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===Battle of Constantine===
[[File:HF HOTEL BASE 2.jpg|310px|By 2545, Hotel Base had become the bulwark of the UNSC defenders on Constantine, its guns and expansive hangars of fighters ensuring the evacuation of thousands.|left|thumb]]Almost a month after entering slipspace, Bodark and Adrian were called to the bridge by Major Braughner to receive their next assignment. The colony of Constantine had come under attack by the Fleet of Transcendent Faith on 9th June 2545. The Navy was able to drive back the initial attack and consolidated its defenses while the colony’s population was evacuated. After weeks of the UNSC battling with the Covenant on the planet’s surface, Hotel Base was the last functional base on the continent. PERUN was ordered to evacuate Lieutenant General Jacob Novak from Hotel Base before the UNSC lost the ability to defend the colony. Bodark assisted with providing information about the Covenant’s Type-26 Banshees and Type-29 Vampires which were seen targeting evacuation shuttles around the continent. She quickly gathered her weapons and ammo, checked her armor, and joined PERUN heading to a Pelican.

After deploying from Vorpal Sword, Bodark felt at ease until hearing of a Covenant attack near Hotel Base, on the radio. Adrian responded and ordered Sal to set them down to the south of the coordinates they were given, while the Pelican aided the defenders with air support. Bodark, Cassandra, and Adrian moved to the flank of the force while Obadiah and Damien engaged the force from behind. As the various Covenant turned in confusion to the fire coming from their rear, Bodark and others opened up from their side, taking down several targets while the others fled the area. Stowing her weapons, Bodark followed Adrian as they made their way through the walls. They were quickly let into the command center and were met by Lieutenant General Novak who quickly greeted them before turning back to the holotable in front of him, displaying the mass sections of the land around the base being completely dark and without intel. Despite both Bodark's and Adrian's insistence, the General continued to finalize the base's defenses. Before he could rebuke the Spartans again, alarms across the base came to life as a sudden and massed Covenant attack came, seemingly without warning. Ignoring the general's protest, Adrian grabbed him, with Cassandra and Damien following behind and Bodark and Obadiah leading ahead. The team quickly made their way back to the Pelican, quickly boarding it and having Sal take off with their Longsword escort. 

With the General secure and skies seemingly clear, the Pelican and its escort headed away from Hotel Base. Bodark made sure to radio the UNSC ''Vorpal Sword'' and advise them of their return, but as she did, alarms sounded on the Pelican as it took several hits. Cassandra secured the General while the others gathered their weapons to engage a pair of Vampires. She took aim at one Vampire with her grenade launcher, and forced it to evade, allowing Damien to score a hit with his rocket launcher. Despite their efforts, the Vampire continued to fire back and forced the Pelican to list. Bodark made her way to the cockpit after Sal called for her help and took over flying. She took evasive maneuvers to shake the Vampires as Sal worked on repairs. Bodark was asked to stabilize the Pelican after PERUN disabled the shields on another Vampire, giving the team a chance to take one down. As Bodark stabilized the Pelican, they came under fire from the second Vampire and she was forced to crash land.

Slowly coming to after the impact, Bodark registered the shooting pains in the bones in her arms and legs, and barely made out her position through her blurred vision and ringing ears. Clearing her head, she left the cockpit to find PERUN, General Novak, and Sal with minor injuries. Adrian ordered the team to head away from the crash site to not be located by Covenant forces. After hearing Adrian’s orders, Bodark grabbed an assault rifle and stumbled out into the tree line to avoid a strafing run from a Vampire. After reaching a safe spot, Bodark and the rest of PERUN assessed their injuries. She and Adrian worked on creating a plan to get off the surface.
 
{{Dialogue|Adrian-B143|Our best bet is to follow after it, has to be operating out of some nearby base to have escaped the anti-air defences and gotten the drop on us.|Bodark-B076|At the very least, we're putting ground between us and crash, may be able to call down the ''Vorpal'' for evac|Adrian-B143 and Bodark-B076 planning the teams next move.}}

While moving away from the crash site, Bodark noticed the Phantoms and Vampires were flying low overhead. She took a moment to conduct recon and located a Covenant outpost. Rather than risking an open engagement, Bodark was tasked with infiltrating the base with Obadiah and Cassandra while Damien and Adrian took positions elsewhere. Inside the outpost, she took out guards with assistance from her team. Once they were all inside, Bodark told Adrian to open fire on the enemies. PERUN worked quickly to eliminate the enemy and clear the area. Bodark entered a nearby Phantom to see if she could fly it and confirmed with the rest of PERUN she could. The rest of the team, along with General Novak and Sal loaded onto the vehicle and made their way to the rally point.   

[[File:HF MONO PHNTM.png|280px|thumb|right|"''Sierra-B076 confirms, we are headed to the rendezvous point.''" -Bodark-B076]]Given the compromised airspace, Bodark had Adrian radio the UNSC ''Vorpal Sword'' to link up with them at a new rally point. She managed to get the Phantom under her control after some practice and was contacted by Vorpal Sword needing to enact the Cole Protocol. Both Bodark and Adrian informed the Prowler of the situation and were granted access to land. Shortly after PERUN left the Phantom, the ''Vorpal Sword'' ejected it and entered slipspace.

PERUN was ordered to get assessed and treated for their injuries. Bodark suffered from several microfractures, bruised tibias, and a minor concussion. When Major Braughner entered, her attention turned to him when he ordered the team to attend a debrief. Inside the mission room, PERUN recounted their efforts in the mission. Bodark made sure to include her perspective despite Major Braughner’s offhanded remark. 

{{Quote|Nice of you to use your words as opposed to you helmet, Lieutenant|Major Roland Braughner}}

PERUN learned about the outcome of the battle and the fate of Constantine. She was surprised at how Cassandra, Obadiah and Damien had actually listened to her and Adrian's orders after what happened on their previous mission.