defending the landing zone, but managed to eliminate them. Spartan Jared Miller directed Crimson to the door controls to the next area, but got interference around Crimson's uplink which he suspected could be why drones were unreliable in that particular area. Realizing that the Covenant had jammers, Commander Sarah Palmer ordered Miller to have them on the lookout for jammers as well. Crimson fought their way through a hallway defended by Covenant, including a Stealth Sangheili armed with an energy sword and reached a large open area on the other side.

In the heavily-defended area, Miller detected three energy signatures matching known Covenant jammers. Miller directed Crimson to the jammers which they managed to destroy while fighting off the Covenant, including reinforcements deployed from Phantoms, two Wraiths patrolling the area and a third dropped off by a Phantom.

Destruction of the Covenant listening post

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List of appearances

• Halo 4
  • Spartan Ops (First appearance)