Carrow Conflict

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Carrow Conflict
Conflict:	Post-Covenant War conflicts Sangheili-Jiralhanae war Blooding Years
Date:	September 1–3 2558
Location:	Carrow
Outcome:	Pyrrhic UNSC/Surakans/Rojka 'Kasaan's faction victory Gray Team rescued Sharquoi hive destroyed Sharquoi on Carrow apparently completely wiped out All three fleets completely destroyed Near-total losses to Rojka 'Kasaan's faction Voice of Maardoth forces are destroyed Thars 'Sarov's faction wiped out Heavy human and Sangheili civilian losses Heavy damage to Suraka and Rak Kaidon Akato 'Dakaj becomes the new leader of Rak and expresses a desire for closer relations with the Surakans Lamar Edwards becomes the Governor of Suraka
Details Belligerents Surakan Militia Volunteers UNSC Rojka's loyalists Voice of Maardoth Thars' seditionists Commanders Governor Ellis Gass† Vice Governor/Governor Lamar Edwards Commander Greg van Eekhout† Petty Officer Jai-006 Fleetmaster Rojka 'Kasaan Jiralhanae Chieftain Hekabe† Thars 'Sarov† Strength Surakan Militia Volunteers Twelve merchant ships Gray Team One Varric-pattern heavy cruiser Unwavering Discipline Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Two Wik-pattern light destroyers Two Covenant frigates Vengeful Deed Retribution's Promise At least two Type-26 Banshee One Phantoms One Spectre Two Ghosts Many Sangheili Two Varric-pattern heavy cruisers Foebane Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Hammerstrike Fighter's Blood Several Qavardu Workshop Gravemakers Several Jiralhanae Several Unggoy Three Pnap-pattern Goblins Hundreds of Sharquoi One Varric-pattern heavy cruiser Four Wik-pattern light destroyers Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Five Covenant frigates Several Phantoms Many Sangheili Casualties Eight merchant ships Heavy Surakan Militia Volunteers losses Governor Ellis Gass One Varric-pattern heavy cruiser Unwavering Discipline Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Two Wik-pattern light destroyers Two Covenant frigates Vengeful Deed Retribution's Promise At least two Type-26 Banshee Near total Sangheili Total Two Varric-pattern heavy cruisers Foebane Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Three Goblins All Jiralhanae Hekabe Several Unggoy All Sharquoi Total One Varric-pattern heavy cruiser Four Wik-pattern light destroyers Two Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers Several Covenant frigates All Sangheili Thars 'Sarov Civilian casualties Heavy None None

The Carrow Conflict was a conflict that erupted on the former Outer Colony of Carrow that was part-Sangheili civil war part-invasion by the Jiralhanae Chieftain Hekabe who was seeking the Sharquoi hive beneath the human city of Suraka.

Prelude

During the Battle of Installation 00 at the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War, Hekabe led his warriors of the Voice of Maardoth deep into the bowels of the Ark, recovering the vertex. He then spent six years decoding the Forerunner text on the device, eventually finding the coordinates of the Sharquoi hive on Carrow.

After the war, both Human and Sangheili colonists settled on the planet of Carrow as a part of the Joint Occupation Zone system between the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) and the Swords of Sanghelios. The humans were the former residents of the planet and settled in the abandoned city of Suraka, while the Sangheili were the refugees of the planet of Glyke and founded the city of Rak. Sometime after this, the Office of Naval Intelligence became aware of the Sharquoi hive underneath Suraka, so they built Gila Station in the Uldt Desert and stationed Commander Greg van Eekhout to monitor the situation. The Sangheili began clashing with human settlers in the Uldt Desert around various oases, making conflict seem inevitable. Around this time, a Sangheili sect that opposed the Kaidon Rojka 'Kasaan and the humans on the planet arose in Rak, led by Thars 'Sarov. In an attempt to stave off a war, a peace summit was arranged between the Kaidon of Rak, the Governor of Suraka, and a Unified Earth Government delegate. As such, Rojka received UEG envoy Melody Azikiwe and her team prior to the date of the summit.

Sometime prior to the onset of the Carrow Conflict, Rojka retrieved the Cryo chambers containing the members of Gray Team from the debris field of Glyke.

Battle

The day before the peace summit was to commence, Thars launched an attack on Suraka using his forces in orbit. They immediately destroyed any human ship with a slipspace drive and their long-range communication, cutting Suraka off from the rest of human space. In response to this rebellion, Rojka took his fleet into orbit and engaged Thars's ships. The battle was going well Kaidon's forces until the arrival of the Voice of Maardoth, who Thars had established an alliance with. These two fleets began whittling down Rojka's forces until only one ship remained, the flagship Unwavering Discipline. As Thars's fleet closed in on Rojka, Hekabe's forces disengaged and began heading towards Suraka.

The Voice of Maardoth touched down in Suraka and began launching a vicious attack on the city. Their aim was to gain access to the Sharquoi hive that was buried under the surface, and as such their goal was to secure the area above the entrance and excavate the area. As such, they landed in the residential district of the city, barricading the area off and destroying all the buildings in the immediate sector. At this point, the Surakans began launching an organized defense. A majority of their forces had evacuated to a system of bunkers located underneath the cit