Operation: PROMETHEUS
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Summary
DATE: July 27, 2537 - August 2, 2537
LOCATION: Unknown system, above asteroid K7-49.
Involved: UNSC Spartan-IIIs, Covenant forces.
Synopsis: This battle was a suicide mission, however, it was not in vain, because it was necessary for the survival of the UNSC. It took place on K7-49, a volcanic asteriod which also served as a Covenant shipyard. The mission was to destroy its plasma reactors to disable the shipyard. The success of the mission would save countless lives.
Outcome: Alpha Company succeeds, but at a great cost. Only Three Spartan-III's survived.
Military Forces
UNSC
300 Spartans-III from Alpha Company
Covenant
Force strength unknown. Number above 1000 ground troops and 10 cruisers.
Timeline
July 27, 2537:
- 300 Spartan-IIIs of Alpha Company landed on K7-49 at 0700.
July 28, 2537:
- The Spartan-IIIs manage to disable seven of the reactors on the surface.
- The Covenant responds with the first heavy wave of troops. The first wave contains legions of Jackals.
July 31, 2537:
- The Spartan-IIIs have disabled 20 of the 30 reactors.
August 2, 2537:
- 27 of the 30 reactors are disabled. The Spartan-IIIs have fulfilled their mission.
- A third heavy wave of Covenant troops arrive.
- The Spartan-IIIs are cut off from their Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft. The remaining Spartans are eventually overrun and killed.
Losses
All Spartan-IIIs from Alpha Company are killed except three. An unknown number of Covenant troops and vessels are destroyed. [1]
Historical Significance
This is most likely an allusion to the Battle of Thermopylae. There were 300 Spartans at both battles, both were a suicide mission, both were fought in order to slow the enemy down enough for their sides to prepare and survive longer, and in both all the Spartans died.
Trivia
- Hunters were first seen by humans in this operation.
Links
References
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 81-88
