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===Section 3: Rescue=== | ===Section 3: Rescue=== | ||
Johnson, who discovered that one of the cryotubes contains [[Linda-058]], reports that the others contain Marines that have died due to cryotube malfunction. Master Chief heads to the Longsword, where he strips pieces from the craft to reinforce a [[ | Johnson, who discovered that one of the cryotubes contains [[Linda-058]], reports that the others contain Marines that have died due to cryotube malfunction. Master Chief heads to the Longsword, where he strips pieces from the craft to reinforce a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Covenant dropship]] they are going to use. As they enter the flagship's hangar, Master Chief and Johnson witness Polaski piloting the Covenant dropship as practice. As they enter [[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]], the crew sees what happened to Reach after the Covenant glassed the planet. Cortana moves the flagship closer as they notice that the Covenant "missed" a spot. The small Covenant fleet in the system - consisting of a dozen cruisers, two carriers, and three [[Seraph]] squadrons - asks why a flagship is at Reach. The survivors hear a UNSC [[COM#UNSC COM channels and systems|E-band]] transmission: a six-note tune, "[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]". No one on the bridge recognizes it - except the Master Chief. | ||
The narrative then flashes back to [[2523|July 14, 2523]], when the young Spartans played capture the flag against [[Tango Company]]. Despite Tango Company's use of live-fire rounds, the teenage Spartans capture the flag and win the "game". While hiding from Tango Company Marines searching for the flag, John uses the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal to inform his teammates that all is clear. | The narrative then flashes back to [[2523|July 14, 2523]], when the young Spartans played capture the flag against [[Tango Company]]. Despite Tango Company's use of live-fire rounds, the teenage Spartans capture the flag and win the "game". While hiding from Tango Company Marines searching for the flag, John uses the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal to inform his teammates that all is clear. | ||
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John, Fred, Linda, Grace, and Will enter the station without incident, but are forced to detour through a temple complex. There, they encounter [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]]. The Master Chief grapples with one, barely making it out alive, and Grace is killed in the skirmish. After the fight, the Chief activates the fail-safe system in Grace's suit, killing many Covenant in the process. The four remaining Spartans make it to the reactors and rig them to explode. With ten minutes to escape, the Spartans commandeer three Banshees with the help of Linda's sniper fire. The Master Chief then rescues Linda from oncoming Covenant reinforcements. | John, Fred, Linda, Grace, and Will enter the station without incident, but are forced to detour through a temple complex. There, they encounter [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]]. The Master Chief grapples with one, barely making it out alive, and Grace is killed in the skirmish. After the fight, the Chief activates the fail-safe system in Grace's suit, killing many Covenant in the process. The four remaining Spartans make it to the reactors and rig them to explode. With ten minutes to escape, the Spartans commandeer three Banshees with the help of Linda's sniper fire. The Master Chief then rescues Linda from oncoming Covenant reinforcements. | ||
After escaping the station, the Spartans steal a | After escaping the station, the Spartans steal a {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} and are surprised to receive the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" signal. Responding to the signal, the Spartans raise Admiral Whitcomb, who directs them to the other side of a nearby moon, explaining that he had taken ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' into the Oort cloud to do reconnaissance on the Covenant fleet, but realized from the size of it that even taking out the station and warning Earth would not be enough. | ||
On the other side of the moon, the Spartans find the ''Gettysburg'', but no sign of the ''Ascendant Justice''. On board, they learn that the crew removed the Covenant ship's slipspace engine and installed it in the ''Gettysburg''. Whitcomb and Haverson, who took the Covenant ship, crashed it into the central section of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''. Faking the crystal's appearance with a [[Holography|holograph]], they broadcast a message to the Covenant fleet in an attempt to lure them onto the ''Ascendant Justice''. When the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' reactors detonate, the explosion destroys the ''Ascendant Justice'' alongside almost five hundred ships of the Covenant invasion force, leaving a dozen left. The five human survivors - John-117, Fred-104, Linda-058, Will-043, and Sergeant Avery J. Johnson - and Cortana proceed to a random location under the Cole Protocol, and then return to Earth to warn them about the impending Covenant invasion. | On the other side of the moon, the Spartans find the ''Gettysburg'', but no sign of the ''Ascendant Justice''. On board, they learn that the crew removed the Covenant ship's slipspace engine and installed it in the ''Gettysburg''. Whitcomb and Haverson, who took the Covenant ship, crashed it into the central section of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''. Faking the crystal's appearance with a [[Holography|holograph]], they broadcast a message to the Covenant fleet in an attempt to lure them onto the ''Ascendant Justice''. When the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' reactors detonate, the explosion destroys the ''Ascendant Justice'' alongside almost five hundred ships of the Covenant invasion force, leaving a dozen left. The five human survivors - John-117, Fred-104, Linda-058, Will-043, and Sergeant Avery J. Johnson - and Cortana proceed to a random location under the Cole Protocol, and then return to Earth to warn them about the impending Covenant invasion. | ||
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*[[Scarab]] {{1st}} | *[[Scarab]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]] {{Mo}} | *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]] {{Mo}} | ||
* | *{{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} | ||
*[[Type-26 Banshee]] | *[[Type-26 Banshee]] | ||
*[[Type-26 Wraith]] | *[[Type-26 Wraith]] | ||