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Long before the events around Halo, the classified UNSC colony of [[Onyx]] had been designated the headquarters and training ground for the SPARTAN-III program. However, the UNSC had no idea that the planet was in fact a huge [[Sentinel|Forerunner structure]], integral to the [[Halo Array]], and composed of trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]].<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 377-378</ref> After John-117's destruction of Alpha Halo, the Sentinels were roused by the disruption of the Halo network and the portal leading into the [[Trevelyan|Shield World]] at the planet's core began to close. At this time, a small group of SPARTAN-IIIs were training in a top honors exercise on the surface. After the humans failed to exchange the proper counter-responses, the Sentinels relabeled the [[Reclaimer]]s as an "aboriginal subspecies" and began to exterminate them.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 133</ref> Led by [[Kurt-051]], the SPARTAN-IIIs fought a guerrilla war against the Sentinels until Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] arrived on Onyx and explained the wider situation. Knowing that the Forerunner technology buried in Onyx's core could turn the tide of the war for humanity, Halsey used Forerunner technology to send a message to [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Sir Terrence Hood]], requesting reinforcements. Hood deployed [[Blue Team]] to Onyx, who stole [[Bloodied Spirit|a Covenant destroyer]] to reach the planet in time.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 221</ref> | Long before the events around Halo, the classified UNSC colony of [[Onyx]] had been designated the headquarters and training ground for the SPARTAN-III program. However, the UNSC had no idea that the planet was in fact a huge [[Sentinel|Forerunner structure]], integral to the [[Halo Array]], and composed of trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]].<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 377-378</ref> After John-117's destruction of Alpha Halo, the Sentinels were roused by the disruption of the Halo network and the portal leading into the [[Trevelyan|Shield World]] at the planet's core began to close. At this time, a small group of SPARTAN-IIIs were training in a top honors exercise on the surface. After the humans failed to exchange the proper counter-responses, the Sentinels relabeled the [[Reclaimer]]s as an "aboriginal subspecies" and began to exterminate them.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 133</ref> Led by [[Kurt-051]], the SPARTAN-IIIs fought a guerrilla war against the Sentinels until Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] arrived on Onyx and explained the wider situation. Knowing that the Forerunner technology buried in Onyx's core could turn the tide of the war for humanity, Halsey used Forerunner technology to send a message to [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Sir Terrence Hood]], requesting reinforcements. Hood deployed [[Blue Team]] to Onyx, who stole [[Bloodied Spirit|a Covenant destroyer]] to reach the planet in time.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 221</ref> | ||
Meanwhile, the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili forces]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] recovered from Reach.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 244-245</ref> After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently | Meanwhile, the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili forces]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] recovered from Reach.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 244-245</ref> After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently uncovered Forerunner city below. 'Mantakree personally led the Covenant forces on the surface, before a [[Patterson's battle group|UNSC battlegroup]] arrived and used tactical skill and indirect help from the Sentinels to destroy the majority of the Sangheili fleet before being wiped out by reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]], with only [[UNSC Dusk|one ship]] escaping.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 333</ref> | ||
Underneath Onyx, the Spartans had discovered the [[core room antechamber]] and held off hundreds of Covenant troops before being forced to retreat into the shield world in the core. Kurt-051 sacrificed himself by detonating two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, killing the entire Covenant force.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 371''</ref> After the core was sealed, Onyx broke up into trillions of Sentinels, guarding the construct. With their forces dangerously depleted, many of the warlike Sangheili subsequently allied with their former enemy, humanity, under the Arbiter's leadership. | Underneath Onyx, the Spartans had discovered the [[core room antechamber]] and held off hundreds of Covenant troops before being forced to retreat into the shield world in the core. Kurt-051 sacrificed himself by detonating two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, killing the entire Covenant force.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 371''</ref> After the core was sealed, Onyx broke up into trillions of Sentinels, guarding the construct. With their forces dangerously depleted, many of the warlike Sangheili subsequently allied with their former enemy, humanity, under the Arbiter's leadership. | ||
