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[[Voro 'Mantakree | Voro Nar 'Mantakree]], a newly appointed [[Covenant]] [[Zealot]] [[Elite]], arrives at the scene in order to purge Onyx of [[UNSC]] forces and harvest the [[Forerunner]] technology believed to be there. His task force makes contact with the Sentinels, who initiate fire on the ''[[Far Sight Lost]]''. He orders the ''[[Absolution]]'' to perform a precision [[slipspace]] jump to the northern polar areas of Onyx for scouting purposes, and the Sentinels use this to jump through slipspace and then destroy the ''Absolution'' as it exited slipspace. Voro orders the fleet to [[Zone 67]] and discovers the Forerunner city and homes in on the human’s location.

The UNSC ''[[Dusk]]'', a Prowler, arrives at Onyx via slipspace in the wake of the ''Bloodied Spirit'' after Voro engages the Sentinels. Shortly thereafter, [[Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson | Admiral Patterson]] arrives with [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]] intending to catch the Covenant off guard. The battle group finishes off several [[Covenant CPV-class Heavy Destroyer | Covenant destroyers]] using [[Archer_missile | Archer missiles]] and nukes. A single destroyer survives, and fires at the UNSC ''[[UNSC Stalingrad | Stalingrad]]'', the flagship of the battle group where Admiral Patterson was commanding from. The battle group launches MAC rounds to finish the ship and the UNSC ''[[UNSC Glasgow Kiss | Glasgow Kiss]]'' puts itself between the ''Stalingrad'' and the plasma fire and some of the crew bails out.

The Covenant destroyer takes multiple hits and flees to the other side of Onyx, leading the UNSC battle group into a trap of twenty Covenant warships. The UNSC ships manage to take out several destroyers, but the Covenant launches a massive volley of plasma. The UNSC ships accelerate into the attack in hopes of emerging too close for a second volley. Five ships survive the volley, of which one, the UNSC ''[[UNSC Iwo Jima | Iwo Jima]]'', crashes into several enemy ships, taking two down and damaging six others in the resulting explosion. The other four manage to flee to the other side of Onyx. The Sentinels choose this time to attack the Covenant fleet, destroying an additional three destroyers and buying the UNSC ships time to retreat and regroup. The Covenant ships attempt to retreat from the gravity of Onyx, using two ships as decoys while the rest pull back.

The UNSC prepare to engage the Covenant ships again. The ''Dusk'' lays a [[HORNET Mines|HORNET]] nuclear minefield on either side of Onyx’s moon. The UNSC ships then fire from behind the moon at the Covenant ships; three Covenant ships are hit, but remain undamaged. As the Covenant ships enter the mine fields, the UNSC detonate the HORNET mines and destroy twelve of the sixteen Covenant ships. Admiral Patterson maneuvers his four ships in and finish off two of the wounded Covenant ships immediately. The other two Covenant ships travel around the moon, and as they come back to face the remaining UNSC ships, a Covenant armada of thirty-two ships jumps from slipspace and utterly destroy Admiral Patterson’s remaining ships.