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{{Status|Canon}}
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{{References}}
{{Infobox Military Unit
{{Military infobox
|unit_name=Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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|allegiance=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
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|type=[[Battle Group]]
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|size=9 ships
|size=9 ships
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|battles=
|garrison=[[Earth]]
*[[Battle for Earth]]
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*[[Onyx Conflict]]
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|patron=
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|battles=*[[First Battle of Earth]]
*[[Second Battle of Earth]]
*[[Battle of Onyx]]
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|commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]
|commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]
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'''Battle Group Omicron'''<ref name="Mythos113">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 113''</ref> was a formation of the [[UNSC Navy]] commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. The [[battle group]] comprised nine ships, with the [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} serving as Patterson's flagship. On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], the battle group was redirected from the [[Battle for Earth|embattled]] planet [[Earth]] to [[Onyx]]. Their mission was to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and a joint unit of [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III]]s, along with examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had allegedly been discovered on Onyx.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref>
'''Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[Battle Group]] <ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 294</ref>.


==History==
==Background==
===Onyx Conflict===
It was comprised and detailed of nine ships and commanded by the latter [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the [[UNSC Stalingrad]] a [[UNSC]] carrier. In [[2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Dr. Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III]]s, and (supposedly) examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated. However, before it could carry out this task, it was engaged and eventually defeated by a superior [[Covenant]] fleet of reinforcements at the [[Battle of Onyx]]. Most of the ships were destroyed and only the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} survived to escape.
{{Main|Onyx Conflict}}
Battle Group Omicron rendezvoused with the [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} soon after entering the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and took losses, including {{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}, which was sacrificed to save ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battle group temporarily went into hiding behind Onyx's moon.
 
Meanwhile, ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefield, destroying the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers. The four remaining ships of Battle Group Omicron moved in for the kill with the six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds that remained among them. Before this could happen, however, 30 [[Sangheili]] warships arrived and swiftly destroyed the remaining human vessels, save ''Dusk'', which ultimately became the only ship to survive the battle.


==Composition==
==Composition==
*One [[Unidentified UNSC carrier class|Unidentified carrier class]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259}}
*1 [[UNSC Carrier|Carrier]]
**{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}
**{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}
*One {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}
*1 {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}}
*Six [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]
*6 [[UNSC Destroyer|Destroyer]]s
**{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}}
**{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}}
**{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}
**{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}
**{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}}
**{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}}
*One {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}{{Ref/Note|The design of the ''Dusk'', in particular the "tail", matches that of the [[UNSC Port Stanley]], a confirmed ''Sahara''-class prowler. Its body and superstructure designs also match those of the [[UNSC Aladdin]], also a ''Sahara''-class prowler.}}
*1 [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}}
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}}


==List of appearances==
==Historical Reference==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was the site of a brutal battle during the Second World War, popularly seen as marking the easternmost mark of the German invasion. The weakening of the German army at Stalingrad would ultimately culminate in the decisive battle at Kursk.
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{fi}}


==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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