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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Battle infobox
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|name = Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII
|name = Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII
|image =  
|image =  
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|date = Before [[2550|April 2550]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/unsc-in-amber-clad '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC In Amber Clad'']</ref>
|date = [[2550]]
|place = Over [[Gamma Pavonis VII]], [[Gamma Pavonis system]]
|place = Over [[Gamma Pavonis VII]], [[Gamma Pavonis|Gamma Pavonis system]]
|result = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory
|result = UNSC victory
|side1 = [[UNSC Navy]]
|side1 = [[UNSC Navy]]
|side2 = [[Covenant fleet]]
|side2 = [[Covenant Navy]]
|commanders1 = Lieutenant [[Miranda Keyes]]
|commanders1 = *Miranda Keyes
|commanders2 = Unknown Covenant shipmaster†
|commanders2 = *Unknown Covenant Shipmaster
|forces1 = *{{UNSCShip|Hilbert}}
|forces1 = *UNSC ''Hilbert''
*3 [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]]
*3 Corvettes
|forces2 = *1 [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]
|forces2 = *1 Destroyer
|casual1 = *UNSC ''Hilbert''
|casual1 = *UNSC ''Hilbert''
|casual2 = *Covenant destroyer
|casual2 = *Covenant destroyer
}}
}}
The '''Battle of Gamma Pavonis-VII''' was a [[battle]] that took place during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was centered around [[Gamma Pavonis VII]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>


The '''Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII''' was a [[battle]] that took place during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was centered around [[Gamma Pavonis VII]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>
==Battle==
Under the command of a young [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] officer [[Miranda Keyes]] around [[2550]], the {{UNSCShip|Hilbert}} engaged a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[covenant destroyer|destroyer]]. Three [[UNSC corvette|UNSC Corvettes]] answered the ''Hilbert'''s resulting distress call and attempted to offer aid; the destroyer responded by turning away from the ''Hilbert'' and attacking the incoming reinforcements instead. Despite being outnumbered three-to-one, the Covenant ship's shields and superior weaponry gave it a tremendous advantage over the UNSC corvettes.


==The battle==
Having no weapons capable of breaching the destroyer's [[energy shielding|energy shield]], Miranda ordered that the ''Hilbert'' overload her engines and ram into the enemy vessel. The resulting collision damaged the destroyer's shields and nudged it into Gamma Pavonis-VII's gravity well. As the crew abandoned ship, which was now falling into the planet's gravity well along with the enemy ship, the fusion core of the ''Hilbert'' went critical and detonated immediately after colliding with the planet's surface, completely obliterating the Covenant destroyer and saving the crewmembers aboard the three corvettes from certain demise.  
Under the command of a young [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] officer [[Miranda Keyes]], the unarmed remote sensing vessel {{UNSCShip|Hilbert}} engaged a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]. Three [[UNSC corvette]]s answered the ''Hilbert'''s resulting distress call and attempted to offer aid; the destroyer responded by turning away from the ''Hilbert'' and attacking the incoming reinforcements instead. Despite being outnumbered three-to-one, the Covenant ship's shields and superior weaponry gave it a tremendous advantage over the UNSC corvettes.


Having no weapons capable of breaching the destroyer's [[energy shielding|energy shield]], Miranda ordered that the ''Hilbert'' overload her engines and ram into the enemy vessel. The resulting collision damaged the destroyer's shields and nudged it into Gamma Pavonis VII's [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]]. As the crew abandoned ship, which was now falling into the planet's gravity well along with the enemy ship, the fusion core of the ''Hilbert'' went critical and detonated immediately after colliding with the planet's surface, completely obliterating the Covenant destroyer and saving the crewmembers aboard the three corvettes from certain demise.
Only two crewmen from the ''Hilbert'' made it to the escape pods in time — Miranda being one of them. For her actions, Miranda was awarded the [[Silver Star]] (presented personally to her by [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]), promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]], and given command of the [[uNSC frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}.
 
Only two crewmen from the ''Hilbert'' made it to the escape pods in time—Miranda being one of them. In the following years, Keyes was assigned to an advisory role in the front lines of the war, participating in the coordination of many crucial offensives against the Covenant. For her actions, Miranda was eventually awarded the [[Silver Star]] (presented personally to her by [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]), promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]], and given command of the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}, in [[2550]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Intersystem News]]'': ''"LCDR MIRANDA KEYES AWARDED SILVER STAR"''</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{Human-Covenant War}}
 
[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War]]
[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War|Gamma Pavonis VII]]

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