Battle at Szurdok Ridge: Difference between revisions

ONI had discovered that the Spire served a dual purpose, serving as a teleportation terminal and projecting a cloaking field, but what the Spire was cloaking, and what its teleporter was linked to, was as yet unrealized. With Nobles Five and Six evacuated by Carter's Falcon, ''Grafton'' moved in and destroyed the Spire with its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC gun]]. The disruption of the cloaking field revealed a new danger: a [[Covenant supercarrier]], the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', in low orbit above Reach. With its cloaking shield gone, the supercarrier opened fire, instantly destroying the ''Grafton'' with one of its energy projectors. Unable to compete with the sheer firepower of the Covenant warship, the UNSC retreated. The supercarrier withdrew into Covenant held space in orbit above Reach, apparently unwilling to risk being pinned down by Reach's gravity well in its current position.