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| |formed=[[2552]] | | |country= |
| |formed-title=Formed | | |allegiance=[[Covenant Loyalists]] |
| |affiliation = [[Covenant]]
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| |branch= [[Covenant fleet]] | | |type= |
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| |size=*''[[Unyielding Hierophant|Hierophant]]''-controlled fleet | | |size=Originally over 500 ships,<ref name="fs"/> later reduced to 12 ships,<ref name="first"/> numbers during the [[Battle of Earth]] unknown. |
| **Over 500 ships {{c|originally, pre-[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|FIRST STRIKE]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|fs}}
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| **Around 12 ships {{c|post-FIRST STRIKE}}{{Ref/Reuse|first}}
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| *At least 2 fleets {{c|[[Battle of Earth|Earth]]}}
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| **One excavation fleet{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} {{c|[[Battle of Mombasa|Mombasa]]}}
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| ***At least 8 ships {{c|Oct. 2552, including [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|Regret’s fleet remnants]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CoastalHighway|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Coastal Highway}}
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| ***At least 49 ships {{c|at the [[Battle of Voi]]}}{{Ref/Note|Id=FleetNumbers|Text=In the opening of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]'', a [[Sangheili]] bridge officer aboard the ''Shadow of Intent'' states that at the onset of the battle above Installation 00, Truth's fleet outnumbers their own force by a ratio of three-to-one. It should be noted that this statement need not reflect the exact ratio of enemy and friendly vessels, for a variety of reasons: the officer may have been rounding for brevity's sake, some of Truth's fleet may have been engaged in other actions at the onset of the battle and only joined the fight after, or the officer may have even neglected to consider any UNSC vessels (such as the ''Forward Unto Dawn'') in his statement. That being said, a total of 44 battlecruisers and two assault carriers of Truth's fleet can be seen at the Portal in the levels ''[[Tsavo Highway]]'' and ''[[The Storm]]''. However, it cannot be stated with certainty that all 46 of these aforementioned vessels entered the Portal as it is known that the Battle for Earth continued after Truth left for Installation 00; as such, some of these vessels may have remained to continue the fight at Earth. Furthermore, at least three other Covenant vessels (the ''[[Gathering of Praise]]'', the ''[[Twilight Compunction]]'', and an unnamed [[freighter]] mentioned in [[Phoenix Logs/Multiplayer Maps/Ashes|this Phoenix log]]), which are neither battlecruisers nor assault carriers, are known to have participated in the Battle of Installation 00, bringing the total possible number of known vessels in Truth's fleet to 50, when the ''Anodyne Spirit'' is considered. Despite all of this, the Fleet of Retribution (plus the ''Forward Unto Dawn'') is only shown to include eleven ships in the opening of ''The Ark'', which calls into question the bridge officer's statement once more. It is possible that the Fleet of Retribution was larger than shown in the opening cutscene, possibly even including more UNSC vessels such as the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s of [[Battle Group Victory]]. It is also possible that Truth's fleet at Installation 00 had less than 50 vessels, assuming some of the cruisers at the Portal were instructed to remain at Earth. With the seven vessels depicted in the opening cutscene of ''the Ark'', the ''Gathering of Praise'', the ''Twilight Compunction'', the unnamed [[freighter]], and the ''Anodyne Spirit'', Truth's fleet is known to have included at the very least 11 vessels. However, given the statement by the bridge officer and the ten vessels of the Fleet of Retribution (ignoring the ''Forward Unto Dawn''), a reasonable assumption for the minimum strength of Truth's fleet is 30 vessels.}}
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| ***At least 30 ships {{c|at the [[Battle of Installation 00]]}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|FleetNumbers}}
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| **Final assault armada{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} {{c|Nov. 2552}}
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| ***[[High Charity defense fleet]] remnants{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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| ***Unknown, likely several hundreds of ships{{Ref/Reuse|H2TA}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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| |nicknames=''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' {{c|post-[[Great Schism]]}}
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| |battles=*[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] | | |battles=[[Battle of Earth]], [[Battle of Installation 00]] |
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| **[[Second Battle of New Mombasa]]
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| **[[Battle of Voi]]
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| |commanders=; | | |commanders=[[Prophet of Truth]] |
| *[[Hierarchs|High]] [[Prophet of Truth]]
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| **[[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]]
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| **[[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]]
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| **[[Shipmaster]] [[Hekabe]]
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| In the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[High Prophet of Truth]] had a massive '''fleet''' under his personal command. Originally composed of over five hundred capital ships,{{Ref/Novel|Id=fs|Halo: First Strike|Page=297}} it was initially one of the largest known [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] although the fleet suffered tremendous losses when its command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', exploded. After rebuilding the fleet for some time and aware of the Prophet of Regret's assault on [[Earth]], Truth sent it to Earth,{{Ref/Film|Id=Oct20|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} where it was dispatched at [[Mombasa]] to excavate the [[Portal at Voi]] that lead the [[Installation 00|Ark]] and secure the area for Truth's arrival by his loyal fleet. On November 17, the fleet was joined by remnants of the Covenant forces loyal to the Prophets from the [[High Charity]] [[High Charity defense fleet|defensive fleet]] and Truth himself.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} Later, the fleet journeyed through [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], where it met its end.{{Ref/Reuse|TheArk}}
