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Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | ||
Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} This would make it a simple matter to turn the fleet against the Sangheili once the [[human]]s | Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} This would make it a simple matter to turn the fleet against the Sangheili once the [[human]]s were be wiped out. This plan had more immediate advantages as well; leaving the Sangheili to scour Earth in search of the most sacred [[Forerunner]] artifact in existence, the mammoth structure and [[Portal at Voi|portal generator]] that is served as the gateway to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], would have placed Truth's plan upon the shoulders of a species he had already decided to cast aside.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}} | ||
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 | 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. | ||
Once informed on 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 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}} | 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}} | ||