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In the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[High Prophet of Truth]] had a massive '''fleet''' under his personal command. Originally composed of over five hundred capital ships,<ref name="fs">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 297''</ref> it was initially one of the largest known [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] although the fleet suffered tremendous losses when its command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', exploded. After rebuilding the fleet for some time, Truth sent it to [[Earth]],<ref name="Oct20">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"[[Ten Twenty]]"''</ref> where it was later joined by remnants of the Covenant forces loyal to the Prophets from the ''[[High Charity]]'' [[High Charity defense fleet|defensive fleet]] and Truth himself. Later, the fleet journeyed through [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], where it met its end.
In the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[High Prophet of Truth]] had a massive '''fleet''' under his personal command. Originally composed of over five hundred capital ships,{{Ref/Novel|Id=fs|Halo: First Strike|Page=297}} it was initially one of the largest known [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] although the fleet suffered tremendous losses when its command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', exploded. After rebuilding the fleet for some time and aware of the Prophet of Regret's assault on [[Earth]], Truth sent it to Earth,{{Ref/Film|Id=Oct20|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} where it was dispatched at [[Mombasa]] to excavate the [[Portal at Voi]] that lead the [[Installation 00|Ark]] and secure the area for Truth's arrival by his loyal fleet. On November 17, the fleet was joined by remnants of the Covenant forces loyal to the Prophets from the [[High Charity]] [[High Charity defense fleet|defensive fleet]] and Truth himself. Later, the fleet journeyed through [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], where it met its end.


==History==
==History==
[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|290px|thumb|left|The massive space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' leading a combined [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by Prophet of Truth.]]
[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|290px|thumb|left|The massive space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' leading a combined [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by Prophet of Truth.]]
===Composition===
 
===Formation===
{{Main|Operation: FIRST STRIKE}}
Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
Following the [[Fall of Reach]], the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the [[human]] [[Earth|homeworld]] and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]], to gather [[tritium]] gas for their reactors and then the [[Hawking system]] to meet with three dozen [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] and effect a transfer of [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph fighters]]. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' which was holding position in [[Tau Ceti system]] in [[2552#September|September, 2552]]. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}


Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] and featured only few [[Sangheili]] in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the [[Great Schism]]. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow [[Hierarchs]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} This would make it a simple matter to turn the fleet against the Sangheili once the [[human]]s will be wiped out. This plan had more immediate advantages as well; leaving the Sangheili to scour Earth in search of the most sacred [[Forerunner]] artifact in existence, the mammoth structure and [[Portal at Voi|portal generator]] that is served as the gateway to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], would have placed Truth's plan upon the shoulders of a species he had already decided to cast aside.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}}
 
However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion though were left heavily damaged and were limped back to [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=first|Halo: First Strike|Page=333}} For a moment, the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=??}} Following the loss of ''Unyielding Hierophant'', in High Charity the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]] arrived to [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]], where Truth waited in, to inform the destruction of his armada. After being disturbed by the disaster but otherwise regarded it as a minor setback, Truth told Tartarus to have the surviving ships rendezvous at their designated coordinates and then ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining pilots from [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], so as not to cause panic in the Covenant by stories of how the [[Demon]]s had obliterated an entire fleet of hundreds of warships.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: First Strike|Pages=406-408}} Knowledge of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''{{'}}s ultimate goal, and its eventual destruction, were eliminated by the Prophet of Truth to keep his plans as a secret to the rest of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}


However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from [[Reach]] and [[Installation 04]] discovered the fleet, leading to the [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE|destruction]] of the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' at the hands of a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]]. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion though were left heavily damaged and were limped back to [[High Charity]].<ref name="first">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 333''</ref> For a moment, the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.<ref name=Mythos>'''Halo Mythos'''</ref>
After the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' was destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal at Voi|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by via a Forerunner [[Luminary]] that was found on [[Meridian]] at the end of [[Battle of Meridian|3-years-long siege]] on the planet in [[2551]]; coincidentally, this structure was located on a planet known as "Erde-Tyrenne" by the Forerunner, which was in fact the human's homeworld, Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|detachment of fifteen ships]] to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival on October 20th, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and jumped to the planet's surface, immediately deploying troops to the [[Africa]]n city of [[Mombasa]] in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], including the [[Fifth Fleet]] and the [[Seventh Fleet]], in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}


