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{{Military infobox | {{Military infobox | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|formed= | |formed= | ||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | |branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
|type=[[Battle group]] | |type=[[Battle group|Battle Group]] | ||
|role= | |role= | ||
|size= | |size=Nine ships | ||
|nicknames= | |nicknames= | ||
|battles= | |battles= | ||
*[[Battle | *[[Battle of Earth]] | ||
*[[Onyx | *[[Battle of Onyx]] | ||
|commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | |commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Battle Group Omicron'''<ref name=" | '''Battle Group Omicron'''<ref name="Mythos114">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 114''</ref> was composed of nine ships and commanded by the late [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] {{UNSCship|Stalingrad}}. On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]], and (supposedly) examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated and recovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref> | ||
== | ==Battle of Onyx== | ||
The battlegroup rendezvoused with the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCship|Dusk}} soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master|Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and took losses, including the {{UNSCship|Glasgow Kiss}}, which sacrificed itself to save ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battlegroup temporarily went into hiding. | |||
Meanwhile, ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the | The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. The battlegroup moved in for the kill with six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds left. Unfortunately, at this point [[Sangheili]] reinforcements arrived in the form of over thirty warships. Battlegroup Omicron was swiftly and efficiently annihilated, with the sole exception of the ''Dusk''. | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
*One [[ | *One [[UNSC carrier|Carrier]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | **{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | ||
*One {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} | *One {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} | ||
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**{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | **{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | **{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | ||
*One | *One [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | **{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | {{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | ||
