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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Battle infobox
{{Battle
|name=Battle of Asmara
|name       = Battle of Asmara
|image=
|image       =  
|prev=[[Battle of Hat Yai]]
|prev       = [[Battle of Hat Yai]]
|conc=[[Harvest Campaign]]
|conc       = [[Harvest Campaign]]
|next=[[Battle of the Great Bear]]
|next       = [[Battle of the Great Bear]]
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|conflict   = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|date=Late [[2528]] or [[2529]]{{Ref/Game|Id=DP14|[[Halo: Reach]]|[[Data pads|Data pad 14]]}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Date|The Battle of Asmara is noted as occurring after the [[Battle of Hat Yai]], which occurred in late 2528 or 2529, and the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[data pads]] assert that the planet had been [[glassing|glassed]] by the start of [[2530]].}}
|date       = Late [[2528]]-[[2529]]<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Data pads|Data pad 14]]''</ref><ref group="note">Asmara is noted as being lost within the first four years of the War.</ref>
|place=[[Asmara]]
|place       = [[Asmara]]
|result=Covenant Victory
|result     = Covenant Victory
*Asmara [[glassing|glassed]]
*Asmara [[glassing|glassed]]
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side1       = [[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=[[Covenant]]
|side2       = [[Covenant]]
|commanders1=Unknown
|commanders1 = Unknown
|commanders2=Unknown
|commanders2 = Unknown
|forces1=[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
|forces1     =
[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
*[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s
*[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s
|forces2=
|forces2     =
[[Sangheili]]
[[Sangheili]]
|casual1=Heavy infantry losses
|casual1     =
|casual2=Light to moderate
Heavy infantry losses
|casual2     =
Light to moderate
}}
}}


The '''Battle of Asmara''' was an engagement on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Asmara]] early in the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dirt168}} It ended in a [[Covenant]] victory and the [[glassing]] of the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|DP14}}
The '''Battle of [[Asmara]]''' was an early engagement of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It ended in a Covenant victory and the glassing of Asmara.


==The Battle==
==The Battle==
The fighting on Asmara is noted to have been particularly brutal, with [[Gage Yevgenny]]'s fireteam of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] seeing some of the worst of the conflict. At one point in the battle, [[Mason]] and ten other ODSTs were killed by a [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]]-wielding [[Elite]] before Yevgenny stopped its rampage with a near point-blank shot from a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]].<ref name="Dirt168">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''[[Dirt]]'', Page 168</ref>
The fighting on Asmara was brutal. [[Gage Yevgenny]]'s [[ODST]] fireteam took part in it. He recalled that [[Mason]] and ten other ODSTs were killed by a [[Type-1 energy sword|plasma-sword]] wielding [[Elite]] before he stopped its rampage with a near point-blank shot from a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''[[Dirt]]'', Page 168</ref>


Ultimately, the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s efforts to defend Asmara proved futile, and the planet was [[glassing|glassed]]. [[The Assembly]] reported that Asmara had been lost prior to the beginning of [[2530]].{{Ref/Reuse|DP14}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Glassed|The ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[data pads]] list Asmara as among the eight human colonies to have been glassed by 2530. However, as numerous other colonies besides those eight are known to have been glassed prior to 2530, this information is suspect, especially given that the information is from in-universe documentation created by the Assembly, which might not be aware of the other colonies' destruction.}}
The [[Assembly]] reported that Asmara was lost as of the beginning of [[2530]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', Data pad 14</ref>


==List of appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{mo}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}
<references group="note"/>


==Sources==
==References==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asmara}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asmara}}
[[Category:Covenant victories|Asmara]]
[[Category:Covenant Victories|Asmara]]

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