Operation: BALDRIDGE

Operation: BALDRIDGE was a UNSC military operation carried out during the on the colony of Maccabee. It involved the deployment of several to board and take control of a Covenant CCS-class battlecruiser, the Triumphant Salvation, which was conducting operations over the city of Avaran. Simultaneously, a small UNSC naval force was to briefly launch an offensive against Covenant ships in the area to cover for the operation. While several UNSC vessels were lost and over half of the ODST force was killed, the operation was able to cover the successful evacuation of thousands of civilians in the city, while also resulting in the destruction of two CCS-class battlecruisers and one SDV-class corvette. 
==Background==
==The Operation==
===Naval Assault===
===Boarding of the Triumphant Salvation===
===Covenant Response===
==Aftermath==