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The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of Keyes' strategy. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely graze the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship proper, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor. However, the tracking plasma were unable to correct for the sudden manoeuvre of their target and, in consequence, impacted on the destroyer instead. The Covenant warship was destroyed. | The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of Keyes' strategy. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely graze the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship proper, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor. However, the tracking plasma were unable to correct for the sudden manoeuvre of their target and, in consequence, impacted on the destroyer instead. The Covenant warship was destroyed. | ||
With the momentum built up during the first phase, the ''Iroquois'' performed a slingshot | With the momentum built up during the first phase, the ''Iroquois'' performed a slingshot maneuver around the planet. Once safely away the nuclear warhead deployed earlier was detonated, completely draining the shields on the two frigates. Having completed its orbit, the ''Iroquois'' resumed its attack and destroyed the two frigates with two heavy [[Magnetic_Accelerator_Cannon|MAC]] rounds and hundreds of [[Archer_Missile|Archer missiles]]. | ||
Its escorts destroyed, the carrier then disengaged and escaped outsystem. but not before landing thousands of troops on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. | Its escorts destroyed, the carrier then disengaged and escaped outsystem. but not before landing thousands of troops on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. | ||
[[Category: UNSC]] | [[Category: UNSC]] | ||