Battle of Actium
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The Battle of Actium was a military engagement that occured between UNSC forces and the Covenant between May and June, 2545 on the colony world Actium.[1]
Background
In 2545, a Covenant armada invaded the planet in an attempt to conquer and glass the world. On May 10th, Colonel Acono Mentiath of the 53rd Armoured Division, standing before 12,000 men and women fighting alongside him, made a speech:
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Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not a coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright, our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you, my fellow soldiers, were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity, and they will fear us. "
The planet fell less that a month later, but Colonel Mentiath led the UNSC forces deep into enemy-held territory. There, with a pair of HAVOK tactical nukes, they destroyed three of the largest Covenant staging areas in recorded history. All UNSC forces were wiped out, but the Covenant forces took heavy losses.
