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===Formation of the Home Fleet===

From [[2552#May|May 14–19, 2552]], UNSC forces in the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]] were placed at maximum readiness levels and all warships with [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]]s self-deployed or towed to rally points. [[Cairo Station]] was established as flag headquarters. On [[2552#September 5|September 5, 2552]], all remaining [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces were consolidated into a single command grouping: the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] was appointed senior flag officer and given primary administrative and tasking authority over all assets in the [[Sol system]] under emergency directives authorized by [[UNSC High Command]] and approved by the [[UEG Security Council]]. Remaining expeditionary and defense fleets retained administrative control over their [[battle group]]s, though all type commands were dissolved.<ref name="lootcrate2"/>

From [[2552#May|May 14–19, 2552]], UNSC forces in the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]] were placed at maximum readiness levels and all warships with [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]]s self-deployed or towed to rally points. [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]] was established as flag headquarters. On [[2552#September 5|September 5, 2552]], all remaining [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces were consolidated into a single command grouping: the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] was appointed senior flag officer and given primary administrative and tasking authority over all assets in the [[Sol system]] under emergency directives authorized by [[UNSC High Command]] and approved by the [[UEG Security Council]]. Remaining expeditionary and defense fleets retained administrative control over their [[battle group]]s, though all type commands were dissolved.<ref name="lootcrate2"/>

===Earth compromised===

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The [[High Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] was detected near [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Io]], as a series of [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] "whispers".<ref name="H2CS">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]</ref> [[Slipstream space probe|Probes]] were sent to investigate, but shortly afterwards the Covenant fleet exited slipspace near Earth, just outside the killzone of the planet's [[orbital defense platform]]s. UNSC forces went to [[Tactical Condition|TACCON]] Alpha 2. [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Harper]] ordered his battle group to attack, but quickly received new orders from Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] to fall back and defend the ODPs. Having expected an overwhelming enemy offensive in the style of the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]], the relative weakness of the attack puzzled the defenders.

The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.<ref name="H2CS"/> The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[covenant boarding craft|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with an [[antimatter charge]] each. As each bomb was planted the Covenant withdrew. ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were demolished in quick succession. [[Cortana]], aboard ''Cairo'', deduced the nature of the threat and [[John-117]] was dispatched to prevent the same fate from befalling ''Cairo''.

The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.<ref name="H2CS"/> The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[covenant boarding craft|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with an [[antimatter charge]] each. As each bomb was planted the Covenant withdrew. ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were demolished in quick succession. [[Cortana]], aboard ''Cairo'', deduced the nature of the threat and [[John-117]] was dispatched to prevent the same fate from befalling ''Cairo''.

Cortana directed the SPARTAN-II to the bomb's location in ''Cairo''{{'}}s fire control center. En route to the bomb, John-117 rescued Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] and allowed her to board {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. The frigate departed ''Cairo'' to join the fray.

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==Timeline==

'''October 20, 2552'''

*'''1248 hours''': [[Io Station]] station pings the encroaching [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and relays this data to flag headquarters on [[Cairo Station]].

*'''1248 hours''': [[Io Station]] station pings the encroaching [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and relays this data to flag headquarters on [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]].

*At flag headquarters, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] awards [[John-117|SPARTAN-117]], Staff Sergeant [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] medals for their efforts during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|subsequent actions]], in the case of John-117 and Johnson, now a Sergeant Major. [[Miranda Keyes]] received her late father's medal posthumously.

*'''1412 hours''': The Covenant Fleet, consisting of 2 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s and 13 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s exits slipspace just beyond the effective range of Earth's [[orbital defense platform]]s Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] prepares all available vessels to engage the Covenant. This order is overruled by Lord Hood, who instead orders the fleet to form a defensive perimeter around the ODP clusters.