| | '''Truth's fleet''' is the name given to the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Loyalists|Loyalist]] [[fleet]] under command of the [[Prophet of Truth]]. Originally composed of over five hundred capital ships,<ref name="fs">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 297''</ref> the fleet suffered tremendous losses when its command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', was destroyed. After rebuilding the fleet for some time, Truth sent it to [[Earth]],<ref name="Oct20">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Ten Twenty" history article''</ref> where it was later joined by remnants of the loyalists from the [[High Charity]] fleets and Truth himself. Later, the fleet journeyed through the [[Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], where it met its end. |
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| [[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|290px|thumb|left|The massive space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' leading a combined [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by the Prophet of Truth.]] | | ===Composition=== |
| | After the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]], he started assembling a fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis System]], to gather [[Tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking System]] to meet with three dozen [[Assault Carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Seraph-class Starfighter|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti System]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth. |
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| ===Formation===
| | Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]]. |
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| Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
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| Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} This would make it a simple matter to turn the fleet against the Sangheili once the [[human]]s were wiped out. This plan had more immediate advantages as well; leaving the Sangheili to scour Earth in search of the most sacred [[Forerunner]] artifact in existence, the mammoth structure and [[Portal at Voi|portal generator]] that served as the gateway to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], would have placed Truth's plan upon the shoulders of a species he had already decided to cast aside.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}}
| | However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion.<ref name="first">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 333''</ref> |
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| However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion, though they were left heavily damaged and limped back to [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=first|Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} For a moment the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=??}} Following the loss of ''Unyielding Hierophant'', in High Charity the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]] arrived at the [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]] where Truth waited within.
| | While Truth was rebuilding his invasion force, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by decrypting Forerunner artifacts; coincidentally, this structure was located on Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a detachment of fifteen ships to Earth. While he learned of this upon arrival, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and sped to the planet surface, immediately deploying troops to the [[Africa]]n city of [[Mombasa]] in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] in orbit.<ref name="Oct20"/> |
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| Once informed on the destruction of his armada, while disturbed by the disaster, Truth otherwise regarded it as a minor setback, and told Tartarus to have the surviving ships rendezvous at their designated coordinates. He also ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining pilots from [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], so as not to cause panic in the Covenant by stories of how the [[Demon]]s had obliterated an entire fleet of hundreds of warships.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Pages=406-408}} Knowledge of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''{{'}}s ultimate goal, and its eventual destruction, were eliminated by the Prophet of Truth to keep his plans as a secret to the rest of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
| | ===Invasion of Earth=== |
| | Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth, he sent his fleet after him. The Jiralhanae in command were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and ground forces; an order they would willingly obey. While Truth's fleet was on its way, Regret was forced to retreat as UNSC forces retook the city and approached [[Regret's Carrier|his ship]], making an emergency Slipspace jump in the middle of the city. |
| | [[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|The fleet excavating the Portal.]] |
| | Only moments later, Truth's fleet arrived, and as ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed command of the remainder of Regret's ships, battling UNSC forces within [[New Mombasa]] and briefly occupying the city. In addition, they killed any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet. On the same day, as more Covenant warships began to arrive, Truth's fleet started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream Space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. For the next two weeks, more and more Covenant reinforcements sent by Truth would arrive, securing the planet for Truth's arrival nearly a month later. During this period, fleets such as the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]] would join Truth's Fleet and the battle raging in [[Sol System]]. While maintaining a significant presence in orbit, the fleet deployed ground forces to multiple targets around the globe, including [[Mount Erebus]], the [[Yucatan Peninsula]] and [[Havana]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]]. The SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]] fought the Covenant forces in multiple operations on and around Earth, halting most of their excavation operations. On November 3, after the [[Battle of Havana]], one of the fleet's ships, the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', was captured by the Blue Team and taken to [[Onyx]]. Despite the UNSC resistance, the fleet's ships in East Africa managed to continue their task of uncovering the Portal.<ref name="Oct20"/><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref> |
