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This [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[battle group]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref> was comprised and detailed of nine ships and commanded by the late [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the {{UNSCship|Stalingrad}}, a [[UNSC carrier|carrier]]. In [[2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]], and (supposedly) examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated and recovered. | |||
==Battle of Onyx== | ==Battle of Onyx== | ||
The battlegroup rendezvoused with the [[prowler]] {{UNSCship|Dusk}} soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master|Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]], and took losses, including the {{UNSCship|Glasgow Kiss}}, which sacrificed itself to save the ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battlegroup temporarily went into hiding. | |||
The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. | The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. The battlegroup moved in for the kill with six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds left. Unfortunately, at this point [[Sangheili]] reinforcements arrived in the form of over thirty warships. Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' was swiftly and efficiently annihilated, with the sole exception of the ''Dusk''. | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
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This UNSC Naval battle group[1] was comprised and detailed of nine ships and commanded by the late Admiral Carl Patterson. Its flagship was the Template:UNSCship, a carrier. In 2552, the battle group was deployed to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Halsey, a joint unit of SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs, and (supposedly) examples of Forerunner technologies that had been excavated and recovered.
Battle of Onyx
The battlegroup rendezvoused with the prowler Template:UNSCship soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the Covenant fleet under Fleetmaster Voro 'Mantakree, and took losses, including the Template:UNSCship, which sacrificed itself to save the Stalingrad from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battlegroup temporarily went into hiding.
The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the Dusk prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. The battlegroup moved in for the kill with six MAC rounds left. Unfortunately, at this point Sangheili reinforcements arrived in the form of over thirty warships. Battlegroup Stalingrad was swiftly and efficiently annihilated, with the sole exception of the Dusk.
Composition
Historical reference
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was the site of a brutal battle during the Second World War, between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (now Russia). It is popularly seen as marking the easternmost mark of the German invasion. The weakening of the German army at Stalingrad- the Nazis lost over 841,000 men- would ultimately culminate in the decisive battle at Kursk, ending the German offensive into the Soviet Union and beginning the Soviet push back toward Germany.
Sources
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 294
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