Editing Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
|prev = *[[Siege of Paris IV]]
*[[Second Fall of Arcadia]]
|conc = 
|next = [[Battle of Ballast]]
|name = Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII
|image = 
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|date = Before [[2550|April 2550]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/unsc-in-amber-clad '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC In Amber Clad'']</ref>
|place = Over [[Gamma Pavonis VII]], [[Gamma Pavonis system]]
|result = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory
|side1 = [[UNSC Navy]]
|side2 = [[Covenant fleet]]
|commanders1 = Lieutenant [[Miranda Keyes]]
|commanders2 = Unknown Covenant shipmaster†
|forces1 = *{{UNSCShip|Hilbert}}
*3 [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]] 
|forces2 = *1 [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]
|casual1 = *UNSC ''Hilbert''
|casual2 = *Covenant destroyer
}}

The '''Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII''' was a [[battle]] that took place during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was centered around [[Gamma Pavonis VII]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref>

==The battle==
Under the command of a young [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] officer [[Miranda Keyes]], the unarmed remote sensing vessel {{UNSCShip|Hilbert}} engaged a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]. Three [[UNSC corvette]]s answered the ''Hilbert'''s resulting distress call and attempted to offer aid; the destroyer responded by turning away from the ''Hilbert'' and attacking the incoming reinforcements instead. Despite being outnumbered three-to-one, the Covenant ship's shields and superior weaponry gave it a tremendous advantage over the UNSC corvettes.

Having no weapons capable of breaching the destroyer's [[energy shielding|energy shield]], Miranda ordered that the ''Hilbert'' overload her engines and ram into the enemy vessel. The resulting collision damaged the destroyer's shields and nudged it into Gamma Pavonis VII's [[gravity well]]. As the crew abandoned ship, which was now falling into the planet's gravity well along with the enemy ship, the fusion core of the ''Hilbert'' went critical and detonated immediately after colliding with the planet's surface, completely obliterating the Covenant destroyer and saving the crewmembers aboard the three corvettes from certain demise. 

Only two crewmen from the ''Hilbert'' made it to the escape pods in time—Miranda being one of them. In the following years, Keyes was assigned to an advisory role in the front lines of the war, participating in the coordination of many crucial offensives against the Covenant. For her actions, Miranda was eventually awarded the [[Silver Star]] (presented personally to her by [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]), promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]], and given command of the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}, in [[2550]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Intersystem News]]'': ''"LCDR MIRANDA KEYES AWARDED SILVER STAR"''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Fm}}

==Sources==
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{{Human-Covenant War}}

[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War|Gamma Pavonis VII]]