Operation: GOING DUTCHMAN

Operation: GOING DUTCHMAN was a special operation undertaken by the United Nations Space Command's Fireteam Riptide on Novermber 19th, 2559 on Earth in the city of Tokyo to secure an artificial intelligence that wished to defect from the Created.
== Prelude ==
On October 28th, 2558, the Rogue artificial intelligence faction known as the Created, led by defected UNSC AI Cortana, arrived above Earth, with Cortana called a massive Forerunner Guardian construct to near Earth's space, and Thomas Lasky, the UNSC Infinity's commander, ordered for emergency slipspace jump. Infinity managed to escape right before Guardian's EMP attack knocked out the power of every ship, every starfighter, all the orbital defense platforms, and every city on the surface of Earth. Believing Cortana could track them Lasky ordered them to continue random jumps and steer clear of major settlements until they found a way to fight her.
Unfortunately, Spartan-IV Fireteam Riptide was off of Infinity before the blast. After hearing orders recalling them to the ship, Fireteam Riptide, on two separate Pelican dropships, raced towards Infinity to get aboard. The first dropship, carrying Spartans James Anderes and Allan Richards, successfully landed aboard the ship's hangar before it made its slipspace jump. The other, carrying Spartans William Reese and Quinn Johnson, was too late and caught in the EMP blast, causing the disabled Pelican to crash on the surface of Earth, cutting the squad in half and cutting off both sides from each other while the UNSC rapidly collapsed to only a few scattered remnants. 
William and Quinn's Pelican crashed on Earth in the island nation of Japan, just outside of the city of Tokyo. The two Spartans managed to link up with a confused group of local UNSC marines, though were forced into hiding due the the city quickly falling under Created occupation. Over the next several months, the UNSC forces, though disconnected, managed to form a somewhat-effective underground resistance in Tokyo.
== Battle ==
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