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 ===Formation of the Home Fleet===
-From [[2552#May|May 14–19, 2552]], UNSC forces in the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]] were placed at maximum readiness levels and all warships with [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]]s self-deployed or towed to rally points. [[Cairo Station]] was established as flag headquarters. On [[2552#September 5|September 5, 2552]], all remaining [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces were consolidated into a single command grouping: the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] was appointed senior flag officer and given primary administrative and tasking authority over all assets in the [[Sol system]] under emergency directives authorized by [[UNSC High Command]] and approved by the [[UEG Security Council]]. Remaining expeditionary and defense fleets retained administrative control over their [[battle group]]s, though all type commands were dissolved.<ref name="lootcrate2"/>
+From [[2552#May|May 14–19, 2552]], UNSC forces in the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]] were placed at maximum readiness levels and all warships with [[MAC|magnetic accelerator cannon]]s self-deployed or towed to rally points. [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]] was established as flag headquarters. On [[2552#September 5|September 5, 2552]], all remaining [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces were consolidated into a single command grouping: the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] was appointed senior flag officer and given primary administrative and tasking authority over all assets in the [[Sol system]] under emergency directives authorized by [[UNSC High Command]] and approved by the [[UEG Security Council]]. Remaining expeditionary and defense fleets retained administrative control over their [[battle group]]s, though all type commands were dissolved.<ref name="lootcrate2"/>
 ===Earth compromised===
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 The [[High Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] was detected near [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Io]], as a series of [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] "whispers".<ref name="H2CS">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]</ref> [[Slipstream space probe|Probes]] were sent to investigate, but shortly afterwards the Covenant fleet exited slipspace near Earth, just outside the killzone of the planet's [[orbital defense platform]]s. UNSC forces went to [[Tactical Condition|TACCON]] Alpha 2. [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Harper]] ordered his battle group to attack, but quickly received new orders from Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] to fall back and defend the ODPs. Having expected an overwhelming enemy offensive in the style of the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]], the relative weakness of the attack puzzled the defenders.
-The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.<ref name="H2CS"/> The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[covenant boarding craft|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with an [[antimatter charge]] each. As each bomb was planted the Covenant withdrew. ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were demolished in quick succession. [[Cortana]], aboard ''Cairo'', deduced the nature of the threat and [[John-117]] was dispatched to prevent the same fate from befalling ''Cairo''.
+The assault carriers converged on the battle cluster including ''[[Athens Station]]'', ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.<ref name="H2CS"/> The ODPs opened fire as the enemy entered range. Covenant troops [[covenant boarding craft|boarded]] the stations, intending to demolish them with an [[antimatter charge]] each. As each bomb was planted the Covenant withdrew. ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were demolished in quick succession. [[Cortana]], aboard ''Cairo'', deduced the nature of the threat and [[John-117]] was dispatched to prevent the same fate from befalling ''Cairo''.
 Cortana directed the SPARTAN-II to the bomb's location in ''Cairo''{{'}}s fire control center. En route to the bomb, John-117 rescued Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] and allowed her to board {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. The frigate departed ''Cairo'' to join the fray.
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 ==Timeline==
 '''October 20, 2552'''
-*'''1248 hours''': [[Io Station]] station pings the encroaching [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and relays this data to flag headquarters on [[Cairo Station]].
+*'''1248 hours''': [[Io Station]] station pings the encroaching [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and relays this data to flag headquarters on [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]].
 *At flag headquarters, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] awards [[John-117|SPARTAN-117]], Staff Sergeant [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] medals for their efforts during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|subsequent actions]], in the case of John-117 and Johnson, now a Sergeant Major. [[Miranda Keyes]] received her late father's medal posthumously.
 *'''1412 hours''': The Covenant Fleet, consisting of 2 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s and 13 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s exits slipspace just beyond the effective range of Earth's [[orbital defense platform]]s Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] prepares all available vessels to engage the Covenant. This order is overruled by Lord Hood, who instead orders the fleet to form a defensive perimeter around the ODP clusters.