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| {{disambig header|the second battle of Harvest in 2526|other conflicts at Harvest|Battle of Harvest (disambiguation)}} | | {{Era|HW|FOR}} |
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| |prev=[[Battle of Bliss]] | | |prev=[[Battle of Chi Ceti]] |
| |conc= | | |conc= |
| |next=*[[Harvest campaign]]{{Ref/Book|Id=ground command|Halo: Ground Command core rulebook|Page=7}} | | |next=[[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] |
| *[[Skirmish over Netherop]]
| | |name=Second Battle of Harvest |
| |image=[[File:HWG RasusInterdictor Showdown.png|300px]] | | |image=[[Image:Space Battle.png|300px]] |
| |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|ground command}} | | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| |date=[[2526|March 1, 2526]]<ref name="Harvest">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 463-467''</ref> | | |date= [[2526]] |
| |place=Over [[Harvest]], [[Epsilon Indi system]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | |begin= March 1, [[2526]] |
| |result=*Pyrrhic [[UNSC]] victory<ref name="he126">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 126''</ref> | | |end=c. March 1, [[2526]] |
| **''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]'' is destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | |place=[[Epsilon Indi System]], On the planet [[Harvest]] |
| **Loss of thirteen UNSC warships{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | |result=Pyrrhic UNSC victory |
| |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | |battles= |
| |side2=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| |commanders1=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | |side2=[[Covenant|The Covenant]] |
| |commanders2=Unknown [[shipmaster]] | | |commanders1=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] |
| |forces1=*[[Battle Group X-Ray]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | |commanders2=unknown |
| **Forty [[warship]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| ***[[UNSC Everest|One]] {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | *[[UNSC Navy]] |
| ***{{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}s<ref name="genesis">''[[Halo Wars Genesis]]''</ref> | | **10+ Halcyon-class Cruisers |
| ***{{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}s{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}} | | **9+ UNSC Frigates |
| ***At least seven [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| ***At least nine [[UNSC frigate|frigates]]{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}}
| | *Single Covenant Ship |
| |forces2=One {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}} | | |casual1= |
| |casual1=Thirteen UNSC ships{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | *13 UNSC ships (Including the {{UNSCShip|Sacramento}} and the {{UNSCShip|Lance Held High}}) |
| |casual2=One super-destroyer{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}}
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| |civilian= | | *Covenant Warship Destroyed. |
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| {{Quote|This first encounter with the aliens is a test—for them and us. So far we have failed that test. We have to show them that we cannot be so easily defeated. We have to win no matter the cost.|Vice Admiral Preston Cole, in a personal log written on [[2525#November|November 15, 2525]]<ref name="he462">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 462''</ref>}} | | {{quote|The enemy ship destroyed and 13 of ours obliterated. It did not bode well.|[[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]}}<ref>[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]</ref> |
| | The '''Second Battle of Harvest''' was a massive [[UNSC]] operation to retake the glassed colony of [[Harvest]] from [[Covenant|The Covenant]]. |
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| The '''Battle of Harvest''',<ref name="timeline">'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archived]])</ref><ref name="cp34">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 34''</ref> also known as the '''Second Battle of Harvest''',{{Ref/Book|Id=fb33|Halo: Fleet Battles core rulebook|Page=33}} was an engagement in the [[Human-Covenant War]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]], taking place in the [[Epsilon Indi system]]. Following the [[First Battle of Harvest|loss]] of the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] to the Covenant in [[2525]], the UNSC assembled a [[battle group]] to retake the planet on [[2526|March 1, 2526]]. Led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]], UNSC [[Battle Group X-Ray]] was ultimately successful in destroying the Covenant forces due to superior numbers and a last-minute tactical maneuver, but suffered heavy casualties in the process.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/harvest '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Harvest'']</ref>
| | ==Background== |
| | {{main|First Battle of Harvest}} |
| | On February 3, [[2525]], the [[Tiara]] space elevator above Harvest detected the [[Covenant Cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' on long-range [[Radar]]. An attempt to facilitate a peaceful meeting between the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]] resulted in bloodshed after a nervous [[Unggoy]] killed a [[Colonial Militia|militiaman]] and so the [[First Battle of Harvest]] was ignited, which resulted in the planet being [[Glassing|glassed]] and over twenty thousand civilians killed as they tried to evacuate. |