While Truth was rebuilding his invasion force, the [[Prophet of Regret]], completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the [[Portal at Voi|gateway]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] by decrypting Forerunner artifacts; coincidentally, this structure was located on Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|detachment of fifteen ships]] to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and sped to the planet's surface, immediately deploying troops to the [[Africa]]n city of [[Mombasa]] in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], including the [[Fifth Fleet]] and the [[Seventh Fleet]], in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
===Battle for Earth===
{{Main|Battle for Earth}}
====Battle of Mombasa====
{{Main|Battle of Mombasa}}
[[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|The fleet joinging Regret's fleet remants to excavate the Portal shortly after its arrival, forcing the [[Alpha-Nine]] to retreat.]]
Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth and rebuilding his fleet as a large support and excavation fleet for the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]], he sent his fleet after him and initialed his plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] the Sangheili by the Jiralhanae as the Covenant's primary warrior while doubting the reliability and loyalty of the Sangheili earlier.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}  These forces of Truth's renewed fleet led by the Jiralhanae was both archaeological and military.<ref>halo3.com - About Halo, Characters, Humans ([https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/ Archive])</ref> While Truth's fleet was on its way after Regret's [[Solemn Penance|carrier]] was forced to retreat as [[UNSC]] forces retook the city, the remaining Covenant forces, now without a leader, continued to [[Space warfare|engage]] the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] in space.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}} Shortly after, the Jiralhanae that were left behind by Regret were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and kill any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet; an order they would willingly obey.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}


===Invasion of Earth===
As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of [[CCS-class battlecruiser|cruisers]] of Regret's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]], including the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', battling UNSC forces above and within [[New Mombasa]]. They as well aggressively occupying the city with signifiant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Reuse|bungie}}
[[File:Portal odst.png|thumb|250px|right|The fleet excavating the Portal.]]
Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth, he sent his fleet after him. The Jiralhanae in command were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and ground forces; an order they would willingly obey. While Truth's fleet was on its way, Regret was forced to retreat as UNSC forces retook the city and approached [[Solemn Penance|his carrier]], making an emergency Slipspace jump in the middle of the city.
Only moments later, the Jiralhanae assumed command of the remainder of Regret's cruisers, as ordered by Truth, battling UNSC forces within [[New Mombasa]] and briefly occupying the city. In addition, they killed any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet. On the same day, the remaining 12 ships of the ''Unyielding Hierophant''-led fleet arrived and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship.


For the next two weeks, even more and more Covenant reinforcements sent by Truth would arrive, spreading across the globe and securing the planet for Truth's arrival nearly a month later. During this period, numerous fleets such as the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]] would join Truth's fleet and the battle raging in [[Sol System]]. While maintaining a significant presence in orbit, the fleet deployed ground forces to multiple targets around the globe, including [[Mount Erebus]], the [[Yucatan Peninsula]] and [[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]]. The SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]] fought the Covenant forces in multiple operations on and around Earth, halting most of their excavation operations. On November 3, after the [[Battle of Havana]], one of the fleet's [[CPV-class heavy destroyer|heavy destroyers]], the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', was captured by the Blue Team and taken to [[Onyx]]. Despite the UNSC resistance, the fleet's ships in East Africa managed to continue their task of uncovering the Portal.{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}<ref name="CoastalHighway">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref>
Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by [[glassing]] the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21st, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excession to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and lauched a large full-scale assault on the planet.<!--Halo Waypoint confirms that Truth's fleet arrived on October 21st-->{{Ref/Site|Id=waypointvergil|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-vergil-reality|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality|D=15|M=06|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}{{Ref/Level|Id=CoastalHighway|Game=Halo 3: ODST|Level=Coastal Highway}} While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including his most of his fleet, was preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Book=Halo Mythos|Page=117}} including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the [[seven]]-day-long [[Second Battle of Mombasa|second battle of the city]].{{Ref/Film|Film=Believe|Story=Museum}} However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}}


