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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Human-Covenant | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
=====Battle | =====Battle for Earth===== | ||
{{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 Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s.|[[Laura Tanner|Sergeant Laura "Smokes" Tanner]]{{Ref/Reuse|goo204}}}} | |||
[[File:H2A - BattleofEarth.png|250px|right|thumb|Ships of the Home Fleet engaging the [[Covenant]] during the early stages of the Battle of Earth.]] | [[File:H2A - BattleofEarth.png|250px|right|thumb|Ships of the Home Fleet engaging the [[Covenant]] during the early stages of the Battle of Earth.]] | ||
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On ''Cairo Station'', Fleet Admiral Hood was awarding [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] and [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] for their actions at [[Installation 04]] and the subsequent [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. When [[Cortana]] received a slipspace rupture report near [[Io]], she relayed the information to FADM Hood. When the Covenant force arrived, the Home Fleet was ready and waiting. Opening up with ''Marathon''-class cruisers and MAC shells, they decimated the Covenant fleet, but suffered heavy losses themselves. Also during the engagement, the Covenant released boarding pods to occupy and destroy the MAC platforms using [[antimatter charge]]s. Stations ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were both destroyed, but ''Cairo'' was spared destruction by John-117, who later took the bomb and destroyed one of the two assault carriers, the ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''. | On ''Cairo Station'', Fleet Admiral Hood was awarding [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] and [[Avery Johnson|Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] for their actions at [[Installation 04]] and the subsequent [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. When [[Cortana]] received a slipspace rupture report near [[Io]], she relayed the information to FADM Hood. When the Covenant force arrived, the Home Fleet was ready and waiting. Opening up with ''Marathon''-class cruisers and MAC shells, they decimated the Covenant fleet, but suffered heavy losses themselves. Also during the engagement, the Covenant released boarding pods to occupy and destroy the MAC platforms using [[antimatter charge]]s. Stations ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were both destroyed, but ''Cairo'' was spared destruction by John-117, who later took the bomb and destroyed one of the two assault carriers, the ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''. | ||
At New Mombasa, the UNSC followed the surviving assault carrier, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', to the surface. The {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} | At New Mombasa, the UNSC followed the surviving assault carrier, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', to the surface. The {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}{{'}}s ground forces, commanded by [[Miranda Keyes]], engaged the Covenant until; in retreat, the carrier fled the battle. The UNSC ''In Amber Clad'', {{UNSCShip|Paris}}, {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}}, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}} and the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} made it into the slipspace rift before it closed. | ||
Shortly after the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the full-scale assault on Earth has been launched; numerous [[Covenant fleet]]s began to arrive in the following days and weeks, spreading all across the planet and targeting many areas and cities. Simultaneously, the rest of the [[Sol system]], including [[Human colonies|colonies]], were attacked. Despite the colossal battle, most of well-organized [[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae forces]] (under the command of the [[Prophet of Truth]]) remained preoccupied for the excavation effort of the [[Forerunner]] [[Portal at Voi|portal]] in the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=FTH|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 1.jpg|First Twelve Hours]]}} By [[2552#November|November 3]], three [[expeditionary fleet]]s of the Home Fleet: the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]] and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s had participated in major skirmishes against dozens of [[Covenant starship|Covenant warships]] as the enemy fleet was scattering the orbital defense grid.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo204|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=204-205}} Concurrently, the [[Great Schism]] began with the [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] now turning to each other,{{Ref/Level|Id=H2U|Game=Halo 2|Level=Uprising}} with many Sangheili and their [[Covenant separatists|loyal forces]] joining [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s [[Fleet of Retribution|faction]] and allying with the UNSC forces. | |||
=====Battle of Installation 05===== | =====Battle of Installation 05===== | ||
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Twenty [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] ships that had been hidden on the other side of the planet appeared from the [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] of Onyx, and began to attack the battle group.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 286-300''</ref> In the ensuring mayhem, the remaining UNSC ships attempted to accelerate through the gravity well of the planet through the lines of the Covenant ships coming from surface of Onyx. The {{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} got in between eight Covenant warships and self-destructed, sacrificing itself to destroy two destroyers. Only five UNSC ships made it through. These ships disengaged when [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed three Covenant ships using plasma capture. In an attempt to escape the Sentinels, the Covenant assigned a rear guard of two ships to protect the rest of the fleet. This helped them escape the gravity well of Onyx at the cost of these two ships. | Twenty [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] ships that had been hidden on the other side of the planet appeared from the [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] of Onyx, and began to attack the battle group.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 286-300''</ref> In the ensuring mayhem, the remaining UNSC ships attempted to accelerate through the gravity well of the planet through the lines of the Covenant ships coming from surface of Onyx. The {{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} got in between eight Covenant warships and self-destructed, sacrificing itself to destroy two destroyers. Only five UNSC ships made it through. These ships disengaged when [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed three Covenant ships using plasma capture. In an attempt to escape the Sentinels, the Covenant assigned a rear guard of two ships to protect the rest of the fleet. This helped them escape the gravity well of Onyx at the cost of these two ships. | ||
