Battle of Asmara

The Battle of Asmara was an engagement on the human colony of Asmara early in the Human-Covenant War. It ended in a Covenant victory and the glassing of the planet.

The Battle
The fighting on Asmara is noted to have been particularly brutal, with Gage Yevgenny's fireteam of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers seeing some of the worst of the conflict. At one point in the battle, Mason and ten other ODSTs were killed by a energy sword-wielding Elite before Yevgenny stopped its rampage with a near point-blank shot from a rocket launcher.

Ultimately, the United Nations Space Command's efforts to defend Asmara proved futile, and the planet was glassed. The Assembly reported that Asmara had been lost prior to the beginning of 2530.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Evolutions
 * Dirt
 * Halo: Reach
 * Data pads