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{{Quote|Your report will have to wait, Lieutenant. The Covenant are jamming all comms to Command. [[Kat-B320|Kat]] needs your help running a counter-op.|Commander [[Carter-A259]]<ref name="alexandria">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[New Alexandria]]</ref>}}

Over the next week, Covenant ground forces landed on the planet and Covenant ships began [[glassing]] targeted areas. A major siege lasting between August 18–23 broke out in the [[city]] of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], with large numbers of civilian evacuation transports being shot down by Covenant air and ground forces.<ref name="exodus">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Exodus]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Members of NOBLE Team assisted UNSC forces in clearing evacuation zones, succeeding in damaging a [[Covenant corvette]] in the process. Though the UNSCDF succeeded in clearing the city of Covenant troops, Covenant naval assets began to glass the city, and while retreating [[~~Kat~~-B320]] of NOBLE Team was killed by sniper fire.{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Elsewhere, the evacuation stations in [[Manassas]] and [[Esztergom]] were attacked and eventually stopped responding.<ref name="BeachheadRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]] - [[Beachhead]]</ref>

Over the next week, Covenant ground forces landed on the planet and Covenant ships began [[glassing]] targeted areas. A major siege lasting between August 18–23 broke out in the [[city]] of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], with large numbers of civilian evacuation transports being shot down by Covenant air and ground forces.<ref name="exodus">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Exodus]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Members of NOBLE Team assisted UNSC forces in clearing evacuation zones, succeeding in damaging a [[Covenant corvette]] in the process. Though the UNSCDF succeeded in clearing the city of Covenant troops, Covenant naval assets began to glass the city, and while retreating [[Catherine-B320]] of NOBLE Team was killed by sniper fire.{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Elsewhere, the evacuation stations in [[Manassas]] and [[Esztergom]] were attacked and eventually stopped responding.<ref name="BeachheadRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]] - [[Beachhead]]</ref>

However, most of the planet's population, both civilian and military, (particularly those assigned to Operation: RED FLAG), were kept unaware of the invasion, as the Army repeatedly insisted they had the ground battle under control.{{Ref/Reuse|drop5}}{{Ref/Reuse|entry19021024}} HIGHCOM withheld major counteroffensives on the far side of the planet in the hope that a Class-5 Covenant vessel, which was needed for the operation, would be drawn in and make itself vulnerable for capture. Millions perished as a result of this relative inaction.{{Ref/Reuse|drop5}}

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{{Quote|multi=more|q1=[[Gamma Station]], this is [[Fermion]] RSO. Unconfirmed reports of an in-system [[slipspace]] rupture.|Fermion Remote Sensing Outpost|q2=Impossible. Check your source.|Reach Station Gamma|q3=There's no mistake. It's them.|Fermion RSO|Conversation between Fermion and Gamma on the arrival of the Covenant armada<ref name="announce">''[[Halo: Reach announcement trailer]]''</ref>}}

As August 30 dawned, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' began making its way out-system to begin RED FLAG{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=30}} when a massive Covenant combined fleet — including [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] and his [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> — was detected exiting [[slipspace]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">''[[The Halo Conflict]]''</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[remote scanning outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]'', who initially mistook the tightly-knit formation as a large planetoid that had somehow entered slipspace. The station's commander, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]], sent an emergency message to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and ordered self-destruct to prevent the station's data from falling into enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|announce}}<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 31</ref> This fleet had been drawn to the system following a tracking device placed on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} during the earlier [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to this new Covenant faction.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 23</ref>

As August 30 dawned, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' began making its way out-system to begin RED FLAG{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=30}} when a massive Covenant combined fleet — including [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] and his [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> — was detected exiting [[slipspace]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">''[[The Halo Conflict]]''</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[remote scanning outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]'', who initially mistook the tightly knit formation as a large planetoid that had somehow entered slipspace. The station's commander, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]], sent an emergency message to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and ordered self-destruct to prevent the station's data from falling into enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|announce}}<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 31</ref> This fleet had been drawn to the system following a tracking device placed on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} during the earlier [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to this new Covenant faction.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 23</ref>

[[File:FoR.png|thumb|left|250px|The outnumbered Epsilon Eridani Fleet engages the Covenant fleet in orbit over Reach.]]

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==Engagements==

[[File:HR-TipOfTheSpear-Viery.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|order of battle]] following the declaration of WINTER CONTINGENCY. The UNSC was required to engage the Covenant ~~whereever~~ they were.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}}]]

[[File:HR-TipOfTheSpear-Viery.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|order of battle]] following the declaration of WINTER CONTINGENCY. The UNSC was required to engage the Covenant wherever they were.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}}]]

The UNSC engaged the Covenant across Reach over a long period of time. Battles were fought across the Vierry Territory.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}} Other engagements included fighting at [[Manassas]], [[Siófok]], and [[Quezon]].<ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', [[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]</ref>

