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|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]<ref name="page83">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 83''</ref>
|date=Before July [[2537]]<ref group="note" name="jun">SPARTAN-III [[Jun-A266]] and [[Kat-B320]] were both from New Harmony. Since the SPARTAN-IIIs were recruited from among children orphaned by the Covenant, New Harmony would have had to have been attacked before Alpha Company (Jun's training class) was initiated on December 27, 2531, but after Kat was born on January 30, 2530. However, this is assuming that Jun still lived on his birth-world at the time he was orphaned.</ref>
|date=Early [[2537]], before July 27<ref name="enc272">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 272'' (2011)</ref>
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|result=Strategic UNSC victory<ref name="enc299">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 299''</ref>
|result=Strategic [[UNSC]] victory<ref name="enc299">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 299'' (2011)</ref>
*Discovery of Covenant manufacturing plant [[K7-49]]
*Discovery of [[Covenant]] shipyard [[K7-49]]<ref name="page83"/>
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|casual1=Unknown
|casual1=[[Civilian]] casualties<ref name="kat">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/kat-b320 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kat-B320'']</ref>
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The '''Battle of New Harmony''' was an engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It took place an unspecified amount of time prior to [[2537|July 27, 2537]].<ref group="note" name="jun"/>


This engagement was fought in-orbit or around the [[human]] colony of [[New Harmony]], and was one of the few UNSC naval victories of the war.<ref name="page83">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 83''</ref><ref name="enc299"/> During the battle, a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}, managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to a retreating [[Covenant frigate]], allowing it to track the ship and locate [[K7-49]], a Covenant-controlled [[asteroid]] and a major shipyard.<ref name="page83"/> This subsequently led to the strategic, though costly, victory during [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]].
The '''Battle of New Harmony'''<ref name="page83"/> was an engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]] on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] world of [[New Harmony]]. It took place in the first half of [[2537]], prior to July 27.<ref name="enc272"/>
 
During the battle, [[Danforth Whitcomb]] led [[UNSC Navy]] forces into battle, securing one of the few UNSC naval victories of the Covenant War.<ref name="enc299"/> In the battle, [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}} managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to a retreating [[Covenant frigate]], allowing the prowler to track the ship and locate [[K7-49]], an [[asteroid]] serving as a major Covenant shipyard. This subsequently led to the strategic, though costly, victory during [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]].<ref name="page83"/>
 
While the Battle of New Harmony was one of the few naval victories for the UNSC, the engagement has also been referred to as the '''fall of New Harmony'''. As the battle resulted in [[civilian]] casualties on New Harmony,<ref name="kat"/> the Covenant may have proved victorious on the world's surface.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}
==Note==
<references group="note"/>


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 15:24, May 19, 2016

Battle of New Harmony

Conflict:

Human-Covenant War[1]

Date:

Early 2537, before July 27[2]

Location:

New Harmony[1]

Outcome:

Strategic UNSC victory[3]

Details
Belligerents

United Nations Space Command[1]

Covenant[1]

Commanders

Danforth Whitcomb[3]

Unknown

Strength
Casualties

Civilian casualties[4]

Unknown

 

The Battle of New Harmony[1] was an engagement between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War on the human colony world of New Harmony. It took place in the first half of 2537, prior to July 27.[2]

During the battle, Danforth Whitcomb led UNSC Navy forces into battle, securing one of the few UNSC naval victories of the Covenant War.[3] In the battle, prowler UNSC Razor's Edge managed to attach a telemetry probe to a retreating Covenant frigate, allowing the prowler to track the ship and locate K7-49, an asteroid serving as a major Covenant shipyard. This subsequently led to the strategic, though costly, victory during Operation: PROMETHEUS.[1]

While the Battle of New Harmony was one of the few naval victories for the UNSC, the engagement has also been referred to as the fall of New Harmony. As the battle resulted in civilian casualties on New Harmony,[4] the Covenant may have proved victorious on the world's surface.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 83
  2. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, page 272 (2011)
  3. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia, page 299 (2011)
  4. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Kat-B320