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|name=NOVA bombing of Joyous Exultation | |name=NOVA bombing of Joyous Exultation | ||
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|date=[[2552#November|November 3]], [[2552]] | |date=[[2552#November|November 3]], [[2552]] | ||
|place=[[Joyous Exultation]], [[Salia system]] | |place=[[Joyous Exultation]], [[Salia system]] | ||
|result=''' | |result='''UNSC victory''' | ||
*Decimation of both the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant]] and [[Joyous Exultation]] | *Decimation of both the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant]] and [[Joyous Exultation]] | ||
*Death of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] | *Death of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] | ||
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{{Quote|This is the prototype [[NOVA bomb]], nine [[fusion]] warheads encased in [[lithium triteride]] armor. When detonated, it compresses its fissionable material to neutron-star density, boosting the thermonuclear yield a hundredfold. I am [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], temporarily in command of the [[UNSC]] military base [[Reach]]. To the Covenant uglies that might be listening, you have a few seconds to pray to your damned heathen gods. You all have a nice day in hell...|[[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s recording on the NOVA bomb, right before it is activated in the space adjacent to the planet [[Joyous Exultation]].}} | {{Quote|This is the prototype [[NOVA bomb]], nine [[fusion]] warheads encased in [[lithium triteride]] armor. When detonated, it compresses its fissionable material to neutron-star density, boosting the thermonuclear yield a hundredfold. I am [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], temporarily in command of the [[UNSC]] military base [[Reach]]. To the Covenant uglies that might be listening, you have a few seconds to pray to your damned heathen gods. You all have a nice day in hell...|[[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s recording on the NOVA bomb, right before it is activated in the space adjacent to the planet [[Joyous Exultation]].}} | ||
The '''NOVA bombing of Joyous Exultation''' was the devastation of the planet [[Joyous Exultation]] by the UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] after it was inadvertently activated by members of the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]. | The '''NOVA bombing of Joyous Exultation''' was the devastation of the planet [[Joyous Exultation]] by the UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] after it was inadvertently activated by members of the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]. | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
It was intended for the [[NOVA bomb]] to be used in space against the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] during the [[Fall of Reach]]. The remaining NOVA bombs were left on [[Reach]] and "re-purposed" by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]. His reasoning was that "''either the Covenant pack those bombs up and take them home for study, a possibility that I hope to God happens. A bomb like that could crack their homeworld in two. Or, the bombs stay here and they'll stop the Covenant on Reach...''"{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS19|FS|19}} | It was intended for the [[NOVA bomb]] to be used in space against the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] during the [[Fall of Reach]]. The remaining NOVA bombs were left on [[Reach]] and "re-purposed" by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]. His reasoning was that "''either the Covenant pack those bombs up and take them home for study, a possibility that I hope to God happens. A bomb like that could crack their homeworld in two. Or, the bombs stay here and they'll stop the Covenant on Reach...''"{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS19|FS|19}} | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The [[Jiralhanae]], knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the Sangheili forces, intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.{{Ref/Book| | The [[Jiralhanae]], knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the Sangheili forces, intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=270}} In the aftermath of the explosion, [[Kaidon]] [[Olabisi Varo'dai]] convinced the master of a late-arriving flotilla to forsake his original mission and begin rescue operations. [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] subsequently arranged for a charter of colonization on [[Om'a'Varo|an uninhabited world]] in the [[Emauzs system]] for the survivors. Thanks to Varo'dai's quick actions, tens of thousands of Sangheili survived the cataclysm.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out4|Out|4}} | ||
What little survived was frozen or suffocated in the cataclysmic aftermath,{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=232}} rendering the entire planet uninhabitable.{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | What little survived was frozen or suffocated in the cataclysmic aftermath,{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=232}} rendering the entire planet uninhabitable.{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | ||