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[[Battlegroup India]] jumped into the Psi Serpentis system as a single unit, the resulting wave of radiation rippled through the system and encompassed the three nearest planets. This was a clear warning sign to the waiting Covenant fleet, which swiftly moved to engage Cole's forces. The UNSC battlegroup then performed a previously unheard of in-system jump to the gas giant [[Viperidae]]. A dozen ships limped behind the main task force and were picked off by the Covenant. However, the majority of the fleet brought their guns to bear on the Covenant fleet. Cole's forces inflicted heavy damage on the the hundred or so Covenant vessels, only to be outnumbered by the arrival of a massive Covenant fleet. | [[Battlegroup India]] jumped into the Psi Serpentis system as a single unit, the resulting wave of radiation rippled through the system and encompassed the three nearest planets. This was a clear warning sign to the waiting Covenant fleet, which swiftly moved to engage Cole's forces. The UNSC battlegroup then performed a previously unheard of in-system jump to the gas giant [[Viperidae]]. A dozen ships limped behind the main task force and were picked off by the Covenant. However, the majority of the fleet brought their guns to bear on the Covenant fleet. Cole's forces inflicted heavy damage on the the hundred or so Covenant vessels, only to be outnumbered by the arrival of a massive Covenant fleet. | ||
As the Covenant fleet bore down on Battlegroup India, Cole divided the fleet into two groups, who arced around Viperidae to cut into the waiting Covenant force. As the ships came around, a group of Insurrectionist vessels emerged from slipspace. Led by the heavily modified [[Bellicose]] they opened fire on the Covenant, losing a quarter of their number. Once they attacked they smashed through the Covenant formation and proceed out of the system. Cole himself moved the ''Everest'' deeper into Viperidae's [[Gravity Well|gravity well]] while the UNSC fleet proceeded to leave the system. He issued a broadcast to the oncoming Covenant ships, boasting his achievements while scoffing at their claim to righteousness. Sensing the challenge the Covenant moved to attack the ''Everest'', but their plasma was deflected by the magnetosphere of the planet. | As the Covenant fleet bore down on Battlegroup India, Cole divided the fleet into two groups, who arced around Viperidae to cut into the waiting Covenant force. As the ships came around, a group of Insurrectionist vessels emerged from slipspace. Led by the heavily modified [[Bellicose]] they opened fire on the Covenant, losing a quarter of their number. Once they attacked they smashed through the Covenant formation and proceed out of the system. Cole himself moved the ''Everest'' deeper into Viperidae's [[Gravity Well|gravity well]] while the UNSC fleet proceeded to leave the system. He issued a broadcast to the oncoming Covenant ships, boasting his achievements while scoffing at their claim to righteousness. Sensing the challenge the Covenant moved to attack the ''Everest'', but their plasma was deflected by the magnetosphere of the planet. | ||
Cole moved the Everest past the point of no return, and launched a barrage of missiles at the lead cruiser in the Covenant formation. Nuclear fire destroyed the ship but there was little damage done to the rest of the fleet. Unknown to them, Cole launched one hundred [[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile|Shiva warheads]] into Viperidae's unstable core. The resulting fission event caused the planet to briefly nova into a brown dwarf. The resulting shockwave obliterated all of the Covenant ships, reduces Viperidae to a smoldering rock, and presumably destroying the ''Everest''. | Cole moved the Everest past the point of no return, and launched a barrage of missiles at the lead cruiser in the Covenant formation. Nuclear fire destroyed the ship but there was little damage done to the rest of the fleet. Unknown to them, Cole launched one hundred [[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile|Shiva warheads]] into Viperidae's unstable core. The resulting fission event caused the planet to briefly nova into a brown dwarf. The resulting shockwave obliterated all of the Covenant ships, reduces Viperidae to a smoldering rock, and presumably destroying the ''Everest''. | ||