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When the war with [[the Covenant]] began, the [[UNSC Supreme Headquarters]] in New York City suddenly became much more important that the UEG Primary Headquarters in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], though [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] arguably played a great role in the war effort directly. For a time, the UNSC, headquartered in North America, took over governance of Earth and her colonies in the face of potential human extinction. On October 20th, 2552, the [[Prophet of Regret]] and the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth, signaling the start of the [[Battle of Earth]]. Regret's fleet was preoccupied with uncovering the [[Portal at Voi|portal to the Ark]], and thus focused all attention on eastern [[Africa]]. However, when a new fleet under orders from the [[Prophet of Truth]] arrived almost immediately afterward, the fighting spread across the globe. Some Covenant forces were dispatched to the [[Yucatan Peninsula]], where they began conducting extensive underwater excavations in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts. [[Spartan-II]] [[Blue Team]] put an end to these excavations, and then on November 3rd, deployed to [[Havana]], which had been taken over by Covenant forces. Blue Team's primary objective was to retake the Centennial Orbital Elevator, but it was destroyed after the plan changed so that low-yield [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s were used to destroy a [[CPV-class heavy destroyer]]. The Covenant also [[Battle of Cleveland|invaded the city]] of [[Cleveland]] Ohio, looking for an artifact known as the "[[Key of Osanalan]]". The Key turned out to be a hoax perpetrated by Colonel [[James Ackerson]], who, while being tortured for information, fabricated the story of the key in order to keep Cleveland from being glassed due to his [[Ruwan Ackerson|brother's]] residence there.  While Cleveland suffered catastrophic damage from the urban fighting that resulted, the occupation was ultimately repelled, largely thanks to Ruwan's self-sacrifice,whereby he became a a living targeting vector to be taken aboard the [[Harbinger of Piety]]. <ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref> Many refugees left the city for a relief camp set up in Akron. Upon the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s retreat from Earth through the [[Portal at Voi]] leading to [[Installation 00]], the Covenant forces that remained focused their efforts on North America; [[Fleet Admiral]] initiated [[Operation: MARSH FLASH]] to eliminate the Covenant presence on Earth. During this effort, surviving [[Jiralhanae]] forces attempted to capture and activate Forerunner artifacts unearthed in Arizona. The UNSC successfully thwarted this effort.