User:Knight-Lite/Battle of Orion II

The Battle of Orion II was a conflict that took place between the UNSC, and the Covenant. It took place between the 7th and 8th of January. The battle resulted in a complete UNSC victory.

Contacts
After an SOS was sent by a escape pod of the Civilian Freighter Pariah that was heading on an outbound vector from the Cura System, UNSC forces sent a quartet of C709 Longsword to investigate, along with the UNSC Frigate Killjoy immediately which was closest at the moment.The Shipboard AI reported as the Killjoy got closer navigating through the asteroid field to the last known position of the Pariah faint traces of Beta Radiation and refined dust of Titanium-A. Within ten minutes the quartet of Longswords found the Pariah laid out nearly split in half on a asteroid. Before the Killjoy could even so much as attempt to hail for any survivors the quartet of Longswords reported multiple impulse drive signatures. The Killjoy dispatched her remaining undeployed 'swords to intercept the incoming attackers, by this time Commander Thomas Jennings quickly raised the other UNSC ships in system declaring WINTER CONTINGENCY.Their sensors soon picked up an additional four large contacts moving toward them at flak speed in the asteroid field. The Commander ordered for all units to clear the blast radius in which he fired the Killjoy's engines at full burn clearing the asteroid field, they then fired a Shiva warhead at the still oncoming contacts.As the blast cleared, out came a shield less Covenant Frigate and a corvette both closing in

Ground Battle
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Battle Timeline
January 7,2537
 * 19:24: SOS signal detected from Pariah lifepod by UNSC Killjoy
 * 19:35: Killjoy discovers wreckage of Pariah