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[[Image:Keyes_Loop.jpg|right|thumb|400px|<div style="text-align:left;border:none">An example of a Keyes Loop, though not the one performed at Sigma Octanus IV.</div>]] | [[Image:Keyes_Loop.jpg|right|thumb|400px|<div style="text-align:left;border:none">An example of a Keyes Loop, though not the one performed at Sigma Octanus IV.</div>]] | ||
Arriving over [[ | Arriving over [[Sigma Octanus IV]] in response to a possible impending Covenant attack, the [[UNSC Iroquois|UNSC ''Iroquois'']] found itself outmatched by the arrival of a Covenant battle group consisting of one carrier, one destroyer, and two frigates (medium-sized ships). This was contrary to the expectation of four medium-sized ships. | ||
Commander Keyes resolved to attack. The ''Iroquois'' set a collision course for the destroyer at emergency acceleration while launching a nuclear warhead in, what seemed, the wrong direction. The two escorting frigates proceeded to launch a salvo of plasma, but these the ''Iroquois'' managed to evade by utilizing the emergency thruster. Having missed their target the plasma came about and continued to track and home in on the UNSC warship. | Commander Keyes resolved to attack. The ''Iroquois'' set a collision course for the destroyer at emergency acceleration while launching a nuclear warhead in, what seemed, the wrong direction. The two escorting frigates proceeded to launch a salvo of plasma, but these the ''Iroquois'' managed to evade by utilizing the emergency thruster. Having missed their target the plasma came about and continued to track and home in on the UNSC warship. | ||