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| rdfs:comment | - There are a few battles that manage to change the course, not only of wars, but of history itself. If William the Conqueror had failed in 1066, Britain may have remained Anglo-Saxon, part of the Scandinavian/Germanic political sphere. If Britain and Prussia had lost at Waterloo, Napoleon may have spread across Europe. If not for Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany could well have succeeded in its aim at domination. If not for Reach, the Covenant may simply have overwhelmed Earth. And if not for the disastrous assault on Perharb, the Governors of Contrition may have succeeded in their ultimate goals of destroying humanity and subjugating the Sangheili.
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| side | - *Unggoy Star Empire
*United Nations Space Command
- New Covenant/Governors of Contrition
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| Casual | - A handful of capital ships, thousands of warriors
- Total defeat, no survivors
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| Commanders | - Capaneus
- Rear Admiral Horace Stuttgart
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| Result | - Tactical New Covenant victory, glassing of planet
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| Forces | - *USE
**Thousands of civilian workers and security personnel
*UNSC
**Battlegroup Perseus
**99th Marine Regiment
**Anelace Team
- *Fleet of Penitent Embrace
*Raak'ezh Warrior Creche
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| abstract | - There are a few battles that manage to change the course, not only of wars, but of history itself. If William the Conqueror had failed in 1066, Britain may have remained Anglo-Saxon, part of the Scandinavian/Germanic political sphere. If Britain and Prussia had lost at Waterloo, Napoleon may have spread across Europe. If not for Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany could well have succeeded in its aim at domination. If not for Reach, the Covenant may simply have overwhelmed Earth. And if not for the disastrous assault on Perharb, the Governors of Contrition may have succeeded in their ultimate goals of destroying humanity and subjugating the Sangheili. Previously a neutral faction, the Unggoy Star Empire had limited itself to providing economic aid to the UNSC, allowing humanity to purchase valuable metals and minerals mined on Unggoy colonies in exchange to UNSC slipspace technology. Many among the New Covenant dismissed the Unggoy as a threat, and ignored them even as a target, but others realised that the sheer numbers and growing military competence of the Unggoy posed a significant threat. As a result, the attack on Perharb was conceived by highly placed members of the Governors of Contrition to totally knock the Unggoy out of the war - as an economic centre, it would set the Unggoy back years, and militarily the Governors fully expected to intimidate the Unggoy into non-participation. The operation would backfire spectacularly as, outraged at the unprovoked attack on a declared neutral faction, and realising that they needed to prove their capabilities to themselves and other potential enemies, the Unggoy Star Empire declared war immediately, sending their military forces in unison with those of the UNSC, SAF and Brotherhood of Ruskt. By the war's end, the Unggoy were one of the few factions not crippled by the effort of fending off the concerted attack of the Governors and forced to rebuild - placed in such a position of strength, the Unggoy would become a major political and economic force towards the end of the 26th Century, engaging in a "Cold War" with the UNSC that would see them rise rapidly, technologically and culturally. All of this has been linked to Perharb - in the greatest irony, the Governors sparked the very threat they hoped to avoid.
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