Operation: RUNIT DOME

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Operation: RUNIT DOME was a classified operation sanctioned by the and in late against the Wealthian Coalition by Andra-D054 and Merlin-D032 with the intention of investigating rumors of a new superweapon designed with behind its destructive nature.
Ultimately, the mission proved a complete failure but an accidental, pyrrhic victory against an adversary neither the UNSC nor the Wealthian Coalition had expected, . A firefight between the Spartan supersoldiers of Team Massachusetts and the Wealthian security detail of "Test Station Tsiolkovsky" was suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a Created vanguard force, the referred to as 281 Preservator-A. Along with its combat contingent, the Guardian arrived via a Slipspace tether located deep within the asteroid habitat, unknown to both UNSC and Wealthian forces.
Sacrificing himself to prevent the superweapon from falling into the hands of this new enemy, Merlin-D032 teleported himself, the station, and the Guardian to parts unknown. Unfamiliar with alien Slipspace artifacts under investigation on the research station, Merlin received unexpected guidance from a Forerunner vision that turned his panic into successful action. Andra-D054 narrowly escaped the sudden appearance of an expanding Slipspace bubble that swallowed her teammate and was later recovered by the UNSC-affiliated attack corvette, the SS Unwanted Savior, along with the surviving Wealthian forces. Andra went onto to return the while Merlin-D032 remained marked as "Missing in Action", presumed dead in his sacrifice.
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