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{{Quote|It was a Pyrrhic victory that left Cole's fleet severely damaged. Now Cole has been jumping his fleet around from engagement to engagement throughout the Outer Colonies, wherever the Covenant showed up. So far, there'd been no repeat of the retaking of Harvest.|[[Gage Yevgenny]], reflecting on the Battle of Harvest<ref name="he126"/>}} | {{Quote|It was a Pyrrhic victory that left Cole's fleet severely damaged. Now Cole has been jumping his fleet around from engagement to engagement throughout the Outer Colonies, wherever the Covenant showed up. So far, there'd been no repeat of the retaking of Harvest.|[[Gage Yevgenny]], reflecting on the Battle of Harvest<ref name="he126"/>}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:HW Five Long Years.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Conflict on Harvest continued for five years, leading to heavy losses for both sides]] | ||
Directly after the destruction of the Covenant super-destroyer, Cole had Battle Group X-Ray veer away from the remains of the alien ship and begin searching for survivors of the thirteen UNSC warships lost in battle.<ref name="Harvest"/> With the loss of thirteen ships in contrast to the Covenant's one super-destroyer, Cole realized the disparity between UNSC and enemy losses "did not bode well". Regardless, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Office of Naval Intelligence's Section II]] propaganda exaggerated the victory to encourage enlistment with the [[UNSC Armed Forces]]; initially the foe was claimed to be an insurrectionist weapon platform that had captured Harvest's [[communications satellite]]s,<ref name="genesis"/> but this was later recanted. After the battle, Cole returned to [[Earth]] where he was promoted to [[admiral]].<ref name="timeline"/><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', multiplayer level, ''[[Alpha Site]]'s [[ONI memorial]]''</ref> The Covenant were undaunted by their defeat. The [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] ordered for the "Victory of Epsilon Indi" to be celebrated through fasting and prayer; [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] food rations were eliminated for the following three work periods, while [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] were ordered to spend two rest periods in public prayer. Those who "failed their duty at the Victory" were publicly executed.<ref name="timeline"/> | Directly after the destruction of the Covenant super-destroyer, Cole had Battle Group X-Ray veer away from the remains of the alien ship and begin searching for survivors of the thirteen UNSC warships lost in battle.<ref name="Harvest"/> With the loss of thirteen ships in contrast to the Covenant's one super-destroyer, Cole realized the disparity between UNSC and enemy losses "did not bode well". Regardless, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Office of Naval Intelligence's Section II]] propaganda exaggerated the victory to encourage enlistment with the [[UNSC Armed Forces]]; initially the foe was claimed to be an insurrectionist weapon platform that had captured Harvest's [[communications satellite]]s,<ref name="genesis"/> but this was later recanted. After the battle, Cole returned to [[Earth]] where he was promoted to [[admiral]].<ref name="timeline"/><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', multiplayer level, ''[[Alpha Site]]'s [[ONI memorial]]''</ref> The Covenant were undaunted by their defeat. The [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] ordered for the "Victory of Epsilon Indi" to be celebrated through fasting and prayer; [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] food rations were eliminated for the following three work periods, while [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] were ordered to spend two rest periods in public prayer. Those who "failed their duty at the Victory" were publicly executed.<ref name="timeline"/> | ||