Massