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|name=Battle of Sigma Octanus IV | |name=Battle of Sigma Octanus IV | ||
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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date=July 17, 2552 - July 18, 2552 | |date=July 17, 2552 - July 18, 2552 | ||
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**1 [[Covenant Stealth Corvette|stealth ship]] | |||
*Legions of ground troops | *Legions of ground troops | ||
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On July 17th, 2552, [[Ensign]] [[William Lovell]] logged a large gravitational anomaly inside [[Slipstream space]]. Deciding that it could not be a fleet of Covenant ships based on its huge size, Lovell passed it off as an asteroid, sent his hourly report, and thought nothing more of it. | On July 17th, 2552, [[Ensign]] [[William Lovell]] logged a large gravitational anomaly inside [[Slipstream space]]. Deciding that it could not be a fleet of Covenant ships based on its huge size, Lovell passed it off as an asteroid, sent his hourly report, and thought nothing more of it. | ||
However, over [[Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commanding officer of the [[UNSC Destroyer]], realized that the large mass was in fact a [[battle group]] of [[Covenant]] ships (The Covenant ships were flying in close formation. Large masses bend slipspace more easily than in real space, creating the illusion of a large mass when there are in fact several). The ships were believed to be four [[Covenant Frigate]]s. However, when the [[Covenant]] battlegroup exited slipspace, the ''Iroquois'' found itself outmatched by the arrival of not four frigates but one [[Covenant carrier]], one [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]], and two [[frigates]] (medium-sized ships). | However, over [[Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commanding officer of the [[UNSC Destroyer]], realized that the large mass was in fact a [[battle group]] of [[Covenant]] ships (The Covenant ships were flying in close formation. Large masses bend slipspace more easily than in real space, creating the illusion of a large mass when there are in fact several). The ships were believed to be four [[Covenant Frigate]]s. However, when the [[Covenant]] battlegroup exited slipspace, the ''Iroquois'' found itself outmatched by the arrival of not four frigates but one [[Covenant carrier]], one [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]], and two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]]s (medium-sized ships). | ||
Despite the hopeless tactical situation, Commander Keyes resolved to attack. The ''Iroquois'' set a collision course for the destroyer at emergency acceleration while launching a nuclear warhead in what seemed the wrong direction. The two escorting frigates proceeded to launch a salvo of plasma, but the ''Iroquois'' managed to evade by utilizing the emergency thruster. Having missed their target, the plasma came about and continued to track and home in on the UNSC warship. | Despite the hopeless tactical situation, Commander Keyes resolved to attack. The ''Iroquois'' set a collision course for the destroyer at emergency acceleration while launching a nuclear warhead in what seemed the wrong direction. The two escorting frigates proceeded to launch a salvo of plasma, but the ''Iroquois'' managed to evade by utilizing the emergency thruster. Having missed their target, the plasma came about and continued to track and home in on the UNSC warship. | ||