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===Battle for Earth and Fall of the Covenant=== | ===Battle for Earth and Fall of the Covenant=== | ||
[[File:Rymann and Hartley.jpg|thumb|200px|[[T. Rymann]] and [[S. Hartley]] at [[Sector Six]] in the [[Pakistan]]-Afghanistan border region.]] | [[File:Rymann and Hartley.jpg|thumb|200px|[[T. Rymann]] and [[S. Hartley]] at [[Sector Six]] in the [[Pakistan]]-Afghanistan border region.]] | ||
Following the disastrous loss of Reach and their massive casualties during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] - where all but [[Locklear|one]] of the troopers deployed were killed in action,{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike}} either on the ring itself or aboard the [[Flood]]-infested [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' when it was destroyed by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to contain the outbreak{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood332|Novel=Halo: The Flood|Page=332}} - the ODST participated in the most significant battle of the entire war: the [[Battle for Earth]]. | Following the disastrous loss of Reach and their massive casualties during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] - where all but [[Locklear|one]] of the troopers deployed were killed in action,{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike}} either on the ring itself or aboard the [[Flood]]-infested [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' when it was destroyed by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] to contain the outbreak{{Ref/Novel|Id=flood332|Novel=Halo: The Flood|Page=332}} - the ODST participated in the most significant battle of the entire war: the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Site|Id=bwu11|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16271|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update: 11/21/08|D=13|M=10|Y=2014}} The battle began on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], when a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|smaller-than-expected Covenant fleet]] led by the [[Prophet of Regret]] jumped into the Solar System.{{Ref/Level|Id=H2CS|Game=Halo 2|Level=Cairo Station}} ODST combat teams, along with the Marines, began engaging Covenant forces on the Orbital Defense Platforms ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]]'', ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'', and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]''. Despite the ODSTs' valiant efforts, ''Malta'' and ''Athens'' were destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H2CS}} As the [[Solemn Penance|Covenant ship]] carrying the Prophet of Regret landed over the African mega-city of [[Mombasa]], teams of ODSTs were deployed over the city from orbit in [[Operation: BUMRUSH|an attempt to board the carrier]]; before the teams could reach the target, however, the [[CAS-class assault carrier|carrier]] jumped into Slipspace. Only [[Alpha-Nine|a single squad]] managed to safely land in the city to carry out the retrieval of the [[Superintendent]]'s data.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3RDrop|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Prepare To Drop}} | ||
After Regret's unexpected retreat from New Mombasa, members of the [[7th Shock Troops Battalion]] would later drop from the ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' onto [[Installation 05]] during the [[Battle of Installation 05|operation]] to capture the Prophet of Regret. Most of these troopers would perish during the initial firefights against the Covenant, and only a few would escape back to [[Earth]] with [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] to lead a resistance against the Covenant occupation forces.{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3ark}} | After Regret's unexpected retreat from New Mombasa, members of the [[7th Shock Troops Battalion]] would later drop from the ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' onto [[Installation 05]] during the [[Battle of Installation 05|operation]] to capture the Prophet of Regret. Most of these troopers would perish during the initial firefights against the Covenant, and only a few would escape back to [[Earth]] with [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] to lead a resistance against the Covenant occupation forces.{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3ark}} | ||