- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: dimmy
The planet of Reach was also used as a Spartan - Training planet, where Spartans where trained to be super soldiers. Reach also was a planet like earth as in its ecosystem and living circumstances, the perfect planet where the human civilization could continue its evolution.
However when the war between Covenant and Humans became more dense, the whole Covenant fleet attacked the planet of Reach.
Of course all - or almost all the Spartans were killed in action. The Pillar of Autumn managed to escape and moved towards the Halo Ring.
If you play Halo 2, at the first cinematic with the Arbiter, where he gets degraded, you will be able to see the flashback of the pillar of autumn going away from Reach, also all the fleet near the planet. It wasn't the whole Covenant fleet, it was the fleet of Particular Justice that numbered over 300 ships.
The whole Covenant fleet would be gigantic by that point, although High Charity would be left undefended, which the Covenant would never do.