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However, neither were given much time to complain about the matter, as a large Covenant fleet arrived in system shortly after the Doctor's departure. Initially, 2 warships entered the system, prompting the coupled [[Gettysburg]]-[[Ascendant Justice]] to leave the Rebel base, though without the evacuees on board. | However, neither were given much time to complain about the matter, as a large Covenant fleet arrived in system shortly after the Doctor's departure. Initially, 2 warships entered the system, prompting the coupled [[Gettysburg]]-[[Ascendant Justice]] to leave the Rebel base, though without the evacuees on board. | ||
By the time they were clear, a total of | By the time they were clear, a total of thirty Covenant warships had entered the system from three separate vectors. Whitcomb, feeling his duty was to Earth, not the rebels, ordered an immediate retreat to slipspace, leaving the helpless rebels to their doom. | ||
Before departing, Corporal Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal, | Before departing, Corporal Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal, but underestimated the crystal's latent energy, and was killed in the process. | ||
== Aftermath == | == Aftermath == | ||
