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{{Battle infobox | {{Battle infobox | ||
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|image=[[File:Oblivionart.PNG|300px]] | |image=[[File:Oblivionart.PNG|300px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date=[[2526#June|June | |date=[[2526#June|June 2526]] | ||
|place= [[Netherop]] | |place= [[Netherop]] | ||
|result='''Tactical UNSC/Covenant draw''' | |result='''Tactical UNSC/Covenant draw''' | ||
*Failure by the UNSC to recover the ''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | *Failure by the UNSC to recover the ''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | ||
*Failure by the Covenant to recover the [[Luminal Beacon]]s | *Failure by the Covenant to recover the [[Luminal Beacon]]s | ||
*[[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] and most of | *[[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] and most of his remaining forces permanently exiled on [[Netherop]] | ||
*[[Netherop]] | *[[Netherop]] space-mined by the Covenant to prevent anyone landing there again | ||
*Failure by the Covenant to completely eliminate the human forces and vice versa | *Failure by the Covenant to completely eliminate the human forces and vice versa | ||
'''Strategic | '''Strategic [[Nizat 'Kvarosee's faction]] victory''' | ||
*Successfully planted at least one [[Luminal Beacon]] on the human forces | *Successfully planted at least one [[Luminal Beacon]] on the human forces | ||
*Escape of two vessels to continue the plan to destroy ONI | *Escape of two vessels to continue the plan to destroy ONI | ||
|side1=[[File:Halopedia Era UNSC.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1=[[File:Halopedia Era UNSC.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2=[[ | |side2=[[Nizat 'Kvarosee's faction]] | ||
|side3=[[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant]] | |side3=[[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant]] | ||
|commanders1=[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] | |commanders1=[[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] | ||
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***''[[Still Devotion]]'' | ***''[[Still Devotion]]'' | ||
***''[[Silent Truth]]'' | ***''[[Silent Truth]]'' | ||
**1 [[Covenant frigate]] | **1 [[Covenant frigate]] | ||
***''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | ***''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | ||
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**''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | **''[[Steadfast Strike]]'' | ||
**''[[Still Devotion]]'' | **''[[Still Devotion]]'' | ||
** | **At least five other ships | ||
*Heavy ground casualties | *Heavy ground casualties | ||
|casual3=*Moderate | |casual3=*Moderate | ||
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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
In the waxing months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], and weeks after the overwhelmingly successful [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], humanity's best chance for survival is to disable | In the waxing months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], and weeks after the overwhelmingly successful [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], humanity's best chance for survival is to disable [[Covenant frigate]] filled with valuable technology that could help them win the war. It rests on [[Netherop|an inhospitable world]] and offered to the UNSC by [[Nizat 'Kvarosee|the same disgraced Covenant fleetmaster]] who failed to stop the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] in Operation: SILENT STORM. | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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Over the next thirty-three years, Nizat and [[Nizat 'Kvarosee's faction|his forces]] waged an ongoing war against Petrov and her forces, unaware that the Covenant was eventually defeated. The exiled Covenant forces would discover leftover [[Precursor]]{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=17}} technology that allowed them to create armor that they called [[Sanctum's Hide]] and a weapon that they called the [[Divine Hand]]. However, Petrov and her forces were able to kill a number of Nizat's people over the years, leaving him with only six remaining followers, while the humans had children and their numbers only increased as time went on.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=7}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out9|Out|Chapter=9}} Nizat became more and more fanatical as time went on, but his followers, aside from Tam, started to become disillusioned by their harsh life.{{Ref/Reuse|Outcasts}} | |||
About a year after the battle, the UNSC sent a rescue mission to Netherop. A Prowler sneaked into orbit and established contact with Petrov. However, the [[orbital mine shell]] destroyed both Pelicans that were sent to Netherop's surface. Not prepared to clear a full mine shell and unwilling twenty lives to save eight, the captain called off the mission, but he promised that a better-equipped mission would come back when it was feasible. True to the Prowler captain's word, the corvette {{UNSCShip|Alpina}} came years later and worked to punch through the mine shell. On the third day, the ''Alpina'' made contact with the UNSC survivors and promised that a Pelican would collect them before the next evening, having apparently found a way through the mine shell. However, Nizat was able to use the Divine Hand to destroy the ''Alpina'' and the third rescue mission that came after it.{{Ref/Reuse|Out9}} | |||
Thirty-three years later, the UNSC and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] would return to [[Netherop]] seeking [[Divine Hand|a weapon]] capable of destroying [[Cortana]]'s [[Guardian]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Outcasts|Out}} | |||
Thirty-three years | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
