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|date=November 17–18, [[2552]] | |date=November 17–18, [[2552]] | ||
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This was a dark time for the UNSC; earlier in battle, Covenant infantry and vehicular detachments had overwhelmed ground-based UNSC defending forces, forcing them to retreat from the area, taking heavy casualties in the process. The situation in orbit was similar; the Covenant loyalist ships greatly reduced the UNSC Home Fleet, already weakened by the initial attack. Despite several UNSC counter-attacks before the final battle, the Covenant had been gaining more and more ground in Eastern Africa, and thoroughly occupied Voi. | This was a dark time for the UNSC; earlier in battle, Covenant infantry and vehicular detachments had overwhelmed ground-based UNSC defending forces, forcing them to retreat from the area, taking heavy casualties in the process. The situation in orbit was similar; the Covenant loyalist ships greatly reduced the UNSC Home Fleet, already weakened by the initial attack. Despite several UNSC counter-attacks before the final battle, the Covenant had been gaining more and more ground in Eastern Africa, and thoroughly occupied Voi. | ||
The last UNSC stronghold in the region was a recently re-purposed 20th-century base, [[Crow's Nest]], located | The last UNSC stronghold in the region was a recently re-purposed 20th-century base, [[Crow's Nest]], located 14 km away from Voi. This was where the remaining UNSC forces in the area were coordinated. After [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]], Sergeant Major [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] arrived at Earth from [[Installation 05]], Commander Keyes assumed command of the base. | ||
==Preceding skirmishes== | ==Preceding skirmishes== | ||
