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'''Battle Group X-Ray''' was a [[fleet]] given to [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Admiral Cole]] to command in [[2526]].<ref name="historiansnote"/>
'''Battle Group X-Ray''' was a [[fleet]] given to [[Preston Cole|Admiral Cole]] to command in [[2526]].<ref name="historiansnote"/>


==History==
==History==
===Harvest===
===Harvest===
{{Main|Second Battle of Harvest}}
{{Main|Second Battle of Harvest}}
On March 1st, 2526, Battle Group X-Ray engaged the Covenant over Harvest. The engagement resulted in the destruction of 13 UNSC vessels and a single [[Covenant super-destroyer]].<ref name="HWG"/><ref name="historiansnote">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Historian's Note</ref>
On March 1, 2526, Battle Group X-Ray engaged the Covenant over Harvest. The engagement resulted in the destruction of 13 UNSC vessels and a single [[Covenant super-destroyer]].<ref name="HWG"/><ref name="historiansnote">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Historian's Note</ref>


===SILENT STORM===
===SILENT STORM===
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Revision as of 00:04, February 2, 2020

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"We returned to Harvest with enough firepower to assault the vaults of Heaven."
— Preston Cole, describing X-Ray going into the Second Battle of Harvest[1]

Battle Group X-Ray was a fleet given to Admiral Cole to command in 2526.[2]

History

Harvest

Main article: Second Battle of Harvest

On March 1, 2526, Battle Group X-Ray engaged the Covenant over Harvest. The engagement resulted in the destruction of 13 UNSC vessels and a single Covenant super-destroyer.[1][2]

SILENT STORM

Main article: Operation: SILENT STORM

Seven days after the battle at Harvest, Admiral Cole as well as several others formulated Operation: SILENT STORM. The group predicted that the Covenant would likely attack Biko. With this, Task Force Yama would secretly waiting to counter-attack the Covenant when they got there. At the same time, Battle Group X-Ray would start harassing Covenant forces independently of Yama.[3]

Post-2526

The battle group was disbanded or transferred to another flag-officer sometime prior to the Battle of Psi Serpentis, as Admiral Cole then commanded UNSC Battle Group India.[4][1][5]

Composition

Main force

Battle Group X-Ray was comprised of 40 Warships.[4]

Task Force Yama

Main article: Task Force Yama

Task Force Pantea

Main article: Task Force Pantea

Gallery

  • Cole.jpg

    Admiral Preston Cole, commanding officer of Battle Group X-Ray.

  • The bridge of Everest, Battle Group X-Ray's flagship. X-Ray is shown on the left side of the tac-map with the Covenant ship on the right.

    The bridge of Everest, Battle Group X-Ray's flagship. X-Ray is shown on the left side of the tac-map with the Covenant ship on the right.

  • Space Battle.png

    Battle Group X-Ray during the initial assault on the Covenant super-destroyer.

  • Coles Inspiration at Harvest.png

    Admiral Cole reaches a eureka moment in the Second Battle of Harvest with X-Ray on his tac-map.

  • Outcome of Second Battle of Harvest.png

    Battle Group X-Ray destroys the Covenant ship at Harvest.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HWG
  2. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Historian's Note
  3. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 5
  4. ^ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Harvest
  5. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", p. 476-482

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