Template:Infobox Military Unit The UNSC Home Fleet is a unit of the UNSC Navy. They are assigned to protect Earth from an invasion or attack.[1] Its commanding officer is Fleet Admiral Sir Terrence Hood.[2]
History
The UNSC Home Fleet's known history is short but distinguished. It is likely that the UNSC Home Fleet existed since the formation of the UNSC in the 2100's, most likely for the defense of Earth.
First Battle of Earth
The Home Fleet first fought during the First Battle of Earth, where it successfully defeated the Covenant Navy in Earth's orbit. The engagment however was against a very small fleet of two assault carriers and a few cruisers. This engagement was commanded by both Fleet Admirals Hood and Harper.
On Cairo Station, Fleet Admiral Hood was awarding John-117, Avery Johnson, and Jacob Keyes for their actions at the first Halo. When Cortana got a slipspace rupture report near Io, she relayed the information to FADM Hood. When the Covenant Force arrived, the Home Fleet was ready and waiting. Opening up with Marathon Class Cruisers and MAC Shells, they decimated the Covenant Fleet, but suffered heavy losses themselves. Also during the engagement, the Covenant released boarding pods to occupy and destroy the MAC Platforms. Stations Athens and Malta were both destroyed, but Cairo was spared destructon by Spartan-117, who later took the bomb and destroyed one of the two Assault Carriers.
Second Battle of Earth
During the Second Battle of Earth, starting in November of 2552, they were slowly being decimated at the hands of the Covenant Loyalists. Later in the battle, the Home Fleet had less than 100 ships and were almost to the point of destruction.
Then, the Covenant Separatists, led by the Arbiter and Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum helped the UNSC's Home Fleet to push the Loyalists off of Earth.[3][4]
Two ships of the Home Fleet, the UNSC Aegis Fate and the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn fought during the last battle of the Human-Covenant War, the Battle of Installation 00 at the Ark. There, the Dawn and the Fate helped local UNSC Marine and Separatist forces against the Covenant Loyalist Army.[5][6]
Battle of Onyx
The UNSC Home Fleet dispatched Battlegroup Stalingrad to Onyx to recover reported forerunner artifacts. When it arrived, they engaged two Covenant Cruisers. During the engagement, a Covenant Fleet appeared from slipspace, and began to destroy the Battle Group. They were decimated after they launched a final suicide assault.
Known Vessels
Ships
- UNSC Adriatic
- UNSC Aegis Fate
- UNSC Brasidas
- UNSC Dusk
- UNSC Coral Sea
- UNSC Forward Unto Dawn
- UNSC Glasgow Kiss
- UNSC In Amber Clad
- UNSC Iwo Jima
- UNSC Onan
- UNSC Paris
- UNSC Redoubtable
- UNSC Stalingrad