Battle of Fumirole

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Battle of Fumirole
Conflict:	Human-Covenant War
Date:	April 22, 2552
Location:	Fumirole
Outcome:	UNSC victory
Details
Belligerents
United Nations Space Command	Covenant
Strength
UNSC Army UH-144 Falcons; Noble Team; ;	CCS-class battlecruiser; Type-26 Banshees; Sangheili; Unggoy;
Casualties
Thom-A293; Several Army troopers;	One CCS-class battlecruiser; Several infantry;

The Battle of Fumirole^[2] was fought between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant in April 2552 on Fumirole.^[3]

The battle

During the Covenant invasion of Fumirole, a CCS-class battlecruiser was holding position over the colony's capital city.^[4] Lieutenant Commander Kat-B320 of Noble Team came up with an operation to assault and destroy the ship with a Medium Fusion Destructive Device.^[1] Supported by the rest of Noble Team, UNSC Army infantry and air support by UH-144 Falcons, she undertook the task of delivering the nuclear device into the ship herself. However, she was wounded by a Type-26 Banshee's Fuel Rod Cannon blast while on her way to the cruiser.^[3] The blast also severely damaged her right arm, which was later replaced by a robotic prosthetic.

Thom-A293 was the first to arrive to her position. Seeing as there would be no time to wait for backup, he picked up the nuke and used a jetpack to fly into the cruiser through its gravity lift. Just before the nuke's countdown ran out, Thom managed to toss it into a hangar bay where numerous Unggoy were massing for deployment. Mere seconds later, the MFDD went off, destroying the cruiser and killing Thom.^[3]

Aftermath

While the outcome of the larger battle is known to have ended in an UNSC Victory, Noble Team was successful in destroying its target. However, Kat-B320 and Carter-A259 both carried extraordinary guilt over Thom-A293's death, blaming themselves for the incident, despite the SPARTAN's own decision of self-sacrifice. Thom would later be replaced by SPARTAN-B312.