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With Requiem left unoccupied, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces were able to use the intervening time to set up their operations on the [[shield world]], digging in to use the planet as a base of operations, now-bolstered by their Promethean reinforcements. Six months following the New Phoenix Incident, the ''Infinity'' returned alongside its escort fleet, [[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]], to begin the task of clearing out Covenant forces from Requiem and establishing a human presence on the world. The fleet exited [[slipspace]] over Requiem on February 7, destroying an {{ | With Requiem left unoccupied, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces were able to use the intervening time to set up their operations on the [[shield world]], digging in to use the planet as a base of operations, now-bolstered by their Promethean reinforcements. Six months following the New Phoenix Incident, the ''Infinity'' returned alongside its escort fleet, [[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]], to begin the task of clearing out Covenant forces from Requiem and establishing a human presence on the world. The fleet exited [[slipspace]] over Requiem on February 7, destroying an {{Pattern|Maugen|armored cruiser}} upon arrival, and began to mass-deploy [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]], [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] and [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] units onto Requiem to seize land from the Covenant occupiers.<ref name="LandGrab">''[[Spartan Ops]]'', [[Departure|S1E1 Departure]] - [[Departure/Land Grab|Land Grab]]</ref> | ||
==The battle== | ==The battle== |