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 {{Quote|Your report will have to wait, Lieutenant. The Covenant are jamming all comms to Command. [[Kat-B320|Kat]] needs your help running a counter-op.|Commander [[Carter-A259]]<ref name="alexandria">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[New Alexandria]]</ref>}}
-Over the next week, Covenant ground forces landed on the planet and Covenant ships began [[glassing]] targeted areas. A major siege lasting between August 18–23 broke out in the [[city]] of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], with large numbers of civilian evacuation transports being shot down by Covenant air and ground forces.<ref name="exodus">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Exodus]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Members of NOBLE Team assisted UNSC forces in clearing evacuation zones, succeeding in damaging a [[Covenant corvette]] in the process. Though the UNSCDF succeeded in clearing the city of Covenant troops, Covenant naval assets began to glass the city, and while retreating [[Kat-B320]] of NOBLE Team was killed by sniper fire.{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Elsewhere, the evacuation stations in [[Manassas]] and [[Esztergom]] were attacked and eventually stopped responding.<ref name="BeachheadRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]] - [[Beachhead]]</ref>
+Over the next week, Covenant ground forces landed on the planet and Covenant ships began [[glassing]] targeted areas. A major siege lasting between August 18–23 broke out in the [[city]] of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], with large numbers of civilian evacuation transports being shot down by Covenant air and ground forces.<ref name="exodus">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Exodus]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Members of NOBLE Team assisted UNSC forces in clearing evacuation zones, succeeding in damaging a [[Covenant corvette]] in the process. Though the UNSCDF succeeded in clearing the city of Covenant troops, Covenant naval assets began to glass the city, and while retreating [[Catherine-B320]] of NOBLE Team was killed by sniper fire.{{Ref/Reuse|alexandria}} Elsewhere, the evacuation stations in [[Manassas]] and [[Esztergom]] were attacked and eventually stopped responding.<ref name="BeachheadRadio">''Halo: Reach'', [[Halo: Reach radio conversations|Radio conversations]] - [[Beachhead]]</ref>
 However, most of the planet's population, both civilian and military, (particularly those assigned to Operation: RED FLAG), were kept unaware of the invasion, as the Army repeatedly insisted they had the ground battle under control.{{Ref/Reuse|drop5}}{{Ref/Reuse|entry19021024}} HIGHCOM withheld major counteroffensives on the far side of the planet in the hope that a Class-5 Covenant vessel, which was needed for the operation, would be drawn in and make itself vulnerable for capture. Millions perished as a result of this relative inaction.{{Ref/Reuse|drop5}}
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 {{Main|Space engagements over Reach}}
 {{Quote|multi=more|q1=[[Gamma Station]], this is [[Fermion]] RSO. Unconfirmed reports of an in-system [[slipspace]] rupture.|Fermion Remote Sensing Outpost|q2=Impossible. Check your source.|Reach Station Gamma|q3=There's no mistake. It's them.|Fermion RSO|Conversation between Fermion and Gamma on the arrival of the Covenant armada<ref name="announce">''[[Halo: Reach announcement trailer]]''</ref>}}
-As August 30 dawned, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' began making its way out-system to begin RED FLAG{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=30}} when a massive Covenant combined fleet — including [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] and his [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> — was detected exiting [[slipspace]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">''[[The Halo Conflict]]''</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[remote scanning outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]'', who initially mistook the tightly-knit formation as a large planetoid that had somehow entered slipspace. The station's commander, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]], sent an emergency message to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and ordered self-destruct to prevent the station's data from falling into enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|announce}}<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 31</ref> This fleet had been drawn to the system following a tracking device placed on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} during the earlier [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to this new Covenant faction.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 23</ref>
+As August 30 dawned, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' began making its way out-system to begin RED FLAG{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=30}} when a massive Covenant combined fleet — including [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] and his [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[The Heretic]]</ref> — was detected exiting [[slipspace]] on the edge of the system.<ref name="THC">''[[The Halo Conflict]]''</ref> The fleet was first detected in slipspace by [[remote scanning outpost]] ''[[Fermion]]'', who initially mistook the tightly knit formation as a large planetoid that had somehow entered slipspace. The station's commander, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]], sent an emergency message to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] and ordered self-destruct to prevent the station's data from falling into enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|announce}}<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 31</ref> This fleet had been drawn to the system following a tracking device placed on the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} during the earlier [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] with the intent of using it to find human colony worlds. When the ''Iroquois'' returned to [[Reach]], the human presence - and its extent - was revealed to this new Covenant faction.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 23</ref>
 [[File:FoR.png|thumb|left|250px|The outnumbered Epsilon Eridani Fleet engages the Covenant fleet in orbit over Reach.]]
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 ==Engagements==
-[[File:HR-TipOfTheSpear-Viery.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|order of battle]] following the declaration of WINTER CONTINGENCY. The UNSC was required to engage the Covenant whereever they were.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}}]]
+[[File:HR-TipOfTheSpear-Viery.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|order of battle]] following the declaration of WINTER CONTINGENCY. The UNSC was required to engage the Covenant wherever they were.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}}]]
 The UNSC engaged the Covenant across Reach over a long period of time. Battles were fought across the Vierry Territory.{{Ref/Reuse|tots}} Other engagements included fighting at [[Manassas]], [[Siófok]], and [[Quezon]].<ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', [[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]</ref>
 {{Engagements in the Fall of Reach}}