File EHY-97 is the NavSpecWep after-action report dealing with the apparent loss of SPARTAN-051.[1]
The report
- ADDENDUM/AFTER-ACTION REPORT/UNSC-NAVSPECWEP
- OPS, FILE EHY-97
- SUBJECT: SPARTAN-051
- DURING AFOREMENTIONED OPERATION (SEE ATTACHED MISSION PRO-FILE)
- TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE REBEL ACTIVITY ON THE DECOMMISSIONED
- CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM 966A, UNOFFICIALLY NAMED
- "Station Delphi", A CATASTROPHIC MALFUNCTION OF A THRUSTER PACK
- (MODEL 050978, UNIT SERIAL #82.10923.129) OCCURRED.
- AT 1000 HOURS, A THRUSTER MALFUNCTION PROPELLED
- SPARTAN-051 OFF MISSION AND INTO INTERPLANETARY SPACE.
- IMMEDIATE RESCUE ATTEMPTS COMMENCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
- THE UNSC PROWLER CIRCUMFERENCE, JOINED ON 1/13/2535,
- 1105 HOURS, BY THE UNSC FRIGATE TANNENBURG.
- THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MINUTES AFTER PROJECTED OXYGEN IN
- SPARTAN-051 VARIANT-V MJOLNIR SUIT EXPIRED, OPERATION
- TERMINATED AS NEARBY COVENANT ACTION (SEE ATTACHED REFERENCES)
- PROMPTED AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION OF ALL NEARBY
- UNSC FORCES.
- CAUSE OF THRUSTER MALFUNCTION REMAINS UNKNOWN, PENDING
- FURTHER INVESTIGATION, BUT IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT A PARTIALLY
- DECOMMISSIONED SHAW-FUJIKAWA TRANSLIGHT ENGINE CORE
- ON THE PLATFORM AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SPARTAN-051 AT
- THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SERIES OF CATASTROPHIC
- ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. ANOMALOUS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
- ALSO OBSCURED FURTHER, LATER RESCUE EFFORTS IN THE
- REGION.
- PLATFORM 966A HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH A HAZNAV SATELLITE,
- PENDING HMAT TEAM DISPATCH (FLEETCOM ORDER D-88934).
- SPARTAN-051 STATUS: MISSING IN ACTION
Trivia
A possible inconsistency in this report is that the rescue was commenced in the year 2535, when the accident actually happened in 2531.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 56