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[[File:H4 SongOfRequiem.png|thumb|left|250px|Jul 'Mdama's ''[[Song of Retribution]]'' remained over Requiem by attempting to enter the shield world for over three years.]]
[[File:H4 SongOfRequiem.png|thumb|left|250px|Jul 'Mdama's ''[[Song of Retribution]]'' remained over Requiem by attempting to enter the shield world for over three years.]]
{{Quote|Requiem's treasures shall be ours.|Jul 'Mdama after finding Requiem in [[2554]]}}
{{Quote|Requiem's treasures shall be ours.|Jul 'Mdama after finding Requiem in [[2554]]}}
Blaming the UNSC for being "correctly" the responsible of the death of her wife, [[Raia 'Mdama]], [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] who was formerly part of the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] opposing the [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s [[Swords of Sanghelios]]'s peace with the [[Unified Earth Government]] vowed to seek vengeance against the humanity and etablish his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new faction]], an [[Covenant remnants|offshoot]] of the former [[Covenant]] going by the same name. In response, 'Mdama accrued a number of [[Covenant starship|Covenant vessels]] to begin to amass a massive Covenant fleet sized enough to engage the UNSC, with the traditional {{class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Song of Retribution]]'' being his [[flagship]] and of his faction and appointed himself as the [[Supreme Leader]] of his "Covenant".{{Ref/Reuse|song}}
Blaming the UNSC for being "correctly" the responsible of the death of her wife, [[Raia 'Mdama]], [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] who was formerly part of the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] opposing the [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s [[Swords of Sanghelios]]'s peace with the [[Unified Earth Government]] vowed to seek vengeance against the humanity and etablish his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new faction]], an [[Covenant remnants|offshoot]] of the former [[Covenant]] going by the same name. In response, 'Mdama accrued a number of [[Covenant starship|Covenant vessels]] to begin to amass a fleet sized enough to engage the [[UNSC]] [[Expeditionary Strike Group 1]], with the traditional {{class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Song of Retribution]]'' being his [[flagship]] and of his faction and appointed himself as the [[Supreme Leader]] of his "Covenant".{{Ref/Reuse|song}}


Within the next two years after the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the Great War in [[2554]], [[Jul 'Mdama]] led his fleet, including ''Song of Retribution'' and at least 3 other assault carriers, to [[Requiem]] in search of the shield world's "treasure": he sought the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], the leader of the [[Warrior-Servant|Forerunner military]], due to their mutual hatred of humanity.{{Ref/Reuse|jul}} However, 'Mdama could not find a way into Requiem despite every attempts, so the ''Song of Retribution'' held station in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|song}} On [[2557#July|July 21, 2557]], the Covenant fleet that accompagnied ''Retribution'' returned to Requiem via [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] as the ''Dawn'' entered the [[planet]]'s gravity well; 'Mdama sent his forces to board the frigate to keep any humans away.{{Ref/Game|Id=jul|Game=Halo 4|Section=[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Prologue Terminal "Jul 'Mdama"]]}} As his Covenant troops entered the ship, Requiem began to scan the ''Dawn'' for a "[[Reclaimer]]".{{Ref/Reuse|Dawn}}
Within the next two years after the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the Great War in [[2554]], [[Jul 'Mdama]] led his fleet, including ''Song of Retribution'' and at least 3 other assault carriers, to [[Requiem]] in search of the shield world's "treasure": he sought the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], the leader of the [[Warrior-Servant|Forerunner military]], due to their mutual hatred of humanity.{{Ref/Reuse|jul}} However, 'Mdama could not find a way into Requiem despite every attempts, so the ''Song of Retribution'' held station in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|song}} On [[2557#July|July 21, 2557]], the Covenant fleet that accompagnied ''Retribution'' returned to Requiem via [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] as the ''Dawn'' entered the [[planet]]'s gravity well; 'Mdama sent his forces to board the frigate to keep any humans away.{{Ref/Game|Id=jul|Game=Halo 4|Section=[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Prologue Terminal "Jul 'Mdama"]]}} As his Covenant troops entered the ship, Requiem began to scan the ''Dawn'' for a "[[Reclaimer]]".{{Ref/Reuse|Dawn}}


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==Battle==
==Battle==
===Opening skirmishes and Didact's awakening===
===Opening skirmishes and Didact's awakening===
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