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Operation: HWACHA

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Operation: HWACHA

Conflict:

Human-Covenant War[1]

Date:

Early 2537, before July 27[1][2]

Location:

Bonanza asteroid belt[1]

Outcome:

UNSC victory[3]

Details
Belligerents

United Nations Space Command[1]

Covenant[1]

Strength

Spartan-III Alpha Company[1]

Covenant fleet[2]

 

Operation: HWACHA was a successful operation of the United Nations Space Command against Covenant fleet forces in the Bonanza asteroid belt, during the Human-Covenant War in early 2537. The SPARTAN-III program's Alpha Company was deployed during the operation in counter-boarding actions against the Covenant fleet,[1][2] in which they highly distinguished themselves.[3]

Trivia[edit]

  • The operation is named after the Hwacha, a fifteenth century Korean weapon platform that fired rocket powered arrows.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, p. 81
  2. ^ a b c Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, Part 05: ONI Augmentation Reports
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), p. 87 (2011)