User:Spartan-153/Battle of Diamond

The Battle of Diamond Point Shipyards was one of the more deadlier battles of the Human-Covenant War. The battle was on September 25, 2552, between the UNSC 309th Defense Fleet and the Covenant Fleet of Undying Serenity.

Background
Following the Covenant defeat at the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, the Covenant managed to intercept a transmission from a UNSC frigate to fall make slipspace jump to the Diamond Point Shipyards. To the Covenant this transmission alerted them to the presence of another human base. It was not until after the Battle of Reach that this human base was located. After attainig the location of the base they deployed a Covenant Stealth Corvette, the Shadow of Judgement from the Fleet of Undying Serenity. The Shadow of Judgement confirmed the location of a UNSC base, which was later found to be a orbital shipyards complex called the Diamond Point Shipyards. When the battle of Reach was over a UNSC Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Warspite arrived at the shipyards and comfirmed what had happend at Reach.

September 24, 2552:

 * 1457 Hours: The Remote Scanning Outpost Gaines detects Covenant Stealth Corvette Shadow of Judgement. Message relayed to Fleet Admiral Elissa Barlow, commander of the 309th Defense Fleet.


 * 1506 Hours: Covenant Stealth Corvette Shadow of Judgement make a slipspace jump out of system.


 * 1617 Hours: UNSC cruiser Warspite jumps into system.

September 25, 2552:

 * 0630 Hours: Covenant vessels make slipspace jumps attempting to destroy any incoming or outgoing human vessels before they can regroup. A Covenant Justice class Assault Carrier Infinite Justice, commanded by Fleet Master Raguoc 'Salarcee leads the the Covenant fleet of 29 ships into battle.


 * 0700 Hours: The Covenant vessels begin a frontal assault on the defending ships. Boarding craft launched to take the shipyards. Fleet Admiral Barlow leads Human fleet from the carrier Vangaurd.


 * 0705 Hours: UNSC ships engage Covenant forces, Covenant boarding craft head for the Diamond Point Shipyards and Peremiter Defense Stations. The destroyer UNSC Cumberland destroyed.


 * 0716 Hours: UNSC sustaining heavy losses, the cruiser UNSC Prince of Wales and the frigates Kent and Dorsetshire destroyed. Covenant board and destroy Charlie Station and Bravo Station, Boarders board the shipyards, UNSC defense in the shipyards led by Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan-140.


 * 0723 Hours: All Perimiter Defense Stations except Stations Alpha, Foxtrot are destroyed. UNSC losses the cruisers Maine and the Repulse, the destroyers Lexington and the Vancouvour and the frigates Suffolk, Oxford and the Typhoon. Covenant battlecruiser destroyed.


 * 0730 Hours: Stations Alpha and Foxtrot are destroyed. UNSC carrier Vangaurd along with the cruisers Renown, Acropolis and the Kraiken are destroyed. Fleet Admiral Barlow killed during the destruction of the Vangaurd. Covenant battlecruiser Unlimited Regret destroyed.


 * 0735 Hours: Remaining UNSC forces evacuate the shipyards. UNSC cruiser Sharnhorst along with the destroyers Palermo and Saratoga and the frigates Belfast, Cyclone, Maelstrom and Ticoderoga make slip-space jump out off system.


 * 0737 Hours: All Covenant ships excluding the Covenant Assault Carrier Unyielding Truth and four Covenant battlecruiser, regroup outside the system for the final assault.


 * 0740 Hours: Covenant battlecruiser Indomitable Serenity along with another battlecruiser is destroyed. UNSC cruiser Warspite severely damaged.


 * 0743 Hours: UNSC Warspite rams the Covenant Assault Carrier Unyielding Truth. Spartan Group Theta along with the AI Hera escape the Warspite by using a Longsword fighter. Warspite reactor overloads destroying both the Warspite and Unyielding Truth.Captain Monroe and Ship Master Radun ‘Vertilicee are both killed. Caught in the explosion the Covenant battlecruisers Relentless Mercy and Indomitable Peace are destroyed. Spartan Group Theta are picked up by the cruiser UNSC Scylla,which makes a slip-space jump.


 * 0745 Hours: Fleet of Undying Serenity returns back to the shipyards. Tactical information obtained from the shipyards database. Diamond Point Shipyards destroyed after information is acquired. All UNSC forces remaining in the area are destroyed.

Aftermath
Following the dstruction of Diamond Point Shipyards, the planet Diamond is glassed on orders from the Prophet of Truth. UNSC Scylla later crash lands after battle damage during a space battle above a UNSC colony called New Houston. SPARTAN Group Theta later was sent on to the frigate Maelstrom to obtain information from a Covenant station called Joyous Victory. Fleet Master 'Salarcee returned on orders to High Charity. After returning to High Charity, the Justice-class Assault Carrier Infinite Jusctice captures a UNSC frigate the Maelstrom en route to the space station Joyous Victory. Following fighting between Sepratist and Loyalist Covenant forces in the station, a Covenant CCS-class battlecruiser docks with the station unleashing the flood from the infested battlecruser. Following the defeat of the Covenant Loyalist, the Flood outbreak through the entire station, Sepritist forces withdraw, while Brutes take control of the Infinite Justice.