Fall of Reach: Difference between revisions

Operating using cloaking technology and stealth tactics, the Covenant had created a fortified landing zone on Reach, with anti-air guns around the perimeter of their staging area in the [[Viery Territory]] where they had covertly inserted a large amount of forces, including several corvettes.<ref name="hrnightfall">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Nightfall]]</ref>

Two days after the skirmish at Visegrád, the Covenant attacked [[SWORD Base]] in an attempt to overrun the ONI facility and access the [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|Forerunner structures]] there. However, these forces were repulsed after NOBLE Team reinforced the base and brought its [[M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun]]s and communications back online. The Covenant [[SDV-class heavy corvette|corvette]] attacking it was forced to retreat and was destroyed by an [[orbital defense platform]]'s [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].<ref name="sword">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[ONI: Sword Base]]</ref>