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The Spartans are then issued orders to capture [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]], an [[Insurrectionist]] leader in the Eridanus asteroid belt. John leads a small team, which manages to capture Watts. John is wounded during this mission and is subsequently awarded a [[Purple Heart]]. | The Spartans are then issued orders to capture [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]], an [[Insurrectionist]] leader in the Eridanus asteroid belt. John leads a small team, which manages to capture Watts. John is wounded during this mission and is subsequently awarded a [[Purple Heart]]. | ||
On February 3, [[2525]], first contact is made with an alliance of alien races that refers to itself as the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. On that day, a single Covenant warship exterminates the entire surface population of the Outer Colony [[Harvest]]. Three UNSC warships, the destroyer ''[[UNSC Heracles|Heracles]]'' and the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]'', are sent to investigate this incident, initiate first engagement protocols and attempted contact, engage the Covenant ship in battle, and are subsequently routed. Only one, the ''[[Heracles]]'', manages to return to Reach, having been badly damaged. By December of the same year, the UNSC has mobilized a massive [[UNSC_Fleet|fleet]] under the command of famed war hero [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]], with orders to reclaim the Harvest colony and stop the Covenant advance. | On February 3, [[2525]], first contact is made with an alliance of alien races that refers to itself as the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. On that day, a single Covenant warship exterminates the entire surface population of the Outer Colony [[Harvest]]. Three UNSC warships, the destroyer ''[[UNSC Heracles|Heracles]]'' and the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]'', are sent to investigate this incident, initiate first engagement protocols, and attempted contact, engage the Covenant ship in battle, and are subsequently routed. Only one, the ''[[Heracles]]'', manages to return to Reach, having been badly damaged. By December of the same year, the UNSC has mobilized a massive [[UNSC_Fleet|fleet]] under the command of famed war hero [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]], with orders to reclaim the Harvest colony and stop the Covenant advance. | ||
Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of Human commanders, Covenant technology guarantees a three to one kill/loss ratio in most space battles. One by one, the Outer Colonies fall to the onslaught and, by 2536, all have been destroyed. | Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of Human commanders, Covenant technology guarantees a three to one kill/loss ratio in most space battles. One by one, the Outer Colonies fall to the onslaught and, by 2536, all have been destroyed. | ||