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Battle Group Omicron
Affiliation:	United Nations Space Command
Branch:	UNSC Navy
Type:	Battle group
Size:	9 ships
Engagements:	Battle for Earth; Onyx Conflict;
Commanders:	Admiral Carl Patterson

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Battle Group Omicron^[1] was a formation of the UNSC Navy commanded by Admiral Carl Patterson. The battle group comprised nine ships, with the carrier UNSC Stalingrad serving as Patterson's flagship. On November 3, 2552, the battle group was redirected from the embattled planet Earth to Onyx. Their mission was to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey and a joint unit of Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs, along with examples of Forerunner technologies that had allegedly been discovered on Onyx.^[2]

History[edit]

Onyx Conflict[edit]

Main article: Onyx Conflict

Battle Group Omicron rendezvoused with the prowler UNSC Dusk soon after entering the Zeta Doradus system. The UNSC ships engaged the Covenant fleet under Fleet Master Voro Nar 'Mantakree and took losses, including UNSC Glasgow Kiss, which was sacrificed to save Stalingrad from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battle group temporarily went into hiding behind Onyx's moon.

Meanwhile, Dusk prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefield, destroying the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers. The four remaining ships of Battle Group Omicron moved in for the kill with the six MAC rounds that remained among them. Before this could happen, however, 30 Sangheili warships arrived and swiftly destroyed the remaining human vessels, save Dusk, which ultimately became the only ship to survive the battle.

Composition[edit]

One Unidentified carrier class^[3]
- UNSC Stalingrad
One Marathon-class heavy cruiser
Six destroyers
One Sahara-class heavy prowler^{[Note 1]}
- UNSC Dusk

List of appearances[edit]

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Halo Mythos (First identified)

Notes[edit]

^ The design of the Dusk, in particular the "tail", matches that of the UNSC Port Stanley, a confirmed Sahara-class prowler. Its body and superstructure designs also match those of the UNSC Aladdin, also a Sahara-class prowler.

Sources[edit]

^ Halo Mythos, page 113
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 294
^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 259

[4] The design of the Dusk, in particular the "tail", matches that of the UNSC Port Stanley, a confirmed Sahara-class prowler. Its body and superstructure designs also match those of the UNSC Aladdin, also a Sahara-class prowler.

[Mythos113-1] Halo Mythos, page 113

[2] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 294

[Enc11-3] Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 259

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-'''Battle Group Omicron'''<ref name="Mythos114">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 114''</ref> was composed of nine ships and commanded by the late [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] {{UNSCship|Stalingrad}}. On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]], and (supposedly) examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated and recovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref>
+'''Battle Group Omicron'''<ref name="Mythos113">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 113''</ref> was a formation of the [[UNSC Navy]] commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. The [[battle group]] comprised nine ships, with the [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} serving as Patterson's flagship. On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], the battle group was redirected from the [[Battle for Earth|embattled]] planet [[Earth]] to [[Onyx]]. Their mission was to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and a joint unit of [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III]]s, along with examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had allegedly been discovered on Onyx.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 294''</ref>
-==Battle of Onyx==
+==History==
-The battlegroup rendezvoused with the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCship|Dusk}} soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master|Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and took losses, including the {{UNSCship|Glasgow Kiss}}, which sacrificed itself to save ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battlegroup temporarily went into hiding.
+===Onyx Conflict===
+{{Main|Onyx Conflict}}
+Battle Group Omicron rendezvoused with the [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} soon after entering the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and took losses, including {{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}, which was sacrificed to save ''Stalingrad'' from Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. The battle group temporarily went into hiding behind Onyx's moon.
-The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. The battlegroup moved in for the kill with six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds left. Unfortunately, at this point [[Sangheili]] reinforcements arrived in the form of over thirty warships. Battlegroup Omicron was swiftly and efficiently annihilated, with the sole exception of the ''Dusk''.
+Meanwhile, ''Dusk'' prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the unsuspecting Covenant fleet. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefield, destroying the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers. The four remaining ships of Battle Group Omicron moved in for the kill with the six [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds that remained among them. Before this could happen, however, 30 [[Sangheili]] warships arrived and swiftly destroyed the remaining human vessels, save ''Dusk'', which ultimately became the only ship to survive the battle.
 ==Composition==
-*One [[UNSC carrier|Carrier]]
+*One [[Unidentified UNSC carrier class|Unidentified carrier class]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259}}
 **{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}
 *One {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}
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 **{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}
 **{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}}
-*One [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]]
+*One {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}{{Ref/Note|The design of the ''Dusk'', in particular the "tail", matches that of the [[UNSC Port Stanley]], a confirmed ''Sahara''-class prowler. Its body and superstructure designs also match those of the [[UNSC Aladdin]], also a ''Sahara''-class prowler.}}
 **{{UNSCShip|Dusk}}
 ==List of appearances==
 *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{fi}}
+==Notes==
+{{Ref/Notes}}
 ==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
 {{UNSC Home Fleet Units}}