Battle of Sector Six

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Battle of Sector Six
Conflict:	Human-Covenant War
Date:	November 17, 2552
Location:	Sector Six, Pakistan-Afghanistan border region
Outcome:	UNSC victory Spartan-117's reentry trajectory calculated, leads to his recovery;
Details
Belligerents
United Nations Space Command	Covenant Loyalists
Commanders
Unknown;	Unknown Jiralhanae Chieftain†;
Strength
UNSC Marine Corps 2nd Shock Troops Battalion S. Hartley; T. Rymann†; ; 3/1 Bravo Scottlee; R. Coney; ; One M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle; One D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship Oscar 6; ; ;	Numerous Jiralhanae; Unknown number of Banshees; At least one Phantom;
Casualties
Heavy Marine casualties, at least one ODST WIA and one KIA	Unknown number of Brutes (about 10 shown), one Brute Chieftain, at least one Banshee

This article's title is a callsign, an alias, or a nickname, as no proper name for the subject has been revealed.

A battle occured in Sector Six between UNSC and Covenant forces during the Battle for Earth.^[4]^[2] It took place near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.^{[note 1]}

The battle

The ODST pair, Bravo-21 and Bravo-22, were tasked with calculating the crash site of the Master Chief who was on his way to Earth, having jumped out of the Forerunner Dreadnought. Meanwhile, a Marine Battalion was assigned the objective of holding off the Covenant forces in the area until the Spartan's re-entry. After retrieving a laser designator, a Pelican dropship dropped off a Warthog for the two ODSTs, who drove it along a highway to the rest of the Marines' position in Sector Six. Bravo-22 was injured during the ride by a Spiker round, but he was able to carry out the mission.^[4]

Upon arriving at the Marines' position, the ODSTs joined them in holding the Covenant off until the Master Chief's re-entry. A Phantom arrived, dropping off Covenant reinforcements, including a Jiralhanae Chieftain. Bravo 21 used a sniper rifle to kill at least two other Jiralhanae, but was then ambushed by the Chieftain, who killed Bravo-21 with its Gravity Hammer. Meanwhile, the rest of the Marines were being overrun by the Covenant forces, including air support by Banshees. Bravo 22's wounds were treated by Corpsman R. Coney, while the rest of the Marines started to fall back. One Marine took over the Warthog's gun and used it to kill two more Jiralhanae before being killed by Spiker rounds from a third Brute. The same Brute then shot another marine, Scottlee, in the arm, pinning him against a wall. Scottlee managed to use his free arm to shoot back, killing the third Jiralhanae. As Coney was cutting Scottlee loose, Bravo 22 opened the laser designator and successfully tracked Spartan-117's re-entry vector. After succeeding in their mission, the UNSC survivors fell back into a bunker. The Jiralhanae Chieftain charged them, but one of the marines killed the Chieftain with a rocket launcher moments before the bunker doors slammed shut.^[2]

Aftermath

Numerous Marines were killed in the fighting, and Bravo 22 was injured along with many of the other Marine survivors. The battle is referred to as "a mission that may secure the salvation of the entire galaxy",^[5] and it indeed was: Bravo-22 was able to track Master Chief's landing point with the laser designator, allowing the UNSC forces to quickly locate the Spartan^[3] and use him for stopping the Prophet of Truth's plans.

Trivia

The battle is seen in the Halo 3 short, Halo: Landfall. The exact coordinates for the setting seen in Halo: Combat are 32°53′12″N, 69°27′48″E.
In Halo 3, Master Chief is seen falling out of the sky during nighttime, but in the video of this battle, the Marines track him plummeting towards Earth during the day, which means that the crash zone and the battle are in different time zones. Indeed, the Master Chief ends up falling near Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, far from the location of Sector Six.

Gallery

Bravo-21 and 22 move out to rendezvous with the rest of the Marines.
S. Hartley is injured by a Spiker round.
UNSC Marines holding off Covenant forces.
A Phantom drops off Covenant reinforcements.
Bravo-21 in position with a sniper rifle.
Corpsman Coney tends to a wounded Marine who was shot off a Warthog Turret with Spiker rounds.
A Jiralhanae Chieftain prepares to kill T. Rymann.
Bravo-22 points the laser designator at Spartan-117.