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Meanwhile, the [[Covenant separatists]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] had deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae and the other loyalists. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC Nova bomb recovered from Reach. After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently-uncovered Forerunner city below. 'Mantakree personally led the Covenant forces on the surface, before the UNSC [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]] arrived and used tactical skill and indirect help from the Sentinels to destroy the majority of the separatist fleet before being wiped out by reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]], with only [[UNSC Dusk|one ship]] escaping. | Meanwhile, the [[Covenant separatists]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] had deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae and the other loyalists. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC Nova bomb recovered from Reach. After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently-uncovered Forerunner city below. 'Mantakree personally led the Covenant forces on the surface, before the UNSC [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]] arrived and used tactical skill and indirect help from the Sentinels to destroy the majority of the separatist fleet before being wiped out by reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]], with only [[UNSC Dusk|one ship]] escaping. | ||
On the surface, the Spartans had discovered the [[Core Room Antechamber]] and were preparing to enter the Shield World. They managed to hold off hundreds of Covenant troops before being forced to retreat into the Core, while Kurt-051 sacrificed himself by detonating two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, killing the entire Separatist force. Following the Core being sealed, Onyx broke up into trillions of Sentinels, guarding the construct. With the Covenant Separatists dangerously depleted, the warlike | On the surface, the Spartans had discovered the [[Core Room Antechamber]] and were preparing to enter the Shield World. They managed to hold off hundreds of Covenant troops before being forced to retreat into the Core, while Kurt-051 sacrificed himself by detonating two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, killing the entire Separatist force. Following the Core being sealed, Onyx broke up into trillions of Sentinels, guarding the construct. With the Covenant Separatists dangerously depleted, the warlike Sangheili were finally forced to ally with their enemy, humanity. | ||
====Arrival of the Flood and Sangheili/human victory==== | ====Arrival of the Flood and Sangheili/human victory==== | ||