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{{Main|Harvest campaign}} | {{Main|Harvest campaign}} | ||
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{{quote|Five years, five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back | {{quote|Five years, five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back. At first it was going well. Then setback after setback... Loss after loss... Made what was going to be a quick and decisive win... Into five years of Hell. Of course, that's all Harvest really is today... It's Hell down there, but now it's ours again.|Cpt. Cutter about Harvest campaign}} | ||
[[File:HaloWars-SOF-Holotable.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Cutter, Anders and Serina observing a holographic topographical map of Harvest]] | [[File:HaloWars-SOF-Holotable.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Cutter, Anders and Serina observing a holographic topographical map of Harvest]] | ||
With the outbreak of [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]], Cutter was handpicked by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to command the ''Spirit of Fire'' in her new role as center of repair, supply, and forward deployment operations for [[Battlegroup D]], [[Third Fleet]]. Cutter participated in the campaign to reclaim [[Harvest]], the first planet to fall to the Covenant, in early [[2531]]. He developed a close working relationship with the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Serina]], but was initially suspicious of presence of [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]], a civilian consultant forcibly recruited by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]; he suspected that there was more to her than met the eye.<ref name="Crew">[http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/halo-wars-character-profiles-captain-cutter-and-the-brute-chieftain/?page=5 ''Game Daily'' (defunct link)]</ref> After making a log on the "five years of hell" that led to the reclamation of the planet, ''Spirit of Fire'' remained win the Epsilon Indi system. Cutter believed that although Harvest had been reclaimed by the UNSC, it was unlikely that the Covenant would simply back down. | With the outbreak of [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]], Cutter was handpicked by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to command the ''Spirit of Fire'' in her new role as center of repair, supply, and forward deployment operations for [[Battlegroup D]], [[Third Fleet]]. Cutter participated in the campaign to reclaim [[Harvest]], the first planet to fall to the Covenant, in early [[2531]]. He developed a close working relationship with the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Serina]], but was initially suspicious of presence of [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]], a civilian consultant forcibly recruited by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]; he suspected that there was more to her than met the eye.<ref name="Crew">[http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/halo-wars-character-profiles-captain-cutter-and-the-brute-chieftain/?page=5 ''Game Daily'' (defunct link)]</ref> After making a log on the "five years of hell" that led to the reclamation of the planet, ''Spirit of Fire'' remained win the Epsilon Indi system. Cutter believed that although Harvest had been reclaimed by the UNSC, it was unlikely that the Covenant would simply back down. | ||
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{{Main|Battle of Shield World 0459}} | {{Main|Battle of Shield World 0459}} | ||
{{quote|If the Covenant get their hands on these ships it will mean the end of the war. We'll take our chances here, to give humanity some hope.|Cpt. Cutter's gamble}} | {{quote|If the Covenant get their hands on these ships it will mean the end of the war. We'll take our chances here, to give humanity some hope.|Cpt. Cutter's gamble}} | ||
[[File:Reaktor1.png|thumb|left|300px|Cutter, Anders and Serina planning operation]] | [[File:Reaktor1.png|thumb|left|300px|Cutter, Anders and Serina planning the operation to destroy the shield world]] | ||
''Spirit of Fire'' arrived at an [[Shield World 0459|uncharted, desert planet]] (in reality a Forerunner [[shield world]]) on February 23; Anders' transponder signal was detected emanating from the planet's surface. Cutter sent several Marine reconnaissance teams to the planet, where a parasitic lifeform the ship's medical team believed to be a virus<ref>[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Chief Medical Officer O'Neil's Log, 26 February 2531]]</ref> (actually the [[Flood]]) was soon found to have infested the biosphere.<ref name="Anders' Signal"/><ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]''</ref> ''Spirit of Fire'' was eventually drawn downward through a chasm beneath an artificial lake, though Cutter was adamant that all groundside personnel would be recovered rather than abandoned to the Flood.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Shield World (level)|Shield World]]''</ref> Once inside the artificial planet's superstructure the vessel came under attack from both the Flood and local Forerunner [[Sentinel]]s; Cutter ordered response teams to the dorsal surface to keep the ship's interior from being compromised.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Cleansing]]''</ref> | ''Spirit of Fire'' arrived at an [[Shield World 0459|uncharted, desert planet]] (in reality a Forerunner [[shield world]]) on February 23; Anders' transponder signal was detected emanating from the planet's surface. Cutter sent several Marine reconnaissance teams to the planet, where a parasitic lifeform the ship's medical team believed to be a virus<ref>[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Chief Medical Officer O'Neil's Log, 26 February 2531]]</ref> (actually the [[Flood]]) was soon found to have infested the biosphere.<ref name="Anders' Signal"/><ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]''</ref> ''Spirit of Fire'' was eventually drawn downward through a chasm beneath an artificial lake, though Cutter was adamant that all groundside personnel would be recovered rather than abandoned to the Flood.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Shield World (level)|Shield World]]''</ref> Once inside the artificial planet's superstructure the vessel came under attack from both the Flood and local Forerunner [[Sentinel]]s; Cutter ordered response teams to the dorsal surface to keep the ship's interior from being compromised.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Cleansing]]''</ref> | ||
