Operation: SNAKE HEAD

Operation: SNAKE HEAD was a successful (ONI)-led operation to assassinate the Drusus, who was responsible for organizing forces in attacking , . With Drusus dead, the (UNSC) was able to take the city back from the local Covenant forces, and thus, secure the very capital of the (UEG).
==Background==
Nearing the end of the , , , the very capital of the entire , had largely fallen to the under the leadership of Drusus. , the headquarters of the that was located in Sydney, remained largely intact. When the had made his journey to , he left Drusus behind to prevent the UEG from retaking their capital, due to the chieftain's relatively high intelligence and leadership skills. To ensure that HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 would not fall to the Covenant, ONI formulated a plan to assassinate the War Chieftain, (rightfully) believing that the Covenant forces in Sydney would become disorganized without a proficient leader.
==Operation==
On November 19, 2552, April-G182 and Omar-G056 were deployed at Sydney three kilometers away from the building of which Drusus gave his commands from. Each Headhunter brought an and took up separate positions to snipe the Covenant forces that were on the path between themselves and the building. Once both Spartans ran out of , they discarded their anti-materiel rifles and proceeded into the structure.
The Headhunters made effective use of their , maintaining their stealth as they advanced through the building. Many of the were asleep, and so the Spartans specifically targeted the brutes and that patrolled doorways, eliminating them in the most silent ways possible. Both April-G182 and Omar-G056 agreed that should one of them be revealed, the other should continue to stick to the shadows and not aid his/her partner in order to complete the mission.
With many of his forces having mysteriously disappeared, Drusus began to suspect that something was wrong and was on full alert. Carefully monitoring his surroundings and having already prepared for the likely avenues of attack, the Chieftain spotted the shimmer of Omar's active camouflage and threw a at the Headhunter's direction, forcing him to evade and reveal his presence. Drusus’s immediately went after Omar, who succeeded in killing most his attackers in self-defense. April, having made the agreement with Omar, used the distracted brutes to get closer to the chieftain.
When his bodyguards proved to be unable to take out their enemy, Drusus personally lunged at the Headhunter. Overwhelmed, Omar found himself in the clutches of the chieftain. Before Drusus could land the finishing blow, however, the Headhunter activated a he had collected from a previous fallen foe. The ensuing explosion drained Drusus’ and knocked off his helmet while vaporizing all other nearby brutes as well as Omar himself.
The ensuing explosion drained Drusus’ shields and knocked off his helmet while completely vaporizing all other nearby brutes as well as Omar-G056 himself. Using this opportunity of Drusus' vulnerability, April-G182 jumped onto the chieftain’s back, climbed up to his shoulders, and then impaled the top of his skull with her . After accomplishing her mission, April retrieved the Chieftain's , a heavily-modified , and proceeded to vengefully slaughter most of the remaining Covenant forces still stationed in the building; having assassinated almost all of the brutes beforehand, she mostly only had grunts and jackals left to kill, allowing for her successful yet violent escape.
==Aftermath==
April-G182 successfully left the compound after assassinating Drusus. With the charismatic War Chieftain dead and the Prophet of Truth on his way to Installation 00, the local Covenant forces had lost their cohesion. All remaining UNSC forces in Sydney were then able to finish off the disorganized Covenant, thus saving the capital from destruction.
==Gallery==
Omar-G056 sniping.jpg|Omar-G056, sniping infantry with his 
April-G182_neckbreaker_on_grunt.jpg|With her engaged, April-G182 prepares to of an inattentive .
April-G182 noob combo.jpg|April-G182 prepares to strip a of his with an .
Omar-G056 vs berserking brute.jpg|Omar-G056 unloads his into a brute.
==List of appearances==
*Halo: Child Soldiers (First appearance)
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