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[[File:H3 LesserArkConflict.png|thumb|left|250px|The battle raging over [[Installation 00]].]] | [[File:H3 LesserArkConflict.png|thumb|left|250px|The battle raging over [[Installation 00]].]] | ||
The final battle of the war was fought on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|fortitude}} A small fleet of human and Sangheili forces was sent through the portal, leading them to the Ark, just outside the [[Milky Way]]. As they arrived, the Covenant fleet above the Ark immediately attacked. Though the joint human-Sangheili fleet was outnumbered | The final battle of the war was fought on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|fortitude}} A small fleet of human and Sangheili forces was sent through the portal, leading them to the Ark, just outside the [[Milky Way]]. As they arrived, the Covenant fleet above the Ark immediately attacked. Though the joint human-Sangheili fleet was outnumbered 3–1, the battle ended in defeat for Truth's Jiralhanae fleet. At the same time, UNSC forces were deployed to the surface of the Ark in order to stop Truth, who was attempting to activate the Halo Array from the Ark's [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]</ref> | ||
Led by the Master Chief, the UNSC forces smashed through the remaining Covenant resistance on the ground. The battle was complicated by the arrival of ''High Charity''. As the Flood began to spread, the Chief and the [[Thel 'Vadamee|Arbiter]] went on to thwart Truth, who died in mid-Flood-infection at the Arbiter's hand with the Flood helping to reach him. John-117 deactivated the Halo Array, preserving all life within its firing pattern. With the Covenant forces completely shattered, Truth's death marked the effective end to the war.{{Ref/Reuse|The Covenant}} The Flood still remained a threat, but were eliminated by John-117, the Arbiter, Cortana and Sergeant Johnson by firing the isolated replacement Halo over the Ark itself, destroying [[Installation 08]] and damaging [[Installation 00]] severely. Although ''Forward Unto Dawn'' managed to reach the portal, the portal collapsed splitting the vessel in half. Trapped in the rear section of the frigate, John-117 placed himself into cryosleep until he could be retrieved, eventually drifting to the Forerunner shield world of [[Requiem]]. The UNSC's greatest soldier, and humanity's champion, was presumed dead.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}} | Led by the Master Chief, the UNSC forces smashed through the remaining Covenant resistance on the ground. The battle was complicated by the arrival of ''High Charity''. As the Flood began to spread, the Chief and the [[Thel 'Vadamee|Arbiter]] went on to thwart Truth, who died in mid-Flood-infection at the Arbiter's hand with the Flood helping to reach him. John-117 deactivated the Halo Array, preserving all life within its firing pattern. With the Covenant forces completely shattered, Truth's death marked the effective end to the war.{{Ref/Reuse|The Covenant}} The Flood still remained a threat, but were eliminated by John-117, the Arbiter, Cortana and Sergeant Johnson by firing the isolated replacement Halo over the Ark itself, destroying [[Installation 08]] and damaging [[Installation 00]] severely. Although ''Forward Unto Dawn'' managed to reach the portal, the portal collapsed splitting the vessel in half. Trapped in the rear section of the frigate, John-117 placed himself into cryosleep until he could be retrieved, eventually drifting to the Forerunner shield world of [[Requiem]]. The UNSC's greatest soldier, and humanity's champion, was presumed dead.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}} | ||
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With humanity under threat of complete annihilation, [[ONI]] sent [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] on a mission deep behind enemy lines. The plan was that if [[Earth]] fell, Gray Team would retaliate against the [[Sangheili]] who led the naval fleets that destroyed human colonies by attacking a Sangheili world. | With humanity under threat of complete annihilation, [[ONI]] sent [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] on a mission deep behind enemy lines. The plan was that if [[Earth]] fell, Gray Team would retaliate against the [[Sangheili]] who led the naval fleets that destroyed human colonies by attacking a Sangheili world. | ||
