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Over two weeks after the defense of Sword Base, the UNSC sent reconnaissance teams into Covenant-controlled territory in preparation for a counterattack and to investigate the enemy positions and forces they would be facing. With a Covenant staging ground on Reach, the [[UNSC Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] launched a joint offensive in an attempt to defeat the Covenant forces before reinforcements could arrive. The assault was spearheaded by [[Noble Team]] with the Army who attacked Covenant anti-air weapons to make way for Longsword fighters and frigates to attack Covenant corvettes and make bombing runs. The attack, though initially successful, was thwarted when a [[Covenant supercarrier]], ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', appeared over the area and attacked the UNSC frigates, and reinforced the Covenant forces. Meanwhile, Covenant forces made another strike on Sword Base, this time with much greater success. | Over two weeks after the defense of Sword Base, the UNSC sent reconnaissance teams into Covenant-controlled territory in preparation for a counterattack and to investigate the enemy positions and forces they would be facing. With a Covenant staging ground on Reach, the [[UNSC Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] launched a joint offensive in an attempt to defeat the Covenant forces before reinforcements could arrive. The assault was spearheaded by [[Noble Team]] with the Army who attacked Covenant anti-air weapons to make way for Longsword fighters and frigates to attack Covenant corvettes and make bombing runs. The attack, though initially successful, was thwarted when a [[Covenant supercarrier]], ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', appeared over the area and attacked the UNSC frigates, and reinforced the Covenant forces. Meanwhile, Covenant forces made another strike on Sword Base, this time with much greater success. | ||
The arrival of the supercarrier led to [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], where Noble Team used [[YSS-1000 Sabre|Sabres]] and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised "[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Slipspace bomb]]" to the supercarrier and destroy it. However, just as the supercarrier was finally destroyed, a fleet of Covenant warships exited Slipspace in orbit over the planet. | The arrival of the supercarrier led to [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], where Noble Team used [[YSS-1000 Sabre|Sabres]] and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised "[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Slipspace bomb]]" to the supercarrier and destroy it. Noble Six and Noble Five and a team of troopers, with the aide of the UNSC frigate ''Savannah'', boarded the ''Ardent Prayer'' and took control of it. Noble Five then sacrificed himself to destroy the ''Long Night of Solace.'' However, just as the supercarrier was finally destroyed, a fleet of Covenant warships exited Slipspace in orbit over the planet. | ||
[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|right|thumb|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed.]] | [[File:LNoS ends.jpg|right|thumb|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed.]] | ||