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| After the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' was destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal at Voi|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by via a Forerunner [[Luminary]] that was found on [[Meridian]] at the end of [[Battle of Meridian|3-years-long siege]] on the planet in [[2551]]; coincidentally, this structure was located on a planet known as "Erde-Tyrenne" by the Forerunner, which was in fact the human's homeworld, Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|detachment of fifteen ships]] to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival on October 20, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and jumped to the planet's surface, immediately deploying troops to the [[Africa]]n city of [[Mombasa]] in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], including the [[Fifth Fleet]] and the [[Seventh Fleet]], in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} | | After the [[Flood]] overwhelmed [[High Charity]] and its defensive fleet, the surviving Jiralhanae-held ships managed to follow the [[Prophet of Truth]] and his [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] to Earth, where they joined the fleet that had arrived earlier. For a period of nine days, the Dreadnought traveled through the system, eventually entering Earth's atmosphere on November 17th.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989</ref> Before the Dreadnought reached Earth, the Fleet of Furious Redemption, part of Truth's forces, [[Battle of Cleveland|inserted forces]] into the city of [[Cleveland]] in [[North America]] in search of a [[Key of Osanalan|supposed Forerunner artifact]]. The UNSC managed to destroy one of the fleet's cruisers, the ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' and the [[Minister of Inquisition]] onboard, when [[Ruwan Ackerson|a civilian]] injected with a [[Tykos 30|tracking compound]] was taken to the ship for interrogation about the artifact.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref> |
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| | Upon Truth's arrival the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered artifact, allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Voi|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold - [[The Artifact|a mammoth Forerunner structure]] which served as the gateway to the Ark. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.<ref name="h3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> |
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| [[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|The fleet excavating the Portal, forcing [[Alpha-Nine]] to retreat.]]
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| Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth and rebuilding his fleet as a large support and excavation fleet for the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], he sent his fleet after him and initialed his plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] the Sangheili with the Jiralhanae as the Covenant's primary warriors while doubting the reliability and loyalty of the Sangheili earlier.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} These forces of Truth's renewed fleet led by the Jiralhanae was both archaeological and military.<ref>halo3.com - About Halo, Characters, Humans ([https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/ Archive])</ref> While Truth's fleet was on its way after Regret's [[Solemn Penance|carrier]] was forced to retreat as [[UNSC]] forces retook the city, the remaining Covenant forces, now without a leader, continued to [[Space warfare|engage]] the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] in space.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} Shortly after, the Jiralhanae that were left behind by Regret were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and kill any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet; an order they would willingly obey.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
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| | After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, Truth's Fleet went through the slipspace rift to the Ark, another [[Forerunner]] Installation outside of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the Flood [[Unnamed Flood-Captured Battlecruiser|appeared]], delaying the UNSC's pursuit of Truth's Fleet. Truth's fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his bodyguard of Jiralhanae moved to the Citadel to activate the Halo rings. |
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| Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet's surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excession to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and launched a large full-scale assault on the planet.<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st-->{{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}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including most of his fleet, were preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}} including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the [[seven]]-day-long [[Second Battle of Mombasa|second battle of the city]].{{Ref/Film|Film=Believe|Story=Museum}} However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}}
| | After the Humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two UNSC frigates, and the [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of nine Sangheili cruisers and an [[Assault Carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark, Truth's Fleet engaged the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC Frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the Separatists three to one, the Separatists' tactics proved superior, eventually obliterating the entirety of Truth's fleet. Together with the total defeat of the Loyalist forces on the Ark itself during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] and Truth's death at the hands of the Arbiter, this signalled the end of both the Human-Covenant War and the Great Schism. |
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| | *During the opening cutscene to ''The Ark'', a Sangheili onboard the ''Shadow of Intent'' states Truth's fleet outnumbers them 3 to 1. If this is correct, it means that during the Battle of Instalation 00 Truth's fleet was approximately 30 ships strong. |
| [[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|270px|left|thumb|Truth's final Covenant invasion fleet and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] furiously engage each other in orbit for Earth's supremacy as the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] exited [[Slipstream space|slipspace]].]]
