Editing Battle of Nuusra

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Battle infobox
|prev= [[Battle of Meridian (2558)|Battle of Meridian]]
|conc= [[Battle of Genesis]]
|next= [[Battle of Sunaion]]
|image=[[File:Unidentified Covenant Excavator2.png|300px]]
|conflict=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Blooding Years]]
**[[Sanghelios global war]]
*[[Created uprising]]
|date=[[2558|October 27, 2558]]{{Ref/Reuse|SOS}}
|place= [[Sanghelios]]
|result='''UNSC/Swords of Sanghelios victory'''
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] rescued
*Covenant [[Shuul'se-pattern Kraken|Kraken]] destroyed
*Covenant forces in [[Nuusra]] cleared out
*[[Forerunner]] [[Constructor]] successfully retrieved
|side1= *{{Icon|SoS}} [[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*{{Icon|UNSC Post}}[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
|side2=*{{Icon|Mdama}} [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|side3=*{{Icon|Forerunner}} [[Created]]
|side4=
|commanders1= *[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Jameson Locke|Spartan Jameson Locke]]
|commanders2= *[[Kitun 'Arach]]
|commanders3= *[[Cortana]]
|commanders4=
|forces1=*Several {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}}s
*Several {{Pattern|D'nomlhe|Banshee}}s
*Two [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis]]es
*Several {{Pattern|Kemu|Wraith}}s
*Multiple {{Pattern|Karo'wark|Ghost}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Rizsheda|Shade}}s
*Several [[Sangheili Storm]]
|forces2=*At least one {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}
*One {{Pattern|Shuul'se|Kraken}}
*Several {{Pattern|Nuro'k Xur|Spirit}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}}s
*Several {{Pattern|Kemu|Wraith}}s
*Multiple {{Pattern|Karo'wark|Ghost}}s
*Some {{Pattern|Rizsheda|Shade}}s
*Several [[Mgalekgolo]]
*Many [[Sangheili]]
*Dozens of [[Kig-Yar]]
*Dozens of [[Unggoy]]
|forces3=*Some [[Phaeton]]s
*Several [[Promethean Knight]]s
*Many [[Promethean Soldier]]s
*Some [[Promethean Watcher]]s
*Numerous [[Promethean Crawler]]s
|forces4=
|casual1=Multiple Sangheili
|casual2=*Total
|casual3=*Several Z-1800 Phaetons
*Several Prometheans
|casual4=
|civilian=
}}
{{Quote|With Arbiter's victories and the death of Jul 'Mdama, the Covenant grow desperate. They have began an assault on 'Vadam lands, targeting Arbiter specifically.|[[Mahkee 'Chava]] to Fireteam Osiris.{{Ref/Reuse|SOS}}}}
The '''Battle of Nuusra''' was a conflict between the remnants of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]], the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] (aided by [[UNSC]] forces), and [[Promethean]] forces on October 27, 2558.{{Ref/Level|Id=SOS|H5G|[[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]}}

==Background==
===UNSC and the Created===
{{Main|Guardian emergences}}
{{Quote|no=two|1=[[Thomas Lasky]]|q1=Locke. The planet's deep in a civil war. If this all goes sideways-|2=[[Jameson Locke]]|q2=I understand, sir. It's not my first mission that doesn't exist.|3=A conversation between Captain Lasky and Spartan Locke prior to deployment on Sanghelios.{{Ref/Reuse|alliance}}}}
Two days beforehand, the AWOL [[Blue Team]] was taken from [[Meridian]] to [[Genesis]] by a [[Guardian Custode]].{{Ref/Level|H5G|Evacuation}} Leadership on the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} decided that in order to reach them, awakening the Guardian on Sanghelios would be required.{{Ref/Level|H5G|Reunion}}

===Global war===
{{Main|Sanghelios global war}}
[[Murok 'Vadam]] would give up information as to where the Arbiter was to the Covenant. In exchange, the Covenant promised him power and prestige.{{Ref/Game|Id=officer|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Before the Storm|Mission Intel - Before the Storm - Sangheili Security Officer's Log]]}}

==Battle==
[[File:H5G-T57Phantomdrop.png|thumb|left|250px|Fireteam Osiris being deployed to Nuusra by Mahkee 'Chava.]]
===Rescuing the Arbiter===
{{Quote|Secure the area! Kill every Sword of Sanghelios you see! We will not let the false Arbiter escape this time! For the Covenant!|A Covenant soldier to other troops.{{Ref/Reuse|SOS}}}}
With the UNSC needing to access to the [[Guardian]] at [[Sunaion]], [[Fireteam Osiris]] was deployed to [[Nuusra]] to meet up with [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]].{{Ref/Reuse|SOS}} In the morning{{Ref/Game|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Enemy Lines|Mission Intel - Enemy Lines - Unggoy Personal Log 023]]}} of October 27, 2558, the remnants of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] invaded Nuusra in an attempt to assassinate 'Vadam who became cornered in the [[Elder Council Chamber]]. Deployed by Phantom into the region, Osiris fought their way towards the Council Chamber, aided by [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantises]] dropped by [[Shipmaster]] [[Mahkee 'Chava]] and several [[Sangheili Storm]]. Finally, as the Arbiter was about to be overrun, Osiris and their Sangheili allies reached the Elder Council Chamber and extracted the Arbiter by Phantom.{{Ref/Reuse|SOS}}

