Editing Battle of Reach

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|name=Battle of Reach
|image=[[Image:Battle of Reach.jpg|middle]]
|begin=August 30, 2552
|end=August 30, 2552?
|place=[[Epsilon Eridani System]], above planet [[Reach]]
|result=Ended with Covenant victory; Reach was [[Glass|glassed]]
|battles=
|side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=*[[The Covenant]]
|commanders1=*[[Admiral Roland Freemont]]†
|commanders2=*[[Arbiter (character)|Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]
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== Summary ==

'''DATE:''' August 30, 2552 

'''LOCATION:''' [[Epsilon Eridani System]], above planet [[Reach]] 

'''Involved:''' [[UNSC]], [[Covenant]] forces 

'''Synopsis:''' This battle was seen as the most catastrophic battle in the history of the UNSC-Covenant war. It took place at the planet Reach, the single largest stronghold in the UNSC. The fall of Reach was the final step before the Covenant could assault [[Earth]]. 

'''Outcome:''' The Covenant are victorious and destroy most of the UNSC forces, as well as [[glass]] most of the planet. 


== Military Forces ==
 
'''UNSC'''
Commander: [[Admiral Roland Freemont]] 

152 UNSC ships (Various Classes) 

20 Super [[MAC]] Cannons 

Platoon of [[Spartans]] 

'''Covenant'''
Commander: [[The Arbiter (character)|The Supreme Commander of the Fleet of Particular Justice]] 

314 Covenant ships (Various Classes) 

1 Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] 


== Timeline ==

'''August 30, 2552''':

-'''0447 Hours''': The [[Remote Scanning Outpost]] [[Fermion]] detects incoming Covenant vessels. an emergency message is relayed to FLEETCOM.
 
-'''0500''' Hours: A fleet of, according to Cortana, 314 Covenant vessels exits slipspace on the edge of the system.
 
-'''0517''' Hours: FLEETCOM [[Admiral Roland Freemont]] issues a general order to all vessels in the REACH, JERICHO, and TANTALUS systems. All vessels and stations initiate the [[Cole Protocol]] and rush to rally point ZULU.
 
-'''0534''' Hours: Covenant vessels make Pinpoint [[Slipspace]] jumps attemting to destroy any incoming or outgoing human vessels before they can regroup. One vessel targets the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]] but is destroyed.
 
-'''0545''' Hours: The Covenant vessels begin a frontal assault. As the Covenant and Human fleet encounter above Reach, it seems to be a stalemate, as Covenant ships take out UNSC ships, while the UNSC ships and [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC cannons]] take out an equal number. The first salvo by the UNSC vessels destroys a third of the Covenant. A Covenant ship, which was deemed a [[Assault Carrier|"sniper ship"]] by [[Captain Keyes]], enters the fray and snipes out several UNSC ships while outside weapons range. 

-'''0558''' Hours: Reach Dockmaster [[A.I. Doppler]] sends priority message to FLEETCOM. The [[ONI]] prowler [[Circumference]], aboard [[Reach Station Gamma]], has failed to delete its information logs, in direct violation of the [[Cole Protocol]]. Covenant intrusion software detects the information.
 
-'''0616''' Hours: The [[Spartan]] soldiers are dispatched from the [[Pillar of Autumn]]. A team of three Spartans go aboard the Dock to destroy the Circumfrence, and the rest of the Spartans go to the surface of the planet to defend the power generators for the MAC guns.
 
-'''0620''' Hours: The Covenant fleet retreats from the system. Hundreds of boarding craft land on Reach.
 
-'''0621''' Hours: The boarding craft are discovered. the Covenant fleet returns to the system. Then the Covenant split their 150+ remaining forces. One fleet attacks the UNSC, while another takes out the MAC cannons and send in troops to land on Reach. The UNSC try to split their 50+ remaining forces to engage the Covenant, but there are too many things to cover and too many casualties. The sniper ship continues to destroy UNSC ships and MAC cannons.
 
-'''0631''' Hours: The Spartan team on the generator defense mission is shot down. They have no choice but to jump from the crashing [[Pelican]] and make a "hard landing" on the ground. 3 die, 6 are wounded badly.
 
-'''0637''' Hours: The Spartan team on the Circumfrence mission returns to the Pillar of Autumn. Only [[SPARTAN-117]] and clinicly dead [[SPARTAN-058]] make it back. 

-'''0640''' Hours: 20 new Covenant cruisers emerge from slipspace. The Covenant begin [[glassing]] Reach starting from the poles.
 
-'''0647''' Hours: The Pillar of Autumn, pursued by a dozen Covenant vessels, retreats from the system, arriving at [[Installation 04]].
 
-'''0649''' Hours: Spartans on the ground set up defenses around [[ODG Facility A-331]].
 
-'''0711''' Hours: [[SPARTAN-104]], [[SPARTAN-029]], and [[SPARTAN-087]] drop a nuclear warhead on a landing Covenant cruiser, losing [[SPARTAN-029]] in the process.
 
-'''0720''' Hours: The Covenant destroy ODG Facility A-331, by aerial bombardment, apparently killing all Spartans there. The surviving MAC guns are now offline. Remaining UNSC vessels have no choice but to retreat. 

== Links ==
=== UNSC ===
'''Ships'''
 [[UNSC Trafalgar]] 
 [[UNSC Hannibal]] 
 [[UNSC Gettysburg]] 
 [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]] 
 [[UNSC Dawn Under Heaven]] 
 [[UNSC Iroquois]] 
 [[UNSC Euphrates]] 
 [[UNSC Lancelot]] 
 [[UNSC Basra]] 
 [[UNSC Musashi]] 
 [[UNSC Tharsis]] 
 [[UNSC Minotaur]] 
 [[UNSC Herodotus]]
 [[Circumference]] 
 [[Remote Scanning Outpost]] [[Fermion]] 

'''Characters'''

 [[Admiral Roland Freemont]] 
 [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] 
 [[Captain Jacob Keyes]] 
 [[Lieutenant Dominique]] 
 [[Lieutenant Hall]] 
 [[Ensign William Lovell]] 
 [[Lieutenant Hikowa]] 
 [[Lieutenant (J.G.) Bill Streeter]] 
 [[Lieutenant (J.G.) David Brightling]] 
 [[Chief Petty Officer McRobb]] 
 [[Flight Officer Mitchell]] 
 [[Lieutenant Buckman]] 
 [[Lieutenant Jake Chapman]] 
 [[Corporal C. Errera]] 
 [[PFC Wallace A. Jenkins]] 
 [[Sergeant Johnson]] 
 [[Cortana]] 
 [[Araquiel]] 
 [[Doppler]] 
 [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] 
 [[Spartan-117]] 
 [[Spartan-104]] 
 [[Spartan-093]] 
 [[Spartan-087]] 
 [[Spartan-059]] 
 [[Spartan-058]] 
 [[Spartan-044]] 
 [[Spartan-043]] 
 [[Spartan-039]] 
 [[Spartan-030]] 
 [[Spartan-029]] 
 [[Spartan-008]] 
 [[Spartan-James]] 
 [[Private O'Brien]] 
 [[Private Bisenti]] 
 
=== Covenant ===
'''Characters'''
*[[Bracktanus]] 
*[[Mehmep]] 
*[[Zawaz]] 
*[[Arbiter (character)|Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]

'''Ships'''
*[[Seeker of Truth]]

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