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*[[Attack on Zhoist]]

The bombardment was successful in downing the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}}, the [[flagship]] of Task Force Yama.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}} It crashed into the wall of the ice quarry, demolishing layers of terraces and coming to a rest halfway up an avalanche of ice. Noticing that his blind firing on the quarry had yielded the desired results, 'Szatulai ordered the ''[[Worthy Silence]]'' to secure the crash site and recover the stealth vessel for study. As the flotilla approached Seoba, it detected a human [[Emmeline|transport]] fleeing the quarry. All five corvettes fired on the transport as soared out of the atmosphere toward Biko. By the time the ''Worthy Silence'' had reached the ''Starry Night''{{'}}s crash site, so had a team of twelve Spartans lead by [[John-117]]. Noticing the humans, the corvette began firing on them and deploying [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]]-equipped Sangheili, [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Kig-Yar]] Bloodstars onto the stealth vessel via [[gravity lift]]. Meanwhile, [[Type-32 Ghost]]s and another intrusion corvette moved in to cut off the advancing Spartans. With few options available to them, John-117 had [[Blue Team|his team]] fire on the avalanche just below the ''Starry Night'' with their [[M301 grenade launcher|grenade launcher]]s, causing the vessel to tumble all the way to the quarry floor. This prevented the Bloodstar boarding party from gaining access to the prowler and the sensitive data held within its computers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS14|HSS|Chapter=14}} The action had also buried half of the group of Spartans under the ice flow, buying the Bloodstars some time to recover and send in more armored vehicles. As they fought the Spartans for control of the prowler, two more of the intrusion corvettes approached to harass them. Despite this, the humans gained access to the prowler and its [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] system, and a strafing run from the task force destroyed two of the flotilla's corvettes. A trio of prowlers managed to chase off a third, leaving the ''Worthy Silence'' alone as it tried to collect the ''Starry Night''. With the situation turning in the Spartans' favor, the corvette began lifting the prowler into its hangar bay via [[gravity lift]]. It was too late, however, as the team inside the prowler armed the [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuke]] and fled in an escape pod. The explosion pulverized both the ''Starry Night'' and the ''Worthy Silence'', leaving the Bloodstar Flotilla with only the ''Sacred Whisper'' and one other vessel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}}

As they had become overwhelmed, the two remaining corvettes retreated, allowing the Spartans to comb through wreckage of the ''Worthy Silence'' before being extracted. On its bridge, the humans discovered that the corvette's [[kelguid]] was still intact.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}} They carefully removed the device from the floor panels and transported it back to their [[UNSC Vanishing Point|logistics vessel]] for further study.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS21|HSS|Chapter=21}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}}

On [[2526#March|March 20, 2526]], the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience arrived at Biko and began [[Battle of Biko|its assault]] on the colony,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS17|HSS|Chapter=17}} prompting 'Szatulai to have the ''Sacred Whisper'' and the flotilla's only other surviving corvette move to join 'Kvarosee's fleet. However, a human [[Emmeline|transport]] broke from Seoba's orbit and began trailing them. Realizing that the only ones foolish enough to chase after his flagship in such [[Banta-class transport|a poorly armed craft]] would be the insurgents that they had come to meet, 'Szatulai had the ''Sacred Whisper'' slow down and dock with the vessel. He and [[Orsun|two]] [[Castor|young]] [[Jiralhanae]] Bloodstars boarded the vessel via its [[airlock]]. The visit resulted in 'Szatulai "agreeing" to help the Insurrectionists take control of Biko in exchange for more information on the Spartans. After the meeting was over, he took [[Petora Zoyas|one]] of the humans with him to facilitate communication with the insurgents in the future and returned to the ''Sacred Whisper''.

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{{Main|Attack on Zhoist}}

After realizing that the humans were going to target [[Zhoist]], the remaining ships of the flotilla joined the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] in defending the planet. However, 'Szatulai and his forces, aside from [[Castor]] and [[Orsun]], were killed by [[Blue Team]].{{Ref/Novel|SS}} The ''[[Sacred Whisper]]'' was destroyed along with the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] which it was docked to at the time, taking with it all of the data that 'Szatulai had gotten from the human [[Insurrectionist]]s. The fate of the last vessel is unknown.{{Ref/Novel|Oblv}}

*''[[Sacred Whisper]]''  ([[flagship]]) - [[Sangheili First Blade officer|First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] - Destroyed in the [[Attack on Zhoist]]