Editing Battle Group Omicron
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ | {{Era|HCW}} | ||
{{ | {{Rename|Patterson's battle group|The unit isn't actually identified as "Battlegroup Stalingrad" at any point in the novel. Since most UNSC battlegroups aren't named after their flagship, it is unfounded to assume this one was.}} | ||
{{Military | {{Title|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''}} | ||
| | {{Infobox Military Unit | ||
|unit_name=Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' | |||
|image= | |image= | ||
| | |dates= | ||
| | |country= | ||
|allegiance=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | |branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
|type=[[Battle group]] | |type=[[Battle group|Battle Group]] | ||
|role= | |role= | ||
|size=9 ships | |size=9 ships | ||
| | |command_structure= | ||
|battles= | |garrison= [[Earth]] | ||
*[[Battle | |garrison_label= | ||
*[[Onyx | |nickname= | ||
|patron= | |||
|motto= | |||
|colors= | |||
|colors_label= | |||
|march= | |||
|mascot= | |||
|anniversaries= | |||
|equipment= | |||
|equipment_label= | |||
|battles=*[[Battle of Earth]] | |||
*[[Battle of Onyx]] | |||
|decorations= | |||
|battle_honors= | |||
|commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | |commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[battle group]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref> | |||
Meanwhile, ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the | ==Background== | ||
It was comprised and detailed of nine ships and commanded by the late [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the {{UNSCship|Stalingrad}}, a [[UNSC carrier|carrier]]. In [[2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. 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. | |||
==Battle of Onyx== | |||
Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' rendezvoused with the [[type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|prowler]] {{UNSCship|Dusk}} soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master|Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]], and took losses, including the {{UNSCship|Glasgow Kiss}}, which sacrificed itself to save the ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' temporarily went into hiding. | |||
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. Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' 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 ''Stalingrad'' was swiftly and efficiently annihilated, with the sole exception of the ''Dusk''. | |||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
* | *1 [[UNSC carrier|Carrier]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | **{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | ||
* | *1 {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}} | ||
* | *6 [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyers]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} | **{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | **{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | **{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | ||
* | *1 [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | **{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | ||
== | ==Historical reference== | ||
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was the site of a brutal battle during the [[World War II|Second World War]], between [[Fascism|Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the Soviet Union (now Russia). It is popularly seen as marking the easternmost mark of the German invasion. The weakening of the German army at Stalingrad- the Nazis lost over 841,000 men- would ultimately culminate in the decisive battle at Kursk, ending the German offensive into the Soviet Union and beginning the Soviet push back toward Germany. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | |||
{{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | {{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | ||
{{UNSC Naval Fleets}} | {{UNSC Naval Fleets}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC Military Units]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Fleets]] | ||
