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The battle spread over the globe in the following weeks. The diminishing [[UNSC Home Fleet]], in conjunction with the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s,<ref name="goo204">''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 204-205</ref> remained to contest Earth orbit, but the Covenant continued to raid the surface in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts, mostly concentrating in east Africa.<ref name="H3CN">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest (level)|Crow's Nest]]</ref> | The battle spread over the globe in the following weeks. The diminishing [[UNSC Home Fleet]], in conjunction with the [[Second Fleet|Second]], [[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]], and [[Sixteenth Fleet]]s,<ref name="goo204">''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 204-205</ref> remained to contest Earth orbit, but the Covenant continued to raid the surface in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts, mostly concentrating in east Africa.<ref name="H3CN">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest (level)|Crow's Nest]]</ref> | ||
[[File:HLC battle for earth.png|thumb|left|250px|UNSC forces | [[File:HLC battle for earth.png|thumb|left|250px|UNSC forces engage the Covenant.]] | ||
The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Blue Team]], consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], and [[William-043]], were constantly engaged for the first two weeks. They repelled enemy ships in orbit in numerous zero-gee operations whilst on the surface they neutralized Covenant excavations, first on [[Ross Island]] in [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctica]],<ref name="goo204"/> and then underwater off the [[Yucatan Peninsula]]. On [[2552#November|November 3]], they were [[Battle of Havana|deployed to Havana, Cuba]], where they stole the enemy [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', and destroyed another destroyer and the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. They subsequently redeployed aboard the stolen ship to the Forerunner [[shield world]] [[Onyx]] to aid [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], the creator of the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 220</ref> | The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Blue Team]], consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], and [[William-043]], were constantly engaged for the first two weeks. They repelled enemy ships in orbit in numerous zero-gee operations whilst on the surface they neutralized Covenant excavations, first on [[Ross Island]] in [[Wikipedia:Antarctica|Antarctica]],<ref name="goo204"/> and then underwater off the [[Yucatan Peninsula]]. On [[2552#November|November 3]], they were [[Battle of Havana|deployed to Havana, Cuba]], where they stole the enemy [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', and destroyed another destroyer and the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. They subsequently redeployed aboard the stolen ship to the Forerunner [[shield world]] [[Onyx]] to aid [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], the creator of the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 220</ref> | ||
