Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Military infobox

|variant=Cov

|formed=Unknown - [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]

|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}}

*[[Truth's fleet|Covenant loyalist]] and [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] loyalties {{c|Great Schism}}

|branch=[[Covenant fleet]]

|size=*Numbering in the hundreds<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', "Epilogue"</ref>

|battles=*[[Battle of Installation 05]]

|commanders=*[[Fleetmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]{{c|[[Battle of Installation 05]]}}

*[[Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] {{c|[[Onyx Conflict]]}}

The '''Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity'''<ref name="goo22">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', Chapter 22</ref> was a very large [[Covenant fleet]], and was a part of the [[High Charity defense fleet]] during [[2552]]. The [[fleet]] numbered in hundreds of warships and had the sole responsibility of protecting the Covenant holy city of [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Reuse|regret}}

In the [[Ages of Reclamation|9th Age of Reclamation]], the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity served as the vanguard fleet of the Covenant homeworld High Charity. It accompanied High Charity to the [[Soell system]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]], arriving shortly after the recently-discovered [[Installation 04|Installation 04's]] [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] at the hands of [[Spartan-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]]. High Charity and its defense fleet was still present near the shattered Halo ring by October 20, 2552, when the former [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee was tried and sentenced for his failure to protect the Halo.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref>

===Battle of Installation 05===

{{main|Battle of Installation 05}}

After the [[Prophet of Regret|Prophet of Regret's]] arrival at [[Installation 05]] following his [[Battle for Earth|failed assault]] on the [[human]] homeworld of [[Earth]], he transmitted an apology to the other two [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] on ''High Charity'', apologising for his reckless actions. While the [[Prophet of Truth]] angrily condemned him, ''High Charity'' and it's defense fleet, among them the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, hastily left the Soell System for Installation 05. They arrived just as [[Spartan-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] arrived at the [[Temple (Installation 05)|temple]] where Regret had taken refuge, seeking to [[Assassination of the Prophet of Regret|kill]] the Covenant leader. The fleet launched wave after wave of [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] to assist the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Before they could arrive to reinforce the Regret, they were recalled by the Prophet of Truth, allowing the Spartan to assassinate the Hierarch.<ref name="regret">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref><ref name="bc16">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', Chapter 16</ref>

[[File:H2A Great Schism.png|thumb|300px|Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships of the fleet attacking each other during the beginning of the Great Schism]]

During the ongoing battle of Installation 05, the Prophet of Truth begun his long-planned betrayal of the [[Sangheili]], first [[Changing of the Guard|replacing]] the [[Covenant Honor Guard]]'s [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]],<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> and later ordering the execution of the Sangheili [[Sangheili High Councilor|Councilors]] at the hands of Jiralhanae [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Melchus]] and his troops.{{Ref/Reuse|bc16}} As the holy city of ''High Charity'' erupted into [[Great Schism|civil war]], the Second Fleet similarly descended into chaos. Jiralhanae and Sangheili-controlled ships began to engage one another over ''High Charity''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> At the same time other ships were trying to keep [[the Flood]] from escaping Installation 05. Some of the ships became infected by the Flood and many were destroyed, some sacrificing themselves to save the others. [[Sangheili Major]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree|Voro 'Mantakree]] of the {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} ''[[Incorruptible]]'' managed to negotiate a brief truce between the warring vessels to focus on eliminating the Flood threat, but the Jiralhanae attacked the Sangheili before all Flood-controlled craft had been destroyed. The ''Incorruptible'' opted to leave the ongoing fight, in order to heed the summons of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]],{{Ref/Reuse|goo22}} but was pursued by three Jiralhanae-controlled frigates.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 25</ref>

