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{{Status|Canon}} | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{Military infobox|variant=Cov | {{Military infobox | ||
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|image=[[File:H2A - High Charity defense fleet.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:H2A - High Charity defense fleet.jpg|300px]] | ||
|formed=Unknown - [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]] | |formed=Unknown - [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]] | ||
|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}} | |affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}} | ||
*[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalist]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] loyalties {{c|Great Schism}} | *[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalist]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] loyalties {{c|Great Schism}} | ||
|branch=[[Covenant | |branch=[[Covenant fleet]] | ||
|type= | |type= | ||
|role=Protection of the Holy City of [[High Charity]] | |role=Protection of the Holy City of [[High Charity]] | ||
|size=Numbering in the hundreds<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', "Epilogue"</ref> | |size=*Numbering in the hundreds<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', "Epilogue"</ref> | ||
**[[Fleet of Retribution]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | |||
***Hundreds of ships | |||
**Ships that followed 'Mantakree to [[Saepon'kal|Joyous Exultation]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 30</ref> | |||
***22 ships | |||
|nicknames= | |nicknames= | ||
|battles=*[[Battle of Installation 05]] | |battles=*[[Battle of Installation 05]] | ||
*[[Onyx Conflict]] {{c|[[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili-led]]}} | *[[Onyx Conflict]] {{c|[[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili-led]]}} | ||
*[[Battle for Earth]] {{c|[[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae-led]]}}<ref name=crownest>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref> | *[[Battle for Earth]] {{c|[[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae-led]]}}<ref name=crownest>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref> | ||
|commanders=[[Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] {{c|[[Onyx Conflict]]}} | |commanders=*[[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]{{c|[[Battle of Installation 05]]}} | ||
*[[Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] {{c|[[Onyx Conflict]]}} | |||
|notable_commanders= | |notable_commanders= | ||
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After the [[Prophet of Regret|Prophet of Regret's]] arrival at [[Installation 05]] following his [[Battle for Earth|failed assault]] on the [[human]] homeworld of [[Earth]], he transmitted an apology to the other two [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] on ''High Charity'', apologising for his reckless actions. While the [[Prophet of Truth]] angrily condemned him, ''High Charity'' and it's defense fleet, among them the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, hastily left the Soell System for Installation 05. They arrived just as [[Spartan-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] arrived at the [[Temple (Installation 05)|temple]] where Regret had taken refuge, seeking to [[Assassination of the Prophet of Regret|kill]] the Covenant leader. The fleet launched wave after wave of [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] to assist the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Before they could arrive to reinforce the Regret, they were recalled by the Prophet of Truth, allowing the Spartan to assassinate the Hierarch.<ref name="regret">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref><ref name="bc16">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', Chapter 16</ref> | After the [[Prophet of Regret|Prophet of Regret's]] arrival at [[Installation 05]] following his [[Battle for Earth|failed assault]] on the [[human]] homeworld of [[Earth]], he transmitted an apology to the other two [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] on ''High Charity'', apologising for his reckless actions. While the [[Prophet of Truth]] angrily condemned him, ''High Charity'' and it's defense fleet, among them the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, hastily left the Soell System for Installation 05. They arrived just as [[Spartan-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] arrived at the [[Temple (Installation 05)|temple]] where Regret had taken refuge, seeking to [[Assassination of the Prophet of Regret|kill]] the Covenant leader. The fleet launched wave after wave of [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] to assist the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Before they could arrive to reinforce the Regret, they were recalled by the Prophet of Truth, allowing the Spartan to assassinate the Hierarch.<ref name="regret">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref><ref name="bc16">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', Chapter 16</ref> | ||
[[File:H2A Great Schism.png|thumb|300px | [[File:H2A Great Schism.png|thumb|300px|Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships of the fleet attacking each other during the beginning of the Great Schism]] | ||