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| Upon Truth's arrival on Earth the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered Forerunner Portal at Voi that lead to the Ark on the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]], allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Kenya|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold – the [[Portal at Voi|Forerunner portal generator]]. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheStorm|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Storm}} After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3Flood|Game=Halo 3|Level=Floodgate}}
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| ===Battle of Installation 00===
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| {{Main|Battle of Installation 00}}
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| [[File:H3 - Retribution Victory vs Truths Fleet.png|thumb|300px|Truth's Jiralhanae fleet confronts the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory]]
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| On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguard]] of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TheArk}}
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| After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and a [[battle group]] of the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], spearheaded by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[Varric-pattern heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheArk|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Ark}} Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the [[Covenant]] and the end of the 27-years-long [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Level|Id=TheCovenant|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Halo|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]}}
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| As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.{{Ref/Site|Id=FB|URL=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814|Site=Facebook|Page=Ken Peters|Y=2017|D=23|M=06}}
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| ==Composition==
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| As of late [[2552]], at least two known fleets, both the over-500-ships-strong combined armada and the latter rebuilt excavation fleet replacement, that were controlled by the [[Prophet of Truth]] were gathered as the Prophet's plan for the assault on [[Earth]] after secretly discovering the planet in aftermath of the [[Fall of Reach|Fall of]] [[Reach]], particularly the occupation of the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] at [[East African Protectorate|East]] [[Africa]]. All exclusively led by the [[Jiralhanae]] who showed a great ferocity and an unquestioning loyalty to the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] even more than the [[Sangheili]] who were formerly the top of the Covenant military hierarchy until the [[Great Schism]], this was also made as a plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] Sangheili by Jiralhanae as the main military leaders as Truth was obsessed with the Great Journey and the stability of the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
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| Although only few forces of the second and excavation fleet engaged the UNSC forces on Earth while most of Prophet of Truth's excavation fleet remained preoccupied with the Portal,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} numerous other Covenant forces, [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] and [[Covenant starship|vessels]] were deployed during the Covenant [[Battle for Earth|assault]] on Earth and the rest of the Sol system, such as [[Mount Erebus]], the [[Yucatan Peninsula]] and [[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]], [[Luna]], and [[Mars]] with a number of Covenant warships that engaged [[Second Fleet|3]] [[Seventh Fleet|UNSC]] [[Sixteenth Fleet|fleets]] of the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] over Earth on November 3.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo204|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=204-205}} However, it is unknown if they were part of the forces led by the Prophet of Truth and his Jiralhanae loyalists as they were maybe led independently by other Covenant leaders but less organized than Truth's forces,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} possibly even led by Sangheili commanders until their betrayal at the time of the [[Great Schism]] when the Jiralhanae would assume the total command of Covenant forces in the Sol system, including the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], and sympathized the Prophet of Truth and his loyal forces.{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}
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| ===Battle of Installation 00===
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| ====Forerunner keyship====
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| *''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' – [[Flagship]] of the Prophet of Truth and his fleet after the [[Fall of High Charity]], remains intact as of [[2559]].{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
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| ====''ORS''-class heavy cruisers====
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| *''[[Gathering of Praise]]''{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]}} – Commanded by [[Hekabe]], participated in the [[Battle for Earth]] and survived the [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}} Later named as ''Foebane'' and destroyed during the [[Carrow Conflict]].{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Envoy}}
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| ====Covenant frigates====
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| *''[[Twilight Compunction]]''{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}} – Commanded by [[Gargantum]], participated in the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and later in the [[Battle for Earth]]. Destroyed during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}}
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| ===Allied fleets===
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| *[[Fleet of Furious Redemption]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} – Status unknown
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| *Jiralhanae-controlled [[High Charity defense fleet]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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| **Jiralhanae-controlled [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:PL Banished.jpg|A hologram of one of Truth's destroyed ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers near the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 2]]'' | | *''[[Halo 2]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]'' | | *''[[Halo 3]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' | | *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Wreckage only}} | | *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' |
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| [[Category:Covenant fleets]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
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