Editing Battle of Netherop (2559)

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Conjectural title}}
{{Battle infobox
|prev =[[Razing of Oth Sonin]]
|conc =
|next =[[Battle for the Domain]]
|name = 
|image = [[File:HOut CoverArt.jpg|400px]]<br/>[[Crei 'Ayomuu]], [[Olympia Vale]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]] on Netherop during the [[Created conflict]].
|date =[[2559|November 2559]]
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Created uprising]]
|place =[[Netherop]], [[Ephyra system]], [[Polona sector]]/[[Out Sectors]]
|result=
'''Banished victory'''
*[[Divine Hand]] successfully acquired by the Banished.
*Death of [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] and destruction of his [[Defenders of the Sanctum|supporters]]
*Defection of [[Blademaster]] [[Meduz 'Ra'ashai]] to the Swords of Sanghelios
*Rescue of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] and the UNSC forces stranded on Netherop in [[2526]]
|side1=*{{Icon|UNSC 2560}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
**{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy]]
**{{Icon|Marine Corps}}[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
*{{Icon|SoS}} [[Swords of Sanghelios]]
|side2    =*{{Icon|Banished}} [[Banished]]
|side3    =*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Created]]
|side4=*[[Defenders of the Sanctum]]
|commanders1=*Spartan [[Olympia Vale]]
*[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]]
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
*Kaidon [[Ghe 'Talot]]†
*High Kaidon [[Olabisi Varo'dai]]
|commanders2=*[[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]]
*[[Tovarus]]
|commanders3=*[[High Auxiliary]] [[Sloan]]
*[[Kathara]]
|commanders4=*[[Worldmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]]†
|forces1=*1 {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}}
**{{UNSCShip|Hidden Point}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out8|Out|Chapter=8}}
*40 [[Pelican]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out7|Out|Chapter=7}}
*10 [[D81-LRT Condor]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out21|Out|Chapter=21}}
*1 [[D102 Owl]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out10|Out|Chapter=10}}
*815 [[ODST]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out8}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}
**[[Tango Team]]{{Ref/Reuse|Out8}}
*1 [[Spartan-IV]]
**[[Olympia Vale]]
*3 [[mountain runner]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out11|Out|Chapter=11}}
*4 {{Pattern|Makar|light corvette}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*1 [[Covenant Frigate]]{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
**''[[Sword of Harmony]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out4|Out|Chapter=4}}
*1 {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*1 [[Covenant Destroyer]]{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*3 [[Phantom]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out7}}
*6 [[Ghost]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out7}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}
*60+ [[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out9|Out|Chapter=9}}
|forces2=*1 [[Drekar]]
**''[[Hammer of Fate]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out6|Out|Chapter=6}}
*7 [[Karve]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out6}}
*10 [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]]es{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out24|Out|Chapter=24}}
*Hundreds of [[Gydrozka Workshop Breaching Pod]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out24}}
*Hundreds of [[Jiralhanae]] warriors{{Ref/Reuse|Out24}}
|forces3=*3 {{Class|Acolyte|harrier}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Out6}}
*Several [[weapon-ship]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
|forces4=*1 [[mountain runner]]{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}
*7 [[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}
|casual1=*UNSC ''Hidden Point''{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*40 Pelicans{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}
*5 D81-LRT Condors{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*Over 800 ODSTs{{Ref/Reuse|Out10}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*4 ''Makar''-pattern light corvettes{{Pattern|Makar|light corvette}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*''Sword of Harmony''{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*1 ''Ceudar''-pattern heavy corvette{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*1 Covenant Destroyer{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*Several Sangheili
**Ghe 'Talot{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out18|Out|Chapter=18}}
|casual2=*''Hammer of Fate''{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*2 Karves{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out15|Out|Chapter=15}}
|casual3=*1 ''Acolyte''-class harriers{{Ref/Reuse|Out6}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
*Several weapon-ships{{Ref/Reuse|Out21}}
|casual4=Total{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out25|Out|Chapter=25}}
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The '''Battle of Netherop''' occurred after the discovery of an [[Divine Hand|ancient weapon]] that destroyed a [[Guardian Custode]]. An operation on [[Netherop]] to claim it started a conflict between the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], the [[Banished]], and [[Defenders of the Sanctum]] which was made up of surviving rogue [[Covenant]] soldiers exiled on the planet in [[2526]].

