Editing Seventh Fleet

{{Status|Canon}}
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|image=[[File:UNSC-7thFleet.png|300px]]
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|affiliation={{Icon|UNSC 2560}} [[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch={{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]]
|type=[[Expeditionary fleet]]
|role=Expeditionary
|size=
|nicknames=
|battles= *[[Battle for Earth]]
*[[Battle of Installation 00]]
|commanders=*[[Fleet Admiral|FADM]] [[Terrence Hood]]
*[[Commander|CDR]] [[Miranda Keyes]]
}}
{{Quote|So then the [[Covenant fleet]] really starts to tear into the orbital defenses. It's getting ugly up there. Major skirmishes with the [[Second Fleet|Second]], Seventh, and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.|[[Laura Tanner|Sergeant Laura "Smokes" Tanner]]{{Ref/Reuse|goo}}}}

The '''Seventh Fleet''' is a numbered [[expeditionary fleet]] of the [[UNSC Navy]]. 

==History==
===Consolidation===
Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Seventh Fleet and all other surviving naval assets of the [[United Nations Space Command]] were recalled back to the [[Sol system]] and consolidated into a single command grouping under the [[Home Fleet]] in preparation for the inevitable [[Battle for Earth]], effective [[2552#September|September 5, 2552]]. [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper]] of the [[Fifth Fleet]] was given primary administrative and tasking authority for all naval assets in the Sol system, as authorized by [[UNSC High Command]] and the [[UEG Security Council]], though the Second Fleet and its fellow fleets retained control over their [[battle group]]s.<ref name="lootcrate2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>

===Battle for Earth===
Serving in the front lines of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in late [[2552]], the fleet was recalled to defend [[Earth]] after the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invasion]].<ref name="guide">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 74''</ref> One of the fleet's {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s, {{UNSCShip|Chioglossa}}, was destroyed in the initial stages of the Covenant's [[Battle of Mombasa|attack on Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Prepare to Drop]]''</ref> On [[2552#November|November 3]], the fleet was engaged in major skirmishes with [[Covenant]] vessels in Earth orbit in conjunction with the [[Second Fleet|Second]] and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.<ref name="goo">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 205''</ref>

On November 17, at least [[seven]] [[Battle Group Victory|Seventh Fleet frigates]] led by [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] (with the ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'' as the [[flagship]]){{Ref/Reuse|guide}} engaged the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner]] [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Keyship]] as he attempted to use the vessel to activate the [[Excession|portal structure]] buried near [[Voi]], [[Kenya]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> As [[Truth's fleet]] fled through the now active portal, at least two frigates, the ''Dawn'' and ''Aegis Fate'', traveled with the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] to the Forerunner [[Installation 00|Ark installation]],<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer map ''[[Sandtrap]]''</ref> leading to the destruction of the Covenant and the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref>

==Composition==
===''Charon''-class light frigates===
*{{UNSCShip|Chioglossa}} (FFG-127)
*{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} (FFG-201)
*{{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} (FFG-307)

==Production notes==
*The emblem of the Seventh Fleet was originally seen on the prows of the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' and the ''Aegis Fate'' in ''[[Halo 3]]''. However, the meaning of this symbol was not officially specified until [[Stephen Loftus]] associated it with the Seventh Fleet in the entry for the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' in ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''.<ref>[http://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Talk:FFG-127&diff=prev&oldid=1040264 Comment by Stephen Loftus]</ref>
*A variation of the Seventh Fleet symbol, with one additional chevron, is emblazoned on the back of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR armor]] in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref>[[:File:H4 - Mark VI armor back.jpg|''Halo 4'', Mark VI design]]</ref> The emblem is also shown in [[:File:H4 Infinity early concept.jpg|an early concept]] for the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''

==Sources==
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{{UNSC Naval Fleets}}

[[Category:UNSC Navy fleets]]