====Further engagements====
{{Main|Battle of Kenya}}
[[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|270px|left|thumb|Truth's forces and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] engaging each other as the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] exited [[slipspace]].]]
[[File:H2A - Earth and Dreadnought.jpg|270px|left|thumb|Truth's forces and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] engaging each other as the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] exited [[slipspace]].]]
After [[the Flood]] overwhelmed ''[[High Charity]]'' and its [[High Charity defense fleet|defensive fleet]], the surviving Jiralhanae-held ships managed to follow the Prophet of Truth and his [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] to Earth, where they joined the fleets that had arrived earlier. For a period of nine days, the Dreadnought traveled through the system, eventually entering Earth's atmosphere on November 17.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09'']</ref> Before the Dreadnought reached Earth, the Fleet of Furious Redemption, part of Truth's forces, [[Battle of Cleveland|inserted forces]] into the city of [[Cleveland]] in [[North America]] in search of a [[Key of Osanalan|supposed Forerunner artifact]]. The UNSC managed to destroy one of the fleet's cruisers, the ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' and the [[Minister of Inquisition]] on board, when [[Ruwan Ackerson|a civilian]] injected with a [[Tykos 30|tracking compound]] was taken to the ship for interrogation about the artifact.<ref name="TGJ">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising#4]]'''</ref>
In [[2552#November|November 2552]] after the [[Flood]] overwhelmed the [[High Charity]], the surviving ships and fleets of the [[High Charity defense fleet]], including the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]], that are loyal to the Prophets managed to follow the Prophet of Truth and his [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] to Earth, where they joined the fleet that had arrived earlier. While the Dreadnought, along with a Covenant escorting fleet,{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI1|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|1]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI2|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|2]]}} traveled through the system for a period of nine days as it was [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought|delayed]] by the presence of the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] before eventually jumping to Earth on November 17,{{Ref/Site|Id=bungie|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989|Site=bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/23/09}}{{Ref/Site|Id=lrh|URL=https://youtu.be/8K3hG76Ctmo?t=164|Site=YouTube|Page=Halo 101: Long Road Home|D=14|M=06|Y=2021}} the Covenant loyalist armada led by the Prophet of Truth arrived and breached [[Luna]]r perimeter and then battled the horribly-outnumbered and outgunned UNSC Home Fleet that was already weakened by waves of Covenant fleets over Earth. Shortly after, the Dreadnought jumped to Earth where it was later surrounded by the massive space battle between the opposing fleets.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[The Great Journey (level)|The Great Journey]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI3|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|3]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|HUI4}} Ultimately, the UNSC defending orbital forces was unsuccessful as too much of the [[UNSC fleet]], including [[Dead fleet|smaller remaining fleets]] completely, and defense forces despite having strong defense was obliterated by the overwhelming Covenant fleet but it is likely that countless Covenant vessels, especially the [[capital ship]]s, was in return destroyed, mainly because of the planet's unusually strong defense, including hundreds of [[orbital defense platform]]s equipped with [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark V|"Super" MAC]] guns.{{Ref/Level|Id=H2TA|Game=Halo 2|Level=The Armory|Quote=The ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]]'' is just one of ''three hundred'' geosync platforms. That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship. With coordinated fire from the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and the ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'', nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece.}} Soon after the remnants of the Covenant fleet move in and began to massively [[orbital bombardment|bombard]] Earth, destroying an extreme number of Earth population, including the most of scattered and remaining UNSC resistance forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|Game=Halo 3|Level=Crow's Nest}} However, act of self-sacrifice of [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]], who was present during the Covenant [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum|assault]] on [[Mars]],{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} that of his civilian brother, [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]], managed to halt most of Covenant occupation of Earth after the destruction of the ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'', hence the death of one of Covenant [[Minister of Inquisition|Ministers]], and the fact that a supposed Forerunner artifact, known as the [[Key of Osanalan]], was not real at the end of the [[Battle of Cleveland|Battle of]] [[Cleveland]] in [[North America]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} As a result, the Martian valiant defense forces despite being defeated by the Jiralhanae-led [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], which sympathized Truth's forces, were credited for delaying the Covenant from pressing their siege on Earth.{{Ref/Site|Id=mars|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/mars|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Mars|Y=2021|D=14|M=06}}


