Battle of Arcadia

The Battle of Arcadia was an engagement fought between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant Empire on the Human colony world of Arcadia during the early parts of the Human-Covenant war in 2531.Halo Wars - Level: Arcadia City
== Battle ==
=== Space battle ===
Following the final battle of the Harvest campaign, the Arbiter and his ships quickly left the system after learning the location of Arcadia from a Forerunner artifact buried under Harvest's north pole. Under the suggestion of Professor Ellen Anders and permission from Admiral Cole, followed in hot pursuit.Halo Wars - Cutscene: "All it Did Was Point"
Upon reaching Arcadia, two Covenant CCS-class Battlecruisers exited Slipspace. The Spirit of Fire arrived soon after. , , , and engaged the two ships immediately, catching one of them with its shields down and destroying it. However, the UNSC force suffered for its part in the battle. Texas and Belfast were both taken down, Armstrong was venting atmosphere due to damage, and Autumn suffered severe damage before being assisted by Spirit of Fire.
=== Ground battle ===
The second Covenant vessel was engaged in "surface activity" on Arcadia, attacking civilian targets and Pirth City, Arcadia's capital. The Arcadian Patrol, the main security personnel of Arcadia, was deployed to counter the Covenant invaders but, being a civilian force, was easily overwhelmed. SPARTAN Red Team and forces under the command of Sergeant John Forge assisted in rescuing civilians, evacuating hundreds to several civilian transports abandoning the city. The Covenant, unfortunately, were successful in destroying several of these transports, resulting in massive civilian casualties. However, despite several repeated assaults, the UNSC was successful in saving at least a portion of the population before being forced to retreat to the city's outskirts, where they were reinforced by SPARTAN Team Omega. Forge's team fortified the outskirts and linked up with several groups of stragglers. These forces, led by the SPARTANs, teamed up to destroy a Covenant field base, from which the UNSC survivors suffered several assaults.Halo Wars - Level: Arcadia Outskirts
Following this, the UNSC forces established a base of operations at a deserted ONI base in the jungle. They used experimental Rhinos to break through a massive dome-shaped Covenant energy barrier concealing several Forerunner ruins with technology the Covenant were using to upgradeHalo Waypoint - Battle for Arcadia an incomplete Super Scarab. The UNSC forces were constantly harassed by Covenant air patrols, but were successful in repelling them. After the shield dome was disabled, the Spirit of Fire barraged the area with several MAC round blasts then advanced on the Scarab's construction site, taking cover behind the Forerunner ruins as the Scarab fired on them. After a considerable effort on the part of the UNSC, they destroyed the Scarab and proceeded to investigate the site.Halo Wars - Level: Scarab
Despite the victory, the UNSC suffered a major setback as it investigated the Forerunner ruins on Arcadia. Under orders from the Prophet of Regret, the Arbiter traveled back to Arcadia and captured Ellen Anders, with the intention of using her to activate The Apex.Halo Wars - Level: Anders' Signal Spirit of Fire chased his ship to Shield 0459, dropping off a data log for later retrieval. Lord Terrence Hood was tasked with retrieving the log and to avoid combat at all costs. However, bitter at the constant loss of planets Hood ordered to attack a Covenant . He was overwhelmed and forced to retreat, leaving behind the log and any chance of rescue for the Spirit.Halo: Escalation Issue 5 
==Aftermath==
Due to his failure to retrieve the Spirit's log, Admiral Hood was transferred over to the .Halo: Fractures - Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon - Into the Fire, pages 257-258
The UNSC regained control of the planet, but now that its location was known to the Covenant, most of its inhabitants abandoned the colony. A small number remained, establishing the settlement of Abaskun on the Mu continent, which supplied the UNSC with much-needed foodstuffs until the Covenant returned to the colony in 2549, glassing it.Halo Wars - Collectible: Halo Wars Timeline Events, 2549
==Participants==
===UEG===
====Naval Assets====
Class 	Name	Status
 	 	Survived
 	 	Survived
 	 	Survived
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Damaged
====Military Personnel====
Branch 	Rank 	Name 	Status
UNSC Navy 	Captain 	Terrence Hood	Survived
UNSC Navy 	Captain 	James Cutter 	Survived
UNSC Navy 	Senior Chief Petty Officer	Jerome-092 	Survived
UNSC Navy 	Senior Chief Petty Officer	Alice-130 	Survived
UNSC Navy 	Senior Chief Petty Officer	Douglas-042 	Survived
UNSC Marine Corps	Sergeant 	John Forge 	Survived
===Covenant Empire===
====Naval Assets====
Class	Name 	Status
 	CCS-U321 	Destroyed
 	CCS-U624 	Unknown
 	Radiant Perception	Unknown
==Gallery==
File:Vlcsnap-118798.png|UNSC Spirit of Fire arrives at Arcadia.
File:Dome o' Light.png|The crew of the Spirit review the plan of disabling the Covenant shield dome.
File:Super Scarab.png|The Super Scarab at the Forerunner ruins.
File:Anderssignal2.png|Forge and Anders at the ruin site after the destruction of the Scarab.
==Sources==
Category:UNSC Victories in the Human-Covenant War