Destruction of Joyous Exultation

The Destruction of Joyous Exultation occurred on November 3, 2552. A UNSC NOVA Bomb detonated aboard the Covenant supercarrier Sublime Transcendence, destroying it, 167 other Covenant warships, and the moon Malhiem, as well as devastating the surface of the Joyous Exultation. Several million Covenant soldiers and civilians were killed in the detonation, including Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree and numerous other Sangheili officers.