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|prev=[[ | {{Triple battle infobox | ||
|conc= | |prev=[[Battle of Installation 05]], [[Covenant Civil War]] | ||
|next=[[Battle of | |conc=[[Battle of Onyx]], [[Battle of Voi]], [[Battle of Cleveland]] | ||
|image=[[ | |next=[[Battle of the Ark]] | ||
|conflict=[[ | |name=Second Battle of Earth | ||
|date=[[ | |image=[[Image:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|350px]] | ||
|place=[[Earth]], [[Sol | |conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|result= | |date=[[2552|November 3, 2552]] - [[2553|Early 2553]] | ||
* | |place=[[Earth]] , [[Sol System]] | ||
* | |result=Mixed | ||
|side1= | *UNSC/Separatist victory on the ground | ||
** | *Strategic Loyalist victory with portal withdrawal | ||
*Large portions of the Africa continent glassed | |||
| | *[[UNSC Home Fleet]] destroyed with only three [[Frigates]] remaining. | ||
| | |side1=[[UNSC]]/[[Covenant Separatists]] | ||
|forces1=*[[UNSC Home Fleet]] | |side2=[[Covenant Loyalists]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip| | |side3=[[Flood]] | ||
|commanders1=*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] | |||
** | *[[Ship Master]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Thel 'Vadamee|Thel 'Vadam]] | ||
* | *[[Miranda Keyes]] | ||
**[[ | *[[Fleet Admiral Harper]] | ||
** | |commanders2=*[[High Prophet of Truth]] | ||
*[[Lepidus|Jiralhanae Chieftain Lepidus]] | |||
*[[ | |commanders3=[[Gravemind]] | ||
* | |forces1=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
| | *[[UNSC Home Fleet]] | ||
* | **298(assumed probably less) 299[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] Orbital Defense Platforms | ||
*[[ | **[[Second Fleet]] | ||
'' | **[[Seventh Fleet]] | ||
* | **[[Sixteenth Fleet]] | ||
| | ***[[Sol Defense Group 3/A-5]] | ||
* | *[[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]s | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | |||
* | *[[C709 Longsword-class Interceptor|C709 ''Longsword''-class Interceptor]]s | ||
{{ | **[[7-89]] | ||
The ''' | *[[SPARTAN-II]]s | ||
**[[Spartan-058]] (Linda) | |||
**[[Spartan-104]] (Fred) | |||
**[[Spartan-043]] (Will) | |||
**[[Spartan-117]] (John) | |||
*[[Voi Factory Workers|Armed Civilians]] | |||
*[[Fleet of Retribution]] | |||
**[[Shadow of Intent]] | |||
|forces2=*[[Fleet of Furious Redemption]] | |||
**3 [[Assault Carriers]] and 27 [[CCS-class Battlecruisers]] planetside over [[Kenya]] | |||
*[[Forerunner Dreadnought]](Note that these are the ships that survive the Battle. There were probably many more that were destroyed) | |||
*[[Covenant Destroyer|Destroyers]] | |||
**''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' | |||
*[[Seraph]] fighters | |||
|forces3=*{{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}} | |||
*[[Pure Form]]s | |||
*Sangheili Combat Forms | |||
*Human Combat Forms | |||
*Jiralhanae Combat Forms | |||
*[[Infection forms]] | |||
*[[Carrier forms]] | |||
|casual1=Numerous UNSC ground / air forces, Sangheili and civilian casualties due to orbital bombardment<ref>Level crows nest opening scene</ref> | |||
|casual2=Heavy losses, survivors escaped through the [[Portal]] | |||
|casual3=All Flood | |||
}} | |||
{{quote|Earth...is all we have left.|[[Terrence Hood]]}} | |||
The '''Second Battle of Earth''' was one of the largest battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was fought on and around Earth from November 3, [[2552]] to early [[2553]]. A vast fleet of [[Covenant Loyalists]], led by the [[Prophet of Truth]], assaulted a heavily defended [[Earth]] in order to finally reach the [[Ark]] and begin the "[[Great Journey]]". [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] forces were heavily engaged around the planet, but exact numbers and details are impossible to determine. The battle set the stage for the events on the [[Ark]], where the fate of the galaxy was decided. | |||
The battle was the follow up to the [[High Prophet of Regret]]'s first attack on [[Earth]] on October 20, [[2552]], when he invaded [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]. The Prophet of Truth's intention was to activate [[The Ark]], fire the [[Halo]] rings, and begin what he thought would be the "Great Journey". | |||
The immediate results of the battle were mixed. Although the Covenant Loyalists had broken through Earth's space defenses, there were still a large number of military equipment and personnel available to the humans in its immediate aftermath. However, when combined with the engagements directly succeeding the Second Battle of Earth on the Ark and taking into account the significant losses the Covenant Loyalists had suffered in the battle, it was apparent Covenant Loyalists had suffered a crippling defeat. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[SPARTAN-104]], [[SPARTAN-058]], and [[SPARTAN-043]] defended Earth during the span of two weeks shortly after [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]] disappeared pursuing the [[Prophet of Regret]]. The SPARTANs conducted surgical strikes against Covenant Forces in the Antarctic, Mexico, and Cuba. On November 3, 2552, shortly after completing an operation in which involved using the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] in Havana, Cuba to stop deploying Covenant forces in the area, Blue Team was re-directed to aid Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] on [[Onyx]]. Blue Team captures the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' and heads straight for Onyx. | |||
[[ | |||
