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***Twenty-six [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]]<ref name="Drops"/><ref name="Wars">'''Halo Wars''' timeline</ref><ref name="FS Adjunct">'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010) Adjunct)</ref><ref name="DttE">[http://www.youtube.com/user/HaloWaypoint#p/a/DF8EE7CCE045CAA0/0/jh7Q3fjIIwc '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Defiant to the End'']</ref><ref name="Library">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', [[Library (feature)|Library]] - Pelican</ref><!-- This figure includes the twenty-five NAVSPECWEAP SPARTAN-IIs recalled to Reach, (as stated in the listed sources), as well as Jorge.--> | ***Twenty-six [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]]<ref name="Drops"/><ref name="Wars">'''Halo Wars''' [[Halowars.com/Timeline|timeline]]</ref><ref name="FS Adjunct">'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010) Adjunct)</ref><ref name="DttE">[http://www.youtube.com/user/HaloWaypoint#p/a/DF8EE7CCE045CAA0/0/jh7Q3fjIIwc '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Defiant to the End'']</ref><ref name="Library">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', [[Library (feature)|Library]] - Pelican</ref><!-- This figure includes the twenty-five NAVSPECWEAP SPARTAN-IIs recalled to Reach, (as stated in the listed sources), as well as Jorge.--> | ||
***[[Noble Team]] | ***[[Noble Team]] | ||
***[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ***[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
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{{Quote|ONI thinks it might be the local Insurrection. Five months ago, they pulled a similar job on Harmony. Hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears, then stole two freighters from dry dock. That cannot happen here. Reach is too damn important. I want that relay back online, NOBLE One.|[[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]]<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|ONI thinks it might be the local Insurrection. Five months ago, they pulled a similar job on Harmony. Hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears, then stole two freighters from dry dock. That cannot happen here. Reach is too damn important. I want that relay back online, NOBLE One.|[[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]]<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref>}} | ||
On the night of July 23, 2552, two days before the invasion began, the Covenant dispatched a small strike force, forces from the Fleet of Valiant Prudence disable the [[Visegrád Relay|communications array]] at [[Visegrád]], leaving Reach isolated from the rest of the UNSC.<ref>''Patrol''</ref> This operation, however, went unnoticed by the UNSC and it was surmised by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] that the local [[insurrectionist]] organization, an ultra-radical cell of the [[People's Occupation]],<ref>[[Data Drop/DDR2]]</ref> was responsible for the loss of contact with the facility.<ref name="actual"/> In response, several [[UNSC Army|Army]] fireteams were sent to investigate the matter. Contact with these fireteams was lost shortly thereafter.<ref name="actual"/> | On the night of July 23, 2552, two days before the invasion began, the Covenant dispatched a small strike force, forces from the Fleet of Valiant Prudence disable the [[Visegrád Relay|communications array]] at [[Visegrád]], leaving Reach isolated from the rest of the UNSC.<ref>'''[[Remember Reach]]''', ''[[Patrol]]''</ref> This operation, however, went unnoticed by the UNSC and it was surmised by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] that the local [[insurrectionist]] organization, an ultra-radical cell of the [[People's Occupation]],<ref>[[Data Drop/DDR2]]</ref> was responsible for the loss of contact with the facility.<ref name="actual"/> In response, several [[UNSC Army|Army]] fireteams were sent to investigate the matter. Contact with these fireteams was lost shortly thereafter.<ref name="actual"/> | ||
===Winter Contingency=== | ===Winter Contingency=== | ||
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===The Fleet of Particular Justice arrives=== | ===The Fleet of Particular Justice arrives=== | ||
{{Quote|[[Gamma Station]], this is [[Fermion]] RSO. Unconfirmed reports of an in-system [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rupture.|Fermion Remote Sensing Outpost | {{Quote|multi=more|q1=[[Gamma Station]], this is [[Fermion]] RSO. Unconfirmed reports of an in-system [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rupture.|Fermion Remote Sensing Outpost|q2=Impossible. Check your source.|Reach Station Gamma|q3=There's no mistake. It's them.|Fermion RSO|Conversation between Fermion and Gamma on the arrival of the ''Particular Justice''}} | ||