Those Sangheili-held vessels of the Second Fleet that did not leave for the [[Salia system]] or scatter elsewhere reformed into the [[Fleet of Retribution]], under the command of [[Rtas 'Vadum]], and continued to fight the Jiralhanae around ''High Charity'' even as the plantetoid itself fell to the Flood and the Prophet of Truth left for Earth on board the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> Eventually the Jiralhanae were defeated, with the participating loyalist ships remnants retreating to follow the Prophet of Truth's ship, and crushing almost entirely the already-weakened [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle for Earth|escalated invasion of Earth]]. The remaining Sangheili ships, still consisting of hundreds of ships,{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} proceeded to [[Glassing|glass]] the surface of Installation 05 to prevent the Flood from leaving the [[Coelest system]].<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Part 5</ref> While the remaining Sangheili ships of the Second Fleet held the Flood-infested ''High Charity'' in quarantine, [[Indulgence of Conviction|a single]] Flood-controlled ''CCS''-class battlecruiser managed to break through the blockade and make a slipspace jump to Earth, with a detachment of ships led by [[Rtas 'Vadum]] in pursuit.<ref name=floodgate>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> The fate of the remaining vessels is unknown, as the Flood [[Gravemind]] used its knowledge of [[Precursor]] science to have ''High Charity'' perform a slipspace jump out of the system without the Dreadnought, the city's primary power source.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-feet-first '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Feet First'']</ref>

===Onyx Conflict===

A portion of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity were among the Sangheili-held vessels that rallied with Xytan 'Jar Wattinree and the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]] at the world of [[Joyous Exultation]] in the Salia system. Here, Wattinree proposed the creation of a new [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili-led Covenant]] and planned to ambush and massacre the Jiralhanae and [[San'Shyuum]] leadership. He gave Voro 'Mantakree, the ''de facto'' commander of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity the title of [[fleetmaster]] and instructed him to take the fleet to [[Onyx]] and protect the [[Forerunner]] artifacts there from falling into human hands. Immediately after the Second Fleet, composed of twenty-two ships, transitioned into [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], the majority of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose was destroyed by the accidental detonation of a [[NOVA bomb]] by a group of Huragok on board Wattinree's flagship ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 27</ref>

 

 

A short time later, [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Battle group|Battle Group]] [[Battle Group Omicron|Omicron]] arrived at Onyx and promptly engaged two of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity's destroyers in high planetary orbit. The human battle group detonated a trio of nuclear weapons behind the vessels, destroying one of them. As the battle group opened fire with their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC cannons]], the remaining Covenant destroyer targeted the human [[UNSC Stalingrad|flagship]], but the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} intercepted the plasma charges, sacrificing itself by absorbing three of the four charges. The final plasma round got through and struck the ''Stalingrad'', but not destroying the ship. The Covenant vessel was struck by several MAC rounds and retreated down to Onyx, away from the battle group. As Battle Group Omicron chased after the damaged destroyer, the rest of the Second Fleet arrived. When the two opposing fleets clashed above Onyx, two of the Second Fleet's destroyers were damaged by MAC rounds. The fleet's return fire destroyed three of Omicron's ships. The remaining, badly damaged UNSC ships, plunged into the heart of the Second Fleet. Two of the fleet's vessels were destroyed when the {{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} self-destructed between them. While the Covenant vessels were momentarily confused, the remaining human ships fled around the far side of Onyx. As the Second Fleet prepared to pursue, suddenly, swarms of Onyx Sentinels appeared. The fleet attempted to fire [[plasma torpedo]]es but the octahedral formations of Sentinels captured the energy from the projectiles, rendering them harmless. The drones then opened fire, destroying three of the Second Fleet's destroyers. Two more were destroyed while distracting the Sentinels, allowing the rest of the fleet to escape from Onyx's gravity well and escape.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 32</ref> 

 

 

 

===Sangheili-held===

*''[[Incorruptible]]'' - {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}, [[Shipmaster]] [[Tano 'Inanraree]] commanding - Destroyed during the [[Onyx Conflict]].

*''[[Lawgiver]]'' - [[Covenant carrier|Light carrier]] - Fate unknown

*''[[Far Sight Lost]]'' - [[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]], Shipmaster [[Qunu]] commanding - Destroyed during the Onyx Conflict

===Jiralhanae-held===

*''[[Rapturous Arc]]'' - Destroyer - Infested by the Flood, eventually destroyed over Installation 05.

*''[[Revenant (ship)|Revenant]]'' - [[Covenant frigate|Frigate]] - Destroyed by the ''Incorruptible''

*''[[Tenebrous]]'' - Frigate - Destroyed by the ''Incorruptible''

*''[[Twilight Compunction]]'' - Frigate, Shipmaster [[Gargantum]] commanding - Destroyed during the [[Battle of Installation 00]]

*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}

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