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| Having lost a third of the battle group's strength against a single Covenant warship, the empire's strength was now clearly assessed to the UNSC.<ref name="mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 63''</ref> Having been promoted to [[admiral]], Cole would return to [[Epsilon Indi]] with the [[Third Fleet]] under his command, meeting the Covenant's [[Fleet of Glorious Interdiction]] at Harvest for an extended [[Harvest campaign|campaign]] over the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
| | After the cessation of communications from Harvest, the [[Colonial Military Administration]] sent the {{UNSCShip|Argo}}, a small scout ship, to investigate. On April 20th, [[2525]], the ''Argo'' arrived in the [[Epsilon Indi System]]. It sent a single confirmation message before ceasing communications. It was destroyed by the [[Covenant]] ship in orbit over Harvest. The [[Artificial Intelligence]] [[Mack]] tried to warn the ''Argo'', to no avail. |
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| | The UNSC then sent a battlegroup of two [[UNSC Frigate]]s (The {{UNSCShip|Arabia}} and the {{UNSCShip|Vostok}}) and one [[UNSC Destroyer]] (The {{UNSCShip|Heracles}}). The battlegroup was led by [[Captain]] [[Veredi]], the Captain of the ''Heracles''. |
| {{Quote|Vice Admiral Preston Cole is mobilizing the largest fleet action in human history to retake the Epsilon Indi system and confront this new threat. Their transmission made one thing perfectly clear: they're looking for a fight.|Vice Admiral [[Michael Stanforth]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 120'' (2010)</ref>}}
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| [[File:TFoR AS - Harvest glassed.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Battle Group 4 discovers the glassed Harvest]]
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| In [[2525#February|February of 2525]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] was discovered and [[First Battle of Harvest|attacked]] by the [[Covenant]]. The planet was partially [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'',<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 382''</ref><ref name="for117">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 117-126'' (2010)</ref> though many of Harvest's residents managed to escape their own destruction by fleeing the [[Epsilon Indi system]] aboard [[DCS light freighter|freighters]].<ref name="goo72">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 72''</ref> In response to the loss of contact with Harvest, the unarmed scout ship {{CMAShip|Argo}} was sent to the planet to investigate. When transmissions from the scout ship suddenly ended, the Harvest situation was deemed highly important and a [[Colonial Military Authority]] [[battle group]]—[[Battle Group 4]]—was dispatched to Harvest,{{Ref/Reuse|for117}} fearing that [[insurrectionist]] forces had taken control of the [[agriculture world]].{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} Upon arriving at the system, Battle Group 4 was immediately attacked by a {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}.{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}} Only {{CMAShip|Heracles}} was able to escape destruction and limp back to [[Reach]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] several weeks later with word of the hostile alien threat.{{Ref/Reuse|for117}}
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| On [[2525#November|November 1, 2525]], the UEG's [[United Nations Space Command]] was ordered to full alert.{{Ref/Reuse|for117}} In response to the alien threat, the UNSC's [[Central Command]] moved to create a battle group of forty [[warship]]s to retake Harvest. Retired [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] was selected by Central Command to lead this force; a "fallen hero" that lived a scandalous retirement, Cole served as an easy scapegoat if CENTCOM's counterattack on the Covenant failed. Additionally, Cole was considered to be a brilliant commander during the [[Insurrection]] that was willing to sacrifice himself and anyone under his command to complete his task.<ref name="he458">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''pages 458-460''</ref> On [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jack Hopper]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Demos]] visited Cole and convinced him to lead the battle group. Reinstated as a vice admiral of the [[UNSC Navy]], Cole was given command of [[Battle Group X-Ray]] in [[2525|December of 2525]],<ref>''Xbox.com'': The Halo Timeline (defunct, [[Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Archived]])</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 461''</ref> conceived as the largest assembled fleet at that point in human history.{{Ref/Reuse|for117}}<ref name="enc299">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 299'' (2011)</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 88''</ref> By [[2525#November|November 12, 2525]], Cole begun preparing himself for the battle. He reviewed data and reports from previous encounters with the Covenant at Harvest and [[Chi Ceti IV]], and realized that Covenant [[energy shielding]] would prove to be troublesome in battle. Cole was given the {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Everest}} as his [[flagship]]. After ensuring that his crew was battle-tested and competent, he requested numerous modifications to ''Everest''.{{Ref/Reuse|he462}} The [[artificial intelligence]] [[Sekmet]] was chosen as Cole's shipboard AI on ''Everest''.<ref name="he465">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 465''</ref>
