"I suppose we should begin, Avalon an fill those who aren't here in later." Knight begun, turning towards the small group now beginning to form.

Walking into the centre of the room, a full display of the planet was projected indicating how far away the Blade's Edge was from Horizon and indicators show an estimate of twelve Covenant ships, all in active along with the UNSC Space Station in Orbit. No external damage can be detected.

"Now, as for the MACs that were fired without my authorisation is questionable, however it did help us discover a very important factor about the mission that could have resulted in the loss of crew." Knight explained, taking a small pause for those in the room to consider what he meant before explaining. The display then zoomed in to a live feed of the planet, which at first glance seemed normal, however as debris from the cruisers hit a certain point they were being pushed back by some type of field. 

"There seems to be some kind of protective barrier currently protecting the planet. So Avalon has came up with a idea that has a... well I never like being told the odds on this ship. Avalon."

"Yes, while there is only a 21.74245247825782% percent chance of this working, it is by far the highest of all four thousand simulations I ran. While the shield protecting the planet tough, it doesn't run off the conventional shield system like we know and love. It's  much more energy efficient one. Instead of constantly powering a shield all over the planet, a signal beacon of some kind creates a patch of energy that protects and blocks the debris." Avalon mentioned as he brought up a diagram of the Blade's Edge firing a MAC shot and a ODST pod following the shot a few metres behind it.
"Through my simulations and analysis I have came to the conclusion that lightening never strikes twice in the exact same spot twice. In theory anyway. So what we plan is the ship's main cannon will fire a shot, seconds before an ODST hits the barrier, and with any luck, the system would not be able to deploy the shield in the same place within the small time frame. Any questions?"