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- "We returned to Harvest with enough firepower to assault the vaults of Heaven."
- — Preston Cole, describing X-Ray going into the Second Battle of Harvest[5]
Battle Group X-Ray was a battle group fleet given to Admiral Cole to command in 2526.[6]
HistoryEdit
HarvestEdit
- Main article: Second Battle of Harvest
On March 1, 2526, Battle Group X-Ray engaged the Covenant over Harvest. The engagement resulted in the destruction of 13 UNSC vessels and a single Rasus-pattern interdictor.[5][6]
SILENT STORMEdit
- Main article: Operation: SILENT STORM
Seven days after the battle at Harvest, Admiral Cole as well as several others formulated Operation: SILENT STORM. The group predicted that the Covenant would likely attack Biko. With this, Task Force Yama would secretly waiting to counter-attack the Covenant when they got there. At the same time, Battle Group X-Ray would start harassing Covenant forces independently of Yama.[3]
Post-2526Edit
The battle group was disbanded or transferred to another flag-officer sometime prior to the Battle of Psi Serpentis, as Admiral Cole then commanded UNSC Battle Group India.[1][5][7]
CompositionEdit
Main forceEdit
Battle Group X-Ray was comprised of 40 Warships.[1]
- 5+ Halcyon-class cruisers
- 9+ frigates
- 5+ Marathon-class heavy cruisers
- 7+ destroyers
- Unknown
Task Force YamaEdit
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Task Force PanteaEdit
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GalleryEdit
Admiral Preston Cole, commanding officer of Battle Group X-Ray.
The bridge of Everest, Battle Group X-Ray's flagship. X-Ray is shown on the left side of the tac-map with the Covenant ship on the right.
Battle Group X-Ray during the initial assault on the Rasus-pattern interdictor.
Admiral Cole reaches a eureka moment in the Second Battle of Harvest with X-Ray on his tac-map.
Battle Group X-Ray destroys the Covenant ship at Harvest.
List of appearancesEdit
- Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo: Ground Command (Mentioned only)
- Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Silent Storm
- Halo: Oblivion (Mentioned only)
SourcesEdit
- ^ a b c d e Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", p. 462-467
- ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 4
- ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 5
- ^ Halo: Oblivion, Chapter 4
- ^ a b c d e Halo Wars: Genesis, p. 1-10
- ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Historian's Note
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", p. 476-482
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 270
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