| | The battlegroup arrived in the [[Epsilon Indi]] System on July 10th. Upon arriving in the system, the battlegroup encountered the same Covenant ship. Veredi followed UNSC first contact protocol perfectly. The Covenant ship sent a broadcast to the battlegroup, stating ''Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument'' before opening fire on the ships. The batlegroup retaliated as best as it could, and one of the UNSC ships fired [[Archer Missile]]s at the Covenant ship, which eliminated many of the missiles with [[Point Defense Laser]]s, and those missiles that managed to hit the ship were deflected by the ship's [[shield]]s. The ''Arabia'' and ''Vostok'' were destroyed by the Covenant ship's advanced laser weaponry, while the ''Heracles'' was heavily damaged. The ''Heracles'' retreated to [[Reach]], but due to the heavy damage it took, the ''Heracles'' took several weeks to get back to Reach.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' page 96-98</ref> |
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| ==The battle== | | ==The Battle== |
| [[File:HWG SecondBattleOfHarvest.png|thumb|250px|The super-destroyer is destroyed]] | | [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] was given the task of retaking Harvest. Cole's [[fleet]] of approximately twenty warships arrived at Harvest in March 2526. The orbital engagement that followed was a human victory, but the single warship in orbit annihilated thirteen of Cole's ships. The battle was a close-matched one, and Cole only won due to his overwhelming numbers, and a last-minute tactical maneuver. Even so, he still lost two-thirds of his fleet. Losses included the {{UNSCShip|Sacramento}} and the {{UNSCShip|Lance Held High}}. |
| {{Quote|Fix bayonets.|Vice Admiral Preston Cole during the final charge, quoting Colonel [[Wikipedia:Joshua Chamberlain|Joshua Chamberlain]] from the [[American Civil War]]<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 471''</ref>}}
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| On [[2526|March 1, 2526]] at 0120 hours [[Military Standard Time|MST]], the forty-warship strong UNSC Battle Group X-Ray arrived near Harvest in the Epsilon Indi system. Moving towards the planet, the battle group descended below Harvest's planetary plane and detected a single, stationary Covenant [[Rasus-pattern interdictor|super-destroyer]] near the planet. Increasing velocity, Vice Admiral Preston Cole plotted a parabolic course to allow the battle group to engage the Covenant warship through a slingshot maneuver around Harvest. Now accelerating towards the ship, Cole ordered the battle group to fire upon the hostile vessel at will. As the UNSC warships fired their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s and hundreds of [[Archer missile]]s at their target, the Covenant super-destroyer's powerful energy shielding prevented the ship's [[nanolaminate]] hull from taking any damage.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} Fully realizing the effectiveness of the Covenant warship's energy shielding, Cole assessed that an overwhelming attack from Battle Group X-Ray's entire armaments needed to be used against the super-destroyer to disable its shielding.{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}}
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| The super-destroyer responded to the attack by firing its [[pulse laser turret]]s to destroy two [[UNSC destroyer]]s—{{UNSCShip|Lance Held High}} and ''[[UNSC Sacramento|Sacramento]]''. As the battle group fruitlessly attempted to destroy the Covenant ship by using [[nuclear weapon]]s, the super-destroyer obliterated five more destroyers: ''[[UNSC Austerlitz|Austerlitz]]'', ''[[UNSC Campo Grande|Campo Grande]]'', ''[[UNSC Midway|Midway]]'', ''[[UNSC Tharsis (Harvest)|Tharsis]]'', and ''[[UNSC Virginia Capes|Virginia Capes]]''. Though a subordinate officer attempted to order a retreat, Cole belayed the order and the battle group continued on its slingshot course around Harvest. As Cole ordered Battle Group X-Ray into a new trajectory towards the Covenant ship, he ordered the battle group to fire their entire armaments upon the super-destroyer. When the UNSC ships approached the Covenant vessel, the super-destroyer began to fire upon the battle group. However, Battle Group X-Ray's warships fired a salvo of MACs upon the super-destroyer, followed by the battle group's entire complement of Archer and [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s. While the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} ''[[UNSC Constantinople|Constantinople]]'' and ''[[UNSC Troy|Troy]]'' were destroyed and the prow of ''[[UNSC Lowrentz|Lowrentz]]'' was damaged by the Covenant ship's [[plasma]] armaments, thousands of Archer and Shiva missiles impacted upon the super-destroyer. Another salvo of Covenant plasma destroyed ''[[UNSC Excellence|Excellence]]'', ''[[UNSC Maelstrom|Maelstrom]]'', and ''[[UNSC Waterloo|Waterloo]]'', but the remaining, undamaged twenty-seven warships of Battle Group X-Ray had recharged their MACs. As the second salvo of MACs disabled the Covenant super-destroyer's shielding, the battle group fired its remaining missiles upon the ship's hull, destroying the super-destroyer.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | |
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| {{Quote|It was a Pyrrhic victory that left Cole's fleet severely damaged. Now Cole has been jumping his fleet around from engagement to engagement throughout the Outer Colonies, wherever the Covenant showed up. So far, there'd been no repeat of the retaking of Harvest.|[[Gage Yevgenny]], reflecting on the Battle of Harvest{{Ref/Reuse|he126}}}}
| | The battle was a victory for the UNSC, but a costly one at that. [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI Section II]] overplayed Cole's achievement in propaganda broadcasts, resulting in the information of the alien threat to be replaced by that of an Insurrectionist attack instead. |
| [[File:HW Five Long Years.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Conflict on Harvest continued for five years, leading to heavy losses for both sides]]
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| Directly after the destruction of the Covenant super-destroyer, Cole had Battle Group X-Ray veer away from the remains of the alien ship and begin searching for survivors of the thirteen UNSC warships lost in battle.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} With the loss of thirteen ships in contrast to the Covenant's one super-destroyer, Cole realized the disparity between UNSC and enemy losses "did not bode well". Regardless, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Office of Naval Intelligence's Section II]] [[propaganda]] exaggerated the victory to encourage enlistment with the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces; initially the foe was claimed to be an insurrectionist weapon platform that had captured Harvest's [[communications satellite]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}} but this was later recanted. After the battle, Cole returned to [[Earth]] where he was promoted to [[admiral]].{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', multiplayer level, ''[[Alpha Site]]'s [[ONI memorial]]''</ref> The Covenant were undaunted by their defeat. The [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] ordered for the "Victory of Epsilon Indi" to be celebrated through fasting and prayer; [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] food rations were eliminated for the following three work periods, while [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] were ordered to spend two rest periods in public prayer. Those who "failed their duty at the Victory" were publicly executed.{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}
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| After the battle, UNSC leadership eventually decided to reveal the Covenant to the public. After Cole's success at Harvest, ONI's [[Strategic Response Unit]] decided to put Cole in charge of a large majority of the [[UNSC Navy]] with the intention of using him as a scapegoat if the Covenant proved to be unstoppable.{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}} Now hailed as the "Hero of Harvest",<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 351''</ref> Cole was given command of the [[Third Fleet]] and proceeded to lead a series of naval engagements against the Covenant between [[2526]] and [[2532]], sometimes referred to as the "Cole Campaigns".{{Ref/Reuse|he458}} As the Covenant continued to [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|swarm]] the Outer Colonies, ''Rapid Conversion'' had finally returned to Covenant space. In response to the human threat, the [[High Prophet of Regret]] organized the [[Fleet of Glorious Interdiction]] to return to Harvest, led by [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]].<ref name="evg10">'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 10''</ref> With both sides still unaware of the true military strength and size of their opponent,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}} the [[Harvest campaign]] begun as the UNSC attempted to permanently remove the Covenant from Harvest. Cole returned to lead UNSC forces at Harvest, but his fleet became entangled in a vicious siege as they continued to battle the Covenant in the five-year long campaign in the Epsilon Indi system.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}<ref name="HW">'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Alpha Base (Halo Wars level)|Alpha Base]]''</ref> After many years of fighting, the UNSC was able to eventually defeat the Covenant at Harvest for a second time.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 157'' (2010)</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 181'' (2010)</ref> By [[2552]], the Battle of Harvest was recognized as a Pyrrhic UNSC victory,{{Ref/Reuse|he126}} a battle that grimly proved the strength of the UNSC's newfound foe.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}}
