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*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee | *[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee | ||
*[[Fleet Master]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]]† | *[[Fleet Master]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]]† | ||
*Unidentified [[Sangheili Field | *Unidentified [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]]† | ||
*[[Unidentified Sangheili Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)|Unidentified Shipmaster]] | *[[Unidentified Sangheili Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)|Unidentified Shipmaster]] | ||
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Despite suffering a severe defeat at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the Covenant managed to place a tracking device on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} and use it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was disclosed and later revealed to the Covenant fleet. However, the location of Reach was already known to the Covenant; a previously recovered [[Forerunner]] artifact indicated Reach held another artifact. | Despite suffering a severe defeat at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the Covenant managed to place a tracking device on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} and use it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was disclosed and later revealed to the Covenant fleet. However, the location of Reach was already known to the Covenant; a previously recovered [[Forerunner]] artifact indicated Reach held another artifact. | ||
At first, the Covenant sent the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], consisting of several {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}s and a {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}, ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', to Reach to serve as a pre-invasion force; after arriving at Reach, the fleet clandestinely deployed a large ground force to the [[Viery Territory]]. This invasion force was cloaked from UNSC sensors by sophisticated [[stealth pylon]]s deployed around it. The Covenant also sent a small [[Sangheili Zealot]] strike team led by a [[Sangheili Field | At first, the Covenant sent the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], consisting of several {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}s and a {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}, ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', to Reach to serve as a pre-invasion force; after arriving at Reach, the fleet clandestinely deployed a large ground force to the [[Viery Territory]]. This invasion force was cloaked from UNSC sensors by sophisticated [[stealth pylon]]s deployed around it. The Covenant also sent a small [[Sangheili Zealot]] strike team led by a [[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] to recover a Forerunner artifact from an excavation site near the [[Visegrád Relay|Visegrad communications outpost]]. | ||
===Pre-invasion=== | ===Pre-invasion=== |
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