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{{Quote|no=two|Fleet Admiral Harper|Cortana|q1=First Echelon, you're with me, blanket those cruisers, take ‘em out one by one. Second Echelon, keep those carriers busy.|q2=Registering all hostile vessels inside the kill zone. Thirteen cruisers, two assault carriers. I'm going loud!|[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper|Harper]] and [[Cortana]] as the [[Space warfare|space battle]] between opposing fleets rages.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|Fleet Admiral Harper|Cortana|q1=First Echelon, you're with me, blanket those cruisers, take ‘em out one by one. Second Echelon, keep those carriers busy.|q2=Registering all hostile vessels inside the kill zone. Thirteen cruisers, two assault carriers. I'm going loud!|[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper|Harper]] and [[Cortana]] as the [[Space warfare|space battle]] between opposing fleets rages.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}}} | ||
[[File:H2A-pavel-belov-cairo-external.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The battle in space takes place despite Regret's fleet being outnumbered by the UNSC Home Fleet.]] | [[File:H2A-pavel-belov-cairo-external.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The battle in space takes place despite Regret's fleet being outnumbered by the UNSC Home Fleet.]] | ||
The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[R'sisho-pattern Tick|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with | The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[R'sisho-pattern Tick|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with a {{Pattern|Chershi|void maker|}} [[antimatter charge]] each. As each bomb was planted the Covenant withdrew. ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were demolished in quick succession. [[Cortana]], aboard ''Cairo'', deduced the nature of the threat and [[John-117]] was dispatched to prevent the same fate from befalling ''Cairo''.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} | ||
Cortana directed the SPARTAN-II to the bomb's location in ''Cairo''{{'}}s fire control center. En route to the bomb, John-117 rescued Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] and allowed her to board {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. The frigate departed ''Cairo'' to join the fray.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} | Cortana directed the SPARTAN-II to the bomb's location in ''Cairo''{{'}}s fire control center. En route to the bomb, John-117 rescued Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] and allowed her to board {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. The frigate departed ''Cairo'' to join the fray.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} | ||