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I saw an in-depth conversation about this not too long after ODST's release. If I remember correctly, Dare only wanted to make it appear that they were planning on intercepting the Covenant ship.
Hence the reason Romeo was asking what use was him bringing a sniper for supposed close-combat.This seems like the most reasonable answer, but was Dare going to redirect all of the ODSTs (if I recall, there were more than just the team we saw)?
For ONI, Im sure they wouldn't even bat an eyelid to sacrifice an entire regiment of ODST's, if it meant one team had the opportunity to secure their prize.
ONI isn't omniscient. They had no idea the Covenant knew how to slipspace-jump within the atmosphere, so when Regret was effectively grounded on Earth the UNSC believed they had a real chance of capturing the Prophet of Regret and brokering a cease-fire with the Covenant.
The ODST team sent to retrieve Vergil was just an off-shoot of that greater mission.
I don't know how they couldn't when Cortana's calculations were leaked to the Covenant in First Strike, ie the jumping in atmosphere.
Did ONI know the Covenant found that out? If so, fair enough; it's been a long time since I read First Strike; I'm planning to go through them all the Halo media again at some point when I'm not busy.
I suppose the ODSTs were simply deemed expendable, then; if the flagship jumped then they'd die, if not then they'd have a shot at capturing a High Prophet.
That's a risk I'd be willing to take if I were in command.