Skirmish over Threshold: Difference between revisions
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
m (→The battle: clean up, replaced: Type-31 XMF → Type-31 Seraph) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
*** Grunts | *** Grunts | ||
*** Engineers | *** Engineers | ||
**6 | **6 {{Class|CCS|battlecruisers}} | ||
|casual1= | |casual1= | ||
*1 Pelican | *1 Pelican | ||
|casual2= | |casual2= | ||
*Majority of Covenant on board ''Ascendant Justice'' | *Majority of Covenant on board ''Ascendant Justice'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Skirmish over Threshold''' was an [[ | The '''Skirmish over Threshold''' was an [[battle|engagement]] that took place after the [[Battle of Installation 04]] on [[2552#September|September 22, 2552]]. It was fought between human survivors from the [[Installation 04]] and the remnants of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] in the debris field of the Halo ring in orbit around the gas giant [[Threshold]] in the [[Soell|Soell system]].<ref name="fs">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', "Chapter 5-9"</ref> | ||
== The battle == | == The battle == | ||
By the morning of September 22, the majority of the Covenant ships of the Fleet of Particular Justice abandoned [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] and took cover behind Threshold to avoid debris from the ring.<ref name="reprint"/> The remaining [[seven]] ships under the command of the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' eventually moved out of the cover of the gas giant and begun to search the debris field, likely to monitor for any Flood activity or survivors. | By the morning of September 22, the majority of the Covenant ships of the Fleet of Particular Justice abandoned [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] and took cover behind Threshold to avoid debris from the ring.<ref name="reprint"/> The remaining [[seven]] ships under the command of the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' eventually moved out of the cover of the gas giant and begun to search the debris field, likely to monitor for any Flood activity or survivors. | ||
Unbeknownst to the Covenant, [[John-117]] and several other [[UNSC]] personnel escaped before the destruction of Installation 04. John, onboard a [[GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword interceptor]] and with the aid of [[Cortana]], managed to locate the [[ | Unbeknownst to the Covenant, [[John-117]] and several other [[UNSC]] personnel escaped before the destruction of Installation 04. John, onboard a [[GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword interceptor]] and with the aid of [[Cortana]], managed to locate the [[cryo-chamber]] of [[Linda-058]], which had been jettisoned from the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} before it crashed on the ring. Soon, another signal was detected from a UNSC [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]], hiding behind a piece of debris from Installation 04. Unfortunately, the Covenant soon spotted the humans. Cortana maneuvered the Longsword into a slingshot orbit around [[Basis]], Threshold's [[moon]], and while on the moon's far side, they picked up the survivors from the Pelican. The survivors abandoned the dropship, loaded it with multiple [[Moray Space Mine]]s and sent it ahead of them as they prepared to hijack the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', the flagship of the Covenant fleet. Coming around Basis, they faced multiple [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]], but managed to destroy them with Moray mines. | ||
Piloted by [[Shiela Polaski]], the Longsword managed to fly into the flagship's [[hangar bay]]. From there, the humans made their way to the [[bridge]], where John faced a [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili warrior]] in single combat, barely winning the duel. Cortana then vented the atmosphere out of the rest of the ship, killing most of the Covenant aboard. | Piloted by [[Shiela Polaski]], the Longsword managed to fly into the flagship's [[hangar bay]]. From there, the humans made their way to the [[bridge]], where John faced a [[Special Operations Sangheili|Sangheili warrior]] in single combat, barely winning the duel. Cortana then vented the atmosphere out of the rest of the ship, killing most of the Covenant aboard. | ||
