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[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|right|thumb|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}]] | [[File:LNoS ends.jpg|right|thumb|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}]] | ||
{{Quote|no=five|Air Control (COM)|AI Auntie Dot (COM)|ATC 2 (COM)|Colonel Holland (COM)|AI Auntie Dot (COM)|q1=They're everywhere!|q2=Slipspace rupture detected.|q3=Oh no, this can't be happening!|q4=Must be the whole damn Covenant fleet!|q5=Slipspace rupture detected.|The UNSC panics in horror followed by screams on the communications channel as a massive | {{Quote|no=five|Air Control (COM)|AI Auntie Dot (COM)|ATC 2 (COM)|Colonel Holland (COM)|AI Auntie Dot (COM)|q1=They're everywhere!|q2=Slipspace rupture detected.|q3=Oh no, this can't be happening!|q4=Must be the whole damn Covenant fleet!|q5=Slipspace rupture detected.|The UNSC panics in horror followed by screams on the communications channel as a massive Covenant fleet arrives<ref name="lnos"/>}} | ||
The arrival of the supercarrier led to the UNSC concocting an audacious plan known as [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], in which NOBLE Team were to use [[YSS-1000 Sabre]] starfighters and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace drive "bomb"]] to the supercarrier and destroy it. The team were deployed to fend off an attack at the Sabre [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|research site]] at [[Farkas Lake]], before deploying to refit station [[Anchor 9]] in the fighters to prepare for the operation.<ref name="lnos">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> [[SPARTAN-B312]], [[Jorge-052]], and a team of [[UNSC Army|Army]] pilots, with the aid of the frigate ''Savannah'', boarded the ''Ardent Prayer'' and took control of it.<ref name="lnos"/><ref name="Warfleet76">''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 76-77</ref> | The arrival of the supercarrier led to the UNSC concocting an audacious plan known as [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], in which NOBLE Team were to use [[YSS-1000 Sabre]] starfighters and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace drive "bomb"]] to the supercarrier and destroy it. The team were deployed to fend off an attack at the Sabre [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|research site]] at [[Farkas Lake]], before deploying to refit station [[Anchor 9]] in the fighters to prepare for the operation.<ref name="lnos">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> [[SPARTAN-B312]], [[Jorge-052]], and a team of [[UNSC Army|Army]] pilots, with the aid of the frigate ''Savannah'', boarded the ''Ardent Prayer'' and took control of it.<ref name="lnos"/><ref name="Warfleet76">''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 76-77</ref> | ||
By this time, Supreme Commander 'Barutamee now realised the threat of the human presence on the surface and the importance of the planet he was attacking. If this wasn't enough, the [[Ministry of Resolution]] had deployed a much larger fleet to the planet, and his artefact-hunting teams were still bogged down on the surface. If the commander wasn't able to produce something of value soon, he might be forced to retreat or face the wrath of the [[Hierarch]]s for his ineptitude. Stanforth had managed to spread his fleet thin, probing his defences from all sides. The UNSC fleet at large initiated a massive attack known as [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] to distract the supercarrier,<ref name="leftjab">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Six: Left Jab]]</ref> allowing NOBLE Team's operation to go unnoticed following the jamming of their target corvette's communications.<ref name="lnos"/> With the Covenant fleet stretched thin, UNSC [[task force]]s were able to pounce on cut-off Covenant scout fleets.<ref name="finishingblow">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Seven: Finishing Blow]]</ref> | By this time, Supreme Commander 'Barutamee now realised the threat of the human presence on the surface and the importance of the planet he was attacking. If this wasn't enough, the [[Ministry of Resolution]] had deployed a much larger fleet to the planet, and his artefact-hunting teams were still bogged down on the surface. If the commander wasn't able to produce something of value soon, he might be forced to retreat or face the wrath of the [[Hierarch]]s for his ineptitude. Stanforth had managed to spread his fleet thin, probing his defences from all sides. The UNSC fleet at large initiated a massive attack known as [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] to distract the supercarrier,<ref name="leftjab">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Six: Left Jab]]</ref> allowing NOBLE Team's operation to go unnoticed following the jamming of their target corvette's communications.<ref name="lnos"/> With the Covenant fleet stretched thin, UNSC [[task force]]s were able to pounce on cut-off Covenant scout fleets.<ref name="finishingblow">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Seven: Finishing Blow]]</ref> | ||
Noble Five then sacrificed himself to destroy ''Long Night of Solace''. However, just as the supercarrier was destroyed, the Ministry of Resolution's massive fleet of warships exited slipspace in orbit over the planet.<ref name="lnos"/> The supercarrier's wreckage landed near [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], killing Barutamee in the process. Shipmaster [[Kantar 'Utaralee]] assumed command of what remained of the now-splintered Fleet of Valiant Prudence, leading them once again to recover the Site 17 artifact, now relocated to a station near [[Turul]].<ref name="zulu">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Eight: Rally Point Zulu]]</ref> | Noble Five then sacrificed himself to destroy ''Long Night of Solace''. However, just as the supercarrier was destroyed, the Ministry of Resolution's massive fleet of warships, including at least 3 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s, exited slipspace in orbit over the planet.<ref name="lnos"/> The supercarrier's wreckage landed near [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], killing Barutamee in the process. Shipmaster [[Kantar 'Utaralee]] assumed command of what remained of the now-splintered Fleet of Valiant Prudence, leading them once again to recover the Site 17 artifact, now relocated to a station near [[Turul]].<ref name="zulu">''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Eight: Rally Point Zulu]]</ref> | ||
Despite the mission's success, the destruction of the supercarrier was an inadvertent setback for [[Operation: RED FLAG]]. The Operation called for a "Class-Five" Covenant vessel such as a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} or a ''CSO''-class supercarrier to be boarded by the SPARTAN-IIs. Colonel Holland informed Admiral Stanforth of the destruction of the supercarrier around August 27, several days following its destruction. The Admiral relayed his frustrations at the [[Special Warfare Group]]'s "trigger happiness", as the operation would now need to find a new target vessel.<ref name="drop5">''[[Data Drop]]s'', [[Data Drop/Five|Drop #5]]</ref> | Despite the mission's success, the destruction of the supercarrier was an inadvertent setback for [[Operation: RED FLAG]]. The Operation called for a "Class-Five" Covenant vessel such as a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} or a ''CSO''-class supercarrier to be boarded by the SPARTAN-IIs. Colonel Holland informed Admiral Stanforth of the destruction of the supercarrier around August 27, several days following its destruction. The Admiral relayed his frustrations at the [[Special Warfare Group]]'s "trigger happiness", as the operation would now need to find a new target vessel.<ref name="drop5">''[[Data Drop]]s'', [[Data Drop/Five|Drop #5]]</ref> | ||
