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{{Battle | {{Battle | ||
|name=Battle of Asmara | |name = Battle of Asmara | ||
|image= | |image = | ||
|prev=[[Battle of Hat Yai]] | |prev = [[Battle of Hat Yai]] | ||
|conc=[[Harvest | |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]] | |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 | 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 | 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> | ||
The [[Assembly]] reported that Asmara was lost as of the beginning of [[2530]].<ref>''Halo: Reach'', Data pad 14</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]] | *''[[Halo: Evolutions]] | ||
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Reach]] | *''[[Halo: Reach]] | ||
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{ | **''[[Data pads]]'' {{mo}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references group="note"/> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | |||
{{Human-Covenant War}} | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asmara}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Asmara}} | ||
[[Category:Covenant | [[Category:Covenant Victories|Asmara]] | ||
