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{{Title|Skirmish on ''Minor Transgression''}} | {{Title|Skirmish on ''Minor Transgression''}} | ||
{{ | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{ | {{Battle infobox | ||
|prev = [[ | |prev =[[Jericho VII|Jericho VII rebellion]] | ||
|conc = | |conc = | ||
|next = [[First Battle of Harvest]] | |next = [[First Battle of Harvest]] | ||
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|place = [[Epsilon Indi system]], near [[Harvest]] | |place = [[Epsilon Indi system]], near [[Harvest]] | ||
|result = UNSC victory | |result = UNSC victory | ||
|side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1 = *{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2 = [[Covenant]] | |side2 = *{{Icon|Covenant FB}} [[Covenant]] | ||
|commanders1 = *[[Jilan al-Cygni]] | |commanders1 = *[[Jilan al-Cygni]] | ||
|commanders2 = *[[Chur'R-Yar]]† | |commanders2 = *[[Chur'R-Yar]]† | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Over a short amount of time, the Covenant had boarded several unmanned | Over a short amount of time, the Covenant had boarded several unmanned human [[freighter]]s in the Epsilon Indi system. At the same time, [[insurrectionist]]s bombed ''[[National Holiday]]'' over [[Reach]], resulting in over a thousand deaths, and the [[United Nations Space Command]] decided they would not allow the insurrectionists any more victories. After the disappearance of the [[Henry Gibson|manned]] freighter ''[[This End Up]]'', the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] authorized an investigation into the matters, expecting that [[insurrection]]ists were the boarders.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 127''</ref> | ||
==The skirmish== | ==The skirmish== | ||
[[Jilan al-Cygni]], an ONI agent, set up a trap for the boarders: lure them to an unmanned freighter over Harvest and ambush them. Two UNSC Marines, [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], both of whom stationed at Harvest to train Colonial Militiamen, were to ambush the expected Insurrectionists. Al-Cygni had an arsenal of weapons onboard her ship, the {{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}, including some prototypical [[XBR55 Battle Rifle]]s. ''Walk of Shame'' itself was armed with one [[Archer Missile]]. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 131''</ref> | [[Jilan al-Cygni]], an ONI agent, set up a trap for the boarders: lure them to an unmanned freighter over Harvest and ambush them. Two UNSC Marines, [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], both of whom stationed at Harvest to train Colonial Militiamen, were to ambush the expected Insurrectionists. Al-Cygni had an arsenal of weapons onboard her ship, the {{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}, including some prototypical [[XBR55 Battle Rifle]]s. ''Walk of Shame'' itself was armed with one [[Archer Missile]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 131''</ref> | ||
Johnson and Byrne, armed with XBR55s and outfitted with [[vacuum suit]]s, moved into position but quickly saw that the boarders were not insurrectionists: they were four [[Kig-Yar]]. Johnson asked for further orders, and Al-Cygni ordered that they continue to engage them, but they should try to capture one, and under no circumstances should any be allowed to escape<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 128''</ref> | Johnson and Byrne, armed with XBR55s and outfitted with [[vacuum suit]]s, moved into position but quickly saw that the boarders were not insurrectionists: they were four [[Kig-Yar]]. Johnson asked for further orders, and Al-Cygni ordered that they continue to engage them, but they should try to capture one, and under no circumstances should any be allowed to escape.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 128''</ref> The two Marines engaged the aliens: Byrne wounded one, but was wounded by another Kig-Yar armed with an [[energy cutlass]]. Johnson shot [[Zhar (Kig-Yar)|another]] and killed it with its own blade. Johnson tended to Byrne's wounds and finished off the wounded Kig-yar. [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chur'R-Yar]], retreated onto the ''Minor Transgression''; Johnson followed her and then killed her. He then left ''Minor Transgression'', which was destroyed by Chur'R-Yar in an attempt to cause to ship to self-destruct. Only two crew members survived the blast: the [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]] and the [[Huragok]] [[Lighter Than Some]], who fled the ship in an [[Covenant escape pod|escape pod]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 135''</ref> | ||
===Aftermath=== | ===Aftermath=== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Human-Covenant War}} | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC | [[Category:UNSC victories|Minor Transgression]] | ||
[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War | [[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War|Minor Transgression]] | ||
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