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However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion, though they were left heavily damaged and limped back to [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=first|Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} For a moment the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=??}} Following the loss of ''Unyielding Hierophant'', in High Charity the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]] arrived at the [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]] where Truth waited within, to inform the destruction of his armada. While disturbed by the disaster, Truth otherwise regarded it as a minor setback, and told Tartarus to have the surviving ships rendezvous at their designated coordinates. He also ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining pilots from [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], so as not to cause panic in the Covenant by stories of how the [[Demon]]s had obliterated an entire fleet of hundreds of warships.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Pages=406-408}} Knowledge of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''{{'}}s ultimate goal, and its eventual destruction, were eliminated by the Prophet of Truth to keep his plans as a secret to the rest of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion, though they were left heavily damaged and limped back to [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=first|Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} For a moment the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=??}} Following the loss of ''Unyielding Hierophant'', in High Charity the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]] arrived at the [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]] where Truth waited within, to inform the destruction of his armada. While disturbed by the disaster, Truth otherwise regarded it as a minor setback, and told Tartarus to have the surviving ships rendezvous at their designated coordinates. He also ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining pilots from [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], so as not to cause panic in the Covenant by stories of how the [[Demon]]s had obliterated an entire fleet of hundreds of warships.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Pages=406-408}} Knowledge of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''{{'}}s ultimate goal, and its eventual destruction, were eliminated by the Prophet of Truth to keep his plans as a secret to the rest of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | ||
After the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' was destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal at Voi|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by via a Forerunner [[Luminary]] that was found on [[Meridian]] at the end of [[Battle of Meridian|3-years-long siege]] on the planet in [[2551]]; coincidentally, this structure was located on a planet known as "Erde-Tyrenne" by the Forerunner, which was in fact the human's homeworld, Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|detachment of fifteen ships]] to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival on October | After the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' was destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal at Voi|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by via a Forerunner [[Luminary]] that was found on [[Meridian]] at the end of [[Battle of Meridian|3-years-long siege]] on the planet in [[2551]]; coincidentally, this structure was located on a planet known as "Erde-Tyrenne" by the Forerunner, which was in fact the human's homeworld, Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|detachment of fifteen ships]] to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival on October 20, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and jumped to the planet's surface, immediately deploying troops to the [[Africa]]n city of [[Mombasa]] in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], including the [[Fifth Fleet]] and the [[Seventh Fleet]], in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | ||
===Battle for Earth=== | ===Battle for Earth=== | ||
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As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]] of Regret's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], including the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', battling UNSC forces above and within [[New Mombasa]]. They as well aggressively occupying the city with significant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}} | As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]] of Regret's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], including the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', battling UNSC forces above and within [[New Mombasa]]. They as well aggressively occupying the city with significant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}} | ||
Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October | Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excision to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and launched a large full-scale assault on the planet.<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st-->{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CoastalHighway|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Coastal Highway}} While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including his most of his fleet, was preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}} including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the [[seven]]-day-long [[Second Battle of Mombasa|second battle of the city]].{{Ref/Film|Film=Believe|Story=Museum}} However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}} | ||
====Further engagements==== | ====Further engagements==== | ||
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On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguard]] of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TheArk}} | On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguard]] of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TheArk}} | ||
After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and a [[battle group]] of the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], spearheaded by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ | After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and a [[battle group]] of the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], spearheaded by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[Varric-pattern heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheArk|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Ark}} Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the [[Covenant]] and the end of the 27-years-long [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Level|Id=TheCovenant|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Halo|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]}} | ||
As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.{{Ref/Site|Id=FB|URL=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814|Site=Facebook|Page=Ken Peters|Y=2017|D=23|M=06}} | As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.{{Ref/Site|Id=FB|URL=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814|Site=Facebook|Page=Ken Peters|Y=2017|D=23|M=06}} | ||