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|image=[[File:Black Team.png|200px]] | |||
|name=Operation: BLOWBACK | |||
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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |||
|date=[[2552#September|September 2552]]<ref group="note">The [[Battle of Verge]], which took place concurrently with the [[Battle of Tribute]], had already taken place at this point, as evidenced by remarks by Team Black in [[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]. Additionally, according to the [[Halo: Blood Line#Official Synopsis|Official Synopsis]] for [[Halo: Blood Line]], ''"Blood Line is also a pre-"[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]" story"'' - Combat Evolved begins on September 19th.</ref> | |||
|place=[[Sub-Sector 35]] | |||
|outcome=Failure | |||
|key=[[UNSC]], [[ONI]] | |||
|participants=[[Team Black]] | |||
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'''Operation: BLOWBACK''' was a top-secret [[United Nations Space Command]] [[operation]] that was to take place in late [[2552]]. It was ordered by [[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]] in an encrypted message sent to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Alexander Reaves]].<ref name="blood">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''' - ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> | '''Operation: BLOWBACK''' was a top-secret [[United Nations Space Command]] [[operation]] that was to take place in late [[2552]]. It was ordered by [[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]] in an encrypted message sent to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Alexander Reaves]].<ref name="blood">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''' - ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> | ||
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[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI Section III]] believed that the uninhabited and largely uncharted [[Sub-Sector 35]] of space was used by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] as a significant supply route. In Operation: BLOWBACK, [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] [[Team Black]] was to hide in [[cryo-chamber]]s amongst prospecting equipment in the civilian vessel {{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}}, recommissioned by the ONI for the mission. The crew of the ship consisted of plainclothes ONI personnel and the shipboard [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] [[Iona]]. The ship was to travel to Sub-Sector 35, and the crew and Team Black would allow themselves to be "captured" by and/or forcibly board any Covenant vessels encountered in the sector. Team Black was then to secure all priority intelligence assets and destroy the said vessels. Upon "capture", an auto-executing [[Viral Data Scavengers|viral scavenger]] countdown of 15 minutes would be activated by the AI to maintain the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] in case of total mission failure.<ref name="blood"/> | [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI Section III]] believed that the uninhabited and largely uncharted [[Sub-Sector 35]] of space was used by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] as a significant supply route. In Operation: BLOWBACK, [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] [[Team Black]] was to hide in [[cryo-chamber]]s amongst prospecting equipment in the civilian vessel {{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}}, recommissioned by the ONI for the mission. The crew of the ship consisted of plainclothes ONI personnel and the shipboard [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] [[Iona]]. The ship was to travel to Sub-Sector 35, and the crew and Team Black would allow themselves to be "captured" by and/or forcibly board any Covenant vessels encountered in the sector. Team Black was then to secure all priority intelligence assets and destroy the said vessels. Upon "capture", an auto-executing [[Viral Data Scavengers|viral scavenger]] countdown of 15 minutes would be activated by the AI to maintain the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] in case of total mission failure.<ref name="blood"/> | ||
As the operation was supposed to commence and the ''Long Time Coming'' was preparing for a [[slipspace]] jump to Sub-Sector 35, the ship received a transmission of unknown origin, with a "Pi-constant baseline". The transmission contained a repeated binary message, which displayed various astronomical objects and their properties. The crew ignored the transmission, | As the operation was supposed to commence and the ''Long Time Coming'' was preparing for a [[slipspace]] jump to Sub-Sector 35, the ship received a transmission of unknown origin, with a "Pi-constant baseline". The transmission contained a repeated binary message, which displayed various astronomical objects and their properties. The crew ignored the transmission, dismissing it as a radio echo from an educational broadcast, despite Iona's concerns. Just as the ship jumped, Iona realized that the message was a warning of significant astronavigation hazards present in the sector. A moment later, the ship was hit by bursts of energy and dropped out of slipspace, crashing on a [[Unnamed Moon|desolate moon]], which was also the site of the [[Forerunner]] [[Line Installation 1-4]].<ref name="blood"/> | ||
The ONI crew was killed in the crash, and the ship was damaged beyond repair. Iona awakened Team Black, who moved on to explore the moon, with [[Black-Two]] staying behind to send a distress signal to [[Fleet Command]] through a [[Slipbeacon]]. Coincidentally, the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] ''Clarity of Faith'' had also crashed on the moon under similar circumstances. This led to the [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]] as [[686 Ebullient Prism]], the monitor of the installation, captured people from both sides, forcing Team Black and the Covenant forces to form an uneasy, and short-lived, alliance.<ref name="blood"/> | The ONI crew was killed in the crash, and the ship was damaged beyond repair. Iona awakened Team Black, who moved on to explore the moon, with [[Black-Two]] staying behind to send a distress signal to [[Fleet Command]] through a [[Slipbeacon]]. Coincidentally, the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] ''Clarity of Faith'' had also crashed on the moon under similar circumstances. This led to the [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]] as [[686 Ebullient Prism]], the monitor of the installation, captured people from both sides, forcing Team Black and the Covenant forces to form an uneasy, and short-lived, alliance.<ref name="blood"/> | ||
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