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On December 6 at 0720Z [[Military Standard Time|MST]] as part of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: GYPSUM|GYPSUM]], [[Sergeant]] [[Sigrid Eklund]] and a group of [[UNSC Army Rangers]] managed to clear out the [[Caravelle province]] at the cost of two [[M9 Wolverine]]s. They then prepared to redeploy to a nearby [[mass driver]] station which was being defended by dwindling militia forces. After the skirmish at the Caravelle province, Eklund contacted [[Commander]] [[Renna]], informing them of the outcome of the battle and asking about the activity at the Lethbridge Combat Fields the previous day.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} [[Operation: SHARP ANGLE]] was ongoing elsewhere at roughly the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | On December 6 at 0720Z [[Military Standard Time|MST]] as part of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: GYPSUM|GYPSUM]], [[Sergeant]] [[Sigrid Eklund]] and a group of [[UNSC Army Rangers]] managed to clear out the [[Caravelle province]] at the cost of two [[M9 Wolverine]]s. They then prepared to redeploy to a nearby [[mass driver]] station which was being defended by dwindling militia forces. After the skirmish at the Caravelle province, Eklund contacted [[Commander]] [[Renna]], informing them of the outcome of the battle and asking about the activity at the Lethbridge Combat Fields the previous day.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} [[Operation: SHARP ANGLE]] was ongoing elsewhere at roughly the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | ||
By December 12, the joint forces of UNSC Army and Concordian militia had largely repelled Covenant ground forces from the major cities. Furthermore, the Covenant had lost air superiority; a dozen [[S-14 Baselard]] pilots sacrificed their lives leading pursuing [[Banshee]]s and [[Vampire]]s into the paths of concealed M9 Wolverine anti-aircraft tanks, while the unusually small Covenant fleet were kept at bay by several planet-side mass driver stations before being destroyed by a UNSC strike group consisting of [[C-322]], [[FFG-427]] | By December 12, the joint forces of UNSC Army and Concordian militia had largely repelled Covenant ground forces from the major cities. Furthermore, the Covenant had lost air superiority; a dozen [[S-14 Baselard]] pilots sacrificed their lives leading pursuing [[Banshee]]s and [[Vampire]]s into the paths of concealed M9 Wolverine anti-aircraft tanks, while the unusually small Covenant fleet were kept at bay by [[Longbow Station|several]] [[Recurve Station|planet-side]] [[mass driver]] stations before being destroyed by a UNSC strike group consisting of the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} [[C-322]] and two {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}s, [[FFG-427]] and [[FFG-502]].{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|Contention}} | ||
Covenant ground forces were unable to evacuate from the planet, and redirected their forces to destroy the far less-protected townships in the [[Hinterlands region]] out of spite.{{Ref/Reuse|Contention}} | Covenant ground forces were unable to evacuate from the planet, and redirected their forces to destroy the far less-protected townships in the [[Hinterlands region]] out of spite.{{Ref/Reuse|Contention}} | ||