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==Summary==

During The [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Jacob Keyes|Commander Keyes]] was outnumbered by what he initially thought were four medium sized [[Covenant]] ships. However, what came out of [[slipstream]] space were 2 Covenant frigates(medium sized ships), escorting a destroyer and a carrier. Drastically outnumbered and outgunned, Keyes executed a brilliantly daring tactical maneuver that would later be known as the Keyes Loop. He set out at emergency speed on a collision course for the Covenant Destroyer; en route, he deliberately launched a nuke in what seemed to be the wrong direction. The 2 frigates fire a salvo of plasma, but utilizing the emergency thrusters, Keyes manages to evade the plasma even as they continue to track his ship. However, here is where his brilliant strategy comes into play: on a collision course with the [[Covenant]] destroyer, Keyes makes a last second course correction and grazes past the warship, so close that its shield annihilated a large part of Keyes' armor, causing the trailing plasma bolts to impact the destroyer instead, destroying it. He then performs a slingshot orbit around [[Sigma Octanus IV]] and detonates the nuke he left behind earlier, completely draining the shields of the 2 frigates, after which he assaults them with two [[Mac|MAC]] heavy rounds and hundreds of missiles. The remaining Covenant carrier immediately sped outsystem, but not before dropping thousands of troops on [[Sigma Octanus IV]].