The Battle of Nu Scorpii was a major engagement that took place in the early years of the Human-Covenant War. On June 9th 2526, the colony of Viridian in the Nu Scorpii system came under attack from Covenant forces and all contact was lost shortly after. The UNSC dispatch Battle Group Bravo, composed of forty-five ships to reinforce the planet. On June 12th the battle group under the command of Admiral Troy arrived in the Nu Scorpii system but only to find that they were already too late and the entire colony had been glassed making it the tenth to be lost to the Covenant.
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| - The Battle of Nu Scorpii was a major engagement that took place in the early years of the Human-Covenant War. On June 9th 2526, the colony of Viridian in the Nu Scorpii system came under attack from Covenant forces and all contact was lost shortly after. The UNSC dispatch Battle Group Bravo, composed of forty-five ships to reinforce the planet. On June 12th the battle group under the command of Admiral Troy arrived in the Nu Scorpii system but only to find that they were already too late and the entire colony had been glassed making it the tenth to be lost to the Covenant.
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- RADM Dustin H. Troy†
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| - *Overwhelming Covenant victory
*Near total UNSC losses
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*5 CAS-class assault carriers
*3 ORS-class heavy cruisers
*dozens CPV-class heavy destroyers
*dozens CCS-class battlecruisers
- Battle Group Bravo
*carriers
*cruisers
*destroyers
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| - The Battle of Nu Scorpii was a major engagement that took place in the early years of the Human-Covenant War. On June 9th 2526, the colony of Viridian in the Nu Scorpii system came under attack from Covenant forces and all contact was lost shortly after. The UNSC dispatch Battle Group Bravo, composed of forty-five ships to reinforce the planet. On June 12th the battle group under the command of Admiral Troy arrived in the Nu Scorpii system but only to find that they were already too late and the entire colony had been glassed making it the tenth to be lost to the Covenant. Eager for revenge, Battle Group Bravo moved towards Viridian to engage the enemy. The Office of Naval Intelligence estimated that the Covenant fleet composed of roughly twenty vessels, however their estimates were dead wrong. The Covenant fleet that emerged from behind the planet was a massively overwhelming force of five CAS-class assault carriers, three ORS-class heavy cruisers and dozens of heavy destroyers and battlecruisers. The ensuing battle ended with the near total annihilation of Battle Group Bravo and the death of Admiral Troy. At the time Nu Scorpii marked the greatest naval defeat in the history of the UNSC. The loss of the battle group was a devastating loss for the UNSC and meant that Admiral Shelby would not receive any reinforcements two days later at the ill-fated Battle of Midvale. The losses incurred at Nu Scorpii and Midvale together would give rise to the name "Week of Slaughter"
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