Fall of Reach: Difference between revisions

The approaching Covenant fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[Remote scanning outpost|Remote Scanning Outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]''. The station's commander, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]], sent an emergency message to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and ordered self-destruct to prevent the station's data from falling into enemy hands. A few minutes later 314 Covenant ships exited slipspace at the outskirts of the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. [[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]] issued file/bravo-tango-beta-five, ordering all ships in the system as well as those in the [[Jericho system|Jericho]] and [[Tantalus]] systems, to rendezvous at Reach in preparation for the coming assault. The Covenant moved in on the orbital defenses before the UNSC fleet fully consolidated. 52 late arriving UNSC ships, including the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, ran a gauntlet of screening Covenant warships as they attempted to link up with the main fleet. At this time, only about a hundred UNSC ships were readily available to defend Reach.