User:Kit-103/Operation: INDEPENDENCE

"Breaching that outer wall was a peace of cake. But that inner wall and the city itself? It was like the gates of Hell."
 * - Random Marine commenting on the final day of Operation: INDEPENDENCE, circa 2560

Operation: INDEPENDENCE was a UNSC Operation to "liberate" the planet Crystal from Insurrectionist forces. The planet was deemed valuable to the UNSC as Crystal held valuable supplies necessary for the war effort against the Covenant.

Objectives
Primary:
 * Liberate the city from Insurrectionist forces.

Secondary:
 * Clear and secure the weapon's depot south of the city
 * Clear the town for UNSC forces

July 1st, 2547
0500 Hours: SPARTAN Team Nova is dropped from a UNSC frigate in SOEIVs, each pod breaking off and heading to different regions.

0530 Hours: SOEIVs land at their destinations. The SPARTANs engage any resistance they encounter upon landing.
 * Sierra-214 clears weapon depot. Places beacon.
 * Sierra-203 makes his way towards Sierra-220 to assist her.
 * Sierra-209 clears out enemy camp.

0545 Hours: Sierra-209 regroups with Sierra-214.
 * Sierra-203 reaches Sierra-220's location.

0705 Hours: Sierra-203 and Sierra-220 regroup with Sierra-209 and Sierra-214. SPARTAN Team Nova moves out, a full day ahead of schedule.

0730 Hours: Brief resistance is encountered. Easily disposed of.

0835 Hours: SPARTAN Team Nova comes across the small town.

0900 Hours: SPARTAN Team Nova assaults the town. The engagement only lasts for ten minutes.

0920 Hours: UNSC ground forces enter the small town.
 * Sierra-214 and Sierra-220 scout ahead.
 * Ground operations are set up.

1300 Hours: Plan of attack is finalized.
 * Sierra-214 and Sierra-220 return.

2030 Hours: Weapon depot is secured by marine forces.

July 2nd, 2547
"That day was probably the best day my of life during the Great War. Swimming and laying in the fields to take a nap. Reminds me of my childhood."


 * - Random Marine commenting on Operation: INDEPENDENCE, circa 2560

0700 Hours: SPARTAN Team moves out to secure a waypoint.
 * Ground forces are given a day of R n R.

July 3rd, 2547
0500 Hours: Ground forces move to SPARTAN Team Nova's waypoint.

0700 Hours: Grounds forces meet up with SPARTAN Team Nova. Trek to the town begins.
 * Brief resistance is encountered.

July 4th, 2547
0700 Hours: UNSC forces draw close to the outer wall.

0730 Hours: UNSC begins their assault on the outer wall.

0800 Hours: Outer wall falls. UNSC forces move to the inner city.

0830 Hours: Heavy resistance is encountered. Both sides suffer major casualties.

0900 Hours: UNSC finally breach the city walls.
 * UNSC forces move towards the city center.
 * Sierra-220 finds the perfect sniping spot. Provides cover for the tanks.
 * Sierra-209 commandeers an enemy Wolverine.

0930 Hours: Battle becomes more desperate. Insurrectionists begin to push the UNSC back.
 * Sierra-220's sniping position is compromised. She moves to a different location.
 * Sierra-209 abandons the wolverine.
 * Sierra-214 leads a small group of marines to the market garden to draw attention away from city hall.
 * Sierra-203 rushes to city hall alone.

1000 Hours: Sierra-203 finally makes it to the roof of city hall.
 * UNSC air support clears out the rest of the city.
 * Ground forces removed from combat.
 * UNSC begins to "liberate" the rest of the planet.
 * Sierra-203 is promoted.

1500 Hours: Crystal is under UNSC control.

Operation Success
"For a minute, I thought we were going to lose that one. For every Innie we killed, they'd drop two of our guys! If it wasn't for those damn SPARTANs, we would have lost that horribly."


 * - Random Marine commenting on Operation: INDEPENDENCE, circa 2560

Despite the heavy losses of numerous lives, the UNSC was victorious in their goal. This would slightly speed up the Human War Machine in their fight against the Covenant.

Trivia

 * This is the author's quickest article he's ever completed?


 * The author never had plans to flesh out and create pages for the battles he's created but decided it would be best so he could increase the work he's done on the site and flesh out his characters a little more.


 * Operation: INDEPENDENCE stemmed from an idea the author had long ago where the Covenant were holding a city hostage and the final battle took place near city hall, with some of the events envisioned mirroring the events written here, mostly the assault on city hall.


 * In the original idea, the city was destroyed by a nuke to stop the Covenant from advancing.


 * That the operation was to originally include Covenant Forces but they were removed as it really didn't fit with the idea.


 * The operation name was chosen because the author thought it would be cool to liberate a planet from enemy forces.