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[[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|270px|left|thumb|Truth's final Covenant invasion fleet and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] furiously engage each other in orbit for Earth's supremacy as the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] exited [[Slipstream space|slipspace]].]] | [[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|270px|left|thumb|Truth's final Covenant invasion fleet and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] furiously engage each other in orbit for Earth's supremacy as the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] exited [[Slipstream space|slipspace]].]] | ||
In [[2552#November|November 2552]] after the beginning of the [[Great Schism]] when the Sangheili were trown out by the Covenant now solely led the Prophet of Truth and its Jiralhanae loyalists,{{Ref/Level|Id=HG|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]}} the [[Flood]] [[Fall of High Charity|overwhelmed]] [[High Charity]] and the remaining Covenant reorganized in an attempt to made a final push offensive on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} By the time, the surviving ships and fleets of the [[High Charity defense fleet]] controlled by the [[San'Shyuum]] and Jiralhanae, including the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]], managed to follow the Prophet of Truth and his [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] to Earth,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} where they would join the Covenant forces that had arrived earlier. While the Dreadnought, along with a Covenant escorting fleet,{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI1|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|1]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI2|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|2]]}} traveled through the system for a period of nine days as it was [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|delayed]] by the presence of the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] before eventually jumping to Earth on November 17,{{Ref/Site|Id=bungie|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989|Site=bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/23/09}}{{Ref/Site|Id=lrh|URL=https://youtu.be/8K3hG76Ctmo?t=164|Site=YouTube|Page=Halo 101: Long Road Home|D=14|M=06|Y=2021}} a massive{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}} Covenant loyalist armada led by the Prophet of Truth arrived in the [[Sol system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} By this point, the UNSC was hardly faced with impossible odds with no hope in sight against the full might of Covenant forces on Earth as they began to dramatically increase and mostly focus their forces on the planet following the UNSC's defeat on [[Mars]] after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]].{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI3}} However, Ackerson's work in the siege on Mars helped buy UNSC ground forces on Earth precious time.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'''</ref> | In [[2552#November|November 2552]] after the beginning of the [[Great Schism]] when the Sangheili were trown out by the Covenant now solely led the Prophet of Truth and its Jiralhanae loyalists,{{Ref/Level|Id=HG|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]}} the [[Flood]] [[Fall of High Charity|overwhelmed]] [[High Charity]] and the remaining Covenant reorganized in an attempt to made a final push offensive on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} By the time, the surviving ships and fleets of the [[High Charity defense fleet]] controlled by the [[San'Shyuum]] and Jiralhanae, including the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]], managed to follow the Prophet of Truth and his [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] to Earth,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} where they would join the Covenant forces that had arrived earlier. While the Dreadnought, along with a Covenant escorting fleet,{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI1|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|1]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI2|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|2]]}} traveled through the system for a period of nine days as it was [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|delayed]] by the presence of the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] before eventually jumping to Earth on November 17,{{Ref/Site|Id=bungie|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989|Site=bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/23/09}}{{Ref/Site|Id=lrh|URL=https://youtu.be/8K3hG76Ctmo?t=164|Site=YouTube|Page=Halo 101: Long Road Home|D=14|M=06|Y=2021}} a massive{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}} Covenant loyalist armada led by the Prophet of Truth arrived in the [[Sol system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TGJ}} By this point, the UNSC was hardly faced with impossible odds with no hope in sight against the full might of Covenant forces on Earth as they began to dramatically increase and mostly focus their forces on the planet following the UNSC's defeat on [[Mars]] after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]].{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI3}} However, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]'s work in the siege on Mars helped buy UNSC ground forces on Earth precious time.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'''</ref> | ||
The final Covenant fleet breached [[Luna]]r perimeter and then battled the horribly-outnumbered and outgunned UNSC Home Fleet that was already weakened by waves of Covenant fleets over Earth. Shortly after, the Dreadnought jumped to Earth where it was later surrounded by the massive space battle between the opposing fleets in high Earth orbit.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[The Great Journey (level)|The Great Journey]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}} Ultimately, the UNSC defending orbital forces was unsuccessful as too much of the [[UNSC fleet]], including many [[Dead fleet|smaller remaining fleets]], and defense forces despite having strong defense was completely obliterated by the overwhelming Covenant fleet but it is likely that countless Covenant vessels, especially the [[capital ship]]s, was in return destroyed, mainly because of the planet's unusually strong defense, including hundreds of [[orbital defense platform]]s equipped with [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark V|"Super" MAC]] guns.{{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.}} Soon after the remnants of the Covenant fleet move in and began to massively [[orbital bombardment|bombard]] Earth, destroying an extreme number of Earth population, including the most of scattered and remaining UNSC resistance forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|Game=Halo 3|Level=Crow's Nest}} | The final Covenant fleet breached [[Luna]]r perimeter and then battled the horribly-outnumbered and outgunned UNSC Home Fleet that was already weakened by waves of Covenant fleets over Earth. Shortly after, the Dreadnought jumped to Earth where it was later surrounded by the massive space battle between the opposing fleets in high Earth orbit.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[The Great Journey (level)|The Great Journey]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}} Ultimately, the UNSC defending orbital forces was unsuccessful as too much of the [[UNSC fleet]], including many [[Dead fleet|smaller remaining fleets]], and defense forces despite having strong defense was completely obliterated by the overwhelming Covenant fleet but it is likely that countless Covenant vessels, especially the [[capital ship]]s, was in return destroyed, mainly because of the planet's unusually strong defense, including hundreds of [[orbital defense platform]]s equipped with [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark V|"Super" MAC]] guns.{{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.}} Soon after the remnants of the Covenant fleet move in and began to massively [[orbital bombardment|bombard]] Earth, destroying an extreme number of Earth population, including the most of scattered and remaining UNSC resistance forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|Game=Halo 3|Level=Crow's Nest}} | ||
However, before the [[planet]] could be completely glassed and fell with relative ease to the might of the unparralled Covenant invaders like [[Reach]] with an all but achieved and inevitable Covenant victory, the act of self-sacrifice of | However, before the [[planet]] could be completely glassed and fell with relative ease to the might of the unparralled Covenant invaders like [[Reach]] with an all but achieved and inevitable Covenant victory, the act of self-sacrifice of James Ackerson{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} and that of his civilian brother, [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]], managed to slow down Covenant occupation of Earth after the destruction of the ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'', hence the death of one of Covenant [[Minister of Inquisition|Ministers]], and the fact that a supposed Forerunner artifact, known as the [[Key of Osanalan]], was not real at the end of the [[Battle of Cleveland|Battle of]] [[Cleveland]] in [[North America]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} As a result, the Martian valiant defense forces despite being defeated by the Jiralhanae-led [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], which sympathized Truth's forces, were credited for delaying the Covenant from pressing their siege on Earth.{{Ref/Site|Id=mars|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/mars|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Mars|Y=2021|D=14|M=06}} | ||
Upon Truth's arrival on Earth the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered Forerunner Portal at Voi that lead to the Ark on the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]], allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Kenya|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold – the [[Portal at Voi|Forerunner portal generator]]. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheStorm|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Storm}} After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3Flood|Game=Halo 3|Level=Floodgate}} | Upon Truth's arrival on Earth the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered Forerunner Portal at Voi that lead to the Ark on the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]], allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Kenya|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold – the [[Portal at Voi|Forerunner portal generator]]. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheStorm|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Storm}} After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3Flood|Game=Halo 3|Level=Floodgate}} | ||
