Previous: Battle of Eridanus II Concurrent: Harvest Campaign Next: First Battle of Arcadia Battle of Groombridge-1830 Conflict: Human-Covenant war Date: December 24, 2530 Place: Groombridge-1830 Outcome: Pyrrhic UNSC victory Belligerents UNSC Covenant Commanders Admiral Preston Cole Unknown Strength 17 UNSC Warships 3 Warships Casualties 11 Destroyers destroyed 2 Vessels Destroyed 1 Vessel Crash-landed

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The Battle of the Great Bear ^[1](also known as the Battle of Groombridge-1830) was a major battle in the early years of the Human-Covenant war.

BackgroundEdit

The human fleet, consisting of 17 ships, engaged 3 Covenant warships, destroying the enemy force but losing a total of 11 Destroyers in the process. Two of the Covenant ships were destroyed directly in combat, while the third crash-landed on a planet's surface.

A Sangheili survivor was recovered and interrogated personally by Admiral Cole himself, allowing the UNSC to finally learn something about their enemy - that the Covenant were wiping out humans because they had been deemed "unclean."^[1] More importantly, Cole discovered that the Covenant were largely unaware of the size and whereabouts of humanity's interstellar empire, leading to the formulation of the Cole Protocol.^[2]

TriviaEdit

• This battle took place on Christmas Eve.

GalleryEdit

Admiral Cole interrogates a Sangheili prisoner.

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SourcesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Halo Wars: Genesis
2. ↑ Halo Wars: Genesis, pages 8-9