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==Battle==

Once the merchant ships reached orbit, [[Thars 'Sarov|Thars']] three surviving [[Covenant frigate]]s in orbit retreated to the surface rather than fight.<ref group="note">On page 192, the [[Covenant frigate]]s are called [[Jiralhanae]] frigates despite it being stated multiple times that it was Thars' ships in orbit. This appears to be a simple error as the frigates are consistently referred to as belonging to Thars elsewhere with only this single reference to them belonging to the Jiralhanae.</ref>~~<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''page 192''<~~/~~ref>~~ On the ground, the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] began their attack with a dozen [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiaks]] opening fire on ''[[Foebane]]'s'' shielded belly from below all at once. The attack by the Kodiaks drew the attention of the cruiser's [[Phantom]]s and [[grave-maker]]s which attacked the tanks and the anti-air support guarding them with a mixture of directed energy and searing hot metal projectiles. However, this was just a diversion for six [[Pelican]]s flying in from the [[Uldt Desert]] at low altitude. The Pelicans dropped the heaviest nonnuclear payload that [[Suraka]] had onto the ship, but its shields held. Catching on, a number of Phantoms chased the Pelicans and attempted to cut them off as the dropships had to avoid the cruiser's point-defense guns. However, the cruiser was forced to stop firing when its own Phantoms ventured too close and the Phantoms stopped their chase in shock of the next wave of the attack.

Once the merchant ships reached orbit, [[Thars 'Sarov|Thars']] three surviving [[Covenant frigate]]s in orbit retreated to the surface rather than fight.<ref group="note">On page 192, the [[Covenant frigate]]s are called [[Jiralhanae]] frigates despite it being stated multiple times that it was Thars' ships in orbit. This appears to be a simple error as the frigates are consistently referred to as belonging to Thars elsewhere with only this single reference to them belonging to the Jiralhanae.</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Chapter 13}} On the ground, the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] began their attack with a dozen [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiaks]] opening fire on ''[[Foebane]]'s'' shielded belly from below all at once. The attack by the Kodiaks drew the attention of the cruiser's [[Phantom]]s and [[grave-maker]]s which attacked the tanks and the anti-air support guarding them with a mixture of directed energy and searing hot metal projectiles. However, this was just a diversion for six [[Pelican]]s flying in from the [[Uldt Desert]] at low altitude. The Pelicans dropped the heaviest nonnuclear payload that [[Suraka]] had onto the ship, but its shields held. Catching on, a number of Phantoms chased the Pelicans and attempted to cut them off as the dropships had to avoid the cruiser's point-defense guns. However, the cruiser was forced to stop firing when its own Phantoms ventured too close and the Phantoms stopped their chase in shock of the next wave of the attack.

From the east of the city, eight of the merchant vessels appeared from the clouds and lit up the cruiser's shields with their own point-defense weaponry. However, this was just a diversion as the four remaining Surakan ships pushed three half-mined asteroids out of orbit and on a collison course for ''Foebane''. The ships and artillery kept up the diversion while ''Foebane's'' return fire destroyed four of the merchant ships. The cruiser remained so distracted that it did not see the true threat until too late when the closest merchant ship moved out of the way at the last second. The first asteroid failed to penetrate the cruiser's shields, but it released megatons of kinetic energy that caused ''Foebane's'' shields to flicker along with the barrage it had already taken. The second asteroid penetrated the cruiser's shields, causing a brilliantly white fireball to blossom against the hull. The final asteroid caused the cruiser to appear to fold in midair, gushing blue and white flames.

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 ==Battle==
-Once the merchant ships reached orbit, [[Thars 'Sarov|Thars']] three surviving [[Covenant frigate]]s in orbit retreated to the surface rather than fight.<ref group="note">On page 192, the [[Covenant frigate]]s are called [[Jiralhanae]] frigates despite it being stated multiple times that it was Thars' ships in orbit. This appears to be a simple error as the frigates are consistently referred to as belonging to Thars elsewhere with only this single reference to them belonging to the Jiralhanae.</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''page 192''</ref> On the ground, the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] began their attack with a dozen [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiaks]] opening fire on ''[[Foebane]]'s'' shielded belly from below all at once. The attack by the Kodiaks drew the attention of the cruiser's [[Phantom]]s and [[grave-maker]]s which attacked the tanks and the anti-air support guarding them with a mixture of directed energy and searing hot metal projectiles. However, this was just a diversion for six [[Pelican]]s flying in from the [[Uldt Desert]] at low altitude. The Pelicans dropped the heaviest nonnuclear payload that [[Suraka]] had onto the ship, but its shields held. Catching on, a number of Phantoms chased the Pelicans and attempted to cut them off as the dropships had to avoid the cruiser's point-defense guns. However, the cruiser was forced to stop firing when its own Phantoms ventured too close and the Phantoms stopped their chase in shock of the next wave of the attack.
+Once the merchant ships reached orbit, [[Thars 'Sarov|Thars']] three surviving [[Covenant frigate]]s in orbit retreated to the surface rather than fight.<ref group="note">On page 192, the [[Covenant frigate]]s are called [[Jiralhanae]] frigates despite it being stated multiple times that it was Thars' ships in orbit. This appears to be a simple error as the frigates are consistently referred to as belonging to Thars elsewhere with only this single reference to them belonging to the Jiralhanae.</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Chapter 13}} On the ground, the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] began their attack with a dozen [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiaks]] opening fire on ''[[Foebane]]'s'' shielded belly from below all at once. The attack by the Kodiaks drew the attention of the cruiser's [[Phantom]]s and [[grave-maker]]s which attacked the tanks and the anti-air support guarding them with a mixture of directed energy and searing hot metal projectiles. However, this was just a diversion for six [[Pelican]]s flying in from the [[Uldt Desert]] at low altitude. The Pelicans dropped the heaviest nonnuclear payload that [[Suraka]] had onto the ship, but its shields held. Catching on, a number of Phantoms chased the Pelicans and attempted to cut them off as the dropships had to avoid the cruiser's point-defense guns. However, the cruiser was forced to stop firing when its own Phantoms ventured too close and the Phantoms stopped their chase in shock of the next wave of the attack.
 From the east of the city, eight of the merchant vessels appeared from the clouds and lit up the cruiser's shields with their own point-defense weaponry. However, this was just a diversion as the four remaining Surakan ships pushed three half-mined asteroids out of orbit and on a collison course for ''Foebane''. The ships and artillery kept up the diversion while ''Foebane's'' return fire destroyed four of the merchant ships. The cruiser remained so distracted that it did not see the true threat until too late when the closest merchant ship moved out of the way at the last second. The first asteroid failed to penetrate the cruiser's shields, but it released megatons of kinetic energy that caused ''Foebane's'' shields to flicker along with the barrage it had already taken. The second asteroid penetrated the cruiser's shields, causing a brilliantly white fireball to blossom against the hull. The final asteroid caused the cruiser to appear to fold in midair, gushing blue and white flames.