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On or before [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]],{{Ref/Reuse|ss74}} Etalan was [[Attack on Etalan|attacked]] by the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]], the [[Covenant]]'s primary invasion [[fleet]] commanded by [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]]. Ten days later, the [[Covenant fleet]] was still in the process of [[glassing]] the planet, having destroyed nearly half of Etalan's settlements and the colony's only [[spaceport]]. However, the [[Minor Minister of Artifact Survey]] grew impatient with the lengthy glassing process. To ensure the deaths of Etalan's inhabitants without spending another [[cycle]] glassing the planet, 'Kvarosee [[Orbital bombardment|bombarded]] Etalan's shield volcano with [[plasma]] fire, triggering an eruption that filled the sky with ash. With the destruction of Etalan's biosphere ensured, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience moved on to [[Biko]] in the nearby [[Kolaqoa system]],{{Ref/Reuse|ss126}} though the fleet left its logistical elements at Etalan until victory at Biko was assured.<ref name="ss252">''Halo: Silent Storm'', p. 252-254</ref> | On or before [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]],{{Ref/Reuse|ss74}} Etalan was [[Attack on Etalan|attacked]] by the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]], the [[Covenant]]'s primary invasion [[fleet]] commanded by [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]]. Ten days later, the [[Covenant fleet]] was still in the process of [[glassing]] the planet, having destroyed nearly half of Etalan's settlements and the colony's only [[spaceport]]. However, the [[Minor Minister of Artifact Survey]] grew impatient with the lengthy glassing process. To ensure the deaths of Etalan's inhabitants without spending another [[cycle]] glassing the planet, 'Kvarosee [[Orbital bombardment|bombarded]] Etalan's shield volcano with [[plasma]] fire, triggering an eruption that filled the sky with ash. With the destruction of Etalan's biosphere ensured, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience moved on to [[Biko]] in the nearby [[Kolaqoa system]],{{Ref/Reuse|ss126}} though the fleet left its logistical elements at Etalan until victory at Biko was assured.<ref name="ss252">''Halo: Silent Storm'', p. 252-254</ref> | ||
With the [[Battle of Biko]] ongoing, the {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} and two [[prowler]]s traveled to the Igdras system to attack the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience logistics vessels, hoping to stall the fleet's advance into human space.{{Ref/Reuse|ss252}} Upon arriving over Etalan on [[2526#March|March 22, 2526]], the three stealth ships observed the logistics fleet for four days, attempting to discern which vessel served which purpose. By [[2526#March|March 26]], it had been determined that four of the vessels were [[Freighter|equipment freighters]] and three were [[bladder ship]]s, collecting gas from Etalan's atmosphere to refine into [[plasma]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} Following these discoveries, the [[Spartan-IIs]] to [[Battle over Etalan|infiltrate]] these Covenant ships and destroy them from within using [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s. The Spartans ultimately succeeded, destroying most of the logistical ships, aside from the [[ | With the [[Battle of Biko]] ongoing, the {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} and two [[prowler]]s traveled to the Igdras system to attack the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience logistics vessels, hoping to stall the fleet's advance into human space.{{Ref/Reuse|ss252}} Upon arriving over Etalan on [[2526#March|March 22, 2526]], the three stealth ships observed the logistics fleet for four days, attempting to discern which vessel served which purpose. By [[2526#March|March 26]], it had been determined that four of the vessels were [[Freighter|equipment freighters]] and three were [[bladder ship]]s, collecting gas from Etalan's atmosphere to refine into [[plasma]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} Following these discoveries, the [[Spartan-IIs]] to [[Battle over Etalan|infiltrate]] these Covenant ships and destroy them from within using [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s. The Spartans ultimately succeeded, destroying most of the logistical ships, aside from the [[Mjern-pattern agricultural support shipagricultural ships]] and a handful of [[Hospital ship|medical vessels]].<ref name="ss272">''Halo: Silent Storm'', p. 272-282</ref> 'Kvarosee called for a new logistics flotilla to collect the surviving vessels at Etalan and rendezvous with his fleet at Biko.<ref name="ss286">''Halo: Silent Storm'', p. 286</ref> After witnessing the flotilla's arrival five days later, Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] deduced the location of the Covenant colony of [[Zhoist]], based on its distance from Etalan.<ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', p. 295</ref> | ||
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