Upon Truth's arrival the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered artifact, allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Voi|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold - [[Portal at Voi|a mammoth Forerunner structure]] which served as the gateway to the Ark. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.<ref name="TheStorm">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''</ref>
Upon Truth's arrival on Earth the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered Forerunner Portal at Voi that lead to the Ark on the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]], allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the [[John-117|Master Chief]] joined up with [[UNSC]] forces, he spearheaded [[Battle of Kenya|an effort]] that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold – the [[Portal at Voi|Forerunner portal generator]]. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheStorm|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Storm}} After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3Flood|Game=Halo 3|Level=Floodgate}}


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===The Ark===
===Battle of Installation 00===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 00}}
[[File:H3 Truths fleet vs Fleet of Retribution.jpg|thumb|300px|Truth's Jiralhanae fleet confronts the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory]]
[[File:H3 Truths fleet vs Fleet of Retribution.jpg|thumb|300px|Truth's Jiralhanae fleet confronts the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory]]
After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through [[Slipspace portal|the slipspace rift]] to the Ark, a massive [[Forerunner]] installation outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. Soon after this the [[Flood]][[Indulgence of Conviction|-controlled battlecruiser]] appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.<ref name="Floodgate">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his bodyguard of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].
On [[2552#December|December 11]], the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his [[Jiralhanae Bodyguard|bodyguard]] of Jiralhanae moved to [[the Citadel]] to activate the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]].


After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of at least two [[Charon-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and the [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], consisting of at least nine Sangheili battlecruisers and at least [[Shadow of Intent|one larger]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.<ref name="TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.<ref name="TheCovenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref><ref name="Halo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>
After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of the [[Battle Group Victory]], and a [[battle group]] of [[Covenant separatists|Seperatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]], spearheaded by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'', managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet [[Battle of Installation 00|engaged]] the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least [[Foebane|one]] [[ORS-class heavy cruiser|heavy cruiser]] that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheArk|Game=Halo 3|Level=The Ark}} Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the [[Covenant]] and the end of the 27-years-long [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Level|Id=TheCovenant|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Halo|Game=Halo 3|Level=[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]}}


As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.<ref name="FB">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814 '''Facebook - Ken Peters''']</ref>
As of April [[2559]], the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.{{Ref/Site|Id=FB|URL=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1884365661787920/permalink/2257678564456626/?comment_id=2258443351046814|Site=Facebook|Page=Ken Peters|Y=2017|D=23|M=06}}


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==Compostion==
As of late [[2552]], at least two known fleets, both the over-500-ships-strong combined armada and the latter rebuilt excavation fleet replacement, that were controlled by the [[Prophet of Truth]] were gathered as the Prophet's plan for the assault on [[Earth]] after secretly discovering the planet in aftermath of the [[Fall of Reach|Fall of]] [[Reach]], particularly the occupation of the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]] at [[East African Protectorate|East]] [[Africa]]. All exclusively led by the [[Jiralhanae]] who showed a great ferocity and an unquestioning loyalty to the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] even more than the [[Sangheili]] who were formerly the top of the Covenant military hierarchy until the [[Great Schism]], this was also made as a plan to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] Sangheili by Jiralhanae as the main military leaders as Truth was obsessed with the Great Journey and the stability of the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]].{{Ref/Reuse|Oct20}}
Although only few forces of the second and excavation fleet engaged the UNSC forces on Earth while most of Prophet of Truth's excavation fleet remained preoccupied with the Portal,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} numerous other Covenant forces, [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] and [[Covenant starship|vessels]] were deployed during the Covenant [[Battle for Earth|assault]] on Earth and the rest of the Sol system, such as [[Mount Erebus]], the [[Yucatan Peninsula]] and [[Havana]], [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]], [[Luna]], and [[Mars]] with a number of Covenant warships engaged 3 UNSC fleets of the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] over Earth on November 3.{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo204|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=204-205}} However, it is unknown if they were part of the forces led by the Prophet of Truth and his Jiralhanae loyalists as they were maybe led independently by other Covenant leaders but less organized than Truth's forces,{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}} possibly even led by Sangheili commanders until their betrayal at the time of the [[Great Schism]] when the Jiralhanae then assumed the total command of Covenant forces on the Sol system, including the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], and sympathized the Prophet of Truth and his forces.{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate2}}
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===Battle of Installation 00===
====Forerunner keyship====
*''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' – [[Flagship]] of the Prophet of Truth and his fleet after the [[Fall of High Charity]], remains intact as of [[2559]].{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
====''ORS''-class heavy cruiser====
*''[[Gathering of Praise]]''{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate5|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #5]]}} – Commanded by [[Hekabe]], participated in the [[Battle for Earth]] and survived the [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}} Later named as ''Foebane'' and destroyed during the [[Carrow Conflict]].{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Envoy}}
====Covenant frigates====
*''[[Twilight Compunction]]''{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}} – Commanded by [[Gargantum]], participated in the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and later in the [[Battle for Earth]]. Destroyed during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate5}}
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===Allied fleets===
*[[Fleet of Furious Redemption]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}} – Status unknown
*Jiralhane-controlled [[High Charity defense fleet]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
**Jiralhane-controlled [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]]{{Ref/Reuse|HUI1}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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Truth's fleet
File:Truth's Fleet.jpg

