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Following the loss of the colony Harvest to the Covenant in 2525, the UNSC assembled a battle group to retake the planet on March 1, 2526. Led by Vice Admiral Preston Cole, UNSC Battle Group X-Ray engaged an enormous Covenant super-destroyer. Due to superior numbers and Cole's leadership, X-Ray was successful in defeating the Covenant but suffered heavy casualties in the process. At the cost of thirteen human ships, the alien starship was destroyed when its shields were overwhelmed with the largest show of firepower yet in humanity's history. | Following the loss of the colony Harvest to the Covenant in 2525, the UNSC assembled a battle group to retake the planet on March 1, 2526. Led by Vice Admiral Preston Cole, UNSC Battle Group X-Ray engaged an enormous Covenant super-destroyer. Due to superior numbers and Cole's leadership, X-Ray was successful in defeating the Covenant but suffered heavy casualties in the process. At the cost of thirteen human ships, the alien starship was destroyed when its shields were overwhelmed with the largest show of firepower yet in humanity's history. | ||
<span style="float:right"><div style="border:none; display:inline-block; font-size:85%; margin-left:-4px; padding-left:4px; padding-right:2px; width:100%;">''[[Battle of Harvest|Read more...]]''</div></span></div><br /> | <span style="float:right"><div style="border:none; display:inline-block; font-size:85%; margin-left:-4px; padding-left:4px; padding-right:2px; width:100%;">''[[Battle of Harvest|Read more...]]''</div></span></div><br /> | ||
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The Battle of Installation 04, also known as the Halo Event, was a series of skirmishes between the United Nations Space Command, the Covenant, and the Flood on the surface of Alpha Halo, a Forerunner megastructure orbiting the gas giant Threshold. It marked the turning point of the Human-Covenant War, starting a series of events that would lead to the destabilization of the Covenant, the reawakening of Forerunner artifacts, a resurgent invasion by the Flood, and eventually humanity's rescue from extinction. | |||
In the year 2552, the fleeing cruiser ''Pillar of Autumn'' discovered the ancient structure, abandoned for millennia. Pursued by alien starships, a battle ensued between humans and the Covenant for control over the Halo, until their conflicts freed an ancient parasite that sought to escape the ring. | |||
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The term glassing, more formally known as plasma bombardment, is used to refer to the act by which a Covenant ship or ships bombard a planet from orbit by using heavy plasma weaponry. The process of glassing a planet begins when a fleet has achieved air and space superiority on an enemy-controlled world. The specifics of the glassing process vary depending on the strategic significance of the planet or the orders of the Fleet Master.
