Battle of Khaife

"'If it wasn't for Khaife, we would've lost the war.'""- James Coleman following the war."The Battle of Khaife was an engagement between the Galactic Alliance and the S'southi during the Forefather War.

Background
On the 2nd of August, 2560, the Krythenan Supreme Admiral Cobadarama and his fleet received an encrypted report from the Office of Naval Intelligence and Krythenan Imperial Intelligence of an incoming attack on the Khaife system. With little under a day to prepare a defense, Cobadarama planned to ambush the incoming fleet with the bulk of his Krythenan assets. The Lights of Purity and the UNSC sent a taskforce to assist Cobadarama, lead by James Coleman.

Engagement
The S'southi fleet was pulled from "slipspace" outside the Khaife system by Krythenan interdictors and was immediately engaged by the combined force. Taken by complete surprise, the S'southi fleet was forced onto the defensive and took many casualties in the opening minutes of the battle.

Following a devastating first half of the battle, the S'southi fleet was left incredibly depopulated, with ships that were left remaining either being heavily damaged or being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers on the opposing side, leading to the remainder of the fleet being ultimately destroyed by the battle's conclusion.

Aftermath
The battle allowed the Galactic Alliance critical time to establish defenses in Krythenan space in preparation for the next S'southi attack. Said defenses were critical to delaying the S'southi and whittling down their forces, and the Battle of Khaife is attributed to being a key factor in the victory of the Galactic Alliance.