Operation: BIRD IN HAND

Operation: BIRD IN HAND was a UNSC operation to reclaim the .
==Background==
In March 2557, Argent Moon went dark. In October 2558, the UNSC Argent Moon was occupied by the Covenant. The UNSC promptly sent Blue Team in to retrieve sensitive data, still in the facility.
==Battle==
===Early Resistance===
After navigating through an asteroid field surrounding Argent Moon, Blue Team entered the facility.
During the fighting, a Hunter knocked John-117 down into a crevice. Within this crevice, he learned of an impending attack on Meridian, from an old friend.
He then meets back with Blue Team to fight through the rest of the facility.
===Fleet Arrival===
While traversing the rest of the facility, Blue Team discovers an entire Covenant Fleet exiting Slipspace. With this, they decide to not try secure the data, but instead to destroy the facility.
Blue Team then confronted a Mgalekgolo pair. Following that, they proceeded to overload the reactor to the station. They couldn't recall their insertion Pelican, so instead they chose to use the station's docked prowler. They managed to board it and escape from the exploding station.
==Aftermath==
Following their escape, Blue Team were declared AWOL as they went to Meridian. Blue Team's arrival at Meridian would conicide with the Battle of Meridian. Fireteam Osiris would be assigned to Blue Team's retrieval.
==Participants==
===UEG===
====Military Personnel====
Branch 	Rank 	Name 	Status
UNSC Navy	Master Chief Petty Officer	John-117 	Survived and went AWOL
UNSC Navy	Petty Officer First Class 	Kelly-087 	Survived and went AWOL
UNSC Navy	Petty Officer First Class 	Linda-058 	Survived and went AWOL
UNSC Navy	Lieutenant, Junior Grade 	Frederic-104	Survived and went AWOL
==Gallery==
H5G Gameinformer Preview6.png|Blue Team facing a Sangheili Zealot upon entering the facility.
H5G Campaign-BlueTeam Preview29.jpg|John-117 firing at several Unggoy.
H5G Campaign-BlueTeam Preview14.jpg|Fred-104 firing at Kig-Yar.
H5G Campaign-BlueTeam Preview19.jpg|John-117 facing off against a Zealot.
==Appearances==
*Halo 5: Guardians
**Blue Team 
==Sources==
Category:Battle