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===Toward Harvest=== | ===Toward Harvest=== | ||
{{main|Skirmish on Minor Transgression}} | {{main|Skirmish on Minor Transgression}} | ||
First contact between the Covenant and humanity involved a number of raids on UNSC ships in the [[Epsilon Indi]] | First contact between the Covenant and humanity involved a number of raids on UNSC ships in the [[Epsilon Indi system]] by a Covenant missionary ship, the ''[[Minor Transgression]]''. The raider made a scan of Harvest before being intercepted and destroyed. | ||
Following quickly on ''Minor Transgression'''s heels was the Covenant cruiser, ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. The cruiser's commander, the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] and [[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Maccabeus]], was ordered to [[Glassing|glass]] the colony. However, the pious Maccabeus opted to delay this in order to search for relics first. This put him in conflict with [[Tartarus]], his more zealous nephew. | Following quickly on ''Minor Transgression'''s heels was the Covenant cruiser, ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. The cruiser's commander, the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] and [[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Maccabeus]], was ordered to [[Glassing|glass]] the colony. However, the pious Maccabeus opted to delay this in order to search for relics first. This put him in conflict with [[Tartarus]], his more zealous nephew. | ||