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 ==The Battle==
 ===Opening Actions===
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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 any form of Covenant starship based on its immense size, Lovell passed it off as an asteroid, sent his hourly report, and thought nothing more of it.
-However, over [[Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commanding officer of the [[UNSC Destroyer]] [[UNSC Iroquois|''Iroquois'']], realized that the large mass was in fact a [[battle group]] of Covenant ships after reading a report by&nbsp;[[Fhajad]]. 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.&nbsp;Keyes concluded that the mass was comprised&nbsp;of&nbsp;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]] (medium-sized ships).
+However, over [[Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]], commanding officer of the [[UNSC Destroyer]] [[UNSC Iroquois|''Iroquois'']], realized that the large mass was in fact a [[battle group]] of Covenant ships after reading a report by [[Fhajad-084]]. 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.&nbsp;Keyes concluded that the mass was comprised&nbsp;of&nbsp;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]] (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 to be 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.