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The {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} reached [[Earth]] by [[2552#October|October 19]].<ref name="11HRSH">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/oni-files/eleventh-hour-reports '''Eleventh Hour Reports''' - '''SUBJECT: HEIRLOOMS''']</ref> The next day, John reported to the armory of the {{Class|Moncton|orbital weapon platform}} ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' near midday in order to receive a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]] [[Mjolnir]] armor.<ref name="WF31">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', ''page 31''</ref><ref name="H2TA">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[The Armory]]''</ref> [[Unidentified master gunnery sergeant|The gunnery sergeant]] overseeing the armory noted the various types of damage the John's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] had sustained at [[Reach]], [[Installation 04]], and aboard the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''.<ref name="H2TH">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> To this, John coolly responded by stating that he ought to tell that to the Covenant, seeing as those he'd killed hadn't seemed to have noticed.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TH}} He then cooperated with the sergeant in order to run the armor through a series of diagnostic tests that ensured its targeting and [[energy shielding]] were working correctly.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TA}} Sergeant Major [[Avery Johnson]] came to the armory to collect John so that the two of them could proceed to the bridge where they were to be honored for their recent actions. John had agreed to participate in the ceremony while others on [[Blue Team]] were debriefed or subjected to psychological analysis with the understanding that there wouldn't even be cameras at the event, but when he and Johnson stepped off a [[tram]] near their destination they were greeted not just by cameras but by a cheering crowd of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] as well.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TA}} At this, Johnson reminded him that he was completely hidden inside his armor, despite having told the sergeant he would be dressed more appropriately for the occasion.

John and Sergeant Johnson made their way onto the bridge of the ''Cairo Station'', where they saluted [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and the overall head of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The Admiral greeted the pair and expressed his gratitude for their return. Before he could continue, [[Cortana]] informed him that she had detected a "whisper" near [[Io]] and sent probes to investigate. Admiral Hood apologized to John and the Sergeant that they would have to make the awards ceremony quick and as he turned away to receive the medals, Cortana complemented John's new armor. Admiral Hood first addressed Sergeant Johnson, bestowing to him the Colonial Cross for his acts of singular daring and devotion. Hood then gave [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] her [[Jacob Keyes|father's]] Colonial Cross, awarded for his bravery in the face of impossible odds. Suddenly, alarms began to blare through ''Cairo Station'' as [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|a fleet of fifteen]] Covenant ships exited slipspace near the UNSC battle cluster. Immediately, [[Joseph Harper|Fleet Admiral Harper]] began to move his [[Fifth Fleet|his fleet]] to engage the numerically inferior Covenant fleet but Hood ordered him to move his ships into a defensive perimeter around the cluster consisting of the ''Cairo'', ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' stations. He then order Commander Keyes to report to [[UNSC In Amber Clad|her ship]] and link up with the fleet. Hood than gave Cortana control of the station's [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC gun]], instructing her to fire as the enemy ships came into range. As Admiral Hood expressed his concern that the Covenant fleet at [[Reach]] had been fifty times the size of the one attacking Earth, a junior officer warned them that ~~[[Type~~-28 Tick|Covenant boarding craft]] were inbound to the station. Hood ordered John and Sergeant Johnson to defend the station. The pair left the command center, forming up with a group of Marines readying for battle. John selected some armaments from weapons lockers in the walls before following Johnson and the Marines into [[Recreation R-01]]. Johnson deployed an [[M247 machine gun]] while the rest of the team took cover behind [[combat barrier]]s. A Covenant boarding craft soon latched onto an adjacent section of the station, and John waited as Covenant forces burned their way through a nearby bulkhead. Eventually, the door exploded, and [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] charged into the room, firing at the human defenders. John, Sergeant Johnson and the Marines were ultimately able to defend the recreation room, repelling all the Covenant soldiers after a brief fight.

John and Sergeant Johnson made their way onto the bridge of the ''Cairo Station'', where they saluted [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and the overall head of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The Admiral greeted the pair and expressed his gratitude for their return. Before he could continue, [[Cortana]] informed him that she had detected a "whisper" near [[Io]] and sent probes to investigate. Admiral Hood apologized to John and the Sergeant that they would have to make the awards ceremony quick and as he turned away to receive the medals, Cortana complemented John's new armor. Admiral Hood first addressed Sergeant Johnson, bestowing to him the Colonial Cross for his acts of singular daring and devotion. Hood then gave [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] her [[Jacob Keyes|father's]] Colonial Cross, awarded for his bravery in the face of impossible odds. Suddenly, alarms began to blare through ''Cairo Station'' as [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|a fleet of fifteen]] Covenant ships exited slipspace near the UNSC battle cluster. Immediately, [[Joseph Harper|Fleet Admiral Harper]] began to move his [[Fifth Fleet|his fleet]] to engage the numerically inferior Covenant fleet but Hood ordered him to move his ships into a defensive perimeter around the cluster consisting of the ''Cairo'', ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' stations. He then order Commander Keyes to report to [[UNSC In Amber Clad|her ship]] and link up with the fleet. Hood than gave Cortana control of the station's [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC gun]], instructing her to fire as the enemy ships came into range. As Admiral Hood expressed his concern that the Covenant fleet at [[Reach]] had been fifty times the size of the one attacking Earth, a junior officer warned them that {{R'sisho-pattern Tick|Covenant boarding craft]] were inbound to the station. Hood ordered John and Sergeant Johnson to defend the station. The pair left the command center, forming up with a group of Marines readying for battle. John selected some armaments from weapons lockers in the walls before following Johnson and the Marines into [[Recreation R-01]]. Johnson deployed an [[M247 machine gun]] while the rest of the team took cover behind [[combat barrier]]s. A Covenant boarding craft soon latched onto an adjacent section of the station, and John waited as Covenant forces burned their way through a nearby bulkhead. Eventually, the door exploded, and [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] charged into the room, firing at the human defenders. John, Sergeant Johnson and the Marines were ultimately able to defend the recreation room, repelling all the Covenant soldiers after a brief fight.

