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|image=[[File:Mantis in action.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Mantis in action.jpg|300px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
|date=July | |date=July 21–23, 2557 | ||
|place=[[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]], [[Milky Way galaxy]] | |place=[[Requiem]], [[Epoloch system]], [[Milky Way galaxy]] | ||
|result='''Promethean/Covenant victory''' | |result='''Promethean/Covenant victory''' | ||
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|side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]]<br> | |side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]]<br> | ||
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*[[Librarian# | *[[Librarian#Imprint on Requiem|Librarian Imprint's]] | ||
**[[Sentinel]]s | **[[Sentinel]]s | ||
**[[Prometheans# | **[[Prometheans#Mechanical Prometheans|Prometheans]] {{C|Before Didact's awakening}} | ||
|side2=*[[Didact|Ur-Didact's]] [[Prometheans# | |side2=*[[Didact|Ur-Didact's]] [[Prometheans#Mechanical Prometheans|Prometheans]] {{C|After Didact's awakening}}<br> | ||
*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] | *[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] | ||
|commanders1=[[Andrew Del Rio|CAPT Andrew Del Rio]]<br> | |commanders1=[[Andrew Del Rio|CAPT Andrew Del Rio]]<br> | ||
[[Thomas Lasky|CMDR Thomas Lasky]]<br> | [[Thomas Lasky|CMDR Thomas Lasky]]<br> | ||
[[John-117|MCPO John-117]]<br> | [[John-117|MCPO John-117]]<br> | ||
[[Librarian# | [[Librarian#Imprint on Requiem|Librarian imprint]] | ||
|commanders2=[[Ur-Didact]]<br> | |commanders2=[[Ur-Didact]]<br> | ||
[[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] | [[Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
{{Quote|Requiem's treasures shall be ours.|Jul 'Mdama after finding Requiem in [[2554]]}} | {{Quote|Requiem's treasures shall be ours.|Jul 'Mdama after finding Requiem in [[2554]]}} | ||
In [[2552#December|December 2552]], the aft half of the {{ | In [[2552#December|December 2552]], the aft half of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, carrying [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and AI [[Cortana]], was transported via slipspace on a course toward Requiem after the [[Raid on Installation 08|last battle]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Cortana activated ''Forward Unto Dawn'''s [[emergency locator beacon]] while the Spartan entered cryostasis.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> Within the next year, [[Jul 'Mdama]] led his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|forces]], a partly reunited offshoot of the Covenant, to Requiem in search of the shield world's "treasure": he sought the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], the leader of the [[Warrior-Servant|Forerunner military]], due to their mutual hatred of humanity. However, 'Mdama could not find a way into Requiem, so the fleet held station in orbit. On July 21, 2557, the ''Dawn'' entered the planet's gravity well; 'Mdama sent his forces to board the frigate to keep any humans away.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Prologue Terminal "Jul 'Mdama"]]''</ref> As Covenant troops entered the ship, Requiem began to scan the ''Dawn'' for a "[[Reclaimer]]".<ref name="Dawn"/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Cortana awoke John-117 from cryostasis and informed him of intruders on the ''Forward Unto Dawn''. When the duo found out that there was a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|former Covenant]] fleet around the ''Dawn'' and one of the {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s was moving into a intercept course, Cortana instructed John to fire one of ''Dawn'''s missiles at the cruiser. The Spartan battled through the wreckage and managed to destroy the cruiser moments before it fired its energy projector. While on the outer hull, John was scanned by a beam coming from Requiem, which then opened its interior for the Reclaimer. ''Forward Unto Dawn'', along with several Covenant cruisers, was pulled into Requiem's interior.<ref name="Dawn"/> | Cortana awoke John-117 from cryostasis and informed him of intruders on the ''Forward Unto Dawn''. When the duo found out that there was a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|former Covenant]] fleet around the ''Dawn'' and one of the {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s was moving into a intercept course, Cortana instructed John to fire one of ''Dawn'''s missiles at the cruiser. The Spartan battled through the wreckage and managed to destroy the cruiser moments before it fired its energy projector. While on the outer hull, John was scanned by a beam coming from Requiem, which then opened its interior for the Reclaimer. ''Forward Unto Dawn'', along with several Covenant cruisers, was pulled into Requiem's interior.<ref name="Dawn"/> | ||
John-117 and Cortana survived the fall into Requiem's middle shell. They decided to hijack one of the surviving Covenant ships to return to Earth, where they would be able to find [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] to assess Cortana's [[rampancy]]. However, {{ | John-117 and Cortana survived the fall into Requiem's middle shell. They decided to hijack one of the surviving Covenant ships to return to Earth, where they would be able to find [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] to assess Cortana's [[rampancy]]. However, {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} had picked up ''Forward Unto Dawn'''s distress beacon and was approaching the shield world. While looking for a way to contact ''Infinity'', John and Cortana accidentally triggered Requiem's guardians, the Prometheans.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref> The Prometheans attacked the Spartan as well as Jul's Covenant. In an effort the warn ''Infinity'' of Requiem's gravity well, the Spartan-AI team disabled two energy pylons inside [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]] in order to eliminate interference emitted from a satellite in the core. When John attempted to contact ''Infinity'' in the satellite, it was revealed that the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] had purposely manipulated ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s signal to trick John-117 into releasing him from his [[Cryptum]]. The Didact openly declared war on humanity and resumed control of his mechanized Prometheans; viewing the Didact as a living god, the Covenant forces followed suit. John escaped Requiem's core just as ''Infinity'' entered Requiem's outer shell.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]]''</ref> | ||
