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The [[NOVA bomb]] occurred was accidentally detonated by a group of [[Huragok]] stationed on the [[Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''. Immediately after [[Kwassass]], a fellow crew member, deciphered Admiral Whitcomb's message, the Huragok, through their curiosity and frenzied obsession, fixed the circuitry of the bomb, detonating it despite Kwassass's attempts to stop them. The Huragok completed the detonation timer's circuit, which promptly resulted in its activation. The resulting explosion occurred between a Covenant outpost planet [[Joyous Exultation]] and its moon, [[Malhiem]], scorching half of the planet and shattering the moon. The resulting winds on Joyous Exultation flattened cities and spawned tidal waves. Radiation flooded the planet and killed everything living on it, penetrating the surface of the planet to its core. Every ship within the NOVA bomb's range, save for those on the opposite side of the planet, boiled and vaporized in an instant. The explosion was described as though "a star ignited between Joyous Exultation and its moon."{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO27|GoO|Chapter=27}} [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] was atomized in the blast, ultimately putting a premature end to his dreams of empire.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=129}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=137}} | The [[NOVA bomb]] occurred was accidentally detonated by a group of [[Huragok]] stationed on the [[Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''. Immediately after [[Kwassass]], a fellow crew member, deciphered Admiral Whitcomb's message, the Huragok, through their curiosity and frenzied obsession, fixed the circuitry of the bomb, detonating it despite Kwassass's attempts to stop them. The Huragok completed the detonation timer's circuit, which promptly resulted in its activation. The resulting explosion occurred between a Covenant outpost planet [[Joyous Exultation]] and its moon, [[Malhiem]], scorching half of the planet and shattering the moon. The resulting winds on Joyous Exultation flattened cities and spawned tidal waves. Radiation flooded the planet and killed everything living on it, penetrating the surface of the planet to its core. Every ship within the NOVA bomb's range, save for those on the opposite side of the planet, boiled and vaporized in an instant. The explosion was described as though "a star ignited between Joyous Exultation and its moon."{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO27|GoO|Chapter=27}} [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] was atomized in the blast, ultimately putting a premature end to his dreams of empire.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=129}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=137}} | ||
The NOVA bomb explosion completely destroyed three-fifths of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships. Eighteen [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], two [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]], one [[Covenant carrier|carrier]] and the flagship ''[[Incorruptible]]'' escaped the NOVA bomb explosion due to a [[Slipspace]] jump ''en masse'' just moments prior to the explosion.{{Ref/Reuse| | The NOVA bomb explosion completely destroyed three-fifths of the fleet that was there, totaling over 300 ships. Eighteen [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], two [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]], one [[Covenant carrier|carrier]] and the flagship ''[[Incorruptible]]'' escaped the NOVA bomb explosion due to a [[Slipspace]] jump ''en masse'' just moments prior to the explosion.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO27}} Other ships arrived at [[Onyx]] to reinforce the ''Incorruptible'' from Joyous Exultation, suggesting that they escaped the bomb's detonation as a result of being positioned on the opposite side of the planet.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=38}} | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||