John-117/Late War: Difference between revisions

''In Amber Clad'' descended to the city of [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], on the [[East African Protectorate|East]] [[Africa]]n coast.,<ref name="H2O">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Outskirts]]''</ref> where the Covenant {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was in the process of deploying troops for [[Portal at Voi|a purpose]] that was set unknown to the UNSC. To this end, John was sent by Admiral Hood, along with Sergeant Johnson and three [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropships]] full of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODSTs]] to personally capture the [[Prophet of Regret]], whom Cortana had discovered though intercepted Covenant communications, was on board the carrier and was calling for help. As the ships flew over [[Old Mombasa]] towards the [[New Mombasa|city center]], over which the assault carrier was located, A [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]] suddenly crashed through a nearby building. The Covenant walker opened fire on the Pelicans with its [[Focus cannon|main cannon]], destroying the center dropship. As the other two attempted to veer off, fire from the Scarab's [[heavy plasma repeater]]s struck their engines. The dropship carrying John and his team crashed into a building and flipped. John momentarily lost consciousness following the impact but awoke at [[Cortana]]'s urging and pulled himself out of the burning wreckage.{{Ref/Reuse|H2O}} She assured him she was working on a solution to find them transport so they might still achieve their objective.<ref name="HEPH">''[[Halo Evolutions]]'', ''[[Palace Hotel]]''</ref> The Master Chief and the Marines who had survived the crash made their way through an alley, killing a lone [[Unggoy]] in the process.{{Ref/Reuse|H2O}} On the opposite side the team ambushed a group of unaware Covenant around a large three story building. Noting the defensible nature of the area, the team opted to dig in and defend that position until they could be extracted. Taking up position in the three story building, the team held out against waves of Covenant attackers that emerged from nearby alleys. With Johnson calling out targets from the roof of the building while providing [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle#SRS99C-S2 AMB|sniper rifle]], John and the Marines fought through groups of Sangheili, Unggoy, Kig-Yar and Yanme'e. Eventually, a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]] arrived, using its [[heavy plasma cannon]]s to suppress the UNSC defenders while deploying Covenant soldiers directly into the courtyard in front of the building. Eventually, John and his team were able to repel the Covenant assault, and a Pelican pilot informed them that there was an [[Landing zone|LZ]] suitable for pickup on the other side of some nearby buildings. Just as Sergeant Johnson ordered someone to place a [[satchel charge]] on an obstructing gate, a [[Mgalekgolo]] pair burst into the area, destroying the gate. Johnson called for the Marines to stand back and let the Spartan handle the new threat. After a brief fight, in which John was successful to slaying the Mgalekgolo gestalts, Cortana received a distress call from the [[Marcus Stacker|leader]] of the [[Second Squad#Battle of Mombasa|squad]] from the second downed Pelican. She told the squad to hole up and wait for them to arrive. John and the team worked their way from there toward the LZ, which was at a section of collapsed highway. While engaging Kig-Yar forces, the Pelican swooped in to deploy more Marines to assist John while Sergeant Johnson, at the behest of Commander Keyes boarded with the new goal of assisting in the deployment of armor and reinforcements throughout the city, the plan to board the ''Solemn Penance'' forgotten for the time being.{{Ref/Reuse|H2O}}