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Months later two such vessels led the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] to [[Earth]], where they engaged the [[UNSC Navy|UNSC]] [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]], including the [[Fifth Fleet]], in orbit above [[Africa]]. The first one, carrying the [[Prophet of Regret]] himself, managed to penetrate Earth's orbital defenses. The second, ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', attempted to follow, but was subsequently destroyed by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[John-117]] with one of the Covenant's [[Antimatter charge|own bombs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cairo}} After the [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] disabled a [[Type-47A Scarab]], the Prophet of Regret's assault carrier ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' fled to slipspace, as the UNSC forces were likely to recapture the city of [[New Mombasa]] with the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} and four other ships following close behind in its slipspace wake, leading human forces to [[Installation 05]].{{Ref/Reuse|Metropolis}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Delta Halo]]''</ref>

During the [[Battle for Earth|deep and bloody siege of Earth]] that was still continuing, numerous assault carriers were assigned within multiple Covenant reinforcement fleets to complete the destruction of humanity's last and most important and defended stronghold.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} Near the end of the [[Battle of Mombasa]], at least three assault carriers that are part of a large [[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae excavation fleet]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] joined the remaining battlecruisers of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration in finishing the glassing of [[Mombasa]] and excavating the [[Portal at Voi]].<ref name="HLC2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref><ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Ten Twenty" history entry''</ref> One, having exited slipspace nearby to begin glassing operations, nearly killed [[Alpha-Nine]] as they escaped in a hijacked [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]].{{Ref/Reuse|Coastal Highway}} Near the end of the Battle for Earth, at least a few of survived carriers retreated with [[Anodyne Spirit|Truth's ship]] and his fleet through the portal to the Ark.<ref name="The Storm">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref>

The assault carrier ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' later became the flagship of the [[Fleet of Retribution]], which also includes another assault carrier.<ref name=heretic>'''[[Halo 3]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Heretic]]''</ref> The [[Special Operations Commander]] and [[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]], in command of the ship, led his fleet to Earth in pursuit of a surviving [[Flood]] [[Indulgence of Conviction|ship]], arriving in time to [[Glassing|glass]] the [[Voi|infected area]] of the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Floodgate}} ''Shadow of Intent'' and its escorting cruisers joined the remnants of the UNSC Home Fleet's [[Seventh Fleet]] to launch a joint attack on the Covenant at [[Installation 00]], destroying their fleet and providing a distraction while ground forces engaged Truth's loyalists that had landed on the installation.{{Ref/Reuse|The Covenant}}<ref name="Ark">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> It later evacuated the UNSC and Sangheili personnel and returned to Earth for a short time before returning to [[Sanghelios]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> The ''Shadow of Intent'' later became embroiled in a conflict with [[Tem'Bhetek's faction]] which was seeking revenge against the Sangheili. After defeating the faction, Rtas decided to seek out the surviving [[San'Shyuum]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'''</ref>

By [[2554]], [[Jul 'Mdama]], a [[shipmaster]] and [[Supreme Leader]] of his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|self-proclaimed Covenant]] commanded the assault carrier ''[[Song of Retribution]]'' during his attempts to enter the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]].<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> [[2557|Three years later]], the ''Song of Retribution'' led a fleet of numerous {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s.<ref name="terminal">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref> After rebelling against Jul, [[Sali 'Nyon]] stole away the assault carrier ''[[Breath of Annihilation]]'' from him.<ref name="Escalation">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]'''</ref>

Around [[2553#May|May 6, 2553]], [[Atriox]], leader of the [[Banished]], was able to sway the assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'', commanded by [[Shipmaster]] [[Let 'Volir]], to his side with the vessel becoming his [[flagship]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''',  ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - ''Rise of Atriox III''</ref> ''Enduring Conviction'' transported the Banished to the Ark in the wake of the beginning of the [[Created conflict]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], after forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} killed his second-in-command [[Decimus]], Atriox had the assault carrier directly attack the ''Spirit of Fire'' with the old {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}} proving to be no match for the assault carrier. In response, [[smart AI]] [[Isabel]] devised a plan to destroy the assault carrier using the Ark's own defenses.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Lights Out]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> After Isabel boarded the ship alongside [[Spartan-II]] [[Jerome-092]], she fired ''Enduring Conviction's'' ventral [[energy projector]] at the Ark's surface, prompting the Ark's [[Sentinel]] defenses to assault ''Enduring Conviction'', ultimately cutting it in half and destroying the assault carrier. The ship's destruction left the Banished without both their greatest asset and the only ship they had capable of slipspace travel, stranding the Banished upon the Ark.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Under the Dark]]''</ref>