The War of 2561

The Capital's Glassing

The Beginning
In 2560 tensions were high, the swords of sanghelios were strongly opposed by the newly formed "Covenant Rebirth", as named by the humans. The conflict started when Thel'Vadam was in a meeting with the Covenant Rebirth's leader, Jart 'Reta, it erupted into a heated argument until Jart 'Reta drew his energy sword, the two engaged in a duel, the odds turning to The'Vadam's favor. Jart 'Reta had punched the energy sword out of the arbiter's hands and ran. He was pursued until he escaped on a T99 Phenta, he was pursued by the arbiter in a T11 Banshee but eventually got away. Jart 'Reta ordered his forces to attack a nearby embassy lead by Human Ambassadors, the humans fought valiantly until outnumbered, they called for evac and Thel'Vadam countered the Covenant forces with a flank maneuver, utterly wiping every last grunt there was. Only two jackals lived through the conflict but were gunned down a day later by a spartan who came to assist in the war.

Jart 'Reta's Strike Back and the Beginning of The Emerald Siege
Jart 'Reta had massed up a large air force of T11 Banshees and 4 T99 Phentas and began to clear the skies utterly of the Hornets the UNSC had deployed to scout the area. Thel' Vadam learnt of this attack and created a counter-measure, he hid 11 Tyrant AA platforms and 4 Mantis AA platforms behind a cliff, along with a mass of air units regrouping from across the planet. Jart 'Reta mounted the attack, loosing the banshee swarm as he progressed, he came across the cliff, and was ambushed by a heavy AA fire, on the right of his force, four UNSC frigates and 34 Hornets were coming in, on the left, 23 Banshees. The force was destroyed in a few minutes as the fire was too heavy. Jart 'Reta now knew the power of the two factions combined. So he had other plans. He targeted the Emerald Fleet, a command fleet for the UNSC acting as an embassy for the humans to sanghelios, this began the Emerald Siege