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Battle Group X-Ray

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"We returned to Harvest with enough firepower to assault the vaults of Heaven."
— Preston Cole, describing X-Ray going into the Second Battle of Harvest[1]

Battle Group X-Ray was a battle group fleet given to Admiral Cole to command in 2526.[2]

History

Harvest

Main article: Second Battle of Harvest

On March 1, 2526, Battle Group X-Ray engaged the Covenant over Harvest. The engagement resulted in the destruction of 13 UNSC vessels and a single Covenant super-destroyer.[1][2]

SILENT STORM

Main article: Operation: SILENT STORM

Seven days after the battle at Harvest, Admiral Cole as well as several others formulated Operation: SILENT STORM. The group predicted that the Covenant would likely attack Biko. With this, Task Force Yama would secretly waiting to counter-attack the Covenant when they got there. At the same time, Battle Group X-Ray would start harassing Covenant forces independently of Yama.[3]

Post-2526

The battle group was disbanded or transferred to another flag-officer sometime prior to the Battle of Psi Serpentis, as Admiral Cole then commanded UNSC Battle Group India.[4][1][5]

Composition

Main force

Battle Group X-Ray was comprised of 40 Warships.[4]

Task Force Yama

Main article: Task Force Yama

Task Force Pantea

Main article: Task Force Pantea

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HWG
  2. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Historian's Note
  3. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 5
  4. ^ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Harvest
  5. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", p. 476-482