During the ongoing battle of Installation 05, the Prophet of Truth begun his long-planned betrayal of the [[Sangheili]], first [[Changing of the Guard|replacing]] the [[Covenant Honor Guard]]'s [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]],<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> and later ordering the execution of the Sangheili [[Sangheili High Councilor|Councilors]] at the hands of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Melchus]] and his troops.{{Ref/Reuse|bc16}} As the holy city of ''High Charity'' erupted into [[Great Schism|civil war]], the Second Fleet similarly descended into chaos. Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships began to engage one another over ''High Charity''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> At the same time other ships were trying to keep [[the Flood]] from escaping Installation 05. Some of the ships became infected by the Flood and many were destroyed, some sacrificing themselves to save the others. [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] of the {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} ''[[Incorruptible]]'' managed to negotiate a brief truce between the warring vessels to focus on eliminating the Flood threat, but the Jiralhanae attacked the Sangheili before all Flood-controlled craft had been destroyed. The ''Incorruptible'' opted to leave the ongoing fight, in order to heed the summons of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]],{{Ref/Reuse|goo22}} but was pursued by three Jiralhanae-controlled frigates.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 25</ref> | During the ongoing battle of Installation 05, the Prophet of Truth begun his long-planned betrayal of the [[Sangheili]], first [[Changing of the Guard|replacing]] the [[Covenant Honor Guard]]'s [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]],<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> and later ordering the execution of the Sangheili [[Sangheili High Councilor|Councilors]] at the hands of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Melchus]] and his troops.{{Ref/Reuse|bc16}} As the holy city of ''High Charity'' erupted into [[Great Schism|civil war]], the Second Fleet similarly descended into chaos. Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships began to engage one another over ''High Charity''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> At the same time other ships were trying to keep [[the Flood]] from escaping Installation 05. Some of the ships became infected by the Flood and many were destroyed, some sacrificing themselves to save the others. [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] of the {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} ''[[Incorruptible]]'' managed to negotiate a brief truce between the warring vessels to focus on eliminating the Flood threat, but the Jiralhanae attacked the Sangheili before all Flood-controlled craft had been destroyed. The ''Incorruptible'' opted to leave the ongoing fight, in order to heed the summons of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]],{{Ref/Reuse|goo22}} but was pursued by three Jiralhanae-controlled frigates.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 25</ref> | ||
Those Sangheili-held vessels of the Second Fleet that did not leave for the [[Salia system]] or scatter elsewhere continued to fight the Jiralhanae around ''High Charity'' even as the plantetoid itself fell to the Flood and the Prophet of Truth left for Earth on board the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> Eventually the Jiralhanae were defeated, with the participating loyalist ships remnants retreating to follow the Prophet of Truth's ship, and crushing almost entirely the already-weakened [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle for Earth|escalated invasion of Earth]]. The remaining Sangheili ships, still consisting of hundreds of ships,{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} proceeded to [[Glassing|glass]] the surface of Installation 05 to prevent the Flood from leaving the [[Coelest system]].<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Part 5</ref> While the remaining Sangheili ships of the Second Fleet held the Flood-infested ''High Charity'' in quarantine, [[Indulgence of Conviction|a single]] Flood-controlled ''CCS''-class battlecruiser managed to break through the blockade and make a slipspace jump to Earth, with a | Those Sangheili-held vessels of the Second Fleet that did not leave for the [[Salia system]] or scatter elsewhere reformed into the [[Fleet of Retribution]], under the command of [[Rtas 'Vadum]], and continued to fight the Jiralhanae around ''High Charity'' even as the plantetoid itself fell to the Flood and the Prophet of Truth left for Earth on board the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> Eventually the Jiralhanae were defeated, with the participating loyalist ships remnants retreating to follow the Prophet of Truth's ship, and crushing almost entirely the already-weakened [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle for Earth|escalated invasion of Earth]]. The remaining Sangheili ships, still consisting of hundreds of ships,{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} proceeded to [[Glassing|glass]] the surface of Installation 05 to prevent the Flood from leaving the [[Coelest system]].<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Part 5</ref> While the remaining Sangheili ships of the Second Fleet held the Flood-infested ''High Charity'' in quarantine, [[Indulgence of Conviction|a single]] Flood-controlled ''CCS''-class battlecruiser managed to break through the blockade and make a slipspace jump to Earth, with a detachment of ships led by [[Rtas 'Vadum]] in pursuit.<ref name=floodgate>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> The fate of the remaining vessels is unknown, as the Flood [[Gravemind]] used its knowledge of [[Precursor]] science to have ''High Charity'' perform a slipspace jump out of the system without the Dreadnought, the city's primary power source.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-feet-first '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Feet First'']</ref> | ||
===Onyx Conflict=== | ===Onyx Conflict=== | ||