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|name=Battle of Installation 05 | |name=Battle of Installation 05 | ||
|image=[[File:Installation 05.jpg|300px]]<br>At the conclusion of the Battle of Installation 05, Installation 05 sends a partial pulse into space. | |image=[[File:Installation 05.jpg|300px]]<br>At the conclusion of the Battle of Installation 05, Installation 05 sends a partial pulse into space. | ||
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*[[United Nations Space Command]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
*[[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction]] | *Covenant separatists (After the outbreak of the Great Schism) | ||
**[[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction]] | |||
**[[Joyous Exultation alliance]] | |||
|side2=*[[Covenant]] | |side2=*[[Covenant]] | ||
|side3=[[Forerunner]] constructs | |side3=[[Forerunner]] constructs | ||
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*[[Cortana]] | *[[Cortana]] | ||
*[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] | *[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] | ||
*[[Thel 'Vadam]]ee (After the outbreak of the Great Schism) | *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee (After the outbreak of the Great Schism) | ||
*[[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee (After the outbreak of the Great Schism) | *[[Special Operations Commander|SpecOps Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee (After the outbreak of the Great Schism) | ||
*[[Shipmaster]] [[Tano 'Inanraree]]† | |||
*[[Sangheili Major|Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] | |||
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*[[Prophet of Truth]] | *[[Prophet of Truth]] | ||
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While ground battles raged over the contested lands of ''High Charity'' and Installation 05, the Covenant fleets, divided, had not been idle or inoperative. During the hours which the Loyalists and the Separatists warred for the districts of ''High Charity'', the Covenant fleet had splintered within itself, and its warships were destroying each other systematically over the planetoid as Brute-controlled warships raged against Sangheili-controlled ones. However, after the Prophet of Truth's departure in the Forerunner Dreadnought, the fighting cooled as many ships fell silent, wondering what loyalties to assume in light of Truth's sudden abandonment and Tartarus' death, although a small number of starships continued fighting. | While ground battles raged over the contested lands of ''High Charity'' and Installation 05, the Covenant fleets, divided, had not been idle or inoperative. During the hours which the Loyalists and the Separatists warred for the districts of ''High Charity'', the Covenant fleet had splintered within itself, and its warships were destroying each other systematically over the planetoid as Brute-controlled warships raged against Sangheili-controlled ones. However, after the Prophet of Truth's departure in the Forerunner Dreadnought, the fighting cooled as many ships fell silent, wondering what loyalties to assume in light of Truth's sudden abandonment and Tartarus' death, although a small number of starships continued fighting. | ||
Despite the isolated Separatist ground victory on Installation 05, there was a much greater threat: the Flood. Having assumed dominance over the whole of ''High Charity'' and certain locations on Installation 05, they tried boldly expanding into space, attempting to take over Covenant warships. The ambitious [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] assumed command of the [[reverence-class cruiser|''Reverence''-class Cruiser]] ''[[Incorruptible]]'', and audaciously sent a fleetwide dispatch to the idling Covenant fleet amassed over ''High Charity'': the Flood were lifting off from Installation 05 in [[type-28 Troop Carrier|''DX''-class "Spirit" dropships]] and Banshees and were attempting to attack and take control of Covenant warships to spread throughout the galaxy. Surprisingly, even divided political opinions were united after the transmission, and four [[Covenant destroyer|Covenant Destroyers]], including the ''[[Rapturous Arc]]'', that were about to be consumed by the Flood were burned and destroyed to prevent the parasite from capturing the warships. | Despite the isolated Separatist ground victory on Installation 05, there was a much greater threat: the Flood. Having assumed dominance over the whole of ''High Charity'' and certain locations on Installation 05, they tried boldly expanding into space, attempting to take over Covenant warships. The ambitious [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] assumed command of the [[reverence-class cruiser|''Reverence''-class Cruiser]] ''[[Incorruptible]]'' after mutinying against and killing his insane commander, [[Tano 'Inanraree]], and audaciously sent a fleetwide dispatch to the idling Covenant fleet amassed over ''High Charity'': the Flood were lifting off from Installation 05 in [[type-28 Troop Carrier|''DX''-class "Spirit" dropships]] and Banshees and were attempting to attack and take control of Covenant warships to spread throughout the galaxy. Surprisingly, even divided political opinions were united after the transmission, and four [[Covenant destroyer|Covenant Destroyers]], including the ''[[Rapturous Arc]]'', that were about to be consumed by the Flood were burned and destroyed to prevent the parasite from capturing the warships. | ||
Shortly afterward, however, the fleets splintered without a common foe. The [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Alpha Jiralhanae]] [[Gargantum]] attempted to coordinate a Loyalist uprising against the Sangheili, and chased with four [[Covenant frigate|Covenant Frigates]] after 'Mantakree. Using deft tactics and maneuvering out the Separatist carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'', the ''Incorruptible'' destroyed the Brute-controlled frigate ''[[Tenebrous]]'', although the three remaining frigates, including Gargantum's personal frigate, the ''[[Twilight Compunction]]'', continued pursuing him. Soon afterward, the entire Covenant fleet began turning on itself, following Gargantum's example.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 199''</ref> The UNSC ''Dusk'', one of the five UNSC ships originally sent to tail Regret's Assault Carrier, witnessed the massive encounter as Covenant ships turned upon one another and destroyed themselves in a civil war. | Shortly afterward, however, the fleets splintered without a common foe. The [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Alpha Jiralhanae]] [[Gargantum]] attempted to coordinate a Loyalist uprising against the Sangheili, and chased with four [[Covenant frigate|Covenant Frigates]] after 'Mantakree. Using deft tactics and maneuvering out the Separatist carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'', the ''Incorruptible'' destroyed the Brute-controlled frigate ''[[Tenebrous]]'', although the three remaining frigates, including Gargantum's personal frigate, the ''[[Twilight Compunction]]'', continued pursuing him. Soon afterward, the entire Covenant fleet began turning on itself, following Gargantum's example.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 199''</ref> The UNSC ''Dusk'', one of the five UNSC ships originally sent to tail Regret's Assault Carrier, witnessed the massive encounter as Covenant ships turned upon one another and destroyed themselves in a civil war. | ||