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On December 6 at 0720Z [[Military Standard Time|MST]] as part of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: GYPSUM|GYPSUM]], [[Sergeant]] [[Sigrid Eklund]] and a group of [[UNSC Army Rangers]] managed to clear out the [[Caravelle province]] at the cost of two [[M9 Wolverine]]s. They then prepared to redeploy to a nearby [[mass driver]] station which was being defended by dwindling militia forces. After the skirmish at the Caravelle province, Eklund contacted [[Commander]] [[Renna]], informing them of the outcome of the battle and asking about the activity at the Lethbridge Combat Fields the previous day.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | On December 6 at 0720Z [[Military Standard Time|MST]] as part of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: GYPSUM|GYPSUM]], [[Sergeant]] [[Sigrid Eklund]] and a group of [[UNSC Army Rangers]] managed to clear out the [[Caravelle province]] at the cost of two [[M9 Wolverine]]s. They then prepared to redeploy to a nearby [[mass driver]] station which was being defended by dwindling militia forces. After the skirmish at the Caravelle province, Eklund contacted [[Commander]] [[Renna]], informing them of the outcome of the battle and asking about the activity at the Lethbridge Combat Fields the previous day.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | ||
[[Operation: SHARP ANGLE]] was ongoing elsewhere at roughly the same.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | [[Operation: SHARP ANGLE]] was ongoing elsewhere at roughly the same time.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}} | ||
By December 12, the joint forces of UNSC Army and Concordian militia have largely repelled Covenant ground forces from the major cities. Furthermore, the Covenant had lost air superiority; at the cost of a dozen pilots’ lives, a group of [[S-14 Baselard]]s led pursuing Banshees and Vampires into the paths of concealed M9 Wolverine anti-aircraft tanks, while the unusually small Covenant fleet were kept at bay by several planet-side mass driver stations before being destroyed by [[C-322]], [[FFG-427]], and [[FFG-502]].{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|Contention}} | |||
Covenant ground forces were unable to evacuate from the planet, and redirected their forces to the far less-protected townships in the [[Hinterland regions]] out of spite.{{Ref/Reuse|Contention}} | |||
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The defense of Concord was an engagement of the Human-Covenant War in 2551 between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant on the human colony planet of Concord.[1]
Battle
Operations
On December 5, 2551, during the UNSC's defense of Concord, Covenant activity was witnessed at Lethbridge Industrial's combat fields just outside of the city of Lethbridge.[2]
On December 6 at 0720Z MST as part of Operation: GYPSUM, Sergeant Sigrid Eklund and a group of UNSC Army Rangers managed to clear out the Caravelle province at the cost of two M9 Wolverines. They then prepared to redeploy to a nearby mass driver station which was being defended by dwindling militia forces. After the skirmish at the Caravelle province, Eklund contacted Commander Renna, informing them of the outcome of the battle and asking about the activity at the Lethbridge Combat Fields the previous day.[2]
Operation: SHARP ANGLE was ongoing elsewhere at roughly the same time.[2]
By December 12, the joint forces of UNSC Army and Concordian militia have largely repelled Covenant ground forces from the major cities. Furthermore, the Covenant had lost air superiority; at the cost of a dozen pilots’ lives, a group of S-14 Baselards led pursuing Banshees and Vampires into the paths of concealed M9 Wolverine anti-aircraft tanks, while the unusually small Covenant fleet were kept at bay by several planet-side mass driver stations before being destroyed by C-322, FFG-427, and FFG-502.[2][4]
Covenant ground forces were unable to evacuate from the planet, and redirected their forces to the far less-protected townships in the Hinterland regions out of spite.[4]
MJOLNIR
During the battle, several test models of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor [GEN2] were utilized, albeit without their full combat suites. Notably, the VENATOR-class Mjolnir—manufactured by Concord's Lethbridge Industrial—gained prominence during the defense of Concord due to the armor's effectiveness in hand-to-hand and single-enemy combat.[1] NOBLE Team were additionally deployed during the engagement, albeit equipped in their GEN1 MJOLNIR suits.[4]
Aftermath
The engagement resulted in a victory for the UNSC in space, as well as the end of most attacks on major cities. However, stranded Covenant and UNSC forces would continue to clash in Operation: OFFSET EYE.[4]
Ultimately, the battle and the follow-on operations were a success,[4] allowing Concord to survive the Covenant War.[3]
List of appearances
- Halo 4 (First mentioned)
- Winter Contention (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b c d e Halo 4, Armory: Venator armor descriptions "Gained prominence during the defense of Concord from the Covenant in 2551."
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo Waypoint, Halo Infinite: Season 02 Lone Wolves - Story & Intel (Retrieved on Oct 9, 2022) [archive]
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 044
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Winter Contention
