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{{Battle | {{Battle | ||
|name=Fall of Reach | |name=Fall of Reach | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:Fall of Reach compilation.png|300px]]<sup>Clockwise from top left: The [[Devoted Sentries]] and [[NOBLE Team]] battle one another at [[Visegrád Relay]]; [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|dozens of UNSC deployments]] across the [[Viery Territory]]; [[UNSC Army]] personnel in [[M12 Warthog]]s engage [[Type-26B Banshee]]s; [[Jun-A266]] and [[Emile-A239]] at [[SWORD Base]] during [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]; Sgt. [[Avery Johnson]] fighting a [[Kig-Yar]] on [[Gamma Station]]; the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} escaping Reach.</sup> | ||
|prev=[[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] | |prev=[[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] | ||
|conc=[[Battle of Tribute]], [[Battle of Beta Gabriel]] | |conc=[[Battle of Tribute]], [[Battle of Beta Gabriel]] | ||
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*[[Siege of the Inner Colonies]] | *[[Siege of the Inner Colonies]] | ||
|date=[[2552#July|July 25, 2552]] - [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]<ref name="H3R">[[:File:ONI Plaque Right.jpg|''Halo 3: ODST'', Reference of Reach event]]</ref><ref group="note">While the time stamps in ''Halo Reach'' use Reach's local time, the dates given are based on the UNSC military calendar. This is supported by the entries in [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]].</ref> <br/> | |date=[[2552#July|July 25, 2552]] - [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]<ref name="H3R">[[:File:ONI Plaque Right.jpg|''Halo 3: ODST'', Reference of Reach event]]</ref><ref group="note">While the time stamps in ''Halo Reach'' use Reach's local time, the dates given are based on the UNSC military calendar. This is supported by the entries in [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]].</ref> <br/> | ||
* | *[[#Timeline|See below]] | ||
|place=[[Epsilon Eridani system]], planet [[Reach]] | |place=[[Epsilon Eridani system]], planet [[Reach]] | ||
|result= | |result= | ||
*Reach [[Glassing|glassed]] | *Reach [[Glassing|glassed]] | ||
*Heavy casualties incurred on both sides | *Heavy casualties incurred on both sides | ||
*[[Noble Team]] successfully delivered the fragment of [[Cortana]] to [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]], allowing the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to escape to [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]. | *[[Noble Team]] successfully delivered the fragment of [[Cortana]] to [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]], allowing the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to escape to [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]. | ||
|side1= | |side1= | ||
* | *{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | ||
*[[Reach militia]] | *[[Reach militia]] | ||
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****At least 95 [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] and [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=33|Quote=Twenty thousand kilometers from the planet, a cluster of a hundred UNSC ships collected at rally point Zulu: destroyers, frigates, three cruisers, two carriers—and three refit and repair stations hovering over them. . . waiting to be used as sacrificial shields. “Fifty-two additional UNSC warships inbound to rally point Zulu,” Cortana reported.|Detail=Frigates and destroyers comprised 95% of the initial force (95/100).}} | ****At least 95 [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] and [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=33|Quote=Twenty thousand kilometers from the planet, a cluster of a hundred UNSC ships collected at rally point Zulu: destroyers, frigates, three cruisers, two carriers—and three refit and repair stations hovering over them. . . waiting to be used as sacrificial shields. “Fifty-two additional UNSC warships inbound to rally point Zulu,” Cortana reported.|Detail=Frigates and destroyers comprised 95% of the initial force (95/100).}} | ||
****Numerous [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]] | ****Numerous [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]] | ||
****18 refit and repair stations | ****18 refit and repair stations | ||
**20 [[orbital defense platform]]s | |||
**58,485 land assets<ref name="factbook"/> | **58,485 land assets<ref name="factbook"/> | ||
***26 [[Spartan-IIs]]<ref name="drop5"/><ref name="Wars">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archived]])</ref><ref name="FS Adjunct">''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), Adjunct</ref><ref name="DttE">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh7Q3fjIIwc ''Youtube'': Defiant to the End]</ref><ref name="Library">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Library (feature)|Library]] - Pelican</ref><!-- This figure includes the 25 NAVSPECWEAP Spartan-IIs recalled to Reach (as stated in the listed sources) as well as Jorge.--> | ***26 [[Spartan-IIs]]<ref name="drop5"/><ref name="Wars">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archived]])</ref><ref name="FS Adjunct">''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), Adjunct</ref><ref name="DttE">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh7Q3fjIIwc ''Youtube'': Defiant to the End]</ref><ref name="Library">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Library (feature)|Library]] - Pelican</ref><!