As August 30th dawned, a massive Covenant fleet, the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], was detected exiting [[slipstream space]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-halo-conflict-1/871ebdfd-0500-49e6-b1c3-137b909aac73 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Conflict, Part 1'']</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[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 edge 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. Fifty-two 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. | As August 30th dawned, a massive Covenant fleet, the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], was detected exiting [[slipstream space]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-halo-conflict-1/871ebdfd-0500-49e6-b1c3-137b909aac73 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Conflict, Part 1'']</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[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 edge 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. Fifty-two 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. | ||
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==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
===UNSC=== | |||
{{col-begin}} | {{col-begin}} | ||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
====Space assets==== | ====Space assets==== | ||
:'''Carriers''' | :'''Carriers''' | ||
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:*[[Anchor 9|''Anchor 9'']] | :*[[Anchor 9|''Anchor 9'']] | ||
:*[[Reach Station Gamma]] | :*[[Reach Station Gamma]] | ||
====Units==== | |||
=====Ground forces===== | |||
*[[124th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized)|124th Mechanized Infantry Brigade]] | |||
**[[1st Regiment]] | |||
**[[6th Regiment]] | |||
**[[13th Regiment]] | |||
**[[47th Regiment]] | |||
**[[127th Regiment]] | |||
**[[501st Regiment]] | |||
*[[11th Shock Troops Battalion]] | |||
*[[3 Charlie]] | |||
*[[34th Infantry Brigade]] | |||
**[[4th Regiment]] | |||
**[[14th Regiment]] | |||
**[[581st Regiment]] | |||
**[[594th Regiment]] | |||
**[[556th Battalion]] | |||
**[[1337th Battalion]] | |||
*[[Charlie Company]] | |||
*[[Echo Team]] | |||
*[[Gauntlet Team]] | |||
*[[Noble Team]] | |||
*[[Blue Team|SPARTAN-II Blue Team]] | |||
*[[Red Team|SPARTAN-II Red Team]] | |||
**[[Team Alpha]] | |||
**[[Team Beta]] | |||
**[[Team Omega]] | |||
*[[Third Mechanized]] | |||
=====Navy===== | |||
*[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] | |||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
====Personnel==== | ====Personnel==== | ||
*[[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]] | *[[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]] | ||
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*[[Private]] [[Bisenti]] | *[[Private]] [[Bisenti]] | ||
*[[Private]] [[O'Brien]] | *[[Private]] [[O'Brien]] | ||
{{col-end}} | {{col-end}} | ||
===Covenant=== | |||
{{col-begin}} | {{col-begin}} | ||
{{col-2}} | {{col-2}} | ||
====Space assets==== | ====Space assets==== | ||
:'''Carriers''' | :'''Carriers''' | ||
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:'''Destroyers''' | :'''Destroyers''' | ||
*''[[Esteem]]'' | *''[[Esteem]]'' | ||
{{col-2}} | |||
====Personnel==== | ====Personnel==== | ||
*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] | *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] | ||
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*[[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] | *[[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] | ||
*[[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] | *[[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] | ||
{{col-end}} | {{col-end}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*During the [[Battle of Earth]], [[Terrence Hood]] estimated the size of the Covenant fleet at Reach as 750 ships, stating the fleet that destroyed Reach was "fifty times" bigger than the fleet at Earth. However, it is clear that Hood was using hyperbole to express how much larger the fleet at Reach was.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'', ('''[[Fleet Admiral|FA]] [[Lord Hood]]''': "''The Fleet that destroyed Reach was fifty times this size...''")</ref> The 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' took this statement literally, and changed the number of ships at Reach from "over 300" to "over 750". However, this change was only made in one instance in the reissue, with all other statements regarding the fleet's size stating it to be over 300, rendering the change an error. While the 2011 Definitive Edition removed this error, it remains in the comic book adaption, ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''. | *During the [[Battle of Earth]], [[Terrence Hood]] estimated the size of the Covenant fleet at Reach as 750 ships, stating the fleet that destroyed Reach was "fifty times" bigger than the fleet at Earth. However, it is clear that Hood was using hyperbole to express how much larger the fleet at Reach was.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'', ('''[[Fleet Admiral|FA]] [[Lord Hood]]''': "''The Fleet that destroyed Reach was fifty times this size...''")</ref> The 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' took this statement literally, and changed the number of ships at Reach from "over 300" to "over 750". However, this change was only made in one instance in the reissue, with all other statements regarding the fleet's size stating it to be over 300, rendering the change an error. While the 2011 Definitive Edition removed this error, it remains in the comic book adaption, ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''. | ||