The {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} planted fourteen [[M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System|Hornet mines]] around the moon of Onyx. Then, the surviving ships of Patterson's battle group launched an attack. The attack, however, was a trick to lure the Covenant force into the mine field. The mines detonated, but four Covenant destroyers made it through the nuclear fireballs. The rest of the UNSC ships thought they would win the engagement, until thirty-two Covenant vessels, reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]] arrived. They destroyed the surviving ships of the battle group.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 325-333''</ref> | The {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} planted fourteen [[M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System|Hornet mines]] around the moon of Onyx. Then, the surviving ships of Patterson's battle group launched an attack. The attack, however, was a trick to lure the Covenant force into the mine field. The mines detonated, but four Covenant destroyers made it through the nuclear fireballs. The rest of the UNSC ships thought they would win the engagement, until thirty-two [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose|Covenant vessels]], reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]] arrived. They destroyed the surviving ships of the battle group.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 325-333''</ref> | ||
The only ship to make it out alive was the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, which stayed dark and was lucky enough to not get hit by the reigning debris or be detected by the Covenant ships. It eventually escaped to slipspace by narrowly evading the Sentinels that erupted from the disintegrating Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 375-378''</ref> | The only ship to make it out alive was the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, which stayed dark and was lucky enough to not get hit by the reigning debris or be detected by the Covenant ships. It eventually escaped to slipspace by narrowly evading the Sentinels that erupted from the disintegrating Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 375-378''</ref> | ||
=====Late Battle | =====Late Battle for Earth===== | ||
[[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|thumb|right|300px|As the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' and other forces of the Prophet of Truth moved in, the Home Fleet was devastated.]] | [[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|thumb|right|300px|As the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' and other forces of the Prophet of Truth moved in, the Home Fleet was devastated.]] | ||
After the [[Flood]] [[Fall of High Charity|infestation]] of High Charity, the Prophet of Truth led what it remains within the [[High Charity defense fleet|Covenant loyalists forces]] in an attempt to make a final push offensive on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} In the later stages of the Battle for Earth around November 17, Truth's [[Truth's fleet#Further engagements|final and overwelming invasion forces]] arrived in the system and breached the [[Luna]]r perimeter.{{Ref/Reuse|Crows}} With the Earth's defenses already weakened by waves of invasion fleets that had arrived previously, the Home Fleet and orbital defense platforms engaged the Covenant armada in high Earth orbit, holding their own against the overwhelming enemy fleet to defend the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} | |||
As the massive space and ground battles against overwelming Covenant forces still ruthlessly rages, the [[Keyship|Forerunner keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' carrying [[Prophet of Truth]] jumped to Earth after a [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|nine-day delay]] by the presence of [[John-117]] aboard the Dreadnought.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}} When the ship arrived over Earth via slipspace, John-117 contacted [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] by indicating that he was aboard of the Covenant [[flagship]] while the fleet originally attempted to target the "unknown" alien ship.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[The Great Journey (level)|The Great Journey]]}} The ''Anodyne Spirit'' was then surrounded by the Covenant fleet battling the UNSC vessels of the UNSC fleet.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} Unable to fend off the enemy fleet despite strong and formidable defense from the UNSC, too much of the Home Fleet was ultimately destroyed as well as presumably a large number of orbital defense platforms, letting the Covenant fleet to [[Orbital bombardment|bombard]] Earth and resulting extreme human military and civilian casualties.{{Ref/Reuse|Crows}} However, mainly due the hundreds of orbital defense platforms, it is likely that the vast majority of the Covenant naval forces was destroyed by the defenders.{{Ref/Level|Id=H2TA|Game=Halo 2|Level=The Armory|Quote=The ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]]'' is just one of ''three hundred'' geosync platforms. That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship. With coordinated fire from the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and the ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'', nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece.}} | |||
At about this time, the Home Fleet had significantly only a handful of UNSC vessels that remained and was almost to the point of total destruction.{{Ref/Reuse|Crows}} The UNSC was using its last reserves of ships to launch hit and run attacks on the Covenant. | |||
===Post-War=== | ===Post-War=== | ||