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At some point before July 19, 2552, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] ran a series of calculations that predicted the future movement of the Covenant force sweeping throughout [[Milky Way|the galaxy]]. Based on these calculations, ONI determined that there was an 87% probability that the Epsilon Eridani system would be discovered by the Covenant within five months. [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Admiral Margaret Parangosky]], the head of ONI, debated with [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Vice Admiral Hieronymus Stanforth]] about using Reach as the stage for the planned [[Operation: RED FLAG]]; the pair considered that the presence of large-scale [[Forerunner]] artifacts on the planet | At some point before July 19, 2552, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] ran a series of calculations that predicted the future movement of the Covenant force sweeping throughout [[Milky Way|the galaxy]]. Based on these calculations, ONI determined that there was an 87% probability that the Epsilon Eridani system would be discovered by the Covenant within five months. [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Admiral Margaret Parangosky]], the head of ONI, debated with [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Vice Admiral Hieronymus Stanforth]] about using Reach as the stage for the planned [[Operation: RED FLAG]]; the pair considered that the presence of large-scale [[Forerunner]] artifacts on the planet would be a source of Covenant interest in the planet. The rest of the UNSC, however, was given no warning of the predicted attack.<ref name="Drops">'''[[Data Drops]]'''</ref> | ||
ONI's prediction came true less than a month after Admiral Parangosky sent her message. Despite suffering a severe defeat at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the Covenant managed to place a tracking device on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to the Covenant. However, the location of Reach was already known to the Covenant; a Forerunner artifact that the Covenant had recovered from [[Sigma Octanus IV]] indicated that Reach held another artifact, proving Parangosky's and Stanforth's suspicions correct. | ONI's prediction came true less than a month after Admiral Parangosky sent her message. Despite suffering a severe defeat at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the Covenant managed to place a tracking device on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to the Covenant. However, the location of Reach was already known to the Covenant; a Forerunner artifact that the Covenant had recovered from [[Sigma Octanus IV]] indicated that Reach held another artifact, proving Parangosky's and Stanforth's suspicions correct. | ||