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The '''Fleet of Particular Justice''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|naval]] unit. The Fleet of Particular Justice was one of the Covenant's largest fleets{{Citation needed}} | The '''Fleet of Particular Justice''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|naval]] unit. The Fleet of Particular Justice was one of the Covenant's largest fleets,{{Citation needed}} known to have been surpassed only by [[Truth's fleet]], the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]], led by [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]], and the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]], whose purpose was to defend the Covenant capital city, ''[[High Charity]]''. It was formerly led by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee. This fleet was part of the armada that was largely responsible for [[glassing]] [[Reach]], and it pursued the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Installation 04]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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{{Quote|A dozen [[Covenant]] superior battleships against a single Halcyon-class cruiser. Given those odds, I'm content with three...make that four kills.|[[Cortana]] during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="TPOA">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|A dozen [[Covenant]] superior battleships against a single Halcyon-class cruiser. Given those odds, I'm content with three...make that four kills.|[[Cortana]] during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="TPOA">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:H2A-AlphaHaloDiscovery.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Fleet of Particular Justice discovers Installation 04.]] | [[File:H2A-AlphaHaloDiscovery.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Fleet of Particular Justice discovers Installation 04.]] | ||
On [[2552#September|September 19]], the Covenant warships, being faster than human ships, were the first to arrive at the ''Pillar of Autumn'' | On [[2552#September|September 19]], the Covenant warships, being faster than human ships, were the first to arrive at the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s destination: [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]. They quickly established a blockade to prevent the humans from landing on the installation. In the battle that followed, the ''Autumn'' managed to destroy at least four of the fleet's cruisers and damage several others, including ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''.<ref name="pillar">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> The Covenant fleet was at a disadvantage because the [[Prophet of Stewardship]] then decreed that the fleet may not fire on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' for fear of hitting the ring, prompting several [[Boarding|boarding parties]] and [[Space fighter|fighters]] to be dispatched to the ship; the ''Autumn''{{'}}s crew managed to hold off the boarding parties long enough to launch its [[Class-3 Bumblebee|escape pods]] at Halo. Supreme Commander 'Vadamee, ignoring the Prophet's edict, had his ships open fire on the ''Pillar of Autumn'',{{Ref/Reuse|log}} destroying some of the pods, though the rest landed on the ring. The ''Pillar of Autumn'' itself soon crash landed on Halo despite the fleet's best efforts to stop it.{{Ref/Reuse|pillar}} | ||
Shortly after the fleet's arrival at Halo, a small scouting force with the [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' as its flagship was sent from ''[[High Charity]]'' to accompany the fleet in the recovery of the Forerunner construct.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 68'' (2001 edition)</ref>{{Ref/Note|In ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]'' featured in the Adjunct section of the 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Flood'', it is stated that the ''Ascendant Justice'' was already present at Installation 04 during the Battle of Installation 04. Meanwhile, page 68 of ''Halo: First Strike'' (2001 edition) specifies the ship was part of a scouting picket from ''High Charity'', separate from the Fleet of Particular Justice. From this, it can be inferred that ''Ascendant Justice'' and its scouting picket must have arrived before or very early into the battle.}} Over the next several days, the fleet remained in orbit around Halo, sending numerous troops to the surface in an attempt to both learn the secrets of the ring and to eliminate the human presence. Because the ring was considered sacred, the fleet was unable to simply wipe the humans out from orbit as they were accustomed to doing. | Shortly after the fleet's arrival at Halo, a small scouting force with the [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' as its flagship was sent from ''[[High Charity]]'' to accompany the fleet in the recovery of the Forerunner construct.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 68'' (2001 edition)</ref>{{Ref/Note|In ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]'' featured in the Adjunct section of the 2010 reissue of ''Halo: The Flood'', it is stated that the ''Ascendant Justice'' was already present at Installation 04 during the Battle of Installation 04. Meanwhile, page 68 of ''Halo: First Strike'' (2001 edition) specifies the ship was part of a scouting picket from ''High Charity'', separate from the Fleet of Particular Justice. From this, it can be inferred that ''Ascendant Justice'' and its scouting picket must have arrived before or very early into the battle.}} Over the next several days, the fleet remained in orbit around Halo, sending numerous troops to the surface in an attempt to both learn the secrets of the ring and to eliminate the human presence. Because the ring was considered sacred, the fleet was unable to simply wipe the humans out from orbit as they were accustomed to doing. | ||
