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Operation: RED FLAG


 

 

SUMMARY

Operation: RED FLAG was a planned operation by both the Office of Naval Intelligence and the UNSC to use Spartans to capture a Covenant ship, use it to penetrate into Covenant space, and capture a Hierarch, with the intent of using the Prophet to broker a cease-fire. Though the operation was never put into action due to the Fall of Reach, Operation: RED FLAG is responsible for most of the UNSC fleet being unaware of the Covenant invasion of Reach until weeks after the Covenant arrived.

 

RELATED MEDIA

These events are depicted in the novel and comic Halo: The Fall of Reach.

 
 
 
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