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Defeated once more, the remaining Covenant ships withdrew again to the opposite side of the planet but were there attacked by Sentinels who used plasma capture to destroy yet another three destroyers. Realizing their peril, the Covenant ships began to withdraw from Onyx's gravity well. Two ships were used as a rearguard and one was destroyed. 16 ships escaped in all. | Defeated once more, the remaining Covenant ships withdrew again to the opposite side of the planet but were there attacked by Sentinels who used plasma capture to destroy yet another three destroyers. Realizing their peril, the Covenant ships began to withdraw from Onyx's gravity well. Two ships were used as a rearguard and one was destroyed. 16 ships escaped in all. | ||
The intervention of the Sentinels allowed the UNSC ships time to regroup around Onyx's moon. There ''Dusk'' laid a minefield of 14 [[HORNET | The intervention of the Sentinels allowed the UNSC ships time to regroup around Onyx's moon. There ''Dusk'' laid a minefield of 14 [[HORNET Mine|HORNET]]'s, each rating at thirty-megatons with vacuum enhanced loads. The UNSC warships then opened fire from behind the moon, hitting some of the enemy but causing negligible damage, but drawing the Covenant's attention. As the Covenant closed to engage and entered the field the HORNETs were detonated, destroying all but four of the remaining Covenant warships. Two of these were immediately set upon by the UNSC and destroyed. The remaining two whipped around the moon and as battle was about to be joined again, a Covenant fleet of 32 ships arrived from Slipspace. Battlegroup Stalingrad was completely destroyed, except for ''Dusk'', in the one-sided engagement that followed. | ||
===Retreat to the Shield World=== | ===Retreat to the Shield World=== | ||