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{{Rename|Skirmish over Harvest or, preferably, Skirmish on ''Minor Transgression''|Harvest Skirmish isn't remotely descriptive. It doesn't look good or sound good, either.}} | |||
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|prev = [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] | |||
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|next = [[First Battle of Harvest]] | |next = [[First Battle of Harvest]] | ||
|name = Skirmish | |name = Harvest Skirmish | ||
|conflict = Isolated battle | |conflict = Isolated battle | ||
*Led to the [[Human-Covenant War]] | *Led to the [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date = [[2525#January|January | |date = [[2525#January|January 17th]], [[2525]] | ||
|place = [[Epsilon Indi | |place = [[Epsilon Indi System]], near [[Harvest]] | ||
|result = UNSC victory | |result = UNSC victory | ||
|side1 = | |side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2 = | |side2 = [[Covenant Empire]] | ||
|commanders1 = *[[Jilan al-Cygni]] | |commanders1 = *[[Jilan al-Cygni]] | ||
|commanders2 = *[[Chur'R-Yar]]† | |commanders2 = *[[Chur'R-Yar]]† | ||
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**[[Nolan Byrne]] | **[[Nolan Byrne]] | ||
**[[Avery Junior Johnson]] | **[[Avery Junior Johnson]] | ||
|forces2 = *Four [[Kig- | |forces2 = *Four [[Kig-yar]] | ||
**[[Zhar (Kig-yar)|Zhar]] | **[[Zhar (Kig-yar)|Zhar]] | ||
**[[Chur'R-Yar]] | **[[Chur'R-Yar]] | ||
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The '''Skirmish | The '''Harvest Skirmish''' was the disastrous first contact between the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] and [[human]]ity. It took place on a human [[freighter]], ''[[Bulk Discount]]'', over [[Harvest]] on [[2525#January|January 17th, 2525]]. | ||
== | ==Introduction== | ||
Over a short amount of time, the Covenant had boarded several unmanned | Over a short amount of time, the Covenant had boarded several unmanned Human [[freighter]]s in the [[Epsilon Indi System]]. At the same time, [[insurrectionist]]s bombed ''[[National Holiday]]'' over [[Reach]], resulting in over a thousand deaths, and the [[United Nations Space Command]] decided they would not allow the insurrectionists any more victories. After the disappearance of the [[Henry Gibson|manned]] freighter ''[[This End Up]]'', the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] authorized an investigation into the matters, expecting that [[Insurrection|insurrectionists]] were the boarders.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 127''</ref> | ||
== | ==History== | ||
[[Jilan al-Cygni]], an ONI agent, set up a trap for the boarders: lure them to an unmanned freighter over Harvest and ambush them. | [[Jilan al-Cygni]], an ONI agent, set up a trap for the boarders: lure them to an unmanned freighter over Harvest and ambush them. The UNSC ambushers would be [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]]. Al-Cygni had an arsenal of weapons onboard her ship, the {{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}, including a some prototypical [[XBR55 Battle Rifle]]s. ''Walk of Shame'' itself was armed with one [[Archer Missile]]. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 131''</ref> | ||
Johnson and Byrne, armed with XBR55s and outfitted with [[vacuum suit]]s, moved into position but quickly saw that the boarders were not insurrectionists: they were four [[Kig- | Johnson and Byrne, armed with XBR55s and outfitted with [[vacuum suit]]s, moved into position but quickly saw that the boarders were not insurrectionists: they were four [[Kig-yar]]. Johnson asked for further orders, and Al-Cygni ordered that they continue to engage them, but they should try to capture one, and under no circumstances should any be allowed to escape<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page ''128''</ref>. The two Marines engaged the aliens: Byrne wounded one, but was wounded by another Kig-yar armed with an [[energy cutlass]]. Johnson shot [[Zhar (Kig-yar)|another]] and killed it with its own blade. Johnson tended to Byrne's wounds and finished off the wounded Kig-yar. [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chur'R-Yar]], retreated onto the ''Minor Transgression''; Johnson followed her and then killed her. He then left ''Minor Transgression'', which was destroyed by Chur'R-Yar in an attempt to cause to ship to self-destruct. Only two crew members survived the blast: the [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]] and the [[Huragok]] [[Lighter Than Some]], who fled the ship in an [[Covenant escape pod|escape pod]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 135''</ref> | ||
===Aftermath=== | ===Aftermath=== | ||
After the battle, the UNSC tried to make peace with the Covenant through pictograms. However, this failed when the Covenant leadership learned that the humans were somehow connected to the [[Forerunner]]s. Thus, the new triumvirate of [[Hierarchs]] soon decreed that humanity must be exterminated in order to preserve the foundation of the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 233''</ref> | After the battle, the UNSC tried to make peace with the Covenant through pictograms. However, this failed when the Covenant leadership learned that the humans were somehow connected to the [[Forerunner]]s. Thus, the new triumvirate of [[Hierarchs]] soon decreed that humanity must be exterminated in order to preserve the foundation of the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 233''</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Human-Covenant War}} | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC | [[Category:UNSC Victories]] | ||
[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War | [[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War]] | ||