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{{Quote|So then the Covenant fleet really starts to tear into the orbital defenses. It's getting ugly up there. Major skirmishes with the Second, Seventh, and Sixteenth Fleets.|[[Laura Tanner|Sergeant Laura "Smokes" Tanner]]<ref name="goo"/>}} | {{Quote|So then the Covenant fleet really starts to tear into the orbital defenses. It's getting ugly up there. Major skirmishes with the Second, Seventh, and Sixteenth Fleets.|[[Laura Tanner|Sergeant Laura "Smokes" Tanner]]<ref name="goo"/>}} | ||
The '''Seventh Fleet''' is an organization of the [[UNSC Navy]]. Serving in the front lines of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in late [[2552]], the fleet was recalled to defend [[Earth]] after the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invasion]].<ref name="guide">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 74''</ref> One of the fleet's {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s, | The '''Seventh Fleet''' is an organization of the [[UNSC Navy]]. Serving in the front lines of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in late [[2552]], the fleet was recalled to defend [[Earth]] after the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Earth|invasion]].<ref name="guide">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 74''</ref> One of the fleet's {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s, ''[[UNSC Chioglossa]]'', was destroyed in the initial stages of the Covenant's [[Battle of Mombasa|attack on Mombasa]] on [[2552#October|October 20]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Prepare to Drop]]''</ref> On [[2552#November|November 3]], the fleet was engaged in major skirmishes with [[Covenant]] vessels in Earth orbit in conjunction with the [[Second Fleet|Second]] and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.<ref name="goo">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 205''</ref> | ||
On November 17, three Seventh Fleet frigates (including ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'')<ref name="guide"/> engaged the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner]] [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Keyship]] as he attempted to use the vessel to activate the [[Portal at Voi|portal structure]] buried near [[Voi]], [[Kenya]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> As [[Truth's fleet]] fled through the now active portal, the ''Dawn'' traveled with the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] to the Forerunner [[Installation 00|Ark installation]],<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer map ''[[Sandtrap]]''</ref> leading to the the destruction of the Covenant and the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> | On November 17, three Seventh Fleet frigates (including ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'')<ref name="guide"/> engaged the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner]] [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Keyship]] as he attempted to use the vessel to activate the [[Portal at Voi|portal structure]] buried near [[Voi]], [[Kenya]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> As [[Truth's fleet]] fled through the now active portal, the ''Dawn'' traveled with the [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] to the Forerunner [[Installation 00|Ark installation]],<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer map ''[[Sandtrap]]''</ref> leading to the the destruction of the Covenant and the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> | ||
==Known vessels== | ==Known vessels== | ||
* | *{{UNSCShip|Chioglossa}} (FFG-127) | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} (FFG-201) | *{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} (FFG-201) | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} (FFG-307) | *{{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} (FFG-307) | ||