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|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}} | |affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}} | ||
*[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalists]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] | *[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalists]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] loyalties {{c|Great Schism}} | ||
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{{Quote|That's the largest Covenant fleet I've ever seen ... the largest anyone's ever seen.|[[Cortana]]}} | {{Quote|That's the largest Covenant fleet I've ever seen ... the largest anyone's ever seen.|[[Cortana]]}} | ||
The '''High Charity defense fleet''' was a formation of multiple [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] defending the Covenant holy city of [[High Charity]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 213''</ref> The fleet had hundreds of ships protecting High Charity at any time, reflecting the holy city's importance. A ship approaching High Charity had a nanosecond to submit a security code, or it would be destroyed by the sheer might of the fleet and High Charity's defenses.{{ | The '''High Charity defense fleet''' was a formation of multiple [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] defending the Covenant holy city of [[High Charity]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 213''</ref> The fleet had hundreds of ships protecting High Charity at any time, reflecting the holy city's importance. A ship approaching High Charity had a nanosecond to submit a security code, or it would be destroyed by the sheer might of the fleet and High Charity's defenses.{{fact}} During [[2552]], the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] served within the High Charity defense fleet. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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This fleet was thrown into disarray during the [[Fall of High Charity]]. When the [[Great Schism]] splintered the Covenant, Elite and Brute controlled vessels within the armada began firing on each other.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref> After taking heavy losses, the surviving Covenant ships loyal to the Prophets retreated to [[Earth]],<ref name=halo3>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> and the [[Covenant separatists|Sangheili]] flotilla remained in an attempt to contain [[the Flood]]. These attempts failed, however, when a single Flood-infested {{ | This fleet was thrown into disarray during the [[Fall of High Charity]]. When the [[Great Schism]] splintered the Covenant, Elite and Brute controlled vessels within the armada began firing on each other.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref> After taking heavy losses, the surviving Covenant ships loyal to the Prophets retreated to [[Earth]],<ref name=halo3>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> and the [[Covenant separatists|Sangheili]] flotilla remained in an attempt to contain [[the Flood]]. These attempts failed, however, when a single Flood-infested {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}, ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'', broke through and headed towards Earth with a [[Fleet of Retribution|small battle group]] of separatist ships in pursuit.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> | ||
It is unknown what remains of the fleet after High Charity, under the power of the [[Gravemind]], forced its way out of quarantine and made its way to the [[Ark]]. The surviving portion of the fleet may have continued to undertake combat activities against the former Sangheili portion up until the War's end. | It is unknown what remains of the fleet after High Charity, under the power of the [[Gravemind]], forced its way out of quarantine and made its way to the [[Ark]]. The surviving portion of the fleet may have continued to undertake combat activities against the former Sangheili portion up until the War's end. | ||
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[[Category:Covenant fleets]] | [[Category:Covenant fleets]] | ||
