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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H2A_Outskirts_Loadscreen.png|thumb|250px|left|Regret's carrier holding position over the city.]] | ||
During the opening stages of the Battle for Earth, the ''Penance'' blew past UNSC [[orbital defense platform|defenses]] in orbit and set course for the [[Africa]]n mega-city of New Mombasa, settling over the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]] and deploying massive numbers of ground infantry and heavy equipment with the intent to drive the UNSC out of the area to begin its excavation effort for the supposed [[Forerunner]] [[Installation 00|Ark]].<ref name="outskirts">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, [[Outskirts]]</ref><ref name="metropolis">''Halo 2'', campaign level, [[Metropolis]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level, [[Uplift Reserve]]</ref> Realizing that they were at a tactical disadvantage, all Covenant forces eventually began retreating to Regret's carrier. | During the opening stages of the Battle for Earth, the ''Penance'' blew past UNSC [[orbital defense platform|defenses]] in orbit and set course for the [[Africa]]n mega-city of New Mombasa, settling over the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]] and deploying massive numbers of ground infantry and heavy equipment with the intent to drive the UNSC out of the area to begin its excavation effort for the supposed [[Forerunner]] [[Installation 00|Ark]].<ref name="outskirts">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, [[Outskirts]]</ref><ref name="metropolis">''Halo 2'', campaign level, [[Metropolis]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level, [[Uplift Reserve]]</ref> Realizing that they were at a tactical disadvantage, all Covenant forces eventually began retreating to Regret's carrier. | ||
As the battle on the ground intensified, [[FLEETCOM]] issued an unexpected order: several vessels of the Fifth Fleet were to launch a force of ODSTs onto the carrier to breach its hull and force the ship down by gaining access to the interior.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/video/into-hell-1/6c327f74-5bc0-43c4-ac92-0feef4a712b0 ''Halo Waypoint'': Into Hell 1]</ref> | As the battle on the ground intensified, [[FLEETCOM]] issued an unexpected order: several vessels of the Fifth Fleet were to launch a force of ODSTs onto the carrier to breach its hull and force the ship down by gaining access to the interior.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/video/into-hell-1/6c327f74-5bc0-43c4-ac92-0feef4a712b0 ''Halo Waypoint'': Into Hell 1]</ref> | ||
==The drop== | ==The drop== | ||