-- This figure includes the 25 NAVSPECWEAP Spartan-IIs recalled to Reach (as stated in the listed sources) as well as Jorge.--> | ||
***[[ | ***[[UNSC Army]] | ||
****[[Noble Team]] | |||
***[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ***[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
****[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | ****[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | ||
***[[UNSC Air Force]] | ***[[UNSC Air Force]] | ||
**11,050 air assets<ref name="factbook"/> | **11,050 air assets<ref name="factbook"/> | ||
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=====Investigations and analysis of the battle===== | =====Investigations and analysis of the battle===== | ||
On September 4, 2552, the Office of Naval Intelligence began investigating [[Joseph Poteet]] and [[Alasdair Schicker]], believing that they may have leaked classified information to the Covenant. Including the location of Reach.<ref name="entry19021024"/> At the same time, Lieutenant [[Wagner]] who escaped the battle reported to the [[UNSC Security Council]] at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]], Earth, detailing the glassing of the planet and the escape of the UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn''.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 100-106</ref> | On September 4, 2552, the Office of Naval Intelligence began investigating [[Joseph Poteet]] and [[Alasdair Schicker]], believing that they may have leaked classified information to the Covenant. Including the location of Reach.<ref name="entry19021024"/> At the same time, Lieutenant [[Wagner]] who escaped the battle reported to the [[UNSC Security Council]] at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]], Earth, detailing the glassing of the planet and the escape of the UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn''.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 100-106</ref> | ||
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===Earth and the Sol system=== | ===Earth and the Sol system=== | ||
The loss of Reach was announced on [[Earth]] over PA systems.<ref>''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] - Rani: "The Wedding"</ref> | The loss of Reach was announced on [[Earth]] over PA systems.<ref>''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] - Rani: "The Wedding"</ref> Weeks after the battle, rumors started circulating on Earth that people were still alive on Reach.<ref>''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 8|Chapter 8]] - Rani: "My Old Kentucky Home"</ref> | ||
The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] knew of at least four Covenant battle groups centred around large assault carriers prowling the outer edges of UNSC-held space. The Navy believed that the location of Sol was compromised and began relocating heavy industry facilities and command centers out of the system in a long-planned exodus.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=6 ''Bungie.net'', Jason Jones Interviewed By You] ([[Archive:Bungie.net/News/Jason Jones Interviewed By You|Archive]])</ref> UNSC units were also posted in Earth's [[Space elevator|tether cities]] following the battle of Reach.<ref>''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', "[[Palace Hotel]]", p. 367</ref> Some graffiti on Earth used the slogan "Remember Reach".{{Ref/Level|Game=[[Halo 3: ODST]]|Level=[[Mombasa Streets]]}} | |||
===Rescue operation=== | Following the battle, a [[ONI memorial|memorial]] was created for fallen ONI personnel in the Fall of Reach at [[ONI Alpha Site]] on Earth.{{Ref/Level|[[Halo 3: ODST]]|[[ONI Alpha Site]]}} | ||
===Post-fall missions and activities on Reach=== | |||
====Rescue operation==== | |||
{{Main|Raid on Reach}} | {{Main|Raid on Reach}} | ||
As the Covenant began glassing Reach, the surviving Spartans continued their fight. Team Gamma; a Red team splinter composed of Anton-044; Grace-093 and Li-008, had managed to survive and complete their mission to rescue Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb from HIGHCOM. Too late to reach CASTLE base, they hid in the mountains attacking Covenant units with the use of guerrilla tactics as opposed to a conventional assault. They programmed their MJOLNIR suits to transmit the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" secret code on E-Band radio, hoping that any surviving Spartans would discover it and help them. | As the Covenant began glassing Reach, the surviving Spartans continued their fight. Team Gamma; a Red team splinter composed of Anton-044; Grace-093 and Li-008, had managed to survive and complete their mission to rescue Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb from HIGHCOM. Too late to reach CASTLE base, they hid in the mountains attacking Covenant units with the use of guerrilla tactics as opposed to a conventional assault. They programmed their MJOLNIR suits to transmit the "Oly Oly Oxen Free" secret code on E-Band radio, hoping that any surviving Spartans would discover it and help them. | ||
