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The corvette and its escort of six fighters were caught off guard by the sudden attack. ''Savannah'' immediately jammed the Covenant warship's communications before it could transmit a distress call, and used her point-defense guns to bombard the corvette and the escorts with heavy suppressive fire. Any Covenant fighters that didn't fall victim to the frigate's guns were destroyed by the Sabres. The Sabres then attacked and crippled the corvette's engines, crippling her speed and maneuvering. The corvette responded by deploying a swarm of space-capable Banshee starfighters, but the unshielded craft were easy prey for the Sabres. The Banshees were supplemented by several Seraphs returning from patrol duty, but eventually all the Covenant escorts were wiped out. During the dogfight, the corvette's crew managed to power up the ship's weapons and opened fire on ''Savannah'' and the Sabres with plasma torpedoes and flak. | The corvette and its escort of six fighters were caught off guard by the sudden attack. ''Savannah'' immediately jammed the Covenant warship's communications before it could transmit a distress call, and used her point-defense guns to bombard the corvette and the escorts with heavy suppressive fire. Any Covenant fighters that didn't fall victim to the frigate's guns were destroyed by the Sabres. The Sabres then attacked and crippled the corvette's engines, crippling her speed and maneuvering. The corvette responded by deploying a swarm of space-capable Banshee starfighters, but the unshielded craft were easy prey for the Sabres. The Banshees were supplemented by several Seraphs returning from patrol duty, but eventually all the Covenant escorts were wiped out. During the dogfight, the corvette's crew managed to power up the ship's weapons and opened fire on ''Savannah'' and the Sabres with plasma torpedoes and flak. | ||
With the fighter escort destroyed, the Sabre team landed unopposed on the corvette's dorsal landing pad, close to the communications array, and deployed Noble Six and a small supporting force of UNSC Marines. Gravity and life support had been taken offline, and any Covenant forces in the area that were not in vacuum-sealed suits had suffocated. Noble Six and the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] attacked and eliminated the crew at the communications array, | With the fighter escort destroyed, the Sabre team landed unopposed on the corvette's dorsal landing pad, close to the communications array, and deployed Noble Six and a small supporting force of UNSC Marines. Gravity and life support had been taken offline, and any Covenant forces in the area that were not in vacuum-sealed suits had suffocated. Noble Six and the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] attacked and eliminated the crew at the communications array, taking it permanently offline and allowing ''Savannah'' to cease countermeasures and divert all available power to weapon systems. The team moved on, securing the docking bay and allowing the Pelican to land with Jorge-052 and Marine reinforcements. With Jorge-052 defending the makeshift bomb, Six and the Marines fought their way to the corvette's bridge. At the same time, the ''Savannah'' finally succumbed to the corvette's [[plasma]] barrage and was destroyed with all hands. After successfully capturing the bridge, Six manually locked the ship's course to the supercarrier, preventing any potential course corrections. After heading back to the docking bay, the surviving Covenant crew assaulted the UNSC forces, attempting to retake the docking bay and destroy the package. All non-Spartan personnel were killed in the assault. | ||
After the short engagement, Jorge-052 discovered several problems. Damage done to the corvette had blocked the path back to the Sabres, and the Pelican's thruster gimbal has been heavily damaged - the only way off the ship was a space jump. In addition, the timer on the slipspace drive was damaged by plasma fire, requiring a manual detonation when the ship reached the supercarrier. With no other UNSC personnel around, Jorge-052 volunteered to activate the bomb manually and forced Noble Six off the Covenant corvette. As the corvette came in range of the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', the bomb detonated and created a [[slipspace]] rupture. The rupture sent the corvette into slipspace along with the mid-section of the supercarrier. | After the short engagement, Jorge-052 discovered several problems. Damage done to the corvette had blocked the path back to the Sabres, and the Pelican's thruster gimbal has been heavily damaged - the only way off the ship was a space jump. In addition, the timer on the slipspace drive was damaged by plasma fire, requiring a manual detonation when the ship reached the supercarrier. With no other UNSC personnel around, Jorge-052 volunteered to activate the bomb manually and forced Noble Six off the Covenant corvette. As the corvette came in range of the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', the bomb detonated and created a [[slipspace]] rupture. The rupture sent the corvette into slipspace along with the mid-section of the supercarrier. | ||