Battle of New Harmony: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Battle infobox

|prev=Eventually the [[Battle of Metisette]], and [[Operation: PALE SHADOW]]

|next=[[Operation: PROMETHEUS]]

|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]<ref name="page83">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 83''</ref>

|date=Early [[2537]], before July 27<ref name="enc272">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 272'' (2011)</ref>

|place=[[New Harmony]]{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

|result=Strategic [[UNSC]] victory<ref name="enc299">'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''page 299'' (2011)</ref>

*Discovery of [[Covenant]] shipyard [[K7-49]]{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

|side2=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

|commanders1=[[Danforth Whitcomb]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc299}}

|commanders2=Unknown

|forces1=*{{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

*Other [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces{{Ref/Reuse|enc299}}

|forces2=*At least one [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

*Other [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] elements{{Ref/Reuse|enc299}}

|casual1=[[Civilian]] casualties<ref name="kat">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/kat-b320 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kat-B320'']</ref>

|casual2=Unknown

The '''Battle of New Harmony'''{{Ref/Reuse|page83}} was an engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]] on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] world of [[New Harmony]]. It took place in the first half of [[2537]], prior to July 27.{{Ref/Reuse|enc272}}

During the battle, [[Danforth Whitcomb]] led [[UNSC Navy]] forces into battle, securing one of the few UNSC naval victories of the Covenant War.{{Ref/Reuse|enc299}} In the battle, [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}} managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to a retreating [[Covenant frigate]], allowing the prowler to track the ship and locate [[K7-49]], an [[asteroid]] serving as a major Covenant shipyard. This subsequently led to the strategic, though costly, victory during [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]].{{Ref/Reuse|page83}}

 

While the Battle of New Harmony was one of the few naval victories for the UNSC, the engagement has also been referred to as the '''fall of New Harmony'''. As the battle resulted in [[civilian]] casualties on New Harmony,{{Ref/Reuse|kat}} the Covenant may have proved victorious on the world's surface.

 

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}