![]() Admiral Margaret Parangosky, the head of ONI, debated with Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth about using Reach as the stage for the planned Operation: RED FLAG the pair considered that the presence of large-scale Forerunner artifacts on the planet would be a source of Covenant interest in the planet. Based on these calculations, ONI determined that there was an 87% probability that the Epsilon Eridani system would be discovered by the Covenant within five months. ![]() However, upon investigating, NOBLE Team discovered that the Covenant's Devoted Sentries were responsible.Īt some point before July 19, 2552, the Office of Naval Intelligence ran a series of calculations that predicted the future movement of the Covenant force sweeping throughout the galaxy. The communications cutoff between Reach and other UEG colonies was originally attributed to localized Insurrectionists. The experience gleaned on Installation 04, and the subsequent political schism within the Covenant while attacking Earth, would be invaluable to the ultimate defeat of the Covenant. Though the battle was a clear defeat for the UNSC, NOBLE Team preventing the Cortana fragment from falling into enemy hands subsequently led the Pillar of Autumn to Halo Installation 04, where they engaged the Covenant in a decisive battle. Isolated skirmishes between UNSC remnants and the Covenant forces continued until their recovery by a small rescue party led by John-117. After overwhelming the defenders, the Covenant glassed the planet. After hard fighting, the Covenant breached the orbital defense grid and overran the UNSC's planetside forces. Ultimately, the UNSC was unsuccessful, and substantial Covenant reinforcements under Thel 'Vadamee arrived in the system. The Covenant began to solidify their hold and began searching for Forerunner relics as the UNSC counter-attacked, attempting to drive the Covenant off the surface before reinforcements arrived. Initial skirmishes began on July 23, 2552, when a small Covenant task force led by the Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier Long Night of Solace covertly established a foothold on Reach. It was fought on and around the human colony world of Reach in the Epsilon Eridani system, between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant from July 25 to August 30, 2552. ![]() The Fall of Reach, also known as the Battle of Reach and Reach Campaign, was one of the largest and bloodiest engagements in the Human-Covenant War. They will burn this planet, kill millions, and when Reach falls-and fall it will-there will be nothing left to stand between them - and Earth." - Dr. They have found our fortress among the stars. Majority of the Fleet of Valiant Prudence.Heavy terrestrial and exoatmospheric losses.Unknown number of Spartan-IIs and at least seventeen Spartan-IIIs.At least 4 Ceudar-pattern heavy corvettes.At least 10 Ket-pattern battlecruisers.At least 3 CAS-class assault carriers.385,421,100 available military manpower.See here for details on participating forces All major military sites and population centers destroyed.Avery Johnson fighting a Kig-Yar on Gamma Station the UNSC Pillar of Autumn escaping Reach. For the novel or comic book adaptation, see Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: Fall of Reach.Ĭlockwise from top left: The Devoted Sentries and NOBLE Team battle one another at Visegrád Relay dozens of UNSC deployments across the Viery Territory UNSC Army personnel in M12 Warthogs engage Is'belox-pattern Banshees Jun-A266 and Emile-A239 at SWORD Base during Operation: WHITE GLOVE Sgt.
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