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====Battle of Mombasa====
====Battle of Mombasa====
{{Main|Battle of Mombasa}}
{{Main|Battle of Mombasa}}
[[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|The fleet joinging Regret's fleet remants to excavate the Portal shortly after its arrival, forcing the [[Alpha-Nine]] to retreat.]]
[[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|The fleet joining Regret's fleet remnants to excavate the Portal shortly after its arrival, forcing the [[Alpha-Nine]] to retreat.]]
Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth and rebuilding his fleet as a large support and excavation fleet for the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], he sent his fleet after him and initialed his plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] the Sangheili by the Jiralhanae as the Covenant's primary warrior while doubting the reliability and loyalty of the Sangheili earlier.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}  These forces of Truth's renewed fleet led by the Jiralhanae was both archaeological and military.<ref>halo3.com - About Halo, Characters, Humans ([https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/ Archive])</ref> While Truth's fleet was on its way after Regret's [[Solemn Penance|carrier]] was forced to retreat as [[UNSC]] forces retook the city, the remaining Covenant forces, now without a leader, continued to [[Space warfare|engage]] the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] in space.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} Shortly after, the Jiralhanae that were left behind by Regret were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and kill any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet; an order they would willingly obey.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth and rebuilding his fleet as a large support and excavation fleet for the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], he sent his fleet after him and initialed his plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] the Sangheili by the Jiralhanae as the Covenant's primary warrior while doubting the reliability and loyalty of the Sangheili earlier.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}  These forces of Truth's renewed fleet led by the Jiralhanae was both archaeological and military.<ref>halo3.com - About Halo, Characters, Humans ([https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/ Archive])</ref> While Truth's fleet was on its way after Regret's [[Solemn Penance|carrier]] was forced to retreat as [[UNSC]] forces retook the city, the remaining Covenant forces, now without a leader, continued to [[Space warfare|engage]] the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] in space.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} Shortly after, the Jiralhanae that were left behind by Regret were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and kill any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet; an order they would willingly obey.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}


As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]] of Regret's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], including the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', battling UNSC forces above and within [[New Mombasa]]. They as well aggressively occupying the city with signifiant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}}
As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]] of Regret's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], including the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', battling UNSC forces above and within [[New Mombasa]]. They as well aggressively occupying the city with significant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}}


Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21st, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excession to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and lauched a large full-scale assault on the planet.<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st-->{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CoastalHighway|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Coastal Highway}} While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including his most of his fleet, was preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}} including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the [[seven]]-day-long [[Second Battle of Mombasa|second battle of the city]].{{Ref/Film|Film=Believe|Story=Museum}} However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}}
Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21st, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excession to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and launched a large full-scale assault on the planet.<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st-->{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CoastalHighway|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Coastal Highway}} While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including his most of his fleet, was preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}} including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the [[seven]]-day-long [[Second Battle of Mombasa|second battle of the city]].{{Ref/Film|Film=Believe|Story=Museum}} However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}}


====Further engagements====
====Further engagements====