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[[File:UNSC Attack.jpg|200px|thumb|left|UNSC ground forces charge a Covenant formation in the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]].]] | [[File:UNSC Attack.jpg|200px|thumb|left|UNSC ground forces charge a Covenant formation in the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]].]] | ||
Over two weeks after the defense of SWORD Base, the UNSC sent reconnaissance teams into Covenant-controlled territory in preparation for a counterattack and to investigate the enemy positions and forces they would be facing. With a Covenant staging ground on Reach, the [[UNSC Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] launched a joint offensive in an attempt to defeat the Covenant forces before reinforcements could arrive.<ref name="tots"/> The assault was spearheaded by the Army and NOBLE Team, who attacked Covenant [[Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|anti-air weapons]] to make way for [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s and | Over two weeks after the defense of SWORD Base, the UNSC sent reconnaissance teams into Covenant-controlled territory in preparation for a counterattack and to investigate the enemy positions and forces they would be facing. With a Covenant staging ground on Reach, the [[UNSC Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] launched a joint offensive in an attempt to defeat the Covenant forces before reinforcements could arrive.<ref name="tots"/> The assault was spearheaded by the Army and NOBLE Team, who attacked Covenant [[Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|anti-air weapons]] to make way for [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s and {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s to make bombing runs. The attack, though initially successful, was thwarted when a cloaked {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}, ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', appeared over the area, attacking the UNSC frigates and reinforcing the Covenant troops.<ref name="tots"/> Meanwhile, Covenant forces made another strike on SWORD Base, this time with much greater success.<ref name="lnos"/> | ||
The arrival of the supercarrier led to [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], in which NOBLE Team used [[YSS-1000 Sabre]]s and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace drive "bomb"]] to the supercarrier and destroy it.<ref name="lnos">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> [[SPARTAN-B312]], [[Jorge-052]], and a team of [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] pilots, with the aid of the frigate ''Savannah'', boarded the ''Ardent Prayer'' and took control of it.<ref name="lnos"/> Noble Five then sacrificed himself to destroy ''Long Night of Solace.'' However, just as the supercarrier was destroyed, a fleet of Covenant warships exited slipspace in orbit over the planet.<ref name="lnos"/><!-- Page 151 of Halo: The Essential Visual Guide states that the fleet that arrived after Long Night of Solace's destruction was not the Fleet of Particular Justice. The Guide, as well as Data Drop 4, confirms that the Fleet of Particular Justice did not arrive until August 30, as stated in Halo: The Fall of Reach.--> Despite the mission's success, the destruction of the supercarrier was an inadvertent setback for [[Operation: RED FLAG]].<ref name="Drops"/> | The arrival of the supercarrier led to [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], in which NOBLE Team used [[YSS-1000 Sabre]]s and the corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to deliver an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace drive "bomb"]] to the supercarrier and destroy it.<ref name="lnos">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> [[SPARTAN-B312]], [[Jorge-052]], and a team of [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] pilots, with the aid of the frigate ''Savannah'', boarded the ''Ardent Prayer'' and took control of it.<ref name="lnos"/> Noble Five then sacrificed himself to destroy ''Long Night of Solace.'' However, just as the supercarrier was destroyed, a fleet of Covenant warships exited slipspace in orbit over the planet.<ref name="lnos"/><!-- Page 151 of Halo: The Essential Visual Guide states that the fleet that arrived after Long Night of Solace's destruction was not the Fleet of Particular Justice. The Guide, as well as Data Drop 4, confirms that the Fleet of Particular Justice did not arrive until August 30, as stated in Halo: The Fall of Reach.--> Despite the mission's success, the destruction of the supercarrier was an inadvertent setback for [[Operation: RED FLAG]].<ref name="Drops"/> | ||