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==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
===Early operations=== | ===Early operations=== | ||
The ''Iroquois'' was commanded by | The ''Iroquois'' was commanded by Commander [[Jacob Keyes]] during its first months after commission. | ||
During the Covenant invasion of Sigma Octanus IV, the ''Iroquois'' was the first initial force to respond to the attack. The ''Iroquois'' engaged on the Covenant fleet which consisted of one [[Covenant carrier|carrier]], one [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] and two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]]. Though outnumbered, the ''Iroquois'' managed to destroy the Covenant destroyer and frigates using a [[Keyes Loop|decisive maneuver]] and a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 146-154''</ref> The carrier avoided the engagement, headed groundside to deploy its Covenant ground forces and left the system. The ''Iroquois'', still in orbit and badly damaged by the maneuver pulled off by Commander Keyes, deployed the SPARTAN-IIs to engage the Covenant forces on the surface of Sigma Octanus IV towards Cote d'Azur. | During the Covenant invasion of Sigma Octanus IV, the ''Iroquois'' was the first initial force to respond to the attack. The ''Iroquois'' engaged on the Covenant fleet which consisted of one [[Covenant carrier|carrier]], one [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] and two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]]. Though outnumbered, the ''Iroquois'' managed to destroy the Covenant destroyer and frigates using a [[Keyes Loop|decisive maneuver]] and a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 146-154''</ref> The carrier avoided the engagement, headed groundside to deploy its Covenant ground forces and left the system. The ''Iroquois'', still in orbit and badly damaged by the maneuver pulled off by Commander Keyes, deployed the SPARTAN-IIs to engage the Covenant forces on the surface of Sigma Octanus IV towards Cote d'Azur. | ||