Formed:

2552

Affiliation:

Covenant

Group:

Covenant fleet

Type:

Fleet (Combined during the Operation: FIRST STRIKE)

Size:

Flagship:

Anodyne Spirit (post-Great Schism)

Engagements:

Commanders:

 

In the final months of the Human-Covenant War, the High Prophet of Truth had a massive fleet under his personal command. Originally composed of over five hundred capital ships,[1] it was initially one of the largest known Covenant fleets although the fleet suffered tremendous losses when its command-and-control station, Unyielding Hierophant, exploded. After rebuilding the fleet for some time and aware of the Prophet of Regret's assault on Earth, Truth sent it to Earth,[3] where it was dispatched at Mombasa to excavate the Portal at Voi that lead the Ark and secure the area for Truth's arrival by his loyal fleet. On November 17, the fleet was joined by remnants of the Covenant forces loyal to the Prophets from the High Charity defensive fleet and Truth himself. Later, the fleet journeyed through the Portal to the Ark, where it met its end.

History

The fleet at Unyielding Hierophant.
The massive space station Unyielding Hierophant leading a combined Jiralhanae-controlled assault armada of over 500 warships assembled by Prophet of Truth.

Formation

Main article: Operation: FIRST STRIKE

Following the Fall of Reach, the Prophet of Truth discovered the location of the human homeworld and started assembling a massive fleet of over five hundred warships for the planned invasion of Earth. Ships scattered around the galaxy were ordered to regroup, including one group of ships that was to jump to the Lambda Serpentis system, to gather tritium gas for their reactors and then the Hawking system to meet with three dozen carriers and effect a transfer of Seraph fighters. Finally, the fleet would be summoned to the command-and-control station, Unyielding Hierophant which was holding position in Tau Ceti system in September, 2552. When a sufficient amount of ships were gathered, the fleet would then make a collective jump straight to Earth.[3]

Due to Truth's devious plans for the Covenant, this fleet was commanded exclusively by the Jiralhanae and featured only few Sangheili in its ranks; an arrangement unheard of in the Covenant before the Great Schism. For similar reasons, Truth kept the existence of this fleet, and the fact he had discovered humanity's homeworld, secret even from his fellow Hierarchs.[3] This would make it a simple matter to turn the fleet against the Sangheili once the humans will be wiped out. This plan had more immediate advantages as well; leaving the Sangheili to scour Earth in search of the most sacred Forerunner artifact in existence, the mammoth structure and portal generator that is served as the gateway to the Ark, would have placed Truth's plan upon the shoulders of a species he had already decided to cast aside.[3][4]

