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| [[File:TFoR AS - Longsword Squadron Delta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Longswords en route to ''Unrelenting'']]
| | '''Longsword Squadron Delta''' was part of the [[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor|Longsword]] detachment aboard the [[UNSC Commonwealth|UNSC ''Commonwealth'']] in 2525<ref>'''[[The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 111''</ref>. During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], they were used as a decoy to distract a [[Covenant]] Raiding ship to launch a [[Shiva Warhead]] <ref>'''[[The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 112''</ref>. They were all incinerated when the Warhead exploded, unable to get into the shields of the Covenant ship in time. |
| '''Longsword Squadron Delta''' was part of the [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] detachment aboard the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} in 2525.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 111''</ref> During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], they were used as a decoy to distract a [[Covenant]] vessel, the ''[[Unrelenting]]''. With no other armaments, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]] ordered the squadron to launch a [[Shiva warhead]] at the ''Unrelenting'', since the frigate was unable to do so due to the distance.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 112''</ref> They were all incinerated when the warhead exploded, unable to get into the shields of the Covenant ship in time.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 119''</ref> | |
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| ==Trivia== | | == Souces == |
| Longsword Squadron Delta survives the detonation of the [[Shiva missile]] fired at the ''[[Unrelenting]]'' in the [[Halo: Fall of Reach|comic adaption]] of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', whereas in the novel the Longswords are consumed by the explosion.
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Commonwealth launches Shiva.png|Longsword Squadron Delta fires the Shiva
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
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| == Sources ==
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| [[Category:UNSC Navy units]] | |