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Meanwhile underneath the ruins of CASTLE base, Dr. Halsey and five Spartans (Fred, Kelly, Will, Vinh, and Isaac) had spent five days combing the remains of a Forerunner structure and an additional five days trapped in a hallway inside the ruins by Covenant forces. They managed to retrieve a [[Forerunner crystal]] that the Covenant were seeking, but it emitted a burst of radiation which alerted the Covenant to their presence. Vinh and Isaac fell at the hands of overwhelming Covenant forces, and the others escaped by blowing the hallway down behind them. | Meanwhile underneath the ruins of CASTLE base, Dr. Halsey and five Spartans (Fred, Kelly, Will, Vinh, and Isaac) had spent five days combing the remains of a Forerunner structure and an additional five days trapped in a hallway inside the ruins by Covenant forces. They managed to retrieve a [[Forerunner crystal]] that the Covenant were seeking, but it emitted a burst of radiation which alerted the Covenant to their presence. Vinh and Isaac fell at the hands of overwhelming Covenant forces, and the others escaped by blowing the hallway down behind them. | ||
After the survivors were recovered by ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', a Covenant Flagship captured by [[John-117]] after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the ship drew a group of Covenant vessels out of the system in pursuit to [[Eridanus Secundus]], leading to the [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|destruction of the asteroid colony]], and the destruction of the artifact and the recovery of only a small number of pieces by the Covenant. The ''Ascendant Justice'' also destroyed around sixteen Covenant warships during the escape in slipspace and at the rebel base.<ref>''Halo: | After the survivors were recovered by ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', a Covenant Flagship captured by [[John-117]] after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the ship drew a group of Covenant vessels out of the system in pursuit to [[Eridanus Secundus]], leading to the [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|destruction of the asteroid colony]], and the destruction of the artifact and the recovery of only a small number of pieces by the Covenant. The ''Ascendant Justice'' also destroyed around sixteen Covenant warships during the escape in slipspace and at the rebel base.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: First Strike|Page=339}} | ||
[[File:TFoR-as-concept 5.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The members of Blue Team meeting up in Reach's glasslands in 2558 to remember Sam's sacrifice.]] | |||
====Post-war==== | |||
The earliest known return mission to Reach would be in [[2553]] when a pioneer group came to the planet to scout and prepare for the planet's reterraforming.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2994218_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2994218|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Catalog Interaction (Page 43)}} | |||
Surviving members of [[Blue Team]] would return to a glassed Reach in [[2558]], honoring [[Samuel-034]]'s sacrifice at the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref> | |||
They would again comeback to a desolate Reach in [[2559]] during [[Operation: WOLFE]] and the [[Created conflict]]. This time they would attempt to dig into the ruins of CASTLE Base.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter=1}} | |||
[[File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Reach restored to a green state in 2589.]] | |||
===Environment, livability and future of Reach=== | |||
A number of [[moa]] survived in isolated areas of Reach.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa}} | |||
Reach would return to a green state by [[2589]] and with [[Unidentified colony ship|at least one]] [[colony ship]] coming to settle on the planet.<ref name="lonewolf"/> By [[2610]], the city of New Alexandria was resettled with a few new areas including [[Hősök tere]], which held the [[Reach War Memorial]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]'', [[:File:Journal Package Letter.jpg|package contents letter]]</ref> | |||
Reach would return to a green state by [[2589]].<ref name="lonewolf"/> By [[2610]], the city of New Alexandria was resettled with a few new areas including [[Hősök tere]], which held the [[Reach War Memorial]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]'', [[:File:Journal Package Letter.jpg|package contents letter]]</ref> | |||
==Engagements== | ==Engagements== | ||
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File:UltraMythos.jpg|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] leading troops in the battle in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | File:UltraMythos.jpg|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] leading troops in the battle in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | ||
File:HR CovenantArmy_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art for a Covenant armoured column. | File:HR CovenantArmy_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art for a Covenant armoured column. | ||
File: | File:Fall_of_Reach_1.jpg|A {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} and an {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} fighting over a glassed reach. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||