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On September 19, 2552, the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} ''Pillar of Autumn'' exited [[slipspace]] above Installation 04, having escaped the [[Fall of Reach]]. The cruiser was quickly engaged by the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], including four battlegroups of three {{ | On September 19, 2552, the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} ''Pillar of Autumn'' exited [[slipspace]] above Installation 04, having escaped the [[Fall of Reach]]. The cruiser was quickly engaged by the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], including four battlegroups of three {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s. During the fighting, one Covenant vessel, the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', was heavily damaged and forced to land on the surface upspin of the UNSC's operations at [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] to conduct maintenance.{{Ref/Generic|[[The Halo Conflict]]|[[The Halo Conflict#Truth and Reconciliation|The Truth and Reconciliation]]}} The vessel was brought to rest one hundred units above a dry desert plateau, and became the center of activities for Covenant units assigned to "harvest" technology from the ringworld. Because of this, the corridors were thick with high-ranking personnel and even [[Huragok|engineers]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood3|HTF|Chapter=3}} | ||
Following the [[Landing on Installation 04|evacuation]] of the ''Autumn'', Captain Jacob Keyes was captured by Covenant personnel and brought to the ''Truth and Reconciliation''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s brig for interrogation. At least three other Marines were additionally captured and detained in the brig. UNSC forces were able to recon out the ship and confirm the captain was held there, and [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] John-117 was briefed by Major [[Antonio Silva]] on his mission - to lead a strike force into the ship and rescue the captain.{{Ref/Reuse|flood3}} The recon flights had also confirmed a blind spot in the cruiser's sensor grid, and the AI [[Wellsley]] had created an array of signals designed to trick technicians into believing an approaching [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship was one of the Covenant's own. Seventeen hours and eleven minutes after landing on the ring, ''[[Echo 419]]'' deployed the Master Chief and several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] onto the plateau for a boarding action.{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood4|HTF|Chapter=4}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CETAR|HCE|The Truth and Reconciliation}} | Following the [[Landing on Installation 04|evacuation]] of the ''Autumn'', Captain Jacob Keyes was captured by Covenant personnel and brought to the ''Truth and Reconciliation''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s brig for interrogation. At least three other Marines were additionally captured and detained in the brig. UNSC forces were able to recon out the ship and confirm the captain was held there, and [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] John-117 was briefed by Major [[Antonio Silva]] on his mission - to lead a strike force into the ship and rescue the captain.{{Ref/Reuse|flood3}} The recon flights had also confirmed a blind spot in the cruiser's sensor grid, and the AI [[Wellsley]] had created an array of signals designed to trick technicians into believing an approaching [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship was one of the Covenant's own. Seventeen hours and eleven minutes after landing on the ring, ''[[Echo 419]]'' deployed the Master Chief and several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] onto the plateau for a boarding action.{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood4|HTF|Chapter=4}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CETAR|HCE|The Truth and Reconciliation}} | ||