===Regrouping===
{{Quote|no=three|1=[[Jameson Locke]]|q1=I saved your life today.|2=[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]|q2=Yet now you hunt another Spartan, the greatest of your clan.|3=[[Cortana]]|q3=Let him hunt. He'll never find us.|4=A tense conversation between Jameson Locke and Thel 'Vadam is interrupted by Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|alliance}}}}
After the initial fight, Spartan [[Jameson Locke]] brought up the need to access the Guardian at Sunaion, but as it was the last Covenant stronghold on the planet, the Arbiter refused to commit his forces until they could be sure of victory. Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] determined that using a [[Forerunner]] called a [[Constructor]], she could interface with the Guardian and activate it. As Nuusra was filled with support facilities for the Guardian, it would be relatively simple to find one. Fireteam Osiris was redeployed by Pelican to visit one such facility with the Swords of Sanghelios for backup. The Arbiter saw the launch of the Guardian as a chance to crush the Covenant once and for all using the distraction the Covenant soldiers would experience upon the Guardian's launch.{{Ref/Level|Id=alliance|H5G|[[Alliance]]}}

===Retrieving the Constructor===
{{Quote|Osiris, Halsey's Constructor is in a Forerunner facility north of here, but the Covies have a Kraken parked between you and it. Arbiter's people are set to hit the Kraken from the air while you handle ground support.|[[Spartan Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] to Fireteam Osiris.{{Ref/Reuse|EL}}}}
[[Fireteam Osiris]] is deployed by Pelican south of the [[Forerunner]] facility containing the needed [[Constructor]]. With a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Shuul'se-pattern Kraken|Kraken]] and ground troops blocking the way, the Arbiter deploys [[D'nomlhe-pattern Banshee|Banshees]] to handle the Kraken while Osiris is left to handle the ground troops. Fighting through the area, Osiris encounters a shielded entrance that they have to bypass. Eventually, the Covenant Kraken and airborne forces begin abandoning their ground forces which retreat into the temple grounds which are between Osiris and the Forerunner facility. In the temple ruins, Osiris encounters another shielded entrance, with the ground forces supported by a [[Kemu-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] dropped by a Phantom.{{Ref/Reuse|EL}}

Reaching the end of the temple ruins, Osiris discovers a canyon with the Forerunner facility on the other side. However, the retreating Kraken enters the canyon and ends up between the Spartans and the Forerunner facility. Spotting nearby [[Phaeton]]s, Osiris decides to help the Arbiter finish off the Kraken and the remaining Covenant forces in Nuusra. Using the Phaetons, the Spartans take out the defenses on the Kraken's main platform and land to assault the power core. Making their way to the Kraken's lowest level, Osiris fires on the power core until it overloads and explodes, and then flees in Banshees. Losing power, the Kraken falls to its demise in the chasm below, taking with it the remaining Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|EL}}

With the Covenant forces cleared out, Osiris enters the Forerunner structure and attracts a Constructor's attention by damaging a Forerunner terminal. However, the attack also draw the attention of [[Promethean Knight]]s, [[Promethean Watcher|Watchers]] and [[Promethean Soldier|Soldiers]]. Osiris clears out the [[Promethean]] attackers and, along with their captured Constructor, are extracted by a [[Swords of Sanghelios]] Phantom.{{Ref/Level|Id=EL|H5G|[[Enemy Lines]]}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:H5G-SOSformation.png|thumb|right|250px|The forces of the Swords of Sanghelios, assembled and ready to assault Sunaion.]]
{{Quote|Today the Covenant will fall! Sanghelios will be free!|Arbiter Thel 'Vadam to his forces prior to leaving for Sunaion.{{Ref/Reuse|before}}}}
With the [[Constructor]] in their possession, the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] forces begin planning their assault on the final [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] stronghold at [[Sunaion]] where the [[Guardian]] is. Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] programs the Constructor to use the recording from the [[Meridian]] Guardian to activate the Guardian and travel to [[Genesis|where the other Guardian took]] [[Blue Team]]. Though the Constructor is expected to take hours to days to be ready, the Forerunner device is prepared faster than expected.{{Ref/Reuse|before}}

Roughly around the same time, Security officer [[Mahlo 'Turagg]] eventually manages to convince a Covenant [[Unggoy]] to reveal that the Covenant were able to locate the Arbiter at the Elder Council Chambers thanks to [[Murok 'Vadam]] of the Arbiter's own keep. Murok does not resist questioning, perhaps believing that the Arbiter would not execute a member of his own clan. However, this belief is incorrect, as the Arbiter executes Murok for his [[treason]].{{Ref/Reuse|officer}}

With everything ready, [[Fireteam Osiris]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] set out to launch the Guardian and take down the Covenant once and for all.{{Ref/Level|Id=before|H5G|[[Before the Storm]]}}  Working together, Fireteam Osiris and the Swords of Sanghelios are able to [[Battle of Sunaion|crush]] the Covenant forces at Sunaion and Osiris uses the Guardian to reach [[Genesis]].{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Unidentified Covenant Excavator3.PNG|An aerial battle around the Kraken.
File:H5-EnemyLines-WraithCombat1.jpg|Locke engaging a {{Pattern|Kemu|Wraith}} with a {{Pattern|Tufasumo|plasma caster}}.
File:Halo 5 - Battle of Nuusra.png|Fireteam Osiris aided by the Swords of Sanghelios.
File:Sky battle.png|A Covenant Blockade Runner hovers above the Elder Council Chamber while Covenant and Swords of Sanghelios Banshees dogfight.
File:Bodies .png|Some of the many warriors that fell during the Battle of Nuusra.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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