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***23 Carriers | ***23 Carriers | ||
***13 Cruisers | ***13 Cruisers | ||
****{{ | ****{{UNSCShip|Io}} | ||
****1 Super-Heavy Cruiser | ****1 Super-Heavy Cruiser | ||
*****{{ | *****{{UNSCShip|Everest}} | ||
***79 [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyers]] | ***79 [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyers]] | ||
****{{ | ****{{UNSCShip|Agincourt}} | ||
***42 [[UNSC frigate|Frigates]] | ***42 [[UNSC frigate|Frigates]] | ||
***5 [[UNSC prowler|Prowlers]] | ***5 [[UNSC prowler|Prowlers]] | ||
****{{ | ****{{UNSCShip|Wink of an Eye}} | ||
**50 supply, repair, and rescue vessels | **50 supply, repair, and rescue vessels | ||
***Remained in slipspace during engagement | ***Remained in slipspace during engagement | ||
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The Covenant fleet regrouped and pursued Cole's fleet until a group of Insurrectionist vessels emerged from slipspace. Led by the heavily modified ''[[Bellicose]]'', they opened fire on the Covenant, losing a quarter of their number. Once they attacked they smashed through the Covenant formation and withdrew from the system. Cole himself moved ''Everest'' deeper into Viperidae's [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] while the UNSC fleet proceeded to disengage. The Admiral then issued a broadcast to the pursuing Covenant ships, boasting of his own achievements while scoffing at their claim to righteousness. Sensing and accepting the challenge, the Covenant moved to attack ''Everest'', but their plasma was deflected by the magnetosphere of the planet.<ref name="HE"/> | The Covenant fleet regrouped and pursued Cole's fleet until a group of Insurrectionist vessels emerged from slipspace. Led by the heavily modified ''[[Bellicose]]'', they opened fire on the Covenant, losing a quarter of their number. Once they attacked they smashed through the Covenant formation and withdrew from the system. Cole himself moved ''Everest'' deeper into Viperidae's [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] while the UNSC fleet proceeded to disengage. The Admiral then issued a broadcast to the pursuing Covenant ships, boasting of his own achievements while scoffing at their claim to righteousness. Sensing and accepting the challenge, the Covenant moved to attack ''Everest'', but their plasma was deflected by the magnetosphere of the planet.<ref name="HE"/> | ||
Cole moved ''Everest'' past the point of no return from Viperidae's gravity well, and launched a barrage of missiles at the lead ship in the Covenant formation. Nuclear fire destroyed the ship but there was little damage done to the rest of the fleet. While the Covenant fleet was distracted by the barrage, Cole had launched one hundred Shiva nuclear warheads into Viperidae's unstable core. The resulting ignition caused the planet to go [[Wikipedia:nova|nova]], undergoing stellar fusion and briefly becoming a [[Wikipedia: | Cole moved ''Everest'' past the point of no return from Viperidae's gravity well, and launched a barrage of missiles at the lead ship in the Covenant formation. Nuclear fire destroyed the ship but there was little damage done to the rest of the fleet. While the Covenant fleet was distracted by the barrage, Cole had launched one hundred Shiva nuclear warheads into Viperidae's unstable core. The resulting ignition caused the planet to go [[Wikipedia:nova|nova]], undergoing stellar fusion and briefly becoming a [[Wikipedia:Brown dwarf|brown dwarf]]. The resulting shockwave obliterated all of the Covenant ships, reduced Viperidae to a smoldering rock, and presumably destroyed ''Everest''.<ref name="HE"/> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||