[[File:H2AMinors.jpg|thumb|400px|left|John-117 engaging Covenant boarders aboard ''Cairo Station''.]]

After clearing out a group of Covenant in the next corridor, the Marines remained behind to secure the area while John pushed ahead. Entering [[Security R-01]], the Spartan used a mounted machine gun to assist a group of Marines in [[Commons R-01]] below. Killing more Covenant as he went, John eventually entered [[Hangar A-01|Hangar Bay A]], where a group of UNSC Marines were attempting to hold off Covenant emerging from a boarding craft that had docked on the bay window. With the assistance of the Spartan, the UNSC forces were successful in holding off the Covenant assault. Just as they managed to clear the area, one of the Marines noticed that Covenant boarders were retreating from ''Malta Station''. Cortana opened up communications with the station. Just as the ''Malta's'' defense coordinator confirmed that the Covenant had indeed withdrawn from the station, the ''Malta'' suddenly exploded in a huge ball of fire. After eliminating another group of Covenant that entered the bay, John left through the way they had entered and soon found himself in [[Hangar A-02|Hangar Bay B]], where he unpinned a group of Marine's from suppressing fire by Covenant [[Type-42 plasma cannon|plasma cannons]] and killed off the other Covenant forces in the room. Suddenly, the ''Athens'' station exploded in the same way that the ''Malta'' had before it. Cortana informed Admiral Hood that the Covenant had likely used [[Antimatter charge|bombs]] to destroy the orbital defense platforms from within. Hood concluded that they had likely brought one onto the ''Cairo'' as well, and tasked John with finding it.