However, Truth's plan was slowed down when a small group of human survivors from Reach and Installation 04 discovered the fleet, leading to the destruction of the Unyielding Hierophant at the hands of a team of SPARTAN-IIs. Only a dozen ships survived the station's explosion though were left heavily damaged and were limped back to High Charity.[2] For a moment, the imminent assault on Earth had been postponed.[5] Following the loss of Unyielding Hierophant, in High Charity the Chieftain of the Jiralhanae Tartarus arrived to Sanctum of the Hierarchs, where Truth waited in, to inform the destruction of his armada. After being disturbed by the disaster but otherwise regarded it as a minor setback, Truth told Tartarus to have the surviving ships rendezvous at their designated coordinates and then ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining pilots from Operation: FIRST STRIKE, so as not to cause panic in the Covenant by stories of how the Demons had obliterated an entire fleet of hundreds of warships.[6] Knowledge of the Unyielding Hierophant's ultimate goal, and its eventual destruction, were eliminated by the Prophet of Truth to keep his plans as a secret to the rest of the Covenant.[3]

After the Unyielding Hierophant was destroyed, the Prophet of Regret, completely oblivious of Truth's plan, discovered the location of the gateway to the Ark by via a Forerunner Luminary that was found on Meridian at the end of 3-years-long siege on the planet in 2551; coincidentally, this structure was located on a planet known as "Erde-Tyrenne" by the Forerunner, which was in fact the human's homeworld, Earth. Unaware of the human presence, Regret led a detachment of fifteen ships to Earth. While he learned of the human presence upon arrival on October 20th, he was so blinded by his religious fervor he ignored Earth's orbital defenses and jumped to the planet's surface, immediately deploying troops to the African city of Mombasa in search of the Forerunner artifact, while his ships fought the UNSC Home Fleet, including the Fifth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet, in orbit.[3]

Battle for Earth

Main article: Battle for Earth

Battle of Mombasa

Main article: Battle of Mombasa
The fleet joinging Regret's fleet remants to excavate the Portal shortly after its arrival, forcing the Alpha-Nine to retreat.

Immediately after the Prophet of Truth learned of Regret's departure to Earth and rebuilding his fleet as a large support and excavation fleet for the Portal to the Ark, he sent his fleet after him and initialed his plan to replace the Sangheili by the Jiralhanae as the Covenant's primary warrior while doubting the reliability and loyalty of the Sangheili earlier.[3] These forces of Truth's renewed fleet led by the Jiralhanae was both archaeological and military.[7] While Truth's fleet was on its way after Regret's carrier was forced to retreat as UNSC forces retook the city, the remaining Covenant forces, now without a leader, continued to engage the Home Fleet in space.[3] Shortly after, the Jiralhanae that were left behind by Regret were given orders to eliminate the Sangheili still in command of what was left of Regret's fleet and kill any remaining Sangheili troops still stationed on or above the planet; an order they would willingly obey.[3]

As ordered by Truth, the Jiralhanae assumed the total command of the remainder of cruisers of Regret's Fleet of Sacred Consecration, including the Pious Inquisitor, battling UNSC forces above and within New Mombasa. They as well aggressively occupying the city with signifiant infantry until Truth's reinforcements arrival to ensure that the arrival of the Prophet to the Portal nearly a month later will be fully secured by his true loyalists as the Covenant forces on the city was needed to be led by the Jiralhanae and not the Sangheili to avoid his aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had planned to expel them from the Covenant and eliminate them.[3][4]

Later, the cruisers were gathered over the industrial center and started excavating the Forerunner structure by glassing the planet surface around it, including Mombasa, starting from the crater created by the in-atmosphere slipspace jump of Regret's ship. Eventually the next day on October 21st, the Prophet of Truth's fleet arrived to join Regret's fleet remnants for excavation of the excession to the Ark while more and more other Covenant reinforcements later arrived and lauched a large full-scale assault on the planet.[8][3][9] While the majority of Covenant forces that were under Truth's command, including his most of his fleet, was preoccupied and focusing their primary objective for the excavation of the portal as the largest and most organized Covenant stronghold on the planet,[10] only a handful of vessels of Truth's fleet and its deployed forces attacked the UNSC forces,[11] including those at the outskirts of Mombasa during the seven-day-long second battle of the city.[12] However, some of these forces were disorganized and sometimes less effective against the UNSC.[10]

Further engagements

Main article: Battle of Kenya
Truth's forces and the UNSC Home Fleet engaging each other as the Forerunner Dreadnought exited slipspace.

