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Invasion of the UNSC Infinity

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Previous:

Skirmish at The Refuge

Invasion of the UNSC Infinity

Conflict:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

Location:

UNSC Infinity, Requiem orbit, Epoloch system

Outcome:

Tactical UNSC victory

Strategic Covenant victory

Details
Belligerents
Commanders
Strength
Casualties
  • Moderate infantry losses
  • Stolen Phantom (accidental friendly fire)
 

During the Requiem Campaign, the UNSC Infinity suffered an invasion by Covenant and Promethean troops looking to destroy the vessel and capture Doctor Catherine Halsey in order to further Jul's plan to acces the Librarian's imprint on Requiem.

Prelude

Six months after the Battle of Requiem, the UNSC Infinity returned to the shield world to set up research bases to study the Forerunner technology present while also fighting Jul 'Mdama's Covenant for control of the artificial planet.[1] At the location known as the Cauldron, Spartan-IV Fireteam Crimson recovered a mysterious artifact[2] which sucked in Doctor Henry Glassman when he accessed it aboard the UNSC Infinity.[3] Subsequently, Doctor Catherine Halsey was brought aboard where she determined that the artifact was communicating information from the ship to Requiem.[4]

As Halsey later attempted to understand the artifact, Jul 'Mdama utilized it to contact Halsey via her data pad to entice her into helping him, offering Halsey the truth about a great many things, including the Prometheans.[5] As proof, Jul ensured that Fireteam Crimson retrieved "the Didact's Gift,"[6] a durance containing the "soul" of a Promethean Knight who was originally a human digitized by the Composer during the New Phoenix Incident. Having provided proof, Jul further enticed Halsey by mentioning the Librarian, but Commander Sarah Palmer noticed Halsey's suspicious behavior and Captain Thomas Lasky had her arrested.[7] However, Halsey subsequently escaped using an override code on Infinity's AI Roland and made contact with Jul whose identity she quickly deduced. Halsey offered Jul her help with the Librarian, but the communication was cut off by Roland who regained control of himself and alerted the ship's crew to Halsey's actions.[8]

Battle

The invasion begins

As Doctor Catherine Halsey was about to be escorted to a cryo chamber on the orders of Captain Thomas Lasky, Jul 'Mdama started an invasion of the ship through the artifact that had been brought aboard the UNSC Infinity. Promethean boarders translocated in, surprising the Infinity's Marines, led by Commander Sarah Palmer, who were unprepared for such an attack. Despite their best efforts, the Prometheans were able to make it out of the hanger containing the artifact and into the ship's hallways. As Lasky retreated into an elevator with Halsey, he ordered all hands to battle stations to defend the ship.[8] Palmer quickly ordered all Spartan fireteams to fall back to Infinity to help as well, even those performing operations on Requiem.[9] To help prevent the Infinity from escaping, Jul used the artifact to tether the ship to Requiem using an interdiction web.[10]

By the time Fireteam Crimson returned from an aborted operation in Apex,[9] the Infinity was also under attack from several CRS-class light cruisers as well as numerous Phantoms and Banshees which had used Infinity's hanger bays to deploy Covenant troops aboard the ship as well. With the Infinity's defenses unable to pick out Crimson's captured Phantom from all of the enemy targets, the Phantom was accidentally shot down by friendly fire and crashed into Infinity's hanger bay.[11]

Securing the hanger bay

Stopping the nuclear warheads

Reactivating Infinity's guns

Securing the ship

Kidnapping of Catherine Halsey

Aftermath

List of appearances

Sources

Sources

  1. ^ Spartan Ops
  2. ^ Spartan Ops, S106 Core
  3. ^ Spartan Ops, S102 Artifact
  4. ^ Spartan Ops, S103 Catherine
  5. ^ Spartan Ops, S104 Didact's Hand
  6. ^ Spartan Ops, S104 The Didact's Gift
  7. ^ Spartan Ops, S105 Memento Mori
  8. ^ a b Spartan Ops, S108 Invasion
  9. ^ a b Spartan Ops, S108 Backup
  10. ^ Spartan Ops, S109 Expendable
  11. ^ Spartan Ops, S108 Home Field

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Engagements in the Requiem Campaign ⇨
Operation: LAND GRAB • Operation: ALL-SEEING EYE • Operation: CHATTERBOX • Operation: ACADEMIC • Operation: THREE-CARD MONTE • Skirmish at Two Giants • Assassination of Parg Vol • Galileo Base (First • Second) • Battle at The Refuge (VERTICAL UMBRAGE) • Assault on Magma Base • Ambush at the Quarry • Lockup (First • Second • Third) • Control (First • Second • Third) • Warrens (First • Second • Third • Fourth) • Cyclone (First • Second • Third) • Apex (First • Second • Third • Fourth) • Harvester (First • Second • Third) • Invasion of the UNSC Infinity • Librarian's Rest (First • Second)
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