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"Sir - finishing this fight."

— SPARTAN-117 to Fleet Admiral Hood

Timeline

This fight, ambiguously referred to as "The Second Battle of Earth" is the follow up to the Covenant's botched first invasion, The First Battle of Earth. It is only seen as a brief cutscene where the Forerunner Ship exits slipspace and the Master Chief declares that he is going to "finish the fight." UNSC and Covenant forces appear heavily engaged, and as far as we know, the battle is not over yet. Therefore numbers and details are impossible to currently determine. However, it is apparent that Cairo Station is still intact and Fleet Admiral Hood is still in command of all UNSCDF forces. The story of Halo 3 surrounds this battle.

Operations Prior To Second Battle of Earth

Ghosts of Onyx expanded on the battle, which was stated to have been going on for two weeks during the Master Chief's disappearance. Spartans 104, 043, and 058 had been conducting commando strikes against the Covenant. These operations included numerous operations in orbit around Earth, stopping a Covenant invasion on Mount Erebus in Antarctica with a HAVOK tactical nuke, and stopping Covenant forces on the sea floor off of the Yucatan peninsula. Following these ops, they were deployed to the Centennial Orbital Elevator (also known as Tallo Negro del Maiz) in Havana, Cuba to stop Covenant forces that had gathered around the orbital elevator. They then stopped the Covenant forces, who had captured multiple nuclear warheads, before they could ascend the orbital elevator. The Spartans then ascended the orbital elevator themselves, and in the process destroyed one of the Covenant capital ships at the top of the elevator. The three Spartans then leave the battle in another Covenant capital ship called the Bloodied Spirit on orders by Fleet Admiral Hood to aid Dr. Catherine Halsey on Onyx.

Known Characters

UNSC

Fleet Admiral Sir Terrence Hood
Commander Miranda Keyes
Commander Richard Lash
Master Chief Petty Officer SPARTAN John-117
Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson
Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker
Petty Officer Second Class SPARTAN Linda-058 (prior to Master Chief's return)
Petty Officer Second Class SPARTAN Will-043 (prior to Master Chief's return)
Lieutenant Junior Grade SPARTAN Fred-104 (prior to Master Chief's return)
Marines

Covenant Separatists

Covenant Loyalists

Flood

Gravemind

Forerunner

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 ==Timeline==
-This fight, ambiguously referred to as "'''The Second Battle of Earth'''" is the follow up to the [[Covenant]]'s botched first invasion, [[The First Battle of Earth]]. It is only seen as a brief cutscene where the [[Forerunner Ship]] exits [[slipspace]] and the [[Master Chief]] declares that he is going to "finish the fight." [[UNSC]] and Covenant forces appear heavily engaged, and as far as we know, the battle is not over yet. Therefore numbers and details are impossible to currently determine. However, it is apparent that [[Cairo Station]] is still intact and [[Lord Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] is still in command of all UNSCDF forces. Perhaps this battle will be brought into more light when [[Halo 3]] is released.
+This fight, ambiguously referred to as "'''The Second Battle of Earth'''" is the follow up to the [[Covenant]]'s botched first invasion, [[The First Battle of Earth]]. It is only seen as a brief cutscene where the [[Forerunner Ship]] exits [[slipspace]] and the [[Master Chief]] declares that he is going to "finish the fight." [[UNSC]] and Covenant forces appear heavily engaged, and as far as we know, the battle is not over yet. Therefore numbers and details are impossible to currently determine. However, it is apparent that [[Cairo Station]] is still intact and [[Lord Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] is still in command of all UNSCDF forces. The story of [[Halo 3]] surrounds this battle.
+==Operations Prior To Second Battle of Earth==
 [[Ghosts of Onyx]] expanded on the battle, which was stated to have been going on for two weeks during the [[Master Chief]]'s disappearance. [[Spartan]]s [[Spartan-104|104]], [[Spartan-043|043]], and [[Spartan-058|058]] had been conducting commando strikes against the Covenant.  These operations included numerous operations in orbit around Earth, stopping a Covenant invasion on Mount Erebus in Antarctica with a [[HAVOK Nuclear Warhead|HAVOK tactical nuke]], and stopping Covenant forces on the sea floor off of the Yucatan peninsula. Following these ops, they were deployed to the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] (also known as Tallo Negro del Maiz) in Havana, Cuba to stop Covenant forces that had gathered around the orbital elevator. They then stopped the Covenant forces, who had captured multiple nuclear warheads, before they could ascend the orbital elevator. The Spartans then ascended the orbital elevator themselves, and in the process destroyed one of the Covenant capital ships at the top of the elevator. The three Spartans then leave the battle in another Covenant capital ship called the [[Bloodied Spirit]] on orders by Fleet Admiral Hood to aid [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] on [[Onyx]].