Editing Fall of Madrigal

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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]<ref name="cp11">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 11''</ref>
|date=Circa [[2528|December 2528]]<ref name="lootcrate2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>{{Ref/Note|The Fall of Madrigal took place in 2528. Edward Buck participated in the battle, though he did not enlist in the military until December 5, 2528, thus while the battle could have started before December of 2528 its conclusion must be during or after.}}
|place=[[Madrigal]], [[23 Librae system]]{{Ref/Reuse|cp11}}
|result=[[Covenant]] victory{{Ref/Reuse|cp11}}
*Madrigal [[Glassing|glassed]]{{Ref/Reuse|cp11}}
|side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]]<ref name="cp70">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 70-73''</ref>
*[[Insurrectionist]]s{{Ref/Reuse|cp70}}
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|forces1=[[UNSC Marine Corps]]{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}
|forces2=[[Sangheili]] forces<ref name="cp146">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 146''</ref>
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The '''Fall of Madrigal'''<ref name="cp48">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 48''</ref> was an engagement of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2528|December 2528]] on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Madrigal]] in [[23 Librae system]]. The battle ultimately resulted in Madrigal's [[glassing]].{{Ref/Reuse|cp70}}

==The battle==
In [[2528|December 2528]], [[Covenant]] forces attacked the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Madrigal]]. The [[United Nations Space Command]] launched a defensive, battling the invading [[Covenant military]], while human [[Insurrectionist|insurgents]] organized the planet's evacuation. The rebels used their own [[freighter]]s to evacuate the planet's residents and brought them to a rebel refugee among the [[asteroid]]s of the nearby [[Hesiod]], a habitable complex known as [[the Rubble]]. Although Madrigal had been prepared for a Covenant attack since [[First Battle of Harvest|the loss]] of [[Harvest]] in [[2525]], the planet's defenses ultimately failed and Madrigal was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|cp70}} [[Edward Buck]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee both participated in the battle.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}{{Ref/Reuse|cp146}}

After the battle, the United Nations Space Command withdrew from the system and abandoned Madrigal. The Madrigal residents brought to the Rubble were offered a choice by the occupying insurgents: they could either return to human space and continue to flee from the Covenant, or they could live in the Rubble and establish a civilization hidden from the Covenant and UNSC.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 205''</ref>

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
{{Main|Battle of Madrigal/Silver}}
Madrigal was a human colony invaded by the Covenant.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=HTVOT|5KZ3MKraNKY|Paramount+|Halo The Series (2022) Official Trailer|Y=2022|M=1|D=30}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' {{C|Silver Timeline appearance}}

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{{Human-Covenant War}}

[[Category:Battles of the Human-Covenant War|Madrigal]]