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Īt New Mombasa, the UNSC followed the surviving Assault Carrier to the city.

Stations Athens and Malta were both destroyed, but Cairo was spared destruction due to the actions of John-117, who later took the bomb and destroyed one of the two CAS-class assault carriers. Also during the engagement, the Covenant released boarding pods to occupy and destroy the MAC Platforms using antimatter bombs. Opening up with Marathon-class Cruisers and MAC Shells, they decimated the Covenant Fleet. When the Covenant Force arrived, the Home Fleet was ready and waiting.

When AI Cortana received a slipspace rupture report near Io, she relayed the information to FADM Hood. On Cairo Station, Fleet Admiral Hood was awarding John-117 and Sergeant Major Avery Johnson for their actions at Installation 04 and the subsequent Operation: FIRST STRIKE mission. They proved themselves to be the most effective weapons within the Home Fleet's arsenal in the battle, though they were later destroyed when the Covenant delivered a final push on the planet's defenses. With the known success of the ODPs in the Fall of Reach, nearly 300 ODPs were massed within the Home Fleet.

This engagement, commanded by both Fleet Admirals Hood and Harper, suffered a number of casualties as the sixty-seven Frigates and eight Cruisers under Harper's command attempted to hold back the enemy cruisers from reaching Earth's Orbital Defense Platforms. The engagement however, was against a very small fleet of two CAS-class assault carriers and thirteen CCS-class battlecruisers. The Home Fleet's first known engagements with the conglomerate of alien races known as "the Covenant" were during the last stages of the Human-Covenant war in the Battle of Earth, where it successfully defeated a fleet directly commanded by a member of the Covenant's leadership in Earth's orbit. It is likely that the UNSC Home Fleet existed ever since the formation of the UNSC in the 2160s most likely for the defense of Earth during the Interplanetary War, and also against the Insurrectionists.īeginning of the Battle of Earth " The Prophet of Truth's ships breached the Luna perimeter, smashed what was left of the Home Fleet" -Commander Miranda Keyes to John-117 The UNSC Home Fleet's known history is short but distinguished.