In November 2552 after the Flood overwhelmed the High Charity, the surviving ships and fleets of the High Charity defense fleet, including the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, that are loyal to the Prophets managed to follow the Prophet of Truth and his Dreadnought to Earth, where they joined the fleet that had arrived earlier. While the Dreadnought, along with a Covenant escorting fleet,[13][14] traveled through the system for a period of nine days as it was delayed by the presence of the Spartan-II Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 before eventually jumping to Earth on November 17,[4][15] the Covenant loyalist armada led by the Prophet of Truth arrived and breached Lunar perimeter and then battled the horribly-outnumbered and outgunned UNSC Home Fleet that was already weakened by waves of Covenant fleets over Earth. Shortly after, the Dreadnought jumped to Earth where it was later surrounded by the massive space battle between the opposing fleets.[16][17][18] Ultimately, the UNSC defending orbital forces was unsuccessful as too much of the UNSC fleet, including smaller remaining fleets completely, and defense forces despite having strong defense was obliterated by the overwhelming Covenant fleet but it is likely that countless Covenant vessels, especially the capital ships, was in return destroyed, mainly because of the planet's unusually strong defense, including hundreds of orbital defense platforms equipped with "Super" MAC guns.[19] Soon after the remnants of the Covenant fleet move in and began to massively bombard Earth, destroying an extreme number of Earth population, including the most of scattered and remaining UNSC resistance forces.[20] However, act of self-sacrifice of Colonel James Ackerson, who was present during the Covenant assault on Mars,[13] that of his civilian brother, Ruwan, managed to halt most of Covenant occupation of Earth after the destruction of the Harbinger of Piety, hence the death of one of Covenant Ministers, and the fact that a supposed Forerunner artifact, known as the Key of Osanalan, was not real at the end of the Battle of Cleveland in North America.[18] As a result, the Martian valiant defense forces despite being defeated by the Jiralhanae-led Fleet of Furious Redemption, which sympathized Truth's forces, were credited for delaying the Covenant from pressing their siege on Earth.[21]

Upon Truth's arrival on Earth the Dreadnought landed directly on the nearly uncovered Forerunner Portal at Voi that lead to the Ark on the East Africa, allowing his fleet to cluster around the structure and set up a defensive perimeter. After the Master Chief joined up with UNSC forces, he spearheaded an effort that pushed the fleet's ground forces further towards their innermost stronghold – the Forerunner portal generator. However, they were too late to prevent Truth from activating the Forerunner structure.[22] After the Prophet of Truth activated the Portal, its fleet under his command went through the slipspace rift to the Ark, a massive Forerunner installation outside the Milky Way Galaxy. Soon after this the Flood-controlled battlecruiser appeared and crashed into the city, delaying the UNSC's attempt to pursue the loyalist fleet and forcing them to blow up the ship.[23]

Battle of Installation 00

Main article: Battle of Installation 00
File:H3 Truths fleet vs Fleet of Retribution.jpg
Truth's Jiralhanae fleet confronts the Fleet of Retribution and the Battle Group Victory

On December 11, the fleet used this time to deploy ground forces to the Ark, while Truth and his bodyguard of Jiralhanae moved to the Citadel to activate the Halo rings.

After the humans and Sangheili contained the Flood on Earth, a joint UNSC-Sangheili effort, consisting of the Battle Group Victory, and a battle group of Seperatist Fleet of Retribution, spearheaded by the assault carrier, Shadow of Intent, managed to follow the Covenant ships a few hours after their initial retreat through the portal. Upon arriving above the Ark on December 11, the Jiralhanae fleet engaged the Fleet of Retribution, backed up by the UNSC frigates. While Truth's fleet outnumbered the UNSC-Sangheili fleet three to one, the Sangheili's tactics proved superior to that of the Jiralhanae, eventually obliterating the entirety of the loyalist fleet except at least one heavy cruiser that abandoned the other Covanant forces to their doom earlier.[24] Together with the utter defeat of the Jiralhanae-led forces on the Ark itself during the conflict on the installation and Truth's eventual death at the hands of the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam, this signalled the final and pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili victory over the Covenant and the end of the 27-years-long Human-Covenant War.[25][26]

