Attack on Lambda Serpentis

The Attack on Lambda Serpentis was an engagement of the Forefather War.

Background
Following the Human-Covenant War, the Lambda Serpentis system was resettled and established as a major outpost for Tritium gas mining.

Engagement
Early in the morning of the sixth of January, 2562, hundreds of S'southi vessels exited slipspace in the Lambda Serpentis system and commenced attacks against the moderately sized UNSC garrison in the system.

After several hours of engagements, most mining facilities in the system had been boarded or destroyed, and most of the defending spaceships had been wiped out. The Orbital Defense Platform above Jericho VII had been evacuated prior to it's boarding, and the skeleton crew that was left aboard was wiped out. Commander Eddie Salim was captured by the S'southi for interrogation during the battle aboard the platform.