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''Spirit of Fire'' soon emerged within the shield world's interior and almost immediately collided with a [[CPV-class heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class destroyer]]. ''Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor was severely damaged and required repairs before the ship could escape. Cutter was thus forced to coordinate a delaying action at metaphorical point-blank range while Sergeant Forge's Marines conducted repairs.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref> Anders escaped and was soon found by Sergeant Forge. She had gained knowledge of a fleet of [[Forerunner dreadnought]]s that the Covenant planned to use against humanity.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref> She quickly devised a plan to use the ''Spirit of Fire's'' [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL reactor]] to cause the [[Astroengineering#Stars|artificial star]] inside the shield world to go [[supernova]], thus destroying the ships before the Covenant could make use of them; Cutter understood that this would limit ''Spirit of Fire'' to sublight speed, though he considered the sacrifice necessary when weighed against the possible extinction of humanity.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Forge and Spartan Red Team killed the Arbiter and his guards when delivering the FTL drive to [[The Apex|its destination]], although the reactor core was damaged. Forge stayed behind to manually overload the reactor. With the shield world's utter destruction eminent, the captain ordered Red Team and numerous Marines to deactivate the [[hard light]] barrier that enclosed the exit portal. Cutter ordered Serina to make a dangerous slingshot maneuver around the expanding star and the ship escaped the ensuing explosion, after which ''Spirit of Fire'' began a long journey home. | ''Spirit of Fire'' soon emerged within the shield world's interior and almost immediately collided with a [[CPV-class heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class destroyer]]. ''Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor was severely damaged and required repairs before the ship could escape. Cutter was thus forced to coordinate a delaying action at metaphorical point-blank range while Sergeant Forge's Marines conducted repairs.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref> Anders escaped and was soon found by Sergeant Forge. She had gained knowledge of a fleet of [[Forerunner dreadnought]]s that the Covenant planned to use against humanity.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref> She quickly devised a plan to use the ''Spirit of Fire's'' [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|FTL reactor]] to cause the [[Astroengineering#Stars|artificial star]] inside the shield world to go [[supernova]], thus destroying the ships before the Covenant could make use of them; Cutter understood that this would limit ''Spirit of Fire'' to sublight speed, though he considered the sacrifice necessary when weighed against the possible extinction of humanity.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Forge and Spartan Red Team killed the Arbiter and his guards when delivering the FTL drive to [[The Apex|its destination]], although the reactor core was damaged. Forge stayed behind to manually overload the reactor. With the shield world's utter destruction eminent, the captain ordered Red Team and numerous Marines to deactivate the [[hard light]] barrier that enclosed the exit portal. Cutter ordered Serina to make a dangerous slingshot maneuver around the expanding star and the ship escaped the ensuing explosion, after which ''Spirit of Fire'' began a long journey home. | ||
On [[2531#March|March 11, 2531]], Cutter forced Anders into [[Cryo chamber|cryostasis]], reassuring her that her plan had gotten everyone out of the shield world alive. As the pod closed, Anders reminded the captain that not everyone had survived. Cutter then paid his respects at the late Sergeant Forge's cryotube before making a round of the ship.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Escape]]''</ref> The following day Cutter | On [[2531#March|March 11, 2531]], Cutter forced Anders into [[Cryo chamber|cryostasis]], reassuring her that her plan had gotten everyone out of the shield world alive. As the pod closed, Anders reminded the captain that not everyone had survived. Cutter then paid his respects at the late Sergeant Forge's cryotube before making a round of the ship.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Escape]]''</ref> The following day, Cutter walked the ship to check on the crew still recovering. He assured Nurse [[Lulu Hershey]] that she would get to see her fiancé again, and then returned to his cabin to write five more commendations, fourteen family condolences letters and a note to his wife, as well as to finally sleep for the first time in two weeks.<ref name="HWTE"/> | ||
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