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| {{Military infobox | | {{Military infobox|variant=Cov |
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| |formed=[[2552#November|November 3rd, 2552]] | | |formed=[[2552#November|November 3rd, 2552]] |
| |affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|former}} <br> | | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] |
| *[[Covenant separatists]] {{C|formerly}}
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| **[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]
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| |size=At least 200 ships{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc11|Page=282}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo27|GoO|Chapter=27}} | | |size=Hundreds of ships |
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| |battles= | | |battles= |
| |commanders=[[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] | | |commanders=[[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] |
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| The '''Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose''' was a massive [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]]. It was led by [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] and had the responsibility of patrolling the fringes of the Covenant's vast interstellar empire.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} | | The '''Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose'''<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 239''</ref> was a massive [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]], likely comprised of several smaller [[fleet]]s or battle groups. It was responsible for guarding a portion of the outlying Covenant empire. It was led by the [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] and consisted of at least four smaller fleets of around at least two hundred ships. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| Prior to the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the fleet was responsible for guarding the outer borders of the Covenant's interstellar empire. Xytan 'Jar Wattinree, a legendary [[Sangheili]] commander whose influence was so great that the [[Hierarchs]] feared him as a threat to their own power, was exiled to lead the fleet.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=249}} This example may indicate Righteous Purpose as an example of a [[High Fleet]] directly under [[High Council]] authority.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=248}}
| | During the [[Great Schism]], the fleet was under the control of the [[Sangheili]]. The fleet met with as many other Sangheili-controlled ships as possible at the outpost world of [[Joyous Exultation]] to plan a massive counter-offensive against the [[Jiralhanae]]. A number of ships from the fleet left with the ''[[Incorruptible]]'' for [[Onyx]]. Moments later, much of the fleet and the planet were destroyed by a [[NOVA Bomb|NOVA bomb]] on the flagship of the fleet - the [[covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''. However, due to the large size of the area of space that the fleet was occupying, about two-fifths of the fleet were out of range and survived. Some of these ships went out and reinforced the remaining fleet at Onyx, while the rest likely went to defend [[Sanghelios]]. The vessels that travelled to Onyx were later annihilated by the world's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]]. |
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| On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], following the outbreak of the Great Schism, Wattinree rallied his fleet at the colony world of [[Saepon'kal]] in the [[Salia system]] and summoned all available Sangheili-controlled vessels to join him. With over two hundred vessels gathered, thirty Sangheili [[shipmaster]]s were gathered within the oration chamber of Wattinree's flagship ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''. Here, Wattinree prepared to plan a massive counter-offensive against the Covenant that betrayed them, summoning the [[Jiralhanae]] leadership to the world under the pretence of a truce; in reality a plan to massacre them and establish a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|new, Sangheili-led Covenant]]. [[Voro 'Mantakree]], the ''de facto'' leader of the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]], appealed to the Imperial Admiral to destroy the [[Flood]] threat on [[Installation 05]], of which Wattinree intended to do after wiping out the Jiralhanae leadership. After relaying intercepted [[human]] transmissions indicating that human [[SPARTAN-II program|"demons"]] were heading to the world of [[Onyx]] to acquire a trove of [[Forerunner]] technologies, Wattinree promoted 'Mantakree to [[fleetmaster]] of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, and ordered him to take the fleet to Onyx and seize the artifacts for the alliance. Moments after Mantakree's fleet entered [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], a captured [[NOVA bomb]] stored aboard ''Sublime Transcendence'' was inadvertently activated by a group of [[Huragok]]. The resulting explosion obliterated over three-fifths of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose, as well as shattering Saepon'kal's [[Malhiem|moon]] and devastating the surface of the planet. Only the ships on the far side of the planet survived.{{Ref/Reuse|goo27}} Imperial Admiral Wattinree was atomised by the blast.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=129}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=137}}
| | The Jiralhanae, knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the [[Joyous Exultation alliance|Sangheili]], intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270''</ref> |
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| Thirty-two of the surviving vessels of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose later made a slipspace jump to Onyx. The armada arrived just as [[Battle Group Omicron]], of the [[UNSC Navy]], was closing in on the two remaining vessels of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity. The group formed a phalanx between the human battle group and the remaining ships of the Second Fleet and opened fire. The human vessels were obliterated in the exchange, with their futile counterattack failing to inflict a single loss.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=35}} Following the closure of the slipspace portal leading into the planet's [[Sarcophagus|shield world]] and the detonation of a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]'s by [[Kurt-051]] to prevent Covenant ground forces led by 'Mantakree from following the humans through the portal, the entire planet of Onyx disintegrated into its trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel|component Sentinels]]. The drones proceeded to completely destroy the recently-victorious Covenant fleet, wiping out the last vestiges of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose and the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=40}}
| | ==Notable vessels== |
| | | *''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' - Supercarrier, [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] commanding |
| ==Composition== | | *''[[Far Sight Lost]]'' - [[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]], [[Shipmaster]] [[Qunu]] commanding |
| *''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' – Flagship and supercarrier commanded by Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree – destroyed by a [[NOVA bomb]].{{Ref/Reuse|goo27}} | | *''[[Absolution]]'' - Destroyer |
| *''[[Absolution]]''{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} - [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] commanded by [[shipmaster]] [[Qunu]] - destroyed by Onyx sentinels.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO31|GoO|Chapter=31}} | |
| *''[[Far Sight Lost]]''{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} - [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] - destroyed by Onyx sentinels.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO31}} | |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| {{Covenant Fleet Units}} | | {{Covenant Fleet Units}} |
| [[Category:Covenant fleets]] | | [[Category:Covenant Military Units]] |
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