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|conflict | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
|date | |date=[[2530|December 24, 2530]]<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
|place | |place=[[Groombridge 1830 system]]<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
|result | |result=Pyrrhic [[UNSC]] victory<ref name="Evolutions">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 470''</ref> | ||
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|side2 | |side2=[[Covenant]]<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
|commanders1 = | |commanders1=[[Preston Cole]]<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
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|forces1 | |forces1=Seventeen [[warship]]s<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
|forces2 | |forces2=Three warships<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
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{{Quote|Seventeen of our ships against three of theirs. Eleven destroyers lost. Two enemy vessels killed. One crash landed.|Admiral Preston Cole<ref name="Genesis"/>}} | |||
The '''Battle of the Great Bear''', | The '''Battle of the Great Bear''',<ref name="Genesis"/> designated as '''GB-5546''',<ref name="adjunct">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|Halo: The Fall of Reach (2010)]]''', ''Adjunct'': "[[ONI Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings]]"</ref> was an engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], taking place on [[2530|December 24, 2530]]. The battle ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the UNSC fleet, which was commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The battle also resulted in the capture and interrogation of a [[Sangheili]] [[Subject 386|prisoner]], expanding the UNSC's knowledge on the Covenant.<ref name="Genesis"/> | ||
== | ==The battle== | ||
[[ | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I seem to remember us destroying your ships yesterday. Did you think we were going to let you just waltz right in?|Admiral Preston Cole|q2=Yesterday? Three ships, human? You boast about [unintelligible] three of our vessels when you had five times that many, and lost almost all?|Subject 386|Admiral Preston Cole and Subject 386<ref name="adjunct"/>}} | ||
On [[2530|December 24, 2530]], a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] of three [[warship]]s,<ref name="Genesis"/> including a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}},<ref name="adjunct"/> engaged forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]] led by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] in the [[Groombridge 1830 system]]. Cole's fleet, consisting of seventeen ships, battled the invading Covenant warships, destroying the enemy force but losing eleven [[destroyer]]s in the process. Two of the Covenant ships were destroyed directly in combat,<ref name="Genesis"/> while the assault carrier attempted to flee to the surface of the nearby [[Groombridge-1830]], a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]]. However, the assault carrier was damaged disabled by pursuing UNSC forces, and the ship crash-landed on the planet's surface.<ref name="adjunct"/> | |||
Cole | ==Aftermath== | ||
{{Quote|You have been judged unclean! A scourge that must be burned away! Every one of your worlds will be reduced to ash.|Subject 386 to Admiral Preston Cole<ref name="adjunct"/>}} | |||
Two heavily armed tactical strike teams recovered a [[Sangheili]] [[Subject 386|survivor]] within an enclosed compartment which survived landfall at [[Waterford]], [[Lemuria (province)|Lemuria]] on Groombridge-1830 that day at approximately 1805 hours [[Military Standard Time|MST]]. The Sangheili was interrogated by Cole and [[First Lieutenant]] [[Richard Barclay]].<ref name="adjunct"/> Through this interrogation, the UNSC learned that the Covenant were wiping out humanity because they had been deemed "unclean." More importantly, Cole discovered that the Covenant were largely unaware of the size and whereabouts of human space, leading to the formulation of the [[Cole Protocol]].<ref name="Genesis"/><ref name="Evolutions"/> | |||
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File:ColesInterrogationAtGreatBear.png|Admiral Cole interrogates the Sangheili prisoner | |||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |
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- "Seventeen of our ships against three of theirs. Eleven destroyers lost. Two enemy vessels killed. One crash landed."
- — Admiral Preston Cole[1]
The Battle of the Great Bear,[1] designated as GB-5546,[3] was an engagement between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War, taking place on December 24, 2530. The battle ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the UNSC fleet, which was commanded by Admiral Preston Cole. The battle also resulted in the capture and interrogation of a Sangheili prisoner, expanding the UNSC's knowledge on the Covenant.[1]
The battle
- Admiral Preston Cole: "I seem to remember us destroying your ships yesterday. Did you think we were going to let you just waltz right in?"
- Subject 386: "Yesterday? Three ships, human? You boast about [unintelligible] three of our vessels when you had five times that many, and lost almost all?"
- — Admiral Preston Cole and Subject 386[3]
On December 24, 2530, a Covenant fleet of three warships,[1] including a CAS-class assault carrier,[3] engaged forces of the United Nations Space Command led by Admiral Preston Cole in the Groombridge 1830 system. Cole's fleet, consisting of seventeen ships, battled the invading Covenant warships, destroying the enemy force but losing eleven destroyers in the process. Two of the Covenant ships were destroyed directly in combat,[1] while the assault carrier attempted to flee to the surface of the nearby Groombridge-1830, a human colony. However, the assault carrier was damaged disabled by pursuing UNSC forces, and the ship crash-landed on the planet's surface.[3]
Aftermath
- "You have been judged unclean! A scourge that must be burned away! Every one of your worlds will be reduced to ash."
- — Subject 386 to Admiral Preston Cole[3]
Two heavily armed tactical strike teams recovered a Sangheili survivor within an enclosed compartment which survived landfall at Waterford, Lemuria on Groombridge-1830 that day at approximately 1805 hours MST. The Sangheili was interrogated by Cole and First Lieutenant Richard Barclay.[3] Through this interrogation, the UNSC learned that the Covenant were wiping out humanity because they had been deemed "unclean." More importantly, Cole discovered that the Covenant were largely unaware of the size and whereabouts of human space, leading to the formulation of the Cole Protocol.[1][2]
Gallery
- ColesInterrogationAtGreatBear.png
Admiral Cole interrogates the Sangheili prisoner
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach
- Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
Sources