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Reach fell | Reach fell during the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]]. The Covenant discovered the location of Reach from a [[Forerunner]] artifact it recovered during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. The artifact disclosed Reach's location, as Reach was the location of yet another artifact. Coincidentally, the Human presence on Reach was revealed when the destroyer {{UNSCship|Iroquois}} returned to Reach after the battle, unaware that a Covenant spy drone was attached to her hull near the engines.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 216''</ref> | ||
The UNSC had a plan to end the war. A platoon of [[SPARTAN-II]]s would hijack a Covenant ship, head to the Covenant [[High Charity|home planet]], kidnap the [[High Prophets|Covenant leadership]], and use them to broker a truce with the Covenant. The SPARTANs, aboard the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}} with Captain Keyes and his crew, were just about to leave for their mission when the Pillar of Autumn was recalled to Reach to defend the planet against a [[Fall of Reach|massive Covenant attack]]. [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] ordered the majority of the SPARTANs to the planet's surface to protect the generators for the [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s while he and two other SPARTANs boarded [[Reach Station Gamma]] to secure an unprotected NAV database aboard the [[ONI]] [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] [[Circumference]]. | The UNSC had a plan to end the war. A platoon of [[SPARTAN-II]]s would hijack a Covenant ship, head to the Covenant [[High Charity|home planet]], kidnap the [[High Prophets|Covenant leadership]], and use them to broker a truce with the Covenant. The SPARTANs, aboard the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}} with Captain Keyes and his crew, were just about to leave for their mission when the Pillar of Autumn was recalled to Reach to defend the planet against a [[Fall of Reach|massive Covenant attack]]. [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] ordered the majority of the SPARTANs to the planet's surface to protect the generators for the [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s while he and two other SPARTANs boarded [[Reach Station Gamma]] to secure an unprotected NAV database aboard the [[ONI]] [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] [[Circumference]]. | ||