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[[File:Commonwealth launches Shiva.png|thumb|225px|The Longswords fire the Shiva.]]  
[[File:TFoR AS - Longsword Squadron Delta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Longswords en route to ''Unrelenting'']]  
'''Longsword Squadron Delta''' was part of the [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] detachment aboard the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} in 2525.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 111''</ref> During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], they were used as a decoy to distract a [[Covenant]] vessel, the ''[[Unrelenting]]''. With no other armaments, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]] ordered the squadron to launch a [[Shiva warhead]] at the ''Unrelenting'', since the frigate was unable to do so due to the distance.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 112''</ref> They were all incinerated when the warhead exploded, unable to get into the shields of the Covenant ship in time.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 119''</ref>
'''Longsword Squadron Delta''' was part of the [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] detachment aboard the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} in 2525.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 111''</ref> During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], they were used as a decoy to distract a [[Covenant]] vessel, the ''[[Unrelenting]]''. With no other armaments, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]] ordered the squadron to launch a [[Shiva warhead]] at the ''Unrelenting'', since the frigate was unable to do so due to the distance.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 112''</ref> They were all incinerated when the warhead exploded, unable to get into the shields of the Covenant ship in time.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 119''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
Longsword Squadron Delta survives the detonation of the [[Shiva missile]] fired at the ''[[Unrelenting]]'' in the [[Halo: Fall of Reach|comic adaption]] of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', whereas in the novel the Longswords are consumed by the explosion.
Longsword Squadron Delta survives the detonation of the [[Shiva missile]] fired at the ''[[Unrelenting]]'' in the [[Halo: Fall of Reach|comic adaption]] of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', whereas in the novel the Longswords are consumed by the explosion.
==Gallery==
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File:Commonwealth launches Shiva.png|Longsword Squadron Delta fires the Shiva
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==List of appearances==  
==List of appearances==  
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*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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