Halo: After Prometheus

''"Just to clarify," Kurt whispered, and then he paused to clear his throat. "There were no survivors of Operation PROMETHEUS?"''

''"It is regrettable," the Vice Admiral said with the slightest softness now in her voice. "But we would do it again if presented with a similar opportunity, Lieutenant. Such a facility, within two weeks' journey of the outer colonies... your SPARTANs prevented the building of a Covenant armada that would have resulted in nothing less than the massacre of billions. They are heroes."''

''Ashes. That's all Kurt felt.'' -Halo:Ghosts of Onyx