===''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s arrival=== | ===''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s arrival=== | ||
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===Assault on the gravity well generator=== | ===Assault on the gravity well generator=== | ||
{{Quote|Priority is to free ''Infinity'' from Requiem's gravity well and file a threat assessment back at FLEETCOM.|Captain Del Rio prioritizing the ''Infinity'''s safety to John-117}} | {{Quote|Priority is to free ''Infinity'' from Requiem's gravity well and file a threat assessment back at FLEETCOM.|Captain Del Rio prioritizing the ''Infinity'''s safety to John-117}} | ||
Gypsy Company, aboard a [[Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy|Mammoth]] and led by Commander Lasky, destroyed the first and second anti-air particle cannons. However, a Covenant [[Deployment Platform Type-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy|Lich]] heavily damaged the Mammoth. Even though John-117 and a SPARTAN-IV team destroyed the Lich, the Mammoth was forced to stop when it approached a Forerunner structure.<ref name="rec" | Gypsy Company, aboard a [[Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy|Mammoth]] and led by Commander Lasky, destroyed the first and second anti-air particle cannons. However, a Covenant [[Deployment Platform Type-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy|Lich]] heavily damaged the Mammoth. Even though John-117 and a SPARTAN-IV team destroyed the Lich, the Mammoth was forced to stop when it approached a Forerunner structure.<ref name="rec"/> | ||
John entered the structure and, with Cortana's help, disabled the last two anti-air cannons. Cortana suddenly disappeared, so John searched the structure for her. He was taken to an archived personality of the [[Librarian]], the Didact's wife and the one who saved humanity from the [[Halo Array|Halos]]. The Librarian informed John of the Didact's plan to imprison humanity into digital form with the Composer. In doing so, she altered John-117's genes, an action that would prove itself useful when the Didact's forces [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|raided Ivanoff Station]]. John-117 returned to a UNSC convoy led by [[Master Sergeant]] [[Marcus Stacker]] and eventually reached Requiem's gravity well generator. Using targeting data provided by the Spartan, ''Infinity'' destroyed the generator.<ref name="rec"/> | John entered the structure and, with Cortana's help, disabled the last two anti-air cannons. Cortana suddenly disappeared, so John searched the structure for her. He was taken to an archived personality of the [[Librarian]], the Didact's wife and the one who saved humanity from the [[Halo Array|Halos]]. The Librarian informed John of the Didact's plan to imprison humanity into digital form with the Composer. In doing so, she altered John-117's genes, an action that would prove itself useful when the Didact's forces [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|raided Ivanoff Station]]. John-117 returned to a UNSC convoy led by [[Master Sergeant]] [[Marcus Stacker]] and eventually reached Requiem's gravity well generator. Using targeting data provided by the Spartan, ''Infinity'' destroyed the generator.<ref name="rec"/> | ||
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With the Didact's shields down, Cortana suggested another course of action: reach the tower that controlled the spires surrounding the Didact's Cryptum and use the controls to encase the Cryptum in the towers and keep it from leaving Requiem. The Master Chief returned to his Pelican gunship and used it to reach the third tower, encountering no further aerial resistance along the way. Inside the tower, the Master Chief came up against a massive Covenant force defending both levels of the tower including two [[Hunter]]s and several [[Shade]] turrets and [[Banshee]]s. The Master Chief was eventually able to reach the control panel where he inserted Cortana who took control of the tower system. Cortana initially moved the towers to imprison the Didact's Cryptum, but her rampancy got the best of her and instead she dropped the towers. | With the Didact's shields down, Cortana suggested another course of action: reach the tower that controlled the spires surrounding the Didact's Cryptum and use the controls to encase the Cryptum in the towers and keep it from leaving Requiem. The Master Chief returned to his Pelican gunship and used it to reach the third tower, encountering no further aerial resistance along the way. Inside the tower, the Master Chief came up against a massive Covenant force defending both levels of the tower including two [[Hunter]]s and several [[Shade]] turrets and [[Banshee]]s. The Master Chief was eventually able to reach the control panel where he inserted Cortana who took control of the tower system. Cortana initially moved the towers to imprison the Didact's Cryptum, but her rampancy got the best of her and instead she dropped the towers. | ||
Unable to imprison the Didact any longer, the Master Chief decided to move across some nearby [[Lich]]es heading for the Cryptum to reach the Didact. However, after he landed on the first Lich, the Cryptum merged with the Forerunner ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' and joined a fleet heading out into space. Unable to stop the Didact from leaving, the Master Chief hitched a ride on the Lich as it followed the Didact's ship into [[slipspace]]. <ref name="rec"/> | Unable to imprison the Didact any longer, the Master Chief decided to move across some nearby [[Lich]]es heading for the Cryptum to reach the Didact. However, after he landed on the first Lich, the Cryptum merged with the Forerunner ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' and joined a fleet heading out into space. Unable to stop the Didact from leaving, the Master Chief hitched a ride on the Lich as it followed the Didact's ship into [[slipspace]].<ref name="rec"/> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== |