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[[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Forerunner Dreadnought ferrying Truth jumps into Earth orbit where the final space battle continues to rage between opposing fleets over Earth.]] | [[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Forerunner Dreadnought ferrying Truth jumps into Earth orbit where the final space battle continues to rage between opposing fleets over Earth.]] | ||
At some point between November 15 and 16,{{Ref/Note|''Halo: Uprising'' indicates that John-117 and Ruwan's actions was both concurrent. While ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' and ''Halo 3'' show that Kenya, which was aimed by the Forerunner Dreadnought, was still in night at the time that the ship jumped into Earth and then landed on the Portal at Voi in November 17 in the morning on the [[Africa|African continent]], the Battle of Cleveland in ''Halo: Uprising'' seemingly took place on the very early morning, if not evening, on the [[North America|North American continent]] and still ongoing even after the sunrise on the Cleveland city, which would be likely and realistic that the battle took place at least one day before November 17, although the URNA is appearently still in daylight in the comic when the Forerunner Dreadnought arrived at Earth.}} while John-117 was still hunting the Prophet of Truth, the UNSC already lost their garrison on [[Mars]] at the hands of the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]] following the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]],{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} which led to a dramatic increase in Covenant force deployments on Earth as the Covenant began to concentrate more of their forces on the planet, worsening the siege.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}} Despite the dramatic increase in Covenant deployments, the works of [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] in the Battle of Mare Erythraeum helped buy UNSC ground forces on Earth precious time.{{Ref/Book|Id=ackerson|Book=[[Halo Encyclopedia | At some point between November 15 and 16,{{Ref/Note|''Halo: Uprising'' indicates that John-117 and Ruwan's actions was both concurrent. While ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' and ''Halo 3'' show that Kenya, which was aimed by the Forerunner Dreadnought, was still in night at the time that the ship jumped into Earth and then landed on the Portal at Voi in November 17 in the morning on the [[Africa|African continent]], the Battle of Cleveland in ''Halo: Uprising'' seemingly took place on the very early morning, if not evening, on the [[North America|North American continent]] and still ongoing even after the sunrise on the Cleveland city, which would be likely and realistic that the battle took place at least one day before November 17, although the URNA is appearently still in daylight in the comic when the Forerunner Dreadnought arrived at Earth.}} while John-117 was still hunting the Prophet of Truth, the UNSC already lost their garrison on [[Mars]] at the hands of the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]] following the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]],{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} which led to a dramatic increase in Covenant force deployments on Earth as the Covenant began to concentrate more of their forces on the planet, worsening the siege.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}} Despite the dramatic increase in Covenant deployments, the works of [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] in the Battle of Mare Erythraeum helped buy UNSC ground forces on Earth precious time.{{Ref/Book|Id=ackerson|Book=[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]|Page=??}} By this point, the UNSC would be hardly faced with impossible odds with no hope in sight against the full might of Covenant forces on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HUI4}} | ||
Shortly after the loss of Mars, Covenant also [[Battle of Cleveland|invaded the city]] of [[Cleveland]] on Earth without intending to destroy it or kill civilians, unlike other cities, looking for a supposed Forerunner artifact known as the "[[Key of Osanalan]]" as told by a wounded and Covenant-tortured Colonel [[James Ackerson]], who was captured aboard [[Lepidus]]'s vessel, the ''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'', and that was a necessary component for the firing sequence of the [[Halo Array]]. Additionally, his plan would help the population to escape the city and stall the Covenant assault on Earth and prevent the planet's [[Glassing|fall]] to the Covenant like [[Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI1|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|1]]}} | Shortly after the loss of Mars, Covenant also [[Battle of Cleveland|invaded the city]] of [[Cleveland]] on Earth without intending to destroy it or kill civilians, unlike other cities, looking for a supposed Forerunner artifact known as the "[[Key of Osanalan]]" as told by a wounded and Covenant-tortured Colonel [[James Ackerson]], who was captured aboard [[Lepidus]]'s vessel, the ''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'', and that was a necessary component for the firing sequence of the [[Halo Array]]. Additionally, his plan would help the population to escape the city and stall the Covenant assault on Earth and prevent the planet's [[Glassing|fall]] to the Covenant like [[Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI1|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|1]]}} | ||