Battle of Sword Base: Difference between revisions

On or prior to the night of [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the human [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] arrived at the [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] undetected by its defending forces. A small strike, including artifact-hunting [[Sangheili Zealot]]s was dispatched to the [[Visegrád Relay]] in [[Visegrád]] to cut off communications between Reach and other [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] colonies. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] assumed that the communications blackout was caused by local [[Insurrectionist]]s; in response, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] dispatched several [[UNSC Army|Army]] fireteams to the relay. After losing contact with the troopers, [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] was sent to investigate.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> The team [[Battle of Visegrád|discovered]] the Covenant presence on [[Reach]] and reported back to [[Central Command|CENTCOM]], killing two of the Zealots in the process. [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] was declared on Reach while [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kat-B320]] retrieved a [[data module]] from the corpse of Doctor [[Laszlo Sorvad]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level\ ''[[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]''</ref>

On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Sword Base]] came under siege by [[Covenant]] forces from the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] led by a {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}. Due to the sensitive nature of the facility, orbital [[MAC]] rounds are prohibited from being used to destroy the corvette. With current defensive forces insufficient to repel the attack, ONI requests the help of [[NOBLE Team]].<ref name="Sword Base">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref>