Battle of the Great Bear
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The Battle of the Great Bear, also known as the Battle of Groombridge 1830 System, was a major battle in the early years of the Human-Covenant War. It ended in a pyrrhic victory for the USNC fleet, which was commanded by Admiral Preston Cole.[1][2]
Background
Cole's fleet, consisting of seventeen ships, engaged three Covenant warships, destroying the enemy force but losing eleven destroyers in the process. Two of the Covenant ships were destroyed directly in combat, while the third crash-landed on the surface of a nearby planet.
A Sangheili survivor was recovered and interrogated personally by Admiral Cole. Through this interrogation, the UNSC learned that the Covenant were wiping out humanity because the humans had been deemed "unclean." More importantly, Cole discovered that the Covenant were largely unaware of the size and whereabouts of humanity's interstellar empire, leading to the formulation of the Cole Protocol.[1][2][3]
List of appearances
- Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
- ^ a b Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
- ^ Halo: The Flood 2010 edition, bonus content
