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The NOVA Bomb explosion severely damaged three-quarters of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships. Eighteen Destroyers, two Cruisers, one Carrier and the Flagship ''[[Incorruptible]]'' escaped the NOVA Bomb explosion due to a [[Slipspace]] jump ''en masse'' just seconds prior to the explosion. Other ships arrived to reinforce the ''Incorriptible'' arrived from Joyous Exultation, suggesting that they escaped the bomb's detonation as a result of being positioned on the opposite side of the planet. The novel describes the explosion as though "a small star erupted between Joyous Exultation and its moon." | The NOVA Bomb explosion severely damaged three-quarters of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships. Eighteen Destroyers, two Cruisers, one Carrier and the Flagship ''[[Incorruptible]]'' escaped the NOVA Bomb explosion due to a [[Slipspace]] jump ''en masse'' just seconds prior to the explosion. Other ships arrived to reinforce the ''Incorriptible'' arrived from Joyous Exultation, suggesting that they escaped the bomb's detonation as a result of being positioned on the opposite side of the planet. The novel describes the explosion as though "a small star erupted between Joyous Exultation and its moon." | ||
Exactly what effect this had on later events is unknown. If the NOVA hadn't detonated and the fleet had survived, the Elites would certainly have had a larger attack force, and been better able to crush the Brute defences during the Battle of Installation 00. However, the crippling of the Elite forces by the Brutes during the Schism was one of the reasons why the Elites [[Covenant Separatists|allied with]] humanity, seeing them as the only viable allies. In addition, Imperial Admiral [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree|'Wattinree]] seems to have shown no reconsideration of the humans status as heretics, even after rejecting the Prophets, sending a fleet to [[Onyx]] to claim it for the Elites - if he had survived, especially given the amount of reverence given to someone of his stature, it is unknown whether he would have allied with the Arbiter and humanity. | |||
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