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In early [[2525]], [[Harvest]] was attacked by the Covenant. The colony was destroyed with many colonists fleeing on freighters. A UNSC scout ship and two frigates were destroyed, and a destroyer heavily damaged, in an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the single Covenant ship holding the planet. | In early [[2525]], [[Harvest]] was attacked by the Covenant. The colony was destroyed with many colonists fleeing on freighters. A UNSC scout ship and two frigates were destroyed, and a destroyer heavily damaged, in an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the single Covenant ship holding the planet. | ||
A month later on | A month later on March 1, the UNSC-wide mobilization was under way, with [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] assembling a fleet to retake Harvest. The fleet named [[UNSC Battle Group X-Ray|Battle Group X-Ray]], conceived as the largest ever assembled in human history, ultimately consisted of 40 ships with the admiral commanding from {{UNSCShip|Everest}}.<ref name="Harvest"/> | ||
==The Battle== | ==The Battle== | ||