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As the battle began on the ground, the Fleet of Valiant Prudence in space began to engage UNSC naval forces across the system, such as light battlegroups. The declaration of [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] on Reach forced the ONI research team at [[Teller Station]] to abandon their efforts at uncovering a [[Site 17|Forerunner installation]] beneath the surface of a planetoid in Epsilon Eridani's [[Oort cloud]], although their frantic efforts awoke senescent Forerunner systems, betraying the site's location to the Fleet of Valiant Prudence. As human scientists managed to recover an artifact from within the installation and departed the Oort cloud, Rho 'Barutamee, enraged by humans' insult to the Forerunner reliquary, deployed a "significant portion of his fleet" to recover Site 17, consisting of 13 {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s and 6 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s, only to be engaged by 16 [[Paris-class heavy frigate|frigates]] and 10 [[Marathon-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruisers]] deployed by UNSC admiral Michael Stanforth.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb3|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Three: Evacuate}} Though the Covenant forces were able to overrun the defences there, the humans were able to successfully extract Site 17's artifact. The Covenant attempted to board the human flagship to retrieve it, though Stanforth intended to use the artifact to lure the Covenant fleet away from the relic and into a trap near Reach itself.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb4|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Four: Run!}} The battle group was able to fight free of their pursuers, and Stanforth was able to vector in reinforcements to stop the pursuing Covenant squadrons.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb5|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Five: Into the fire}} | As the battle began on the ground, the Fleet of Valiant Prudence in space began to engage UNSC naval forces across the system, such as light battlegroups. The declaration of [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] on Reach forced the ONI research team at [[Teller Station]] to abandon their efforts at uncovering a [[Site 17|Forerunner installation]] beneath the surface of a planetoid in Epsilon Eridani's [[Oort cloud]], although their frantic efforts awoke senescent Forerunner systems, betraying the site's location to the Fleet of Valiant Prudence. As human scientists managed to recover an artifact from within the installation and departed the Oort cloud, Rho 'Barutamee, enraged by humans' insult to the Forerunner reliquary, deployed a "significant portion of his fleet" to recover Site 17, consisting of 13 {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s and 6 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s, only to be engaged by 16 [[Paris-class heavy frigate|frigates]] and 10 [[Marathon-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruisers]] deployed by UNSC admiral Michael Stanforth.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb3|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Three: Evacuate}} Though the Covenant forces were able to overrun the defences there, the humans were able to successfully extract Site 17's artifact. The Covenant attempted to board the human flagship to retrieve it, though Stanforth intended to use the artifact to lure the Covenant fleet away from the relic and into a trap near Reach itself.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb4|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Four: Run!}} The battle group was able to fight free of their pursuers, and Stanforth was able to vector in reinforcements to stop the pursuing Covenant squadrons.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb5|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Five: Into the fire}} | ||
On August 12, 2552, the UNSC [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attacked]] the Covenant landing zone, destroying [[Spire One|a]] [[ | On August 12, 2552, the UNSC [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attacked]] the Covenant landing zone, destroying [[Spire One|a]] [[deployment spire]] in the progress. Subsequently, the UNSC strike force was forced to retreat when the fleet's flagship, the {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} ''Long Night of Solace'', was revealed to be holding position over the planet, having been cloaked by the Spires.{{Ref/Level|Id=spear|HR|Tip of the Spear}} 'Barutamee's vessels smashed the [[UNSC Army]] garrisons below before retreating to Reach's orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} The UNSC on Reach, with little help until the arrival of reinforcements of sixty percent of the fleet from elsewhere in the Epsilon Eridani system, derived two operations to destroy the supercarrier: [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] created by [[Catherine-B320]], and [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] to distract the Covenant fleet, were initiated on August 14, 2552, in an effort to destroy the supercarrier.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb6|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Six: Left Jab}} NOBLE Team were deployed to repel a Covenant assault at the [[FSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre]] research site at [[Farkas Lake]], prior to [[SPARTAN-B312]], [[Jorge-052]], and a team of Army pilots deploying to [[refit station]] ''[[Anchor 9]]'' aboard the fighters rendezvousing with the frigate {{UNSCShip|Savannah}}, to prepare for Operation: UPPER CUT.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} By this time, Supreme Commander 'Barutamee now realised the human treat presence on the surface and the importance of Reach, and the [[Ministry of Resolution]] had deployed a much larger fleet to the planet if this wasn't enough, and 'Barutamee's artifact-hunting teams were still bogged down on the surface and pinned by UNSC forces. A portion of Epsilon Eridani Fleet at Reach led by Stanforth engaged the Fleet of Valiant Prudence and had managed to spread the Covenant flotilla thin—probing the fleet's defences from all sides and leaving 'Barutamee's flagship open for a direct attack. With the Covenant fleet stretched thin, UNSC task forces were able to pounce on cut-off Covenant scout fleets.{{Ref/Level|Id=fb7|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Seven: Finishing Blow}} | ||
The NOBLE Team and Army pilots boarded the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' and hijacked the heavy corvette at the cost of ''Savannah'' being destroyed by the Covenant ship, allowing NOBLE Team's Operation: UPPER CUT to go unnoticed following the jamming of their target corvette's communications.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} After the capture of ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', a makeshift [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|"slipspace bomb"]] was activated, destroying ''Long Night of Solace''.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} Though the fleet's flagship had been destroyed, the immediate arrival of another, larger Covenant fleet from the [[Ministry of Resolution]] arrived in the system to engage UNSC forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=solace|HR|[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]}} As engagements continued in orbit over Reach with the Fleet of Valiant Prudence decimated, [[Shipmaster]] [[Kantar 'Utaralee]] assumed command of the splintered fleet, comprising one {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} as the flagship, a pair of {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s, and eight {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s, and attempted to lead them in a final effort to recover a [[Forerunner]] artifact that 'Barutamee had attempted to claim for himself. 'Utaralee's forces moved to engage a small UNSC picket fleet of one {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}, two pairs of {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}s and ten {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s, that was defending the artifact's location, a [[space station]] near the [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Turul]].{{Ref/Level|Id=fb8|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Eight: Rally Point Zulu}} | The NOBLE Team and Army pilots boarded the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' and hijacked the heavy corvette at the cost of ''Savannah'' being destroyed by the Covenant ship, allowing NOBLE Team's Operation: UPPER CUT to go unnoticed following the jamming of their target corvette's communications.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} After the capture of ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', a makeshift [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|"slipspace bomb"]] was activated, destroying ''Long Night of Solace''.{{Ref/Reuse|solace}} Though the fleet's flagship had been destroyed, the immediate arrival of another, larger Covenant fleet from the [[Ministry of Resolution]] arrived in the system to engage UNSC forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=solace|HR|[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]}} As engagements continued in orbit over Reach with the Fleet of Valiant Prudence decimated, [[Shipmaster]] [[Kantar 'Utaralee]] assumed command of the splintered fleet, comprising one {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} as the flagship, a pair of {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s, and eight {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s, and attempted to lead them in a final effort to recover a [[Forerunner]] artifact that 'Barutamee had attempted to claim for himself. 'Utaralee's forces moved to engage a small UNSC picket fleet of one {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}, two pairs of {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}s and ten {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s, that was defending the artifact's location, a [[space station]] near the [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Turul]].{{Ref/Level|Id=fb8|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Eight: Rally Point Zulu}} | ||