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[[File:Pelican and warthog.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[UNSCDF]] forces in a counter-offensive engagement in response to the Covenant occupation of Mombasa.]] | [[File:Pelican and warthog.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[UNSCDF]] forces in a counter-offensive engagement in response to the Covenant occupation of Mombasa.]] | ||
{{Main|Battle of Earth}} | {{Main|Battle of Earth}} | ||
On October 20th, 2552, the first Covenant forces entered the [[Sol system]]. A Covenant expeditionary force consisting of {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}s and [[Covenant assault carrier]]s arrived in system, first detected around Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter.<ref name="BoE1"/> After the existence of the Covenant presence was confirmed by probes, the UNSCDF forces went to full alert. The option was taken to wait for the Covenant forces to come to them rather than let [[Fleet Admiral Harper]] launch a counter attack. The Covenant began to work on punching a hole through the orbital defenses by taking out the stations in the battle cluster above the Mediterranean Sea via bombs planted by boarding parties.<ref name="BoE1"/> After the Covenant fleet attempted to rush through the newly formed gap the UNSC fleet annihilated them, destroying most of the Covenant battlecruisers but failing to destroy the assault carriers. One of the assault carrier, commanded by the [[High Prophet of Regret]], assaulted the city of [[Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]].<ref name="BoE2">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Outskirts (level)|Outskirts]]</ref> | On October 20th, 2552, the first Covenant forces entered the [[Sol system]]. A Covenant expeditionary force consisting of {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}s and [[Covenant assault carrier]]s arrived in system, first detected around Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter.<ref name="BoE1"/> After the existence of the Covenant presence was confirmed by probes, the UNSCDF forces went to full alert. The option was taken to wait for the Covenant forces to come to them rather than let [[Fleet Admiral Harper]] launch a counter attack. The Covenant began to work on punching a hole through the orbital defenses by taking out the stations in the battle cluster above the Mediterranean Sea via bombs planted by boarding parties.<ref name="BoE1"/> After the Covenant fleet attempted to rush through the newly formed gap the UNSC fleet annihilated them, destroying most of the Covenant battlecruisers but failing to destroy the assault carriers. One of the assault carrier, commanded by the [[High Prophet of Regret]], assaulted the city of [[Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]].<ref name="BoE2">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Outskirts (level)|Outskirts]]</ref> | ||