As of April 2559, the wreckage of one of Truth's cruisers remained to orbit the Installation 00.[27]

Compostion

As of late 2552, at least two known fleets, both the over-500-ships-strong combined armada and the latter rebuilt excavation fleet replacement, that were controlled by the Prophet of Truth were gathered as the Prophet's plan for the assault on Earth after secretly discovering the planet in aftermath of the Fall of Reach, particularly the occupation of the portal to the Ark at East Africa. All exclusively led by the Jiralhanae who showed a great ferocity and an unquestioning loyalty to the Prophets even more than the Sangheili who were formerly the top of the Covenant military hierarchy until the Great Schism, this was also made as a plan to replace Sangheili by Jiralhanae as the main military leaders as Truth was obsessed with the Great Journey and the stability of the Covenant Empire.[3]

Although only few forces of the second and excavation fleet engaged the UNSC forces on Earth while most of Prophet of Truth's excavation fleet remained preoccupied with the Portal,[11][10] numerous other Covenant forces, fleets and vessels were deployed during the Covenant assault on Earth and the rest of the Sol system, such as Mount Erebus, the Yucatan Peninsula and Havana, Cuba, Luna, and Mars with a number of Covenant warships engaged 3 UNSC fleets of the Home Fleet over Earth on November 3.[28] However, it is unknown if they were part of the forces led by the Prophet of Truth and his Jiralhanae loyalists as they were maybe led independently by other Covenant leaders but less organized than Truth's forces,[10] possibly even led by Sangheili commanders until their betrayal at the time of the Great Schism when the Jiralhanae then assumed the total command of Covenant forces on the Sol system, including the Fleet of Furious Redemption, and sympathized the Prophet of Truth and his forces.[13][10]

Battle of Installation 00

Forerunner keyship

ORS-class heavy cruiser

Covenant frigates

Allied fleets

Gallery

List of appearances

Notes

  1. ^ During the opening cutscene of the Halo 3 level The Ark, a Sangheili bridge officer onboard the Shadow of Intent states Truth's fleet outnumbers them 3 to 1. If this is correct, it means that during the Battle of Installation 00 Truth's fleet was around 30 ships strong, three times the size of the Fleet of Retribution, or maybe more if actually three times the size of combined UNSC-Sangheili fleet, which would also includes the Battle Group Victory of the Seventh Fleet.

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 297
  2. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 333
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo Waypoint - Ten Twenty
  4. ^ a b c bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update 01/23/09 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  5. ^ Halo Mythos, page ??
  6. ^ Halo: First Strike
  7. ^ halo3.com - About Halo, Characters, Humans (Archive)
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Vergil Reality (Retrieved on Jun 15, 2021) [archive]
  9. ^ Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Coastal Highway
  10. ^ a b c d e Halo Legendary Crate - Data Drop #2
  11. ^ a b Halo Mythos, page 117
  12. ^ Believe - Museum
  13. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Uprising, issue 1
  14. ^ Halo: Uprising, issue 2
  15. ^ YouTube, Halo 101: Long Road Home (Retrieved on Jun 14, 2021) [archive]
  16. ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Great Journey
  17. ^ Halo: Uprising, issue 3
  18. ^ a b Halo: Uprising, issue 4
  19. ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Armory: "The Cairo is just one of three hundred geosync platforms. That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship. With coordinated fire from the Athens and the Malta, nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece."
  20. ^ a b c Halo 3, campaign level Crow's Nest
  21. ^ Halo Waypoint, Mars (Retrieved on Jun 14, 2021) [archive]
  22. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Storm
  23. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Floodgate
  24. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Ark
  25. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Covenant
  26. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Halo
  27. ^ Facebook, Ken Peters (Retrieved on Jun 23, 2017) [archive]
  28. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 204-205
  29. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach
  30. ^ a b c d Halo Legendary Crate - Data Drop #5
  31. ^ Halo: Envoy

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