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**[[Battle for Earth]] | **[[Battle for Earth]] | ||
|date = c. [[2552#November|November 16–17, 2552]]{{Ref/Note|Id=date|Text=See [[Battle for Earth#Notes|Battle for Earth's Notes section]] though the Battle of Cleveland most likely took place on the morning of November 16 by regarding part of ''Halo: Uprising'' comic.}} | |date = c. [[2552#November|November 16–17, 2552]]{{Ref/Note|Id=date|Text=See [[Battle for Earth#Notes|Battle for Earth's Notes section]] though the Battle of Cleveland most likely took place on the morning of November 16 by regarding part of ''Halo: Uprising'' comic.}} | ||
|place = | |place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], [[United Republic of North America]], [[Earth]] | ||
|result = '''UNSC victory'''{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Issue 4}} | |result = '''UNSC victory'''{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Issue 4}} | ||
*[[Covenant]] forces repelled | *[[Covenant]] forces repelled | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
{{Quote|no=three|Colonel James Ackerson|Shipmaster Lepidus|Colonel James Ackerson|q1=Good luck... you won't stand a chance.|q2=We're having our way with it. Right now. And you will be executed as part of the victory ceremony.|q3=If you idiots...rrr...attack Earth... you will never find the [[Key of Osanalan|Key]].|[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] and the [[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}}}} | {{Quote|no=three|Colonel James Ackerson|Shipmaster Lepidus|Colonel James Ackerson|q1=Good luck... you won't stand a chance.|q2=We're having our way with it. Right now. And you will be executed as part of the victory ceremony.|q3=If you idiots...rrr...attack Earth... you will never find the [[Key of Osanalan|Key]].|[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] and the [[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}}}} | ||
Following the loss of [[Mars]] at the hands of the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], the Covenant, now under command of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and [[Jiralhanae]] as of the beginning of the [[Great Schism]], began to concentrate more of their forces on Earth, resulting in a dramatic increase of ground and naval deployments on the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 3}} | Following the loss of [[Mars]] at the hands of the [[Covenant]] [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]], the Covenant, now under command of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and [[Jiralhanae]] as of the beginning of the [[Great Schism]], began to concentrate more of their forces on Earth, resulting in a dramatic increase of ground and naval deployments on the [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 3}} At some point before the assault on Cleveland, [[Australia]], particularly [[Sydney]], was assaulted by the Covenant and much of the continent was brutally destroyed by the Covenant [[orbital bombardment|bombardment]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=australia|[[Halo: Uprising]]|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|#1]]|Quote=Did you see what they did to [[Mombasa]]? Or--or Australia?|Detail=This quote from [[Ruwan Ackerson]] could indicate that the Covenant bombardment on Sydney may have taken place before the Battle of Cleveland.}} | ||
Aboard one of the ''Furious Redemption'' [[Covenant starship|vessels]], ''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'', [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] was captured aboard the [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]], where he was about to be executed by [[Lepidus]], the Jiralhanae [[Shipmaster]] of the ship, in celebration of the defeat of Mars and Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} However, after [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] told them about the [[Key of Osanalan]], a supposed [[Forerunner]] artifact that was apparently hidden in Cleveland, while under interrogation after his capture at the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} Ackerson said that the Covenant will not find the Key if they are continuing to destroy remaining Earth cities, and that the Key was a necessary component for the firing sequence of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} However, Ackerson told the Covenant about the Key of Osanalan only in order to confuse the Covenant and to save his brother, [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]]; the Key was actually an imaginary object the brothers pretended to quest for when they were children.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Issue 3}} Confused and worried by the now unconscious Colonel, the Covenant assaulted Cleveland but would not [[Glassing|destroy]] the city before | Aboard one of the ''Furious Redemption'' [[Covenant starship|vessels]], ''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'', [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] was captured aboard the [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]], where he was about to be executed by [[Lepidus]], the Jiralhanae [[Shipmaster]] of the ship, in celebration of the defeat of Mars and Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} However, after [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] told them about the [[Key of Osanalan]], a supposed [[Forerunner]] artifact that was apparently hidden in Cleveland, while under interrogation after his capture at the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} Ackerson said that the Covenant will not find the Key if they are continuing to destroy remaining Earth cities, and that the Key was a necessary component for the firing sequence of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} However, Ackerson told the Covenant about the Key of Osanalan only in order to confuse the Covenant and to save his brother, [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]]; the Key was actually an imaginary object the brothers pretended to quest for when they were children.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Issue 3}} Confused and worried by the now unconscious Colonel, the Covenant assaulted Cleveland around morning of November 16 or evening of November 15 but would not [[Glassing|destroy]] the city before g etting the Key, and Ruwan's knowledge of the Key would help him and others escape.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 1}} | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||