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Despite being harassed by Covenant [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph]] fighters, five of the Pelicans deployed by the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' managed to made it to the Ark's surface. Two of the Pelicans traveled to a vast desert, where they deployed the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and four [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] onto a cliff edge. The team made it to a ledge overlooking a group of [[Jiralhanae]], [[Unggoy]], and [[Kig-Yar]] listening to a message from Truth. Waiting for the Spartan to take the first shot with his [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]], the team proceeded to engage the clustered Covenant force. As their numbers dwindled, more Jiralhanae and several [[Type-51 Carbine|Carbine]]-wielding Kig-Yar arrived to reinforce the Covenant but ultimately the humans were successful in eliminating the Covenant soldiers. The team than proceeded through another cave which emerged into a larger area where Covenant forces were assembling an [[Type-27 Mantis|Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]. Recognizing the grave threat that the gun would be to the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', the team promptly attacked the Covenant, forcing the [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]] that was carrying components of the Anti-Aircraft Cannon to drop them and flee. As the team started to get an upper hand on the Covenant forces, another Phantom arrived on the battlefield, dropping a [[Mgalekgolo]] pair to engage the humans while the rest of the Covenant fell back to regroup. Despite the opposition, John-117 and the ODSTs managed to defeat the Mgalekgolo pair, before rooting out the surviving Covenant soldiers on the nearby rise. A final [[Jiralhanae Captain]] and a large group of Unggoy met the humans as they ascended the rocky pathway but they too failed to stop the team. | Despite being harassed by Covenant [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph]] fighters, five of the Pelicans deployed by the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' managed to made it to the Ark's surface. Two of the Pelicans traveled to a vast desert, where they deployed the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and four [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] onto a cliff edge. The team made it to a ledge overlooking a group of [[Jiralhanae]], [[Unggoy]], and [[Kig-Yar]] listening to a message from Truth. Waiting for the Spartan to take the first shot with his [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]], the team proceeded to engage the clustered Covenant force. As their numbers dwindled, more Jiralhanae and several [[Type-51 Carbine|Carbine]]-wielding Kig-Yar arrived to reinforce the Covenant but ultimately the humans were successful in eliminating the Covenant soldiers. The team than proceeded through another cave which emerged into a larger area where Covenant forces were assembling an [[Type-27 Mantis|Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]. Recognizing the grave threat that the gun would be to the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', the team promptly attacked the Covenant, forcing the [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]] that was carrying components of the Anti-Aircraft Cannon to drop them and flee. As the team started to get an upper hand on the Covenant forces, another Phantom arrived on the battlefield, dropping a [[Mgalekgolo]] pair to engage the humans while the rest of the Covenant fell back to regroup. Despite the opposition, John-117 and the ODSTs managed to defeat the Mgalekgolo pair, before rooting out the surviving Covenant soldiers on the nearby rise. A final [[Jiralhanae Captain]] and a large group of Unggoy met the humans as they ascended the rocky pathway but they too failed to stop the team. | ||
The team then entered a small cave, where the Chief first accessed the Forerunner [[Terminal | The team then entered a small cave, where the Chief first accessed the Forerunner [[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal]] network. On the other side of the cave they met a pair of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] survivors from a nearby shot down Pelican and witnessed a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] fighter crashing. After being informed of a possible landing zone for the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', the humans ambushed the Jiralhanae and Unggoy searching the crashed Pelican. A pair of Jiralhanae [[Type-52 Prowler|Prowlers]] then entered the area, with one stopping to disgorge its occupants while the other one remained on the move, using its plasma cannon to strafe the humans. After a struggle, the team managed to kill all of the hostiles in the area. Finding that several [[M274 Mongoose|Mongooses]] had survived the Pelican crash, the humans mounted up on the vehicles. They then entered a much larger open area where the Longsword had crashed. A large Covenant force including [[Type-32 Ghost|Ghosts]] and [[Type-25 Chopper|Choppers]] occupied the area but the now-mobilized UNSC party was successful in wiping them out. Passing the crashed Longsword and a pair of [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIVs]] that had landed and had the ODSTs which had once occupied them killed once they left their pods, the team arrived at a crashed Phantom, where they promptly wiped out its surviving passengers. The team than located a large [[Forerunner]] wall where a group of Covenant were being engaged by the [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinel]] defenders. With the assistance from the Sentinels, all of the Covenant were eliminated. [[Avery Johnson]] descended in his Pelican, informing the Master Chief that he had spotted a structure that was similar to the [[Cartographer]] of [[Installation 04]] on the other side of the wall, and Keyes set it as their objective. The ''Forward Unto Dawn'' would need to land first however, in order to deploy a vehicular force that would be sufficient to punch through the Covenant forces in front of the Cartographer building. With the Sentinels providing aerial support, the team proceeded forward, destroying a pair of Ghosts before assisting a group of Marines being attacked by more Covenant. The vehicles led by the Chief then moved to the sighted Landing Zone, which was occupied by Ghosts, a [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraith]], several [[deployable lookout tower]]s and a pair of Anti-Air Wraiths that were firing into an aerial battle between [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] and [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]]. Despite staunch opposition, the human force was able to clear the landing zone, allowing the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' to disengage from the space battle and descend to the surface of the installation, landing safely.<ref name="theark"/> | ||
[[Image:Ark Level Scorpion.jpg|thumb|left|300px|UNSC ground forces battling in the desert.]] | [[Image:Ark Level Scorpion.jpg|thumb|left|300px|UNSC ground forces battling in the desert.]] | ||