User:Brodie-001/Raid on Uyana

The Raid on Uyana was a top-secret ONI led operation, with the goal of capturing a high ranking member of the Legion, General Alfred Bates, occurring on January 22nd, 2579, 8 years after the beginning of the First Galactic War.

The Mission
The primary objective of the mission was to locate and capture General Alfred Bates, who had been seeding insurrection in the rebuilding inner colonies, and had become a major thorn in the UNSC's side. On January 6th, Three SPARTAN-IV Headhunters, led by Artyom-X043, were deployed to scout and locate the rebel base of operations. After 2 weeks, the Headhunters reported back, having located the main Rebel encampment: A large, reactivated refinery complex in the southern hemisphere of the planet. Once the location was confirmed, Wulf Team was called in.

Wulf Team, led by CPO Maynard-X112, inserted via LRSOIP's on January 22nd, rendezvousing with the Headhunters at approximately 7:12am. Their extraction Pelican would pick them up at 0900 hours. After going over the plan, the Spartans moved towards the refinery, passing by the outer defences unnoticed. By 0759, the entire strike team was in position to attack the facility.

Initiating the attack, the well-equipped Spartans stormed rebel defences, clearing several buildings within minutes, and destroying the refinery building with a well-placed missile. While the rest of the team set up defensive positions from the rebel counter attack, SPARTAN-X112 and SPARTAN-X432 headed for the command building.

Upon breaching the door, the two Spartans came under attack by 6 Legion Commandos, and General Bates himself. Bates, accompanied by Lt. Wallace and another Commando, fled into an escape tunnel. SPARTAN-X432 neutralised 3 of the commandos, and finished off a fourth. Upon killing the fourth, the Spartans noticed that they had been injected with some form of unknown drug. Leaving SPARTAN-X432 to recover evidence, SPARTAN-X112 pursued the General into the bunker, as outside the team secured the area. The Spartan caught up with the fleeing General and his bodyguards, killing one and wounding Lt. Wallace, who fired on Maynard with a Shotgun, draining his shields and knocking him down.

As Wallace prepared to finish off the Spartan, he was killed by SPARTAN-X043, who used his Gauntlet-Mounted Wristblade. The Spartans knocked out the General and proceeded to the compound, interrupting a heated argument between SPARTAN-X500 and SPARTAN-X090. The argument was interrupted by the Rebel counter attack, in which Sniper fire damaged SPARTAN-X500's helmet camera. The Spartans, still carrying the comatose General Bates, retreated, liberating a rebel APC as they did so. As they left the compound, SPARTAN-X500 detonated the enemy vehicle depot, having taken the liberty of placing explosive charges on the remaining vehicles.

The Spartans arrived at their RZ point at 0837 hours, being pursued by enemy forces. As they fled up to a nearby hill, they came under fire from several MAKO Drones, which were quickly taken down by SPARTAN-X432, SPARTAN-X109 and SPARTAN-X352. At the hilltop, SPARTAN-X090 hailed their Pelican extraction, Yankee 5-2. Wulf Team and the Headhunters were extracted under heavy fire, with the unconscious General, and taken offplanet to the waiting Prowler.

Aftermath
With a major Rebel Leader in custody, the UNSC was able to eradicate the Insurrectionist presence from Uyana and many surrounding planets fairly quickly. Tales of the Spartans struck fear into the hearts of the surviving Rebels, who immediately began to take extra precautions against future attacks. It was precautions like these which led to the tragic loss of Spartan life during Operation: LIONS DEN and Operation: SCIMITAR.

The drugs found on the Commandos were tested, and revealed to be 009762-OO, a drug used in Gamma Company's augmentations that increased the aggression of the taker.

Trivia
The raid on Uyana can be seen in the first chapter of Halo: Last of the Brave.