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Over the course of the battle, an internal crisis occurred within the fleet between Supreme Commander 'Vadamee and the Prophet of Stewardship. After the Prophet sent several artifact retrieval teams to a supposed [[Flood containment facility|Forerunner weapons cache]], 'Vadamee ordered the Minor Prophet to stop misappropriating his forces. Receiving no response, 'Vadamee dispatched a team to ''Ascendant Justice'' to relieve the Prophet of his duties until the human forces were eliminated. However, Stewardship had the incoming ship destroyed and vowed to do the same with any future attempt to challenge his authority. 'Vadamee prepared to personally lead a strike force to apprehend the Prophet, but this was interrupted by the revelation that the [[Flood]] had broken loose on the ring. Meanwhile, the Prophet of Stewardship relocated with his personal security contingent to ''Truth and Reconciliation''. 'Vadamee and his team subsequently boarded ''Ascendant Justice'' whose crew quickly swore allegiance to him.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} | Over the course of the battle, an internal crisis occurred within the fleet between Supreme Commander 'Vadamee and the Prophet of Stewardship. After the Prophet sent several artifact retrieval teams to a supposed [[Flood containment facility|Forerunner weapons cache]], 'Vadamee ordered the Minor Prophet to stop misappropriating his forces. Receiving no response, 'Vadamee dispatched a team to ''Ascendant Justice'' to relieve the Prophet of his duties until the human forces were eliminated. However, Stewardship had the incoming ship destroyed and vowed to do the same with any future attempt to challenge his authority. 'Vadamee prepared to personally lead a strike force to apprehend the Prophet, but this was interrupted by the revelation that the [[Flood]] had broken loose on the ring. Meanwhile, the Prophet of Stewardship relocated with his personal security contingent to ''Truth and Reconciliation''. 'Vadamee and his team subsequently boarded ''Ascendant Justice'' whose crew quickly swore allegiance to him.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} | ||
On September 21, the fleet's [[Covenant agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]], ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', was boarded and subsequently hijacked by the [[Flood]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> Realizing that the battle on Halo's surface would be lost due to the overwhelming Flood, Supreme Commander 'Vadamee ordered the Fleet of Particular Justice to retreat from Halo—ignoring the Prophet of Stewardship's fleet-wide requests of rescue aboard ''Truth and Reconciliation''.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} ''Truth and Reconciliation'' was taken over by first the Flood and then the humans, but was ultimately destroyed by being crashed into the installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> Upon learning that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] was about to detonate the ''Pillar of Autumn'' | On September 21, the fleet's [[Covenant agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]], ''[[Infinite Succor]]'', was boarded and subsequently hijacked by the [[Flood]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> Realizing that the battle on Halo's surface would be lost due to the overwhelming Flood, Supreme Commander 'Vadamee ordered the Fleet of Particular Justice to retreat from Halo—ignoring the Prophet of Stewardship's fleet-wide requests of rescue aboard ''Truth and Reconciliation''.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} ''Truth and Reconciliation'' was taken over by first the Flood and then the humans, but was ultimately destroyed by being crashed into the installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> Upon learning that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117]] was about to detonate the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s engines in an effort to destroy Halo, 'Vadamee ordered all surviving ships to take refuge behind [[Threshold]] to avoid being destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} The fleet suffered extremely heavy losses by the end of the battle.<ref> Halo: Combat Evolved - The Maw - "An entire Covenant fleet obliterated, and the Flood! We had no choice", Cortana </ref> | ||
During the battle, an expeditionary team led by [[Sesa 'Refumee]] and [[Loka 'Bandolee]] had been sent by the Prophet of Stewardship to investigate a [[Threshold gas mine|Forerunner gas mine]] in the atmosphere of [[Threshold]], the gas giant that Halo orbited.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} Shortly after the ring's destruction, its monitor, [[343 Guilty Spark]], came into contact with this team within the gas mine. Upon meeting the [[ancilla]], Sesa ordered that all communication with the fleet was to be cut so as to avoid the San'Shyuum's interference as it told him the truth about the rings.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 11]]''</ref> | During the battle, an expeditionary team led by [[Sesa 'Refumee]] and [[Loka 'Bandolee]] had been sent by the Prophet of Stewardship to investigate a [[Threshold gas mine|Forerunner gas mine]] in the atmosphere of [[Threshold]], the gas giant that Halo orbited.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} Shortly after the ring's destruction, its monitor, [[343 Guilty Spark]], came into contact with this team within the gas mine. Upon meeting the [[ancilla]], Sesa ordered that all communication with the fleet was to be cut so as to avoid the San'Shyuum's interference as it told him the truth about the rings.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 11]]''</ref> | ||