==Background==
===Netherop===
During the [[Forerunner-Precursor war]], [[Precursor]] fugitives took refuge on the planet [[Netherop]] with the Tier 6 civilization already inhabiting it. When a [[Guardian Custode]] attacked, the Precursors used their weapon, the [[Divine Hand]], to destroy the Guardian. However, the weapon also destroyed the local civilization and the planet, turning Netherop from a lush habitable world into a barely inhabitable wasteland.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out17|Out|17}}

In [[2526]], Netherop was the site of [[Skirmish over Netherop|two]]{{Ref/Novel|SS|1}} [[Battle of Netherop|battles]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]], specifically [[Defenders of the Sanctum|a rogue faction]] led by [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] who sought to destroy [[ONI]] after his humiliation in [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], seeing them as the greatest threat to the Covenant. However, Nizat's rogue actions led to the [[Hierarchs]] sending a fleet to stop him, leading to the destruction or retreat of the [[Flotilla of Unsung Piety]]. Nizat and his ground forces were exiled on Netherop's surface with an [[orbital mine shell]] being placed in orbit of the planet in order to prevent anyone from coming back for him. In addition, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] and some of her forces were left stranded on Netherop as well.{{Ref/Novel|Oblv}} Over the next thirty-three years, the UNSC and Covenant survivors fought each other, resulting in the death of most of Nizat's forces, leaving only Nizat himself and six others while the humans numbers continued to grow as the stranded survivors had children and families.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=7}}{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=9}}

===The Created===
{{Main|Created conflict}}
In [[2558#October|October 2558]], a force of artificial intelligences known as the [[Created]], led by [[Cortana]], alongside an army of [[Promethean]]s, rose up and began to [[The Reclamation|subjugate]] the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. A year following this rise, the UNSC and their Sangheili allies were still trying to find a way to stop Cortana's rule. An [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaologist]], [[Keely Iyuska]], was interested in learning and study the remnants of an ancient non-[[Forerunner]] [[List of unidentified species#Netherop|civilization]] on the planet Netherop, site of a [[Battle of Netherop|battle]] between the UNSC and the [[Covenant]] decades earlier. When the Created rised, she couldn't realise her plans.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out2|Out|Chapter=2}} On November 2559, however, Iyuska was contacted and founded by a benefactor to study Netherop and its technology. During her studies, Iyuska managed to find records indicated that a [[Guardian Custode]] was sent to subdue Netherop, and that the planet's civilization had managed to defeat the construct. Instead of informing her benefactor, Iyuska travelled to Sanghelios and inform Spartan [[Olympia Vale]] about her discovery.{{Ref/Reuse|Out2}}

===The Banished===
During his time on [[Installation 00]], [[Atriox]] was able to find records on a crashed [[Phaeton]] about an ancient weapon on Netherop that managed to destroy a Guardian Custode. Months later, during [[Operation: WOLFE]], Atriox was able to return to the Milky Way via a [[Menachite portal complex|portal complex]] under the [[Menachite Mountain]] on [[Reach]], were he started his plans to claim the weapon on Netherop and then start his campaign to take [[Installation 07]] from Cortana. To further their plans, [[Eto 'Saljhoo]] funded [[Keely Iyuska]]'s investigation about the former civilization on Netherop, with the condition that any artifacts Iyuska would find, it would be delivered to him. When Iyuska didn't hold her promise, 'Saljhoo hired the [[Oath Warden]] [[Crei 'Ayomuu]] to track Iyuska. Weeks after the Warmaster's return, Cortana tried to summit Atriox and the Banished under her command, with no success; in retaliation, Cortana used her Guardian Custodes to destroy [[Doisac]] and its moons.

==Battle==
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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{{Post-Covenant War conflicts}}
{{Created conflict}}