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==The battle==
==The battle==
When the Covenant succeeded in recovering the Conduit, they brought it to the [[Altar]] on Installation 03. There, the Covenant intended to use the Conduit to open slipspace portals for Prometheans to invade Gamma Halo and give themselves control over the installation.<ref name="opc"/> To prevent the UNSC from finding the Conduit's exact location, the Covenant jammed the device's signal frequency. The Spartan was deployed to a jungle on Gamma Halo via [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEV]], where he battled his way through Covenant forces and destroyed the five signal jammers.<ref name="ss7">'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 7: Gamma Halo|Gamma Halo]]''</ref> They succeeded in bringing Prometheans to the ring, but the Conduit was eventually recovered by the UNSC who took it to a secret ONI base on New Phoenix.
When the Covenant succeeded in recovering the Conduit, they brought it to the [[Altar]] on Installation 03. There, the Covenant intended to use the Conduit to open slipspace portals for Prometheans to invade Gamma Halo and give themselves control over the installation.<ref name="opc"/> To prevent the UNSC from finding the Conduit's exact location, the Covenant jammed the device's signal frequency. The Spartan was deployed to a jungle on Gamma Halo via [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEV]], where he battled his way through Covenant forces and destroyed the five signal jammers.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 7: Gamma Halo|Gamma Halo]]''</ref> Afterwards, the Spartan wiped out Covenant forces in the area to allow the UNSC to deploy three signal beacons that boosted the signal transmitted from the Conduit. The Conduit's signal was soon traced to a nearby Forerunner installation, though its entrance was blocked by a Promethean-designed gate.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 8: Signal Fires|Signal Fires]]''</ref> A squad of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] captured a Covenant [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraith]], and the Spartan was directed to their position.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 9: Lockout|Lockout]]''</ref> Manning the Wraith, the Spartan returned to the gate and deactivated it by destroying its power core with the Wraith's [[Plasma mortar|cannon]].<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', campaign level ''[[Mission 10: Knockin' on a Forerunner Door|Knockin' on a Forerunner Door]]''</ref> The Covenant succeeded in bringing Prometheans to the ring, but the Conduit was eventually recovered by the UNSC who took it to a secret ONI base on New Phoenix.
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Battle of Installation 03
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Conflict:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

Date:

July 2557[1]

Location:

Installation 03, Khaphrae system

Outcome:

UNSC victory
Details
Belligerents

United Nations Space Command

Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction
Prometheans

Commanders

Lieutenant Kwon

Unknown

Strength
Casualties

Many UNSC Marines

  • Many Covenant forces
  • Many Promethean constructs
 

The Battle of Installation 03 was an engagement on Forerunner Halo Installation 03 in the Khaphrae system in July 2557, between the United Nations Space Command and Jul 'Mdama's reformed Covenant faction and the latter's Promethean allies.[4]

Prelude

At some point, the Covenant recovered the Forerunner Conduit,[5] a device that was capable of opening Forerunner slipspace portals throughout the galaxy.[3] During the Battle of Mombasa on Earth in 2552, the Covenant attempted to use the Conduit during the battle. However, the device was stolen by a squad of the UNSC's Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The squad tried to escape the city to safely deliver the Conduit into UNSC hands, but the device was lost when the High Prophet of Regret's Solemn Penance entered slipstream space over New Mombasa. The resulting slipstream wake killed the ODST squad and destroyed the city, seemingly along with the Conduit.[1] However, the Conduit transported itself to Installation 03 in the Khaphrae system by entering slipspace to save itself from destruction.[3]

In July of 2557, UNSC personnel on Ivanoff Station detected a faint signal originating on Gamma Halo. It the signal was soon discovered to be emanating from the Conduit,[4] a Spartan-IV Headhunter[2] was sent to the installation to investigate.[4] However, Jul 'Mdama's reformed Covenant faction had continued to search for the Conduit after its supposed destruction at New Mombasa in 2552. The Covenant faction succeeded in picking up the signal moments before the UNSC did, and a fleet traveled to Installation 03 to recover the Conduit.[3]

The battle

When the Covenant succeeded in recovering the Conduit, they brought it to the Altar on Installation 03. There, the Covenant intended to use the Conduit to open slipspace portals for Prometheans to invade Gamma Halo and give themselves control over the installation.[3] To prevent the UNSC from finding the Conduit's exact location, the Covenant jammed the device's signal frequency. The Spartan was deployed to a jungle on Gamma Halo via HEV, where he battled his way through Covenant forces and destroyed the five signal jammers.[6] Afterwards, the Spartan wiped out Covenant forces in the area to allow the UNSC to deploy three signal beacons that boosted the signal transmitted from the Conduit. The Conduit's signal was soon traced to a nearby Forerunner installation, though its entrance was blocked by a Promethean-designed gate.[7] A squad of UNSC Marines captured a Covenant Wraith, and the Spartan was directed to their position.[8] Manning the Wraith, the Spartan returned to the gate and deactivated it by destroying its power core with the Wraith's cannon.[9] The Covenant succeeded in bringing Prometheans to the ring, but the Conduit was eventually recovered by the UNSC who took it to a secret ONI base on New Phoenix.

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Aftermath

After returning to Ivanoff Station in a Pelican dropship with the Conduit, the Spartan received an emergency distress call from an Office of Naval Intelligence facility in New Phoenix on Earth. The researchers at the facility were studying a Forerunner artifact at the time of the battle. When the Covenant used the Conduit at the Altar, Forerunner portals were activated throughout the galaxy. One of the portals opened up in the ONI facility in New Phoenix, and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and Promethean forces attacked the base. It was determined that the only way to close the portals was to bring the Conduit to New Phoenix. The Spartan traveled to the city with the Conduit, as the Battle of New Phoenix begun.[10]

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Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation A: Orphic Spear
  2. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Striking Features
  3. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation C: Valiant Hammer
  4. ^ a b c d Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit
  5. ^ Halo 2 Anniversary, Terminal 7
  6. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, campaign level Gamma Halo
  7. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, campaign level Signal Fires
  8. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, campaign level Lockout
  9. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, campaign level Knockin' on a Forerunner Door
  10. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation D: Adamantine Shield