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[[File:EarthLuminary.png|thumb|left|150px|Erde-Tyrene, as represented by the [[luminary]] discovered on Meridian.]] | [[File:EarthLuminary.png|thumb|left|150px|Erde-Tyrene, as represented by the [[luminary]] discovered on Meridian.]] | ||
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The [[Prophet of Truth]] discovered the location of [[Earth]] after the [[Fall of Reach]], but withheld knowledge of this discovery from the rest of the Covenant leadership.{{Ref/Film|Id=waypoint|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} To attack the human homeworld, he ordered an [[Truth's fleet|assault fleet]] to secretly assemble at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. The fleet would overwhelm Earth's defenses in a single decisive strike.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike}} The fleet was discovered by the UNSC [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] and preemptive strike was led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and a [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]], strike team, which successfully destroyed ''Unyielding Hierophant'' and almost the entirety of the assembled fleet, some five hundred ships.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HFS333|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} Earth was granted a small reprieve. | The [[Prophet of Truth]] discovered the location of [[Earth]] after the [[Fall of Reach]], but withheld knowledge of this discovery from the rest of the Covenant leadership.{{Ref/Film|Id=waypoint|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} To attack the human homeworld, he ordered an [[Truth's fleet|assault fleet]] to secretly assemble at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. The fleet would overwhelm Earth's defenses in a single decisive strike.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike}} The fleet was discovered by the UNSC [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] and a preemptive strike was led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and a [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]], strike team, which successfully destroyed ''Unyielding Hierophant'' and almost the entirety of the assembled fleet, some five hundred ships.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HFS333|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} Earth was granted a small reprieve. | ||
The [[Prophet of Regret]] also independently learned of the location of Earth that was known as Erde-Tyrene as the location of a [[Forerunner]] artifact, [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] leading to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. This revelation came after long study by [[steward]]s of a Forerunner [[luminary]] taken from the moon, [[Meridian]], in [[2551]]. Not being privy to Truth's information, Regret set off to uncover the artifact without any knowledge that Erde-Tyrenne was the humans' homeworld. Regret unknowingly led his [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|small fleet]], a mere two [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]] and thirteen [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|battlecruisers]], straight into Earth's formidable defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Truth belatedly learned of Regret's expedition to Earth, and dispatched a large [[Jiralhanae]]-led support and excavation fleet to reinforce the remaining forces of the initial fleet. They arrived almost one day after Regret had fled.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypointvergil}}<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st--> | The [[Prophet of Regret]] also independently learned of the location of Earth that was known as Erde-Tyrene as the location of a [[Forerunner]] artifact, [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] leading to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. This revelation came after long study by [[steward]]s of a Forerunner [[luminary]] taken from the moon, [[Meridian]], in [[2551]]. Not being privy to Truth's information, Regret set off to uncover the artifact without any knowledge that Erde-Tyrenne was the humans' homeworld. Regret unknowingly led his [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|small fleet]], a mere two [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]] and thirteen [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|battlecruisers]], straight into Earth's formidable defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Truth belatedly learned of Regret's expedition to Earth, and dispatched a large [[Jiralhanae]]-led support and excavation fleet to reinforce the remaining forces of the initial fleet. They arrived almost one day after Regret had fled.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypointvergil}}<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st--> | ||