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I missed the part where the total losses for Seoba were given when the memorial service is mentioned
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As the battle continued to rage, [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] met with the [[Insurrectionist]]s on the {{Class|Banta|transport}} ''[[Emmeline]]'' where Commandant [[Erland Booth]] attempted to threaten him into calling off the attack with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. 'Szatulai killed Booth instead and the Insurrectionists attempted to negotiate with him for the Covenant's help in taking Biko, offering the HAVOK and the plans to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Spartans' armor]]. 'Szatulai decided to pretend to agree, in reality using the rebels to gain more intelligence upon the Spartans in order to be able to destroy them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 18''</ref> | As the battle continued to rage, [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] met with the [[Insurrectionist]]s on the {{Class|Banta|transport}} ''[[Emmeline]]'' where Commandant [[Erland Booth]] attempted to threaten him into calling off the attack with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. 'Szatulai killed Booth instead and the Insurrectionists attempted to negotiate with him for the Covenant's help in taking Biko, offering the HAVOK and the plans to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Spartans' armor]]. 'Szatulai decided to pretend to agree, in reality using the rebels to gain more intelligence upon the Spartans in order to be able to destroy them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 18''</ref> | ||
After five days of battle, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience defeated Biko's defenders, but lost five cruisers in the process. In addition, Biko's defenders destroyed the planet's orbital shipbuilding stations that [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] had hoped to take control of for his own fleet's usage. With Biko's defenses gone, the Covenant turned to [[glassing]] the planet.<ref name="SSC21">'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 21''</ref> During this battle, [[Task Force Yama]] also lost six [[Prowler]]s and the [[21st Space Assault Battalion|Black Daggers]] suffered heavy losses as well.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''pages 301-302''</ref><ref group="note">On page 301 of ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', its stated that [[Task Force Yama]] lost seven [[Prowler]]s and over four hundred Black Daggers at the battles of [[Seoba]] and Biko. Only the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} and {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} were lost at Seoba in terms of ships | After five days of battle, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience defeated Biko's defenders, but lost five cruisers in the process. In addition, Biko's defenders destroyed the planet's orbital shipbuilding stations that [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] had hoped to take control of for his own fleet's usage. With Biko's defenses gone, the Covenant turned to [[glassing]] the planet.<ref name="SSC21">'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 21''</ref> During this battle, [[Task Force Yama]] also lost six [[Prowler]]s and the [[21st Space Assault Battalion|Black Daggers]] suffered heavy losses as well.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''pages 301-302''</ref><ref group="note">On page 301 of ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', its stated that [[Task Force Yama]] lost seven [[Prowler]]s and over four hundred Black Daggers at the battles of [[Seoba]] and Biko. Only the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} and {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} were lost at Seoba in terms of ships and one hundred and twenty seven Black Daggers were lost at Seoba, but an exact figure for the losses at Biko is not given, just that cumulatively it was over four hundred Black Daggers.</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||