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Meanwhile, the UNSC ships split into echelons, where one group of ships attacked the carriers and a second covered the cruisers. The combined firepower of Fleet Admiral Harper's fleet ensured the rapid destruction of many of Regret's ships, in spite of the numerous losses the human fleet was sustaining. The fleet's second carrier ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', staying above orbit, disabled at least one ''Marathon''-class cruiser with an [[energy projector]]. At some point during the battle its shields were destroyed by the Home Fleet's concentrated assault, allowing a pair of [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longsword fighters]] to punch a hole into the carrier's hull, thus exposing the hollow center housing the ship's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]]. [[John-117]] managed to disable the Covenant bomb meant for the [[Cairo Station (station)|''Cairo'']] and threw himself and the device into vacuum, activating it next to the core and propelling himself to safety, thus destroying the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}
Meanwhile, the UNSC ships split into echelons, where one group of ships attacked the carriers and a second covered the cruisers. The combined firepower of Fleet Admiral Harper's fleet ensured the rapid destruction of many of Regret's ships, in spite of the numerous losses the human fleet was sustaining. The fleet's second carrier ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', staying above orbit, disabled at least one ''Marathon''-class cruiser with an [[energy projector]]. At some point during the battle its shields were destroyed by the Home Fleet's concentrated assault, allowing a pair of [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longsword fighters]] to punch a hole into the carrier's hull, thus exposing the hollow center housing the ship's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]]. [[John-117]] managed to disable the Covenant bomb meant for the [[Cairo Station (station)|''Cairo'']] and threw himself and the device into vacuum, activating it next to the core and propelling himself to safety, thus destroying the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}


After UNSC forces in [[New Mombasa]] began to push Covenant troops back to Regret's landing zone, Regret decided to head to Halo [[Installation 05]], which he located via the Luminary that had revealed him the Ark Portal as well as all the Halo rings.{{Ref/Reuse|h2at}} He proceeded with an in-atmosphere [[slipspace]] jump, with UNSC ships {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}, {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}, {{UNSCShip|Paris}} and {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} following.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 186''</ref> At least one other Covenant ship escaped the battle, the cruiser ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', which would eventually become part of the [[Fleet of Retribution]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 185''</ref> It was later destroyed after the war during [[Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor|a conflict]] with [[Kilo-Five]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'''</ref>
After UNSC forces in [[New Mombasa]] began to push Covenant troops back to Regret's landing zone, Regret decided to head to Halo [[Installation 05]], which he located via the Luminary that had revealed him the Ark Portal as well as all the Halo rings.{{Ref/Reuse|h2at}} He proceeded with an in-atmosphere [[slipspace]] jump, with UNSC ships {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}, {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}, {{UNSCShip|Paris}} and {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} following.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 186''</ref> The remaining battlecruisers of the fleet were then coalesced over New Mombasa while now under control of the [[Jiralhanae]] and the fleet remnants along the [[Truth's fleet|recently-arrived Covenant vessels]] from the [[Prophet of Truth]] started to [[glassing|glass]] the city and its surrounding, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere slipspace jump of ''Solemn Penance''.<ref name="lootcrate2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref> During the [[Great Schism]], the cruiser ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' was hijacked by the [[Covenant separatists|betrayed]] [[Sangheili]] under [[Rtas 'Vadum]]'s command and would eventually become part of the [[Fleet of Retribution]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 44''</ref><ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 185''</ref> It was later destroyed after the war during [[Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor|a conflict]] with [[Kilo-Five]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'''</ref>


The battle in Earth orbit destroyed the vast majority of Regret's fleet, whose loss was compensated by the arrival of [[Truth's fleet]], which proceeded to invade Earth only hours afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The ultimate fate of the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' is unknown.
The battle in Earth orbit destroyed the vast majority of Regret's fleet, whose loss was compensated by the arrival of [[Truth's fleet]], which proceeded to invade Earth only hours afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The ultimate fate of the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' is unknown.