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[[File:H2A - In Amber Clad approaches Halo.png|thumb|250px|left|''In Amber Clad'' approaches Installation 05.]] | [[File:H2A - In Amber Clad approaches Halo.png|thumb|250px|left|''In Amber Clad'' approaches Installation 05.]] | ||
At the beginning of the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] led [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], which contained two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s and thirteen {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s on an expeditionary raid that stumbled upon [[Earth]], [[human]]ity's homeworld and the UNSC's strongest fortress.<ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[ | At the beginning of the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] led [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], which contained two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s and thirteen {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s on an expeditionary raid that stumbled upon [[Earth]], [[human]]ity's homeworld and the UNSC's strongest fortress.<ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref> After substantial ground, air, and space losses, and faced with the possibility of being overrun on the ground and intercepted by UNSC ships if it tried to escape to orbit, Regret ordered a retreat. With Regret aboard, ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' made an emergency in-atmosphere [[slipspace]] jump over [[New Mombasa]], with the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} following it into slipspace.<ref name="deltahalo"/><ref name="metro">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref> | ||
At [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]]'s order, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}, {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, {{UNSCShip|Paris}}, and {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} were sent to follow and assist the ''In Amber Clad'' with the heavy assault carrier, as they were the closest, fastest UNSC ships to the carrier with charged slipspace capacitors. The ships intended to find out where the assault carrier was heading, or destroy the ship entirely to kill Regret.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 185-186''</ref> Their shadowing, however, was not exactingly precise. Only the frigate ''In Amber Clad'' successfully trailed the assault carrier to its destination. ''Dusk'', a [[prowler]], arrived a day later near the Covenant holy city of ''[[High Charity]]''. While ''Coral Sea''<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/delta-halo '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Delta Halo'']</ref> and ''Redoubtable''<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476795851/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0ZDTBAZQPQQBZSSQ44VW&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop '''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''': ''Chapter 1'']</ref> conducted scans of Delta Halo's surface, the fate of the ''Paris'' is unknown.<ref name="goo189">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 189''</ref> | At [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood]]'s order, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}, {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, {{UNSCShip|Paris}}, and {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} were sent to follow and assist the ''In Amber Clad'' with the heavy assault carrier, as they were the closest, fastest UNSC ships to the carrier with charged slipspace capacitors. The ships intended to find out where the assault carrier was heading, or destroy the ship entirely to kill Regret.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 185-186''</ref> Their shadowing, however, was not exactingly precise. Only the frigate ''In Amber Clad'' successfully trailed the assault carrier to its destination. ''Dusk'', a [[prowler]], arrived a day later near the Covenant holy city of ''[[High Charity]]''. While ''Coral Sea''<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/delta-halo '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Delta Halo'']</ref> and ''Redoubtable''<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476795851/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0ZDTBAZQPQQBZSSQ44VW&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop '''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''': ''Chapter 1'']</ref> conducted scans of Delta Halo's surface, the fate of the ''Paris'' is unknown.<ref name="goo189">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 189''</ref> | ||