| | The Covenant would attack Harvest again in [[2531]], leading to the [[Third Battle of Harvest]], determined to claim the [[Forerunner]] artifact buried under Harvest's north pole. |
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| ==Participants== | | ==Timeline== |
| ===UNSC=== | | ===[[2525]]=== |
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| | *'''February 3rd:''' [[Harvest]] detects a contact on its long range radar, and [[2525#23.2F02.2F2525|soon afterward]], all contact is lost with the planet. The [[UNSC]] scout ship ''[[Argo]]'' was sent to investigate the loss of communication. |
| *[[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | *'''April 20:''' The ''Argo'' arrives in-system and makes one confirmation transmission. No further reports are received. |
| *[[Sekmet]]{{Ref/Reuse|he465}} | | *'''October 7: '''A UNSC battle group consisting of one destroyer, the ''[[UNSC Heracles|Heracles]]'', under the command of [[Captain Veredi]] and two frigates the ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]'' enters the [[Epsilon Indi|Harvest system]] and discovers that in some parts of the planet the surface has melted down to glass. This is later dubbed "[[glassing]]". In orbit around the remains of the colony world is a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying both ''Arabia'' and ''Vostok'' and badly damaging the ''Heracles''. Intercepted communications identify the enemy as "The Covenant". The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods..and we are their instrument" is broadcast in perfect English. |
| | *'''November 1:''' Vice Admiral [[Preston Cole]] mobilizes the-then largest space fleet in Human history to retake Harvest. |
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| | *Admiral Cole's fleet engages the alien warships gathered in orbit over the destroyed colony, scoring a victory (though the battle cost Cole two-thirds of his battle group). Only a last-minute tactical inspiration turned the tide of battle. |
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| [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | ==Military Forces== |
| *{{UNSCShip|Austerlitz}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | ===[[United Nations Space Command]]=== |
| *{{UNSCShip|Campo Grande}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | Commander: [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] |
| *{{UNSCShip|Lance Held High}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Midway}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Sacramento}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *[[UNSC Tharsis (Harvest)|UNSC ''Tharsis'']], destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Virginia Capes}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| | '''Known UNSC ships''': |
| *{{UNSCShip|Constantinople}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}} | | *Fleet Command Cruiser [[UNSC Everest]] |
| | *[[UNSC Sacramento]] |
| | *[[UNSC Lance Held High]] |
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| *{{UNSCShip|Excellence}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
| | Commander: Unknown |
| *{{UNSCShip|Lowrentz}}, heavily damaged{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Maelstrom}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Troy}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| *{{UNSCShip|Waterloo}}, destroyed{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}
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| ==Production notes==
| | Single Covenant ship. |
| The Battle of Harvest is erroneously placed in [[2531]] rather than [[2526]] in several sources, including the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|cp34}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc299}}
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| The presence of forty UNSC ships against one overwhelmingly powerful enemy vessel strikes a remarkable resemblance to the [[memory-alpha:Battle of Wolf 359|Battle of Wolf 359]] from the ''Star Trek'' universe, in which a fleet of forty [[Wikipedia:United Federation of Planets|Federation]] starships engaged a single [[memory-alpha:Borg cube|Borg cube]]. However, the outcomes of these battles differ: the Federation lost all but one of its vessels yet caused no damage to the cube. This very well may be a [[List of pop culture references in the Halo series#Star Trek|deliberate ''Star Trek'' reference]].
| | ==References== |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==Related Pages== |
| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Fm}} | | *[[First Battle of Harvest]] |
| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}}
| | *[[Third Battle of Harvest]] |
| *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{Mo}}
| | *[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]
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| **''[[Dirt]]'' {{Mo}} | |
| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{C|Poster only}} | |
| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
| | [[Category:Human-Covenant War]] |
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| | [[Category:Battle|Harvest]] |
| | [[Category:UNSC Victories]] |
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