Fleet of Inexorable Obedience: Difference between revisions

**[[Attack on Zhoist]]

On [[2526#March|March 20]], the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience arrived at Biko. Because of insurrectionist warnings that [[Task Force Yama]] would attempt to board their vessels and destroy them from the inside, 'Kvarosee held the fleet's fighter screen in close. Shortly after dropping out of [[slipspace]], Biko's meager navy deployed to [[Battle of Biko|meet]] them. However, 'Kvarosee ordered the fleet to accelerate through their lines to quickly get to the planet and to try to avoid being boarded during a prolonged fight.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS17}} As the fighting began, Tel 'Szatulai ordered his two remaining vessels to rendezvous with the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience. However, as they accelerated toward Biko, [[Emmeline|a lone transport]] began trailing them. 'Szatulai realized that it must be Garvin and had the ''Sacred Whisper'' dock with the {{Class|Banta|colony ship}}. Their negotiations resulted in the First Blade "promising" to give the Insurrectionists control of Biko following the battle in exchange for more information on the Spartans.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS18|HSS|Chapter=18}} The battle in orbit of Biko lasted for five days, in which time the human defense forces had managed to destroy five of 'Kvarosee's [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]]s and all of [[space station|orbital shipyard]]s that he had hoped to capture. However, the human vessels were eventually wiped out and 'Kvarosee ordered Biko to be glassed, despite the fact that the fleet's carrier gas was beginning to run low following the recent [[Battle over Etalan|loss]] of much of their logistics train. When the plasma bombardment caused planet's atmosphere to combust, the Minor Minister of Artifact Survey commended 'Kvarosee's efficiency and suggested that he stop the glassing to preserve plasma. The fleetmaster, however, explained that the firestorm would not be enough [[Lechatelierite|fuze the ground]] and make Biko uninhabitable.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS21}}

{{Main|Attack on Zhoist}}

On [[2526#April|April 15]], Task Force Yama launched [[Attack on Zhoist|an attack]] on Zhoist which was defended by the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience alongside the planet's own defenses. With the fleet's positioning making it impossible to board the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] from space, the Spartans and [[21st Space Assault Battalion|Black Daggers]] dropped onto Zhoist to use the gravity elevators to reach the Ring. Upon realizing what they were up to, 'Szatulai led his forces to engage them while the fleet engaged the Prowlers as they dropped off the assault force. However, the Spartans succeeded in reaching the Ring, destroying two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]] in the process.

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