Editing Battle of Oban

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{{Battle infobox
|name=Battle of Oban
|prev=[[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]]
|next=[[Battle of Aktis IV]]
|image=[[File:HE13 Oban attacked.jpg|300px]]
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|date=July 16, 2558
|place=[[Saviron]], [[Oban]]
|result='''UNSC victory'''
|side1=[[United Earth Government]]<br> 
*{{Icon|UNSC Post}} [[United Nations Space Command]] 
|side2=*[[Didact|Didact's]] [[Prometheans#Mechanical Prometheans|Prometheans]]
*{{Icon|Mdama}} [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|commanders1=[[Captain (Navy)|CAPT]] [[Thomas Lasky]]<br>
[[Commander|CDR]] [[Sarah Palmer]]<br>
|commanders2= [[Supreme Leader|Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]
|forces1=*[[UNSC Navy]]
**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
*1 [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]
*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
*Several [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s
**[[Gabriel Thorne]]
**[[Joel Thomas]]
**Sarah Palmer
**[[Holly Tanaka]]
*1 [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]] 
|forces2=
*Covenant infantry
**[[Kig-Yar]]
**[[Unggoy]]
*Prometheans 
**[[Promethean Knight]]s
**[[Promethean Crawler]]s
*At least two Phantoms 
|casual1=None
|casual2=*At least two Phantoms
*Several Kig Yar
*Several Unggoy 
*At least one Promethean Knight
*Several Promethean Crawlers 
}}
The '''Battle of Oban''' was an engagement fought on the planet [[Oban]] in [[2558|July 16, 2558]]. It was waged between the [[Promethean]]s and their [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|religious followers]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="HE13">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 13|Issue #13]]''</ref>

==Background==
In a plot to acquire the other half of the [[Janus Key]] onboard the UNSC ''Infinity,'' [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and [[Jul 'Mdama]] devised to launch an offensive against the UNSC solely in order to draw the ''Infinity'' out into a vulnerable position.{{Ref/Reuse|HE13}}

==The battle==
After the planet was attacked by Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and their Promethean allies, a joint [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]]-[[UNSC Marine Corps]] operation was deployed in response to the attack. During the battle, Spartan [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] was ambushed by a [[Promethean Knight]] but he was saved by Commander Palmer. With the Prometheans' presence, Palmer ordered all UNSC forces to search and find Jul 'Mdama. Meanwhile, Spartan [[Joel Thomas]] ordered an airstrike on two [[Type-44 Phantom]]s near Palmer's position. Palmer ordered Thorne to get to an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]] and pursue the Phantoms, but they were ambushed and pursued by [[Promethean Crawlers]]. They dispatched several of the Crawlers and Palmer jumped off of a cliff, directly above the Phantoms. The Warthog landed on the ground, injuring Thorne, and the Phantoms prepared to shoot their [[heavy plasma cannon]]s at them. However, a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] appeared, destroying both Phantoms, and saving Palmer's and Thorne's lives.{{Ref/Reuse|HE13}}

A new, much more durable type of [[Promethean Knight]] was encountered on Oban during the attack.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]''</ref>

==Aftermath==
Jul's forces suffered heavy losses, while inflicting only minor damage to a new power station and briefly pausing the planet's colonization efforts.  Captain Lasky chided Commander Palmer for acting hastily despite there being no proof Jul 'Mdama was ever present on the planet. The following day, when the ''Infinity'' jumped into slipspace, its slipspace drive experienced an anomaly which trapped them in an [[Aktis system|uncharted system]]. Unbeknownst to them, Dr. Halsey and 'Mdama possessed an [[Requiem communication artifact|artifact]] capable of contacting the ''Infinity'''s Forerunner components, including her slipspace drive, allowing them to confine the flagship within the system.{{Ref/Reuse|HE13}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HE13 Thorne Palmer Save.jpg|Palmer saves Thorne from a Promethean knight.
File:HE13 Crawlers.jpg|Promethean crawlers attack Thorne and Palmer.
File:HE13 Warthog Combat.jpg|The Spartans use a Warthog to retreat.
File:HE13 Hog Hop.jpg|Palmer runs a warthog on top of a Phantom.
File:HE13 Hog Drop.jpg|The Warthog falls from the Phantom.
File:HE13 Phantom Charge.jpg|The Phantom prepares to attack the Spartan.
File:HE13 Longsword Combat.jpg|A Longsword destroys two Phantoms.
File:HE13 Thorne Down.jpg|Palmer tends to Thorne.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Post-Covenant War conflicts}}