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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Outdated|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx}}
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{{Military infobox
|variant=Cov
|name=High Charity defense fleet
|image=[[File:H2A Great Schism.png|300px]]
|formed=Unknown - [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]
|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}}
*[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalists]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] loyalists{{c|Great Schism}}
|branch=[[Covenant fleet]]
|type=[[Covenant fleet#Combined fleets|Combined fleet]]
|role=Defense of [[High Charity]]
|size=
|battles=*[[Battle of Installation 05]]
**[[Fall of High Charity]]
*[[Battle for Earth]]{{Ref/Game|H3|Id=halo3}}
|decorations=
|battle_honors=
|commanders=
|notable_commanders=
}}
{{Quote|That's the largest Covenant fleet I've ever seen ... the largest anyone's ever seen.|[[Cortana]]}}

The '''High Charity defense fleet''' was a formation of multiple [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] defending the Covenant holy city of [[High Charity]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 213''</ref> The fleet had hundreds of ships protecting High Charity at any time, reflecting the holy city's importance. A ship approaching High Charity had a nanosecond to submit a security code, or it would be destroyed by the sheer might of the fleet and High Charity's defenses.{{citation needed}} During [[2552]], the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] served within the High Charity defense fleet.

==History==
===Human-Covenant War===
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====Great Schism====
This fleet was thrown into disarray during the [[Fall of High Charity]]. When the [[Great Schism]] splintered the Covenant, Elite and Brute controlled vessels within the armada began firing on each other.{{Ref/Game|H2}} After taking heavy losses, the surviving Covenant ships loyal to the Prophets retreated to [[Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} and the [[Covenant separatists|Sangheili]] flotilla remained in an attempt to contain [[the Flood]]. These attempts failed, however, when a single Flood-infested {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}, ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'', broke through and headed towards Earth with a [[Fleet of Retribution|small battle group]] of separatist ships in pursuit.{{Ref/Level|H3|H3:Floodgate|Floodgate}}

It is unknown what remains of the fleet after High Charity, under the power of the [[Gravemind]], forced its way out of quarantine and made its way to the [[Ark]]. The surviving portion of the fleet may have continued to undertake combat activities against the former Sangheili portion up until the War's end.

==Composition==
===Fleets===
*[[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:War.jpg|The fleet battling over High Charity in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:Covie1.jpg|John-117 witnesses the fleet arrive over Installation 05.
File:Ship8.jpg|Sangheili and Jiralhanae controlled ships of the fleet attacking each other during the beginning of the [[Great Schism]].
File:OOO - High Charity defense fleet.png|A non-canon appearance of the fleet in ''[[Odd One Out]]''.
File:H2A - High Charity defense fleet.jpg|The fleet surrounding High Charity in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A - Arrival of High Charity.jpg|The fleet arrives at Installation 05.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[Odd One Out]]'' {{C|Non-canonical appearance}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Fleet Units}}

[[Category:High Charity]]
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