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Commander Keyes resolved to attack by deciding to set the ''Iroquois'' on 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 one [[Plasma Torpedo]] each, 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. | Commander Keyes resolved to attack by deciding to set the ''Iroquois'' on 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 one [[Plasma Torpedo]] each, 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. | ||
The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of Keyes' strategy. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely "graze" (scrape) the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship properly, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor (Keyes' | The trailing ordnance was to prove critical to the success of Keyes' strategy. A last minute course correction allowed the ''Iroquois'' to merely "graze" (scrape) the destroyer's shields rather than smash directly into the ship properly, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of the ''Iroquois''' armor (Keyes' tore through 2 meters of titanium armor, and subsequently breached every bottom deck of the ''Iroquois''). However, the tracking [[Plasma torpedo]]es were unable to correct themselves for the sudden maneuver of their target and, in consequence, impacted on the destroyer instead. A heavy salvo of [[Archer_Missile|Archer missiles]] sent the remaining Covenant warship to its destruction. | ||
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]] left. | 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]] left. | ||