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During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|summer 2552]], multiple Covenant fleets were dispatched to invade the planet,<ref name="log">'''[[Halo: The Flood|Halo: The Flood (2010)]]''', ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Return]]"</ref> among them the Fleet of Particular Justice which arrived on August 30.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 151''</ref><!-- Halo: The Essential Visual Guide confirms that the Fleet of Particular Justice did not arrive until August 30, as is stated in Halo: The Fall of Reach.--> | During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|summer 2552]], multiple Covenant fleets were dispatched to invade the planet,<ref name="log">'''[[Halo: The Flood|Halo: The Flood (2010)]]''', ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Return]]"</ref> among them the Fleet of Particular Justice which arrived on August 30.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 151''</ref><!-- Halo: The Essential Visual Guide confirms that the Fleet of Particular Justice did not arrive until August 30, as is stated in Halo: The Fall of Reach.--> | ||
Before the initial battle, the Covenant sent a smaller advance fleet, the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], to Reach;<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 111''</ref> after Valiant Prudence's flagship, the {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}} ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' was destroyed, another Covenant fleet sent by the [[Ministry of Resolution]] arrived and began attacking the planet in earnest.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref><!-- 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.--> Over the coming weeks, the Covenant continued to whittle away at the UNSC's defenses until, on August 30, an armada consisting of 315 ships, among them the Fleet of Particular Justice, the [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] and the [[Fleet of Holy Respite]] arrived. Over two-thirds of the combined fleet was destroyed, mainly because of the planet's defending [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon# | Before the initial battle, the Covenant sent a smaller advance fleet, the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], to Reach;<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 111''</ref> after Valiant Prudence's flagship, the {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}} ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' was destroyed, another Covenant fleet sent by the [[Ministry of Resolution]] arrived and began attacking the planet in earnest.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref><!-- 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.--> Over the coming weeks, the Covenant continued to whittle away at the UNSC's defenses until, on August 30, an armada consisting of 315 ships, among them the Fleet of Particular Justice, the [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] and the [[Fleet of Holy Respite]] arrived. Over two-thirds of the combined fleet was destroyed, mainly because of the planet's defending [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark V|"Super" MAC]]-equipped [[orbital defense platform]]s<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 358''</ref> and an intervening nuclear minefield,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 334''</ref> though the defenders were soon overrun. After the Covenant ships began to [[Glassing|glass]] the planet,<ref name="TFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref> the Fleets of Particular Justice and Holy Respite moved to the system's perimeter to form a blockade and prevent remaining human vessels from escaping. When the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} jumped in the system, Supreme Commander 'Vadamee and the Fleet of Particular Justice, composed of around 12 warships during this time, pursued the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|log}} | ||
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