File EHY-97

This is the NavSpecWar After-Action-Report dealing with the apparent loss of Spartan-051. Possible inconsistencies in this report are that they say that the rescue was commenced in 2535, when the accident happened in 2531. Also, they claim Kurt-051 was in Mark V armor, which would not be developed until 2552.

Context

DURING AFOREMENTIONED OPERATION (SEE ATTACHED MISSION PRO-FILE)

TO INVESTIAGATE POSSIBLE REBEL ACTIVITY ON THE DECOMMISIONED

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

DECOMMISIONED 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