Battle of Glorious Light

The Battle of Glorious Light was a short, almost one sided fight between the Sangheili and the Covenant Remnant. It occured on the prominent USR planet of Glorious Light and inspired many Sangehili to intensify their conflict with the Remnant.

Summary
On January 3th, 2571, in human time, a Remnant fleet of over twenty staged a surprise assault on the prominent Sangheili colony of Glorious Light. Exiting behind one of three moons, they were too attack and break through the atmosphere and glass as much of the planet as possible, in retaliation for several Sangheili attacks. Unknown to them, however, was the presence of the Imperator on the planet. He was overseeing government talks with local Sangheili who were threatening to rebel(these negotiations later fell through, but were picked up some time later, and finished). The Imperator, one of the most tactically adept of the Sangeheili, caught something suspcious when the Remnant fleet entered the system, a flash of radiation given off from a reactor leak. He acted quickly and had the planets meager defense deploy traps around the moon, unbeknowst to the Remnant fleet, who were in the sensor shadow of the moon. When the fleet, led by the tactical genius Longinius, exited the moons shadow to attack, they were caught in hundreds of mines, and their fleet was decimated. Longinius himself was forced to retreat, but one of his ships attempted to break through. The mighty destroyer plunged into the atmosphere, destroying one of the Frigates around the planet, as well as three orbiting defense stations. The ship attempted to pour down destruction on the planet--and came perioulously close to killing the Imperator--but was destroyed by fire from the remaining Sangheili defense forces. This was one of Longinius's few defeats, and the battle prompted many more Sangheili to enter the military, bolstering their already incredible forces.