Battle of Alpha Corvi II

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Battle of Alpha Corvi II
Conflict:	Human-Covenant War Massacre of the Outer Colonies
Date:	December 3, 2525
Location:	Alpha Corvi II, Alpha Corvi system
Outcome:	Covenant victory Alpha Corvi II presumably glassed. All URF forces eliminated.
Details Belligerents United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy UNSC Marine Corps UNSC Air Force United Rebel Front Covenant Covenant military Covenant fleet Commanders LCDR Yao PO1 John-117 CAPT Whitaker† Sangheili Field Marshal† Strength 20+ warships 1 Epoch-class heavy carrier 3+ Marathon-class heavy cruisers 5+ Halcyon-class light cruisers 7+ Halberd-class light destroyers Multiple C712 Longswords Multiple D77 Pelicans 1 X-24 FAV 4 Spartan-IIs Numerous Marines Militias Seaborne warships Initial fleet 5+ Ket-pattern battlecruisers 3+ Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Reinforcement fleet 8+ Ket-pattern battlecruisers 5+ Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Ru'swum-pattern Phantoms Dextro Xur-pattern Spirits Taaku Xur-pattern Spirits Several Is'belox-pattern Banshees Multiple Irdnekt-pattern Banshees Numerous ground forces Sangheili Jiralhanae Kig-Yar Unggoy Casualties Heavy space losses 3+ Marathon-class cruisers 1+ Halcyon-class cruiser 2+ Halberds-class destroyers Many Longswords Many Marines All URF forces Heavy ground losses Moderate space losses

The Battle of Alpha Corvi II was one of the earliest conflicts of the decades-long Human-Covenant War, fought between the Covenant and the combined forces of the United Nations Space Command and local insurrectionists on Alpha Corvi II.

Background

In the short time that the UNSC and the Covenant had been aware of one another, the Covenant had begun to probe various Outer Colony worlds.