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When the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] arrived in the [[Igdras system]] and set its sights on [[Etalan]], they faced little to no resistance. By [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] was already leading his fleet as they methodically [[glassing|glassed]] the world, taking care to destroy Etalan's sole [[spaceport]] before any civilians could evacuate.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} Due to the fact that Etalan's population was thinly spread between one hundred thousand nomadic villages, the process of cleansing each settlement took a while to complete. Over a week later, only about half of these villages had been glassed.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}}
When the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] arrived in the [[Igdras system]] and set its sights on [[Etalan]], they faced little to no resistance. By [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] was already leading his fleet as they methodically [[glassing|glassed]] the world, taking care to destroy Etalan's sole [[spaceport]] before any civilians could evacuate.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} Due to the fact that Etalan's population was thinly spread between one hundred thousand nomadic villages, the process of cleansing each settlement took a while to complete. Over a week later, only about half of these villages had been glassed.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}}


The [[Minor Minister of Artifact Survey]], who had been overseeing the planet's destruction from aboard the ''[[Pious Rampage]]'', began to tire of the slow pace required if all the human settlements were to be destroyed. To expedite the process, 'Kvarosee suggested that they target Etalan's enormous [[Wikipedia:Shield volcano|shield volcano]] that rested on the equator. Such an action could trigger an eruption large enough to fill the planet's skies with smoke and ash, slowing suffocating the remaining colonists. Liking this plan, the [[San'Shyuum]] gave the order and the volcano was bombarded.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} The Fleet of Inexorable Obedience then moved to the nearby [[Kolaqoa system]]. As intended, the [[plasma]] [[Orbital bombardment|bombardment]] caused the volcano to violently erupt and cover the planet in clouds of ash. By [[2526#March|March 26]], all that was left of the volcano was an immense lake of lava. {{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}}
The [[Minor Minister of Artifact Survey]], who had been overseeing the planet's destruction from aboard the ''[[Pious Rampage]]'', began to tire of the slow pace required if all the human settlements were to be destroyed. To expedite the process, 'Kvarosee suggested that they target Etalan's enormous [[Wikipedia:Shield volcano|shield volcano]] that rested on the equator. Such an action could trigger an eruption large enough to fill the planet's skies with smoke and ash, slowing suffocating the remaining colonists. Liking this plan, the [[San'Shyuum]] gave the order and the volcano was bombarded.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} The Fleet of Inexorable Obedience then moved to the nearby [[Kolaqoa system]]. As intended, the [[plasma]] [[Orbital bombardment|bombardment]] caused the volcano to violently erupt and cover the planet in clouds of ash. By [[2526#March|March 26]], all that was left of the volcano was an immense lake of lava.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}}


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==

Revision as of 12:31, June 3, 2021

Previous:

Battle of Bliss

Concurrent:

Second Battle of Harvest
Skirmish over Netherop
Battle of Seoba

Next:

Battle of Biko

Attack on Etalan

Conflict:

Human-Covenant War[1]

Date:

March 2526[2]

Location:

Etalan, Igdras system

Outcome:

Covenant victory[1]
  • Much of Etalan glassed
  • Civilian population eradicated
Details
Belligerents

Covenant[1]

Human civilians

Commanders

Unknown

Strength

Fleet of Inexorable Obedience[1]

Unknown

Casualties

Likely none

Presumably the entire population of the planet

  • Roughly ten million civilians[2]
 

The Attack on Etalan was an engagement early in the Human-Covenant War where the Covenant's Fleet of Inexorable Obedience, led by Fleetmaster Nizat 'Kvarosee, assaulted the human colony of Etalan. It took place in March 2526.[1]

Battle

When the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience arrived in the Igdras system and set its sights on Etalan, they faced little to no resistance. By March 8, 2526, Fleetmaster Nizat 'Kvarosee was already leading his fleet as they methodically glassed the world, taking care to destroy Etalan's sole spaceport before any civilians could evacuate.[2][1] Due to the fact that Etalan's population was thinly spread between one hundred thousand nomadic villages, the process of cleansing each settlement took a while to complete. Over a week later, only about half of these villages had been glassed.[1]

The Minor Minister of Artifact Survey, who had been overseeing the planet's destruction from aboard the Pious Rampage, began to tire of the slow pace required if all the human settlements were to be destroyed. To expedite the process, 'Kvarosee suggested that they target Etalan's enormous shield volcano that rested on the equator. Such an action could trigger an eruption large enough to fill the planet's skies with smoke and ash, slowing suffocating the remaining colonists. Liking this plan, the San'Shyuum gave the order and the volcano was bombarded.[1] The Fleet of Inexorable Obedience then moved to the nearby Kolaqoa system. As intended, the plasma bombardment caused the volcano to violently erupt and cover the planet in clouds of ash. By March 26, all that was left of the volcano was an immense lake of lava.[3]

Aftermath

Main article: Battle over Etalan
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List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 9
  2. ^ a b c Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 5
  3. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 20