[[ | Meanwhile, the Prophet of Truth, along with the other [[High Prophets]], faced trouble at home on [[High Charity]]. The [[Elites]] were unimpressed by their decision to replace Elites with [[Brutes]] in positions traditionally held by the former. This escalated in to a [[Great Schism|full-scale conflict]] within the Convenant, between the [[Covenant Loyalists]] and [[Covenant Separatists]], and resulted in the Covenant's loss of High Charity, and the death of the [[Prophet of Mercy]]. The Prophet of Truth appeared unconcerned, boarded a [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], and led the Loyalist fleet towards [[Earth]]. The Prophet of Truth's intention was to activate [[The Ark]], fire the [[Halo]] rings, and begin what he thought would be the "Great Journey". | ||
== | ==Battle== | ||
===Orbital Combat=== | |||
[[ | |||
On November 3, the [[High Prophet of Truth]], leading a large [[Covenant Loyalist]] Fleet to Earth, arrived at Earth and engaged the massive [[UNSC Navy]] fleet and hundreds of [[Orbital Defense Platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]] surrounding the human homeworld. The exact details of this opening stage of the battle are unknown. However, it was apparent late in this stage that the [[Orbital Defense Platform]] [[Cairo Station]] was still intact and [[Lord Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] was still in command of all [[UNSC]] forces. | |||
The Covenant Loyalist fleet did eventually gain an advantage, and swept past Earth's orbital defenses, bombarding the Earth in East Africa.<ref>[[Halo 3]], [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]]</ref> Human casualties were reported as "extreme". [[SPARTAN-117]] - the [[Master Chief]], having been aboard the Dreadnought and briefly held captive by the Covenant, escaped by jumping from the ship and entered Earth's atmosphere, crashing into an East-African jungle. | |||
===Invasion of Earth=== | |||
{{main|Battle of Voi}} | |||
The Covenant invaded primarily on the east coast of [[Africa]]. It was in this area that the Covenant began digging in the area of what was formerly the city of [[New Mombasa]], where a [[Forerunner]] artifact had been partially uncovered by the in-atmosphere slipspace jump of the Prophet of Regrets carrier during the First Battle of Earth. The Covenant's excavation revealed and disclosed what was then thought to be the Ark, but eventually turned out to be only a [[The portal|portal]] to the Ark. | |||
As the Covenant ships excavated the artifact, Truth deployed Covenant forces throughout East Africa. Earth's [[UNSC]] defenses suffered significant casualties in the ongoing days. | |||
During these happenings, the [[Master Chief]] was retrieved by [[Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]], along with the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]] and a group of marines. The company then fought their way through the Covenant captured territory and were extracted and taken to the [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]] - one of the last UNSC strongholds and bastions in Africa. Here, [[Commander Miranda Keyes]] and Lord Hood planned a last-ditch and last-resort effort to cease Truth's activation plan. Shortly after the Chief's arrival, however, the outpost was discovered and quickly attacked by Covenant forces. After the base was taken over, the Marines, with the help of Master Chief destroyed it using a bomb, killing all the [[Covenant]] in the base. The [[Master Chief]] activated the bomb and was barely able to escape the explosion. Scattered, the UNSC forces then [[Tsavo Highway (Level)|fled the base]] along the [[Tsavo Highway]] and were given orders by Commander Keyes to head to the city of [[Voi]]. | |||
===Counterattack=== | |||
Upon reaching [[Voi]], the [[Humans]], with almost all organization collapsing, launched one last desperate plan. With the help of the [[Master Chief]], the human forces destroyed a small section of the defenses around Truth and the artifact, allowing [[Lord Hood]] to lead the last reserves of ships in an attempt to destroy it. | |||
Nothing came out of this however, because the human ships did seemingly no damage to Truth's ship, who activated the artifact, creating a large slip space portal into which most, if not all of the Covenant Loyalist ships on Earth retreated. | |||
At this exact moment, a [[Flood]] controlled ship arrived at Earth and infested the area around [[the Portal]], spreading throughout the city of Voi. [[Covenant]] [[Separatists]] arrived from their quarantine of [[Delta Halo]] to relieve the battered humans and glassed the city of Voi and surrounding countryside, destroying the Flood threat. | |||
After | ==Aftermath== | ||
After the battle, Covenant Loyalist forces reached the Ark. The Human-Covenant Separatist alliance followed in hot pursuit, stopping the Flood from inhabiting the galaxy and the Covenant from activating the remaining Halo Arrays, therefore saving all sentient life in the galaxy. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Mac.jpg|[[Frigate]]s launching an attack on the Forerunner Dreadnought. | |||
Image:H2 Forerunner Ship Second Battle of Earth.jpg|Space battle around [[Earth]] | |||
Image:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 005 0002.jpg|A Frigate firing its MAC gun. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==References== | ||
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{{ | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC]] | |||
[[Category:Human-Covenant War]] | |||
[[Category:The Covenant]] | |||
[[Category:Battle|Earth]] | |||
[[Category:UNSC Victories]] |