Space engagements over Reach

During the Fall of Reach, a large battle in space over Reach took place on August 30th encompassing numerous ships from both sides of the battle.

HYPODERMIC
The UNSC Circumference was a part of Operation: HYPODERMIC. Due to the secrecy of the operation, the Circumference was struck from the computers of Reach Gamma Station.

Early actions
On August 30th, 2552 the Fleet of Particular Justice arrived at Reach.

Gamma Station
Covenant intrusion software later detected the oversight of the UNSC Circumference and deployed forces to the Station. In order to effectively tackle both problems, John-117 split his SPARTAN-IIs into two groups. Three SPARTAN-IIs (himself, Linda-058, and James-005) were to be deployed to the station to scrub the data on the Circumference.

When the three SPARTANs arrived at the space station, the docking bay doors were sealed and the station was not spinning.

Escape
The Pillar of Autumn enters into slipspace with elements of the Fleet of Particular Justice pursuing.

Later actions
At some point after the mission to Gamma Station, a and an  battled each other near the station in orbit of Reach.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Fall of Reach
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo: Fall of Reach