During the [[Battle for Earth]], Gray Team received a message stating Condition Endgame, meaning that the Covenant had appeared in the [[Sol system]] and the [[Cole Protocol]] had finally failed to protect the planet. Unable to reach [[Sanghelios]] as it was too well defended, Gray Team instead targeted [[Sangheili colonies|the colony world]] of [[Glyke]], home to billions of Sangheili. Though the war ended, Gray Team's ship had a damaged deep-space communications device and thus could not receive any orders to cease or withdraw. Confident that humanity was about to be destroyed, Gray Team took a vote and decided to carry out the mission, hoping that the slaughter would stop humanity's extinction. In December | During the [[Battle for Earth]], Gray Team received a message stating Condition Endgame, meaning that the Covenant had appeared in the [[Sol system]] and the [[Cole Protocol]] had finally failed to protect the planet. Unable to reach [[Sanghelios]] as it was too well defended, Gray Team instead targeted [[Sangheili colonies|the colony world]] of [[Glyke]], home to billions of Sangheili. Though the war ended, Gray Team's ship had a damaged deep-space communications device and thus could not receive any orders to cease or withdraw. Confident that humanity was about to be destroyed, Gray Team took a vote and decided to carry out the mission, hoping that the slaughter would stop humanity's extinction. In December 2552, just days after [[Treaty of 2552|a tentative peace treaty]] was established with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and the [[Fleet of Retribution]], Gray Team destroyed Glyke with a [[NOVA bomb]]. With their ship damaged by the blast, Gray Team was forced to evacuate aboard [[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot One|their lifeboat]] and was left adrift in Glyke's remains, asleep in [[cryo chamber]]s.<ref>''[[Halo: Envoy]]'', p. 177-180</ref> | ||
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*[[Battle of Harvest]]. The UNSC and Covenant meet in a fleet-action for the first time; though only one Covenant ship faces a UNSC battle-group of 40, it is a rare, exceptionally powerful [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]]. The battle is a high-priced victory for the UNSC, costing the UNSC 13 ships—about one-third of the [[Battle Group X-Ray|battlegroup]] that was assembled to face the threat. The Covenant would return to Harvest later in the year, and the battle for the planet and its surrounding systems, dubbed by the UNSC as the [[Harvest Campaign]], would last for the next five years. | *[[Battle of Harvest]]. The UNSC and Covenant meet in a fleet-action for the first time; though only one Covenant ship faces a UNSC battle-group of 40, it is a rare, exceptionally powerful [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]]. The battle is a high-priced victory for the UNSC, costing the UNSC 13 ships—about one-third of the [[Battle Group X-Ray|battlegroup]] that was assembled to face the threat. The Covenant would return to Harvest later in the year, and the battle for the planet and its surrounding systems, dubbed by the UNSC as the [[Harvest Campaign]], would last for the next five years. | ||
*[[Battle of Circinius IV]]. The Covenant attacked the UNSC [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] on [[Circinius IV]], catching the cadets there off guard and sparking a massive ground battle for control of the | *[[Battle of Circinius IV]]. The Covenant attacked the UNSC [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] on [[Circinius IV]], catching the cadets there off guard and sparking a massive ground battle for control of the academy. The Spartan [[Blue Team]] was deployed to fight the Covenant soldiers and to evacuate the trainees who were forced to engage the enemy in close-quarters combat. The battle resulted in the near-complete extermination of the planet's population, including those of the Corbulo Academy save for the survivors of [[Hastati Squad]]. | ||
*[[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]]. Another ship-to-ship battle, where the UNSC outnumber the Covenant almost | *[[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]]. Another ship-to-ship battle, where the UNSC outnumber the Covenant almost 10–1, but lost a third of the ships. This was one of the rare naval "victories" for the UNSC, won because of their numerical superiority over the Covenant in that battle. | ||
*[[Battle of Mesra]]. The Covenant invade [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]], occupying the planet and seizing the planet's many mining facilities in order to seize the planet's plentiful resources. To ensure the success of the operation, they do not commit to the immediate glassing of the colony. In response, Admiral Cole deploys [[Blue Team]] to spearhead the UNSC's attempt to retake the planet, negotiating a truce with the [[Militia of Mesra]] in order to wipe out the invaders. Blue Team succeeds in destroying the mines before the Covenant can exploit their resources. | *[[Battle of Mesra]]. The Covenant invade [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]], occupying the planet and seizing the planet's many mining facilities in order to seize the planet's plentiful resources. To ensure the success of the operation, they do not commit to the immediate glassing of the colony. In response, Admiral Cole deploys [[Blue Team]] to spearhead the UNSC's attempt to retake the planet, negotiating a truce with the [[Militia of Mesra]] in order to wipe out the invaders. Blue Team succeeds in destroying the mines before the Covenant can exploit their resources. | ||
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*[[Battle of Fumirole]]. [[Thom-A293]] is killed and [[ | *[[Battle of Fumirole]]. [[Thom-A293]] is killed and [[Catherine-B320]] loses her arm. | ||
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