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The '''First Battle of Sword Base''' was an engagement between the forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] at the [[ONI]] research facility known as [[SWORD Base]] occurring on [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]]. | The '''First Battle of Sword Base''' was an engagement between the forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] at the [[ONI]] research facility known as [[SWORD Base]] occurring on [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
On or prior to the night of [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the human [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] arrived at the [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] undetected by its defending forces. A small strike, including artifact-hunting [[Sangheili Zealot]]s was dispatched to the [[Visegrád Relay]] in [[Visegrád]] to cut off communications between Reach and other [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] colonies. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] assumed that the communications blackout was caused by local [[Insurrectionist]]s; in response, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] dispatched several [[UNSC Army|Army]] fireteams to the relay. After losing contact with the troopers, [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] was sent to investigate.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level | On or prior to the night of [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the human [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] arrived at the [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]] undetected by its defending forces. A small strike, including artifact-hunting [[Sangheili Zealot]]s was dispatched to the [[Visegrád Relay]] in [[Visegrád]] to cut off communications between Reach and other [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] colonies. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] assumed that the communications blackout was caused by local [[Insurrectionist]]s; in response, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] dispatched several [[UNSC Army|Army]] fireteams to the relay. After losing contact with the troopers, [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] was sent to investigate.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> The team [[Battle of Visegrád|discovered]] the Covenant presence on [[Reach]] and reported back to [[Central Command|CENTCOM]], killing two of the Zealots in the process. [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] was declared on Reach while [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kat-B320]] retrieved a [[data module]] from the corpse of Doctor [[Laszlo Sorvad]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level\ ''[[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]''</ref> | ||
==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Sword Base]] came under siege by [[Covenant]] forces from the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] led by a {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}. Due to the sensitive nature of the facility, orbital [[MAC]] rounds are prohibited from being used to destroy the corvette. With current defensive forces insufficient to repel the attack, ONI requests the help of [[NOBLE Team]].<ref name="Sword Base">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level | On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Sword Base]] came under siege by [[Covenant]] forces from the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] led by a {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}. Due to the sensitive nature of the facility, orbital [[MAC]] rounds are prohibited from being used to destroy the corvette. With current defensive forces insufficient to repel the attack, ONI requests the help of [[NOBLE Team]].<ref name="Sword Base">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> | ||
===Clearing the main gate=== | ===Clearing the main gate=== | ||
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Immediately after the corvette is destroyed, [[NOBLE Team]] is ordered to meet with Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] in the science wing. At Halsey's request, the Spartans provide her with a report on their previous engagement with the [[Covenant]] at [[Visegrád Relay]] and give her Professor [[Laszlo Sorvad]]'s [[data module]] which supposedly contains a "latchkey discovery" made by Sorvad prior to his death.<ref name="Sword Base" /> | Immediately after the corvette is destroyed, [[NOBLE Team]] is ordered to meet with Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] in the science wing. At Halsey's request, the Spartans provide her with a report on their previous engagement with the [[Covenant]] at [[Visegrád Relay]] and give her Professor [[Laszlo Sorvad]]'s [[data module]] which supposedly contains a "latchkey discovery" made by Sorvad prior to his death.<ref name="Sword Base" /> | ||
Despite the victory, [[Sword Base]] comes under attack by the Covenant again by [[2552#August|August 14]] when [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] takes place.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level | Despite the victory, [[Sword Base]] comes under attack by the Covenant again by [[2552#August|August 14]] when [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] takes place.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> By August 23, the base is considered Covenant territory when NOBLE Team is ordered to return for a torch and burn operation to keep the base's excavation data out of Covenant hands,<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]</ref> in reality a deception to task NOBLE Team with delivering [[Cortana|an important package]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||