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The majority of ODSTs landed around the base. Silva ordered [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to take the butte. McKay led an assault through a pass that was thought to lead to the top of the butte. As McKay and her company began their climb, the Covenant launched a preemptive strike against Silva. The attack consisted of an estimated one hundred [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]] rapid assault vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}} | The majority of ODSTs landed around the base. Silva ordered [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to take the butte. McKay led an assault through a pass that was thought to lead to the top of the butte. As McKay and her company began their climb, the Covenant launched a preemptive strike against Silva. The attack consisted of an estimated one hundred [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]] rapid assault vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}} | ||
With half of his forces committed elsewhere, Silva ordered his A and D companies to form an "infantry square": an all-round defense formation that, coupled with the hilly natural terrain, gave the ODSTs a better chance of survival against the Ghosts' fixed weapons. To start, the Sangheili drivers fought very poorly. Several Ghosts fired upon each other or collided in their haste to score a kill. Eventually, a more experienced commander took charge and ordered the Ghosts to move around the square counter-clockwise and then to attack the lowest pit in the square. Human casualties increased and the square started to break. Silva responded by reinforcing the pit, ordering his [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher|M19 missile]] operators to rotate their salvoes, and having his sniper team concentrate on the commander. As an apparent afterthought by the Covenant, Banshees attacked late and were quickly eliminated by M19 launchers. Finally, with the commander and 50% of their men dead, the attackers retreated, some carrying extra riders on their Ghosts. From that attack, the UNSC suffered 23 killed in action and 16 wounded in action, of which 6 were critical cases. Finally, Silva was able to order his [[D77 | With half of his forces committed elsewhere, Silva ordered his A and D companies to form an "infantry square": an all-round defense formation that, coupled with the hilly natural terrain, gave the ODSTs a better chance of survival against the Ghosts' fixed weapons. To start, the Sangheili drivers fought very poorly. Several Ghosts fired upon each other or collided in their haste to score a kill. Eventually, a more experienced commander took charge and ordered the Ghosts to move around the square counter-clockwise and then to attack the lowest pit in the square. Human casualties increased and the square started to break. Silva responded by reinforcing the pit, ordering his [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher|M19 missile]] operators to rotate their salvoes, and having his sniper team concentrate on the commander. As an apparent afterthought by the Covenant, Banshees attacked late and were quickly eliminated by M19 launchers. Finally, with the commander and 50% of their men dead, the attackers retreated, some carrying extra riders on their Ghosts. From that attack, the UNSC suffered 23 killed in action and 16 wounded in action, of which 6 were critical cases. Finally, Silva was able to order his [[D77 Pelican]] dropships to attack the butte and give Lieutenant McKay air support and distract the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}} | ||
McKay, despite casualties, had made a good deal of progress moving up the butte. At last she made it to a "back door" into the butte. She fired an M19 missile into it, which struck an ammunition store and cleared the room of all hostiles. She and her company entered to find an elevator to the surface of the butte. As a result of the battle, the UNSC managed to gain a base of operations. It is unknown how much of a defense Silva put into guarding this back door, but apparently the Covenant were unable to use it to gain access to the base during later assaults.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}} | McKay, despite casualties, had made a good deal of progress moving up the butte. At last she made it to a "back door" into the butte. She fired an M19 missile into it, which struck an ammunition store and cleared the room of all hostiles. She and her company entered to find an elevator to the surface of the butte. As a result of the battle, the UNSC managed to gain a base of operations. It is unknown how much of a defense Silva put into guarding this back door, but apparently the Covenant were unable to use it to gain access to the base during later assaults.{{Ref/Reuse|flood2}} | ||
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[[File:HFR Alpha Base.png|thumb|250px|Alpha Base under attack.]] | [[File:HFR Alpha Base.png|thumb|250px|Alpha Base under attack.]] | ||
{{Main|Battle of Alpha Base}} | {{Main|Battle of Alpha Base}} | ||
The second battle was [[Zuka 'Zamamee]]'s attempt to get into the base and kill the Master Chief. Approximately six [[Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropships]] full of Covenant and the captured [[D77 | The second battle was [[Zuka 'Zamamee]]'s attempt to get into the base and kill the Master Chief. Approximately six [[Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropships]] full of Covenant and the captured [[D77 Pelican|Pelican]] ''[[Charlie 217]]'' full of cloaked [[Sangheili]] commandos participated in the attack. The Pelican managed to touch down and release the Sangheili within before its landing pad was doused in fuel and lit. However, Zuka 'Zamamee and several Sangheili had already fled and began in search of the Chief. Before being killed by the [[Stealth Sangheili]] led by Zamamee, a valiant crewman, [[Cho (Navy technician)|Cho]], gave the AI Wellsley control of the 50mm autocannons, with which he was able to eliminate 1 Spirit dropship. The remaining dropships released their troops further away from the base and attempted to assault it thus. Snipers expertly inflicted heavy casualties on the disembarking troops. Two of the recovered [[M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion Tanks]] had been entrenched and were able to cut down much of the onslaught, including the [[Field Master|Field Commander]]. With their leader dead, lesser Sangheili attempted to assume command with little success. In addition, the Covenant were able to employ the {{Pattern|Kmiro'sish|Lich}} ''[[Upright Chalice]]'' in their attack, using it to deploy vast quantities of troops onto the base directly, before ODST [[Fireteam Raven]] were able to hold off the attack.<ref>''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]], campaign level [[Alpha Base (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Alpha Base]]</ref> In the end, all remaining Covenant were either captured, killed, or forced to retreat. [[Yayap]] and [[Zuka 'Zamamee|Zamamee]] were able to survive by stealing one of the [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] that the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] had been able to salvage. | ||
It was later discovered that the [[Flood]] had been attempting to break into the base and were only impeded by a single metal grate (which they had already used hundreds of plasma weapons on), leading to an unnoticed group of caverns. The entrances to these caverns were successfully sealed, and the Flood were delayed from overtaking the base. By the time they managed to break through, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces had abandoned the base in hopes of leaving the installation aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. | It was later discovered that the [[Flood]] had been attempting to break into the base and were only impeded by a single metal grate (which they had already used hundreds of plasma weapons on), leading to an unnoticed group of caverns. The entrances to these caverns were successfully sealed, and the Flood were delayed from overtaking the base. By the time they managed to break through, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces had abandoned the base in hopes of leaving the installation aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. | ||
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*[[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Wellsley]]. | *[[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Wellsley]]. | ||
*Multiple landing pads. | *Multiple landing pads. | ||
*All surviving [[D77 | *All surviving [[D77 Pelican|Pelicans]], but these were low on machine-gun ammo and had no rockets. | ||
*Several [[UH-144 Falcon]]s. | *Several [[UH-144 Falcon]]s. | ||
*Ground based motion detectors. | *Ground based motion detectors. | ||