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|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date = | |date = After January [[2532]]<ref>In [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|her personal journal]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] notes that the colony was still intact in January 2532.</ref> | ||
|place = Algol | |place = Algol system<ref>[[wikipedia:Algol|Wikipedia's article on Algol]]</ref> | ||
|result = UNSC strategic victory | |result = UNSC strategic victory | ||
|side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
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|commanders2 = Unidentified [[Special Operations Sangheili]]† | |commanders2 = Unidentified [[Special Operations Sangheili]]† | ||
|forces1 = | |forces1 = | ||
* | *One [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Heart of Midlothian}} | **{{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}} | ||
* | *One [[Unnamed Frigate (Prototype)|frigate]] | ||
* | *[[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System]] | ||
*Marines | *[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] | ||
* | *Several [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]s | ||
|forces2 =* | *At least one [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|D77-TC Pelican]] | ||
*[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] | |forces2 =*One [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and escorts | ||
*[[Type-52 Troop Carrier]]s | *Several [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] | ||
*[[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | *Several [[Type-52 Troop Carrier]]s | ||
*One [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | |||
*[[Sangheili]] | *[[Sangheili]] | ||
*[[Unggoy]] | *[[Unggoy]] | ||
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*{{UNSCShip|Heart of Midlothian}} | *{{UNSCShip|Heart of Midlothian}} | ||
*Ghost | *Ghost | ||
*One | *One [[Unidentified civilian cargo ship|civilian cargo ship]] | ||
|casual2 =Most, if not all forces | |casual2 =Most, if not all forces | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Battle of Algolis '''was a battle that took place in the Algol | The '''Battle of Algolis ''' was a battle that took place in the Algol system at an unknown point in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
==Ground battle== | ==Ground battle== | ||
At an unknown time during the war, the UNSC colony [[Algolis]] was attacked by the Covenant. While civilians were evacuated by Marines, a team of engineers were sent to a UNSC testing facility to enact the [[Cole Protocol]], destroying navigation data and a [[Prototype | At an unknown time during the war, the UNSC colony [[Algolis]] was attacked by the Covenant. While civilians were evacuated by Marines, a team of engineers were sent to a UNSC testing facility to enact the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], destroying navigation data and a [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System|prototypical combat exoskeleton]]. However, one Marine [[UNSC Engineering Corps|combat engineer]], "[[Ghost (Marine)|Ghost]]", went against orders and equipped the armor, hoping to redeem himself as a promise to a now dead comrade. | ||
Ghost managed to destroy a large number of Covenant forces, allowing the Marines and civilians to escape. When damaged and cornered, Ghost gave a code word activation | Ghost managed to destroy a large number of [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces, allowing the Marines and civilians to escape. When damaged and cornered, Ghost gave a code word activation, ''"Be Human"'', and activated a nuclear self-destruct in the armor, killing himself, and all Covenant forces in the area. Marines fell back to a UNSC Frigate in orbit over the planet, and moved to rendezvous with the destroyer {{UNSCship|The Heart of Midlothian}}. <ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Prototype]]''</ref> | ||
==Space battle== | ==Space battle== | ||
[[File:Battle of Algolis.jpg|thumb|left|UNSC ''Heart of Midlothian'' under siege.|200px]] | [[File:Battle of Algolis.jpg|thumb|left|UNSC ''Heart of Midlothian'' under siege.|200px]] | ||
However, [[Covenant | However, Covenant [[Covenant Special Operations|special operations]] forces boarded ''The Heart of Midlothian'' as soon as it dropped out of [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] and killed the crew in their entirety save one [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]], [[Michael Baird]], and disconnected the shipboard AI, [[Mo Ye]]. Baird was in the surgery unit and was informed by the ship's AI, Mo Ye, that she was unable to self-destruct the ship as per the Cole Protocol due to a restriction placed on her in her disconnected state which did not allow her to willingly harm a human. | ||
Mo Ye guided Baird to the bridge of ''Midlothian'' whereupon an [[ | Mo Ye guided Baird to the bridge of ''Midlothian'' whereupon an [[Special Operations Sangheili|Special Operations Elite]] was "tricked" into killing Baird so as to allow Mo Ye to destroy the ship. ''The Heart of Midlothian'' and the Covenant battlegroup surrounding it were destroyed.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'', pages 81-102</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 20:52, November 6, 2010
The Battle of Algolis was a battle that took place in the Algol system at an unknown point in the Human-Covenant War.
Ground battle
At an unknown time during the war, the UNSC colony Algolis was attacked by the Covenant. While civilians were evacuated by Marines, a team of engineers were sent to a UNSC testing facility to enact the Cole Protocol, destroying navigation data and a prototypical combat exoskeleton. However, one Marine combat engineer, "Ghost", went against orders and equipped the armor, hoping to redeem himself as a promise to a now dead comrade.
Ghost managed to destroy a large number of Covenant forces, allowing the Marines and civilians to escape. When damaged and cornered, Ghost gave a code word activation, "Be Human", and activated a nuclear self-destruct in the armor, killing himself, and all Covenant forces in the area. Marines fell back to a UNSC Frigate in orbit over the planet, and moved to rendezvous with the destroyer Template:UNSCship. [1]
Space battle
However, Covenant special operations forces boarded The Heart of Midlothian as soon as it dropped out of Slipspace and killed the crew in their entirety save one Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, Michael Baird, and disconnected the shipboard AI, Mo Ye. Baird was in the surgery unit and was informed by the ship's AI, Mo Ye, that she was unable to self-destruct the ship as per the Cole Protocol due to a restriction placed on her in her disconnected state which did not allow her to willingly harm a human.
Mo Ye guided Baird to the bridge of Midlothian whereupon an Special Operations Elite was "tricked" into killing Baird so as to allow Mo Ye to destroy the ship. The Heart of Midlothian and the Covenant battlegroup surrounding it were destroyed.[2]
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