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*Heart of Midlothian self-destructed, killing all Covenant boarders and preventing them from finding Earth. | *Heart of Midlothian self-destructed, killing all Covenant boarders and preventing them from finding Earth. | ||
|side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2 = [[Covenant]] | |side2 = [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | ||
|commanders1 =*[[Sergeant]] [[Michael Baird]]† | |commanders1 =*[[Sergeant]] [[Michael Baird]]† | ||
*[[Sergeant]] "[[Ghost (Marine)|Ghost]]"† | *[[Sergeant]] "[[Ghost (Marine)|Ghost]]"† | ||
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|commanders2 = Unidentified [[Special Operations Sangheili]]† | |commanders2 = Unidentified [[Special Operations Sangheili]]† | ||
|forces1 = | |forces1 = | ||
*One [[ | *One [[uNSC destroyer|destroyer]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}} | **{{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}} | ||
*One [[ | *One [[unidentified UNSC frigate (Algolis)|frigate]] | ||
*[[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System]] | *[[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System]] | ||
*[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] | *[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] | ||
*Several [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]s | *Several [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]s | ||
*At least one [[ | *At least one [[D77-TC Pelican]] | ||
|forces2 =*One [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and escorts | |forces2 =*One [[CCS-class battlecruiser|CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and escorts | ||
*Several [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] | *Several [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] | ||
*Several [[Type-52 Troop Carrier]]s | *Several [[Type-52 Troop Carrier]]s | ||
*One [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | *One [[Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage|Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | ||
*[[Sangheili]] | *[[Sangheili]] | ||
*[[Unggoy]] | *[[Unggoy]] | ||
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==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 [[Covenant Special Operations|special operations]] forces boarded ''The Heart of Midlothian'' as soon as it dropped out of [[Slipstream | 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 [[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> | 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> | ||
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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]
Aftermath
Little is known of the outcome of the battle. While the Covenant were defeated, the humans suffered substantial losses and were presumably forced to abandon Algolis altogether. However, the Covenant never acquired the technical data behind the combat exoskeleton used in the battle and, even more importantly the Covenant were unsuccessful in acquiring Earth's location from the databanks on the Midlothian.
Gallery
- Bones Prototype-01.jpg
Two cargo ships evacuate civilians from the planet.
- Algolis 4.png
The transports join a UNSC frigate in orbit.
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