SUMMARY
In the immediate aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, a UNSC battalion was sent to the outer colony of Gao to investigate a strange signal thought to be from a Forerunner ancilla. During the investigation, the battalion became involved in a local coup, involving both a power-hungry politician and a group of Jiralhanae trying to take the ancilla for themselves. The UNSC forces eventually managed to extract the ancilla, though only after taking significant casualties on the ground.
Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE was an operation executed by the UNSC 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion to recover a Forerunner ancilla on the human colony world of Gao in the Cordoba system in the early summer 2553.
HALO BOOK CLUB
Join the Podcast Evolved crew as they explore Last Light in the Halo Book Club. The Last Light book club originally aired February 25th, 2016.
VISITED WORLDS
Last Light takes place on the human outer colony world of Gao, primarily in the Montero cave system.
FEATURED CHARACTERS
Spartan-II Blue Team and several Spartan-IIIs are sent to the surface of Gao, along with the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion, where they work with Gao special inspector Veta Lopis.