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 The {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} reached [[Earth]] by [[2552#October|October 19]].<ref name="11HRSH">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/oni-files/eleventh-hour-reports '''Eleventh Hour Reports''' - '''SUBJECT: HEIRLOOMS''']</ref> The next day, John reported to the armory of the {{Class|Moncton|orbital weapon platform}} ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' near midday in order to receive a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]] [[Mjolnir]] armor.<ref name="WF31">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', ''page 31''</ref><ref name="H2TA">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[The Armory]]''</ref> [[Unidentified master gunnery sergeant|The gunnery sergeant]] overseeing the armory noted the various types of damage the John's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] had sustained at [[Reach]], [[Installation 04]], and aboard the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''.<ref name="H2TH">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> To this, John coolly responded by stating that he ought to tell that to the Covenant, seeing as those he'd killed hadn't seemed to have noticed.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TH}} He then cooperated with the sergeant in order to run the armor through a series of diagnostic tests that ensured its targeting and [[energy shielding]] were working correctly.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TA}} Sergeant Major [[Avery Johnson]] came to the armory to collect John so that the two of them could proceed to the bridge where they were to be honored for their recent actions. John had agreed to participate in the ceremony while others on [[Blue Team]] were debriefed or subjected to psychological analysis with the understanding that there wouldn't even be cameras at the event, but when he and Johnson stepped off a [[tram]] near their destination they were greeted not just by cameras but by a cheering crowd of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] as well.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TA}} At this, Johnson reminded him that he was completely hidden inside his armor, despite having told the sergeant he would be dressed more appropriately for the occasion.
-John and Sergeant Johnson made their way onto the bridge of the ''Cairo Station'', where they saluted [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and the overall head of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The Admiral greeted the pair and expressed his gratitude for their return. Before he could continue, [[Cortana]] informed him that she had detected a "whisper" near [[Io]] and sent probes to investigate. Admiral Hood apologized to John and the Sergeant that they would have to make the awards ceremony quick and as he turned away to receive the medals, Cortana complemented John's new armor. Admiral Hood first addressed Sergeant Johnson, bestowing to him the Colonial Cross for his acts of singular daring and devotion. Hood then gave [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] her [[Jacob Keyes|father's]] Colonial Cross, awarded for his bravery in the face of impossible odds. Suddenly, alarms began to blare through ''Cairo Station'' as [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|a fleet of fifteen]] Covenant ships exited slipspace near the UNSC battle cluster. Immediately, [[Joseph Harper|Fleet Admiral Harper]] began to move his [[Fifth Fleet|his fleet]] to engage the numerically inferior Covenant fleet but Hood ordered him to move his ships into a defensive perimeter around the cluster consisting of the ''Cairo'', ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' stations. He then order Commander Keyes to report to [[UNSC In Amber Clad|her ship]] and link up with the fleet. Hood than gave Cortana control of the station's [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC gun]], instructing her to fire as the enemy ships came into range. As Admiral Hood expressed his concern that the Covenant fleet at [[Reach]] had been fifty times the size of the one attacking Earth, a junior officer warned them that [[Type-28 Tick|Covenant boarding craft]] were inbound to the station. Hood ordered John and Sergeant Johnson to defend the station. The pair left the command center, forming up with a group of Marines readying for battle. John selected some armaments from weapons lockers in the walls before following Johnson and the Marines into [[Recreation R-01]]. Johnson deployed an [[M247 machine gun]] while the rest of the team took cover behind [[combat barrier]]s. A Covenant boarding craft soon latched onto an adjacent section of the station, and John waited as Covenant forces burned their way through a nearby bulkhead. Eventually, the door exploded, and [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] charged into the room, firing at the human defenders. John, Sergeant Johnson and the Marines were ultimately able to defend the recreation room, repelling all the Covenant soldiers after a brief fight.
+John and Sergeant Johnson made their way onto the bridge of the ''Cairo Station'', where they saluted [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] and the overall head of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The Admiral greeted the pair and expressed his gratitude for their return. Before he could continue, [[Cortana]] informed him that she had detected a "whisper" near [[Io]] and sent probes to investigate. Admiral Hood apologized to John and the Sergeant that they would have to make the awards ceremony quick and as he turned away to receive the medals, Cortana complemented John's new armor. Admiral Hood first addressed Sergeant Johnson, bestowing to him the Colonial Cross for his acts of singular daring and devotion. Hood then gave [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] her [[Jacob Keyes|father's]] Colonial Cross, awarded for his bravery in the face of impossible odds. Suddenly, alarms began to blare through ''Cairo Station'' as [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|a fleet of fifteen]] Covenant ships exited slipspace near the UNSC battle cluster. Immediately, [[Joseph Harper|Fleet Admiral Harper]] began to move his [[Fifth Fleet|his fleet]] to engage the numerically inferior Covenant fleet but Hood ordered him to move his ships into a defensive perimeter around the cluster consisting of the ''Cairo'', ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' stations. He then order Commander Keyes to report to [[UNSC In Amber Clad|her ship]] and link up with the fleet. Hood than gave Cortana control of the station's [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC gun]], instructing her to fire as the enemy ships came into range. As Admiral Hood expressed his concern that the Covenant fleet at [[Reach]] had been fifty times the size of the one attacking Earth, a junior officer warned them that {{R'sisho-pattern Tick|Covenant boarding craft]] were inbound to the station. Hood ordered John and Sergeant Johnson to defend the station. The pair left the command center, forming up with a group of Marines readying for battle. John selected some armaments from weapons lockers in the walls before following Johnson and the Marines into [[Recreation R-01]]. Johnson deployed an [[M247 machine gun]] while the rest of the team took cover behind [[combat barrier]]s. A Covenant boarding craft soon latched onto an adjacent section of the station, and John waited as Covenant forces burned their way through a nearby bulkhead. Eventually, the door exploded, and [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] charged into the room, firing at the human defenders. John, Sergeant Johnson and the Marines were ultimately able to defend the recreation room, repelling all the Covenant soldiers after a brief fight.
 [[File:H2AMinors.jpg|thumb|400px|left|John-117 engaging Covenant boarders aboard ''Cairo Station''.]]
 After clearing out a group of Covenant in the next corridor, the Marines remained behind to secure the area while John pushed ahead. Entering [[Security R-01]], the Spartan used a mounted machine gun to assist a group of Marines in [[Commons R-01]] below. Killing more Covenant as he went, John eventually entered [[Hangar A-01|Hangar Bay A]], where a group of UNSC Marines were attempting to hold off Covenant emerging from a boarding craft that had docked on the bay window. With the assistance of the Spartan, the UNSC forces were successful in holding off the Covenant assault. Just as they managed to clear the area, one of the Marines noticed that Covenant boarders were retreating from ''Malta Station''. Cortana opened up communications with the station. Just as the ''Malta's'' defense coordinator confirmed that the Covenant had indeed withdrawn from the station, the ''Malta'' suddenly exploded in a huge ball of fire. After eliminating another group of Covenant that entered the bay, John left through the way they had entered and soon found himself in [[Hangar A-02|Hangar Bay B]], where he unpinned a group of Marine's from suppressing fire by Covenant [[Type-42 plasma cannon|plasma cannons]] and killed off the other Covenant forces in the room. Suddenly, the ''Athens'' station exploded in the same way that the ''Malta'' had before it. Cortana informed Admiral Hood that the Covenant had likely used [[Antimatter charge|bombs]] to destroy the orbital defense platforms from within. Hood concluded that they had likely brought one onto the ''Cairo'' as well, and tasked John with finding it.