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The UNSC Home Fleet dispatched [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']]; commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] to Onyx to recover [[Forerunner]] artifacts reported by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]]. When the battlegroup arrived, they engaged two [[Covenant Destroyer]]s. {{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} was the first to be destroyed when it purposely turned into plasma fire from the destroyers intended for the {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}. They believed they had won the engagement, destroying one ship and heavily damaging the other. The damaged ship fled to the unseen side of the planet, with the UNSC ships in pursuit. | The UNSC Home Fleet dispatched [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']]; commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] to Onyx to recover [[Forerunner]] artifacts reported by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]]. When the battlegroup arrived, they engaged two [[Covenant Destroyer]]s. {{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} was the first to be destroyed when it purposely turned into plasma fire from the destroyers intended for the {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}. They believed they had won the engagement, destroying one ship and heavily damaging the other. The damaged ship fled to the unseen side of the planet, with the UNSC ships in pursuit. | ||
Twenty Covenant Ships that had been hidden on the other side of the planet appeared from the 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 detonated a nuke inside of its engine room, sacrificing itself to destroy two Destroyers. Only five UNSC ships made it through. These ships disengaged when [[Sentinels]] destroyed three Covenant Ships using plasma capture. In an attempt to escape the | Twenty Covenant Ships that had been hidden on the other side of the planet appeared from the 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 detonated a nuke inside of its engine room, sacrificing itself to destroy two Destroyers. Only five UNSC ships made it through. These ships disengaged when [[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 Hornet Mines around the moon of Onyx. Then, the surviving ships of Battle Group ''Stalingrad'' 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 Exaltation]] arrived. They destroyed the surviving ships of the battle group <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', pages 325-333</ref>. | The {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} planted fourteen Hornet Mines around the moon of Onyx. Then, the surviving ships of Battle Group ''Stalingrad'' 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 Exaltation]] arrived. They destroyed the surviving ships of the battle group <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', pages 325-333</ref>. | ||