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Enduring Conviction was a Covenant installation that was abandoned near the end of the Human-Covenant War.

Description
Enduring Conviction is a large space installation about 3/4 the size of High Charity. It has many large docking bays for battlecruisers as it's original purpose was that of a refueling and supply station for Covenant ships and their crews. It has a massive defense system consisting of hundreds of thousands of plasma turrets and plasma rocket launchers. In the days of the Jiralhanae Empire, Enduring Conviction has many battle scars and many areas of the outer hull blown off due to the Sangheili assault on the installation decades ago. A cloud of debris also encircles the station.

Importance
Enduring Conviction has become a very important station for the Jiralhanae Empire. It is where thousands of ships dock everyday to refuel and resupply. It is also a checkpoint that opens the door to nearby UGA space. It gives a tactical advantage to the empire and it is the center of a supply route for the Jiralhanae Empire. The Jiralhanae use Enduring Conviction as a central communications station for the surrounding system, providing important information to Jiralhanae forces in the area. The ammount of War Chieftains that meet at the station is what makes it very important. Each day, dozens of War Chieftains come together and plan naval operations to be used in the future. If Enduring Conviction were destroyed, a chunk of the Brute's navy would be devastated, thousands of troops would go without supplies, communications and information in the area would be cut, and a chunk of the empire's commanding force would be lost.

History
The station of Enduring Conviction was a very popular installation for the Covenant. Many Prophets and military commanders graced the facility, even Thel 'Vadam. It was a site that saw many things like the reorganization of the Fleet of Particular Justice and the assembly of the Fleet of Righteous Execution. It also saw bloody conflicts like the Battle of Hades Gamma and the more important Assault of Enduring Conviction. Near the end of the Human-Covenant War, the station was held exclusively by the Covenant Loyalists. After the Battle of Installation 05, Deru 'Odom led an assault on Enduring Conviction.

The Seperatist fleet that he led, the Fleet of Righteous Execution, was large and made up of experienced Shipmasters. The Fleet of Righteous Execution attacked at a time when there were far less ships at the station. Within hours, Deru's fleet blew through the Loyalist vessels and bombarded Enduring Conviction, forcing the Loyalists to abandon the station. With Enduring Conviction falling under Seperatist control, the Loyalists lost a large amount of naval support. The Fleet of Righteous Execution was needed for a Seperatist attack on the remains of the Covenant and was abandoned by the Seperatists.