User:Wr1ghty/Operation: RUN HARD

Operation: RUN HARD was an UNSC operation to sabotage and ideally destroy a major Covenant communications facility on the glassed Covenant-held world known as XY-117

Introduction
The purpose of Operation: RUN HARD was to eliminate the Covenant's major communications hub in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. By doing this, the UNSC would launch a surprise naval assault on Covenant forces on or around the planet, in hopes of conquering the Covenant world. If the mission was a success, an EMP would be put into the heart of the communication facility on a set frequency, disabling all Covenant communication in the area. This would give nearby UNSC ships time to make Slipspace jumps into UNSC-held space.

To accomplish such a task, 21 SPARTAN-II Class IIs were to dropped VIA HEVs into different (but relatively close) locations on the planet. The 7 SPARTAN teams used in the operation each had different tasks to accomplish, before all heading to a rendezvous point several hundred metres from the target.

Preliminary Objectives
Each of the three-man SPARTAN teams were to first accomplish preliminary objectives in order to make their assault on the Covenant communications facility a stealthful one. Each SPARTAN team were given the following preliminary tasks:
 * Azul Team - Were to eliminate an encampment of Grunts.
 * Azure Team - Had the task of disabling a small communications post that enabled Covenant forces to communicate with the main base, this was the first job that had to be done.
 * Crimson Team - Made sure the rendezvous point was secured.
 * Jade Team - Were given the job of neautralizing several Covenant lookout posts.
 * Maroon Team - Were to eliminate forces in a canyon to allow Jade Team, Silver Team and Orange Team a safe passage to the rendezvous point.
 * Silver Team - Attempted to secure an emergency extraction point.
 * Orange Team - Attempted to secure primary extraction point.

0130 Hours

 * All SPARTAN-II teams arrive via HEV pod.

0200 Hours

 * Azure Team succeeds in disabling a small Covenent comm post.
 * Crimson Team secures rendezvous point.

0240 Hours

 * Azul Team is successful in their mission of eliminating an encampment of Grunts.

0310 Hours

 * Azul, Azure and Crimson Teams are all at the rendezvous point.
 * Jade Team succeeds in eliminating Covenant lookout posts.

0320 Hours

 * Silver and Orange teams secure extraction points.

0355 Hours

 * Maroon Team faces heavier than expected Covenant resistance in the canyon, and are forced to prematurely arrive at the rendezvous point.
 * Jade, Silver and Orange Teams are unnacounted for.

0430 Hours

 * Jade Team reports that they have linked up with Silver Team, and are pinned down in the canyon.
 * SPARTAN teams at the rendezvous point are ordered to relieve Jade and Silver Teams, and to make contact with Orange Team.

0455 Hours

 * Crimson, Azure, Azul and Maroon Teams come within a visual distance of Jade and Silver Teams, several hundred Covenant troops seperate the two groups.

0500 Hours

 * Orange Team appear at the top of the canyon, and rain fire down on Covenant forces composed of mostly Elites.

0510 Hours

 * Covenant forces are overwhelmed and eliminated by SPARTAN teams.

0515 Hours

 * All SPARTANs are accounted for,