Editing Fleet of Sacred Consecration

{{Status|Canon}}

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|size=*2 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]'' (''Cortana: "Thirteen cruisers, two assault carriers"'')</ref>

**''[[Day of Jubilation]]''<ref>[http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HFCV05 '''Spartan Games''': ''Covenant Assault Carrier'']</ref>

*13 {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s

|battles=[[Battle for Earth]]

The '''Fleet of Sacred Consecration'''<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 180''</ref> was the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] under the command of the [[High Prophet of Regret]]. Originally composed of thirteen {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s and two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s, the fleet suffered tremendous losses when it accidentally stumbled upon the heavily-defended planet [[Earth]].<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/ten-twenty/f4adbef8-e9bc-44f8-aefa-d8e9b69f7139 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Ten Twenty'']</ref>

After the Prophet of Regret discovered the location of the [[Installation 00|Ark]] [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] from a [[Forerunner]] [[Luminary]] unearthed in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Meridian]],<ref name="h2at">'''Halo 2 Anniversary''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''</ref> he quickly conjured a small excavation fleet to uncover it. He was unaware that the relic he sought after was located on [[human]]ity's [[Earth|homeworld]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} His significantly outnumbered and out-classed fleet was quickly attacked by the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]'s [[Fifth Fleet]], consisting of eight {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}s and sixty-seven {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}s under the command of [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper]].<ref name="cairo">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref>

The Covenant fleet then deployed hundreds of [[R'sisho-pattern Tick|boarding craft]] at the [[orbital defense platform]]s defending the planet, in hopes of destroying a cluster with [[antimatter charge]]s. They managed to destroy two orbital stations; the [[Athens Station|''Athens'']] and [[Malta Station|''Malta'']] station, clearing a path for Regret's flagship, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' to reach Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}

Meanwhile, the UNSC ships split into echelons, where one group of ships attacked the carriers and a second covered the cruisers. The combined firepower of Fleet Admiral Harper's fleet ensured the rapid destruction of many of Regret's ships, in spite of the numerous losses the human fleet was sustaining. The fleet's second carrier ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', staying above orbit, disabled at least [[UNSC Feeling Lucky|one]] ''Marathon''-class cruiser with an [[energy projector]]. At some point during the battle its shields were destroyed by the Home Fleet's concentrated assault, allowing a pair of [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longsword fighters]] to punch a hole into the carrier's hull, thus exposing the hollow center housing the ship's [[Pinch fusion reactor|reactor core]]. [[John-117]] managed to disable the Covenant bomb meant for the [[Cairo Station (station)|''Cairo'']] and threw himself and the device into vacuum, activating it next to the core and propelling himself to safety, thus destroying the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}

After UNSC forces in [[New Mombasa]] began to push Covenant troops back to Regret's landing zone, Regret decided to head to Halo [[Installation 05]], which he located via the Luminary that had revealed him the Ark Portal as well as all the Halo rings.{{Ref/Reuse|h2at}} He proceeded with an in-atmosphere [[slipspace]] jump, with UNSC ships {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}, {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}, {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}, {{UNSCShip|Paris}} and {{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}} following.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 186''</ref> The remaining battlecruisers of the fleet were then gathered over New Mombasa while now under control of the [[Jiralhanae]], supported by the other fleet remnants and the [[Truth's fleet|recently-arrived Covenant vessels]] from the [[Prophet of Truth]]. This combined fleet began to [[glassing|glass]] the city and its surroundings, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere slipspace jump of ''Solemn Penance''.<ref name="lootcrate2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref> During the [[Great Schism]], the cruiser ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' was hijacked by the [[Covenant separatists|betrayed]] [[Sangheili]] under [[Rtas 'Vadum]]'s command and would eventually become part of the [[Fleet of Retribution]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 44''</ref><ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 185''</ref> It was later destroyed after the war during [[Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor|a conflict]] with [[Kilo-Five]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'''</ref>

The battle in Earth orbit destroyed the vast majority of Regret's fleet, whose loss was compensated by the arrival of a [[Truth's fleet|larger excavation fleet]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]], which proceeded to support the remnants of the Fleet of Scared Consecration for the uncovering of the Ark Portal one day afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}} The ultimate fate of the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' is unknown.

 

File:H2A Terminals - Fleet at Io.jpg|The fleet arriving near [[Io Station]]

File:H2A - Battle of Earth from Cairo.jpg|Another view of the battle as the outnumbered Covenant fleet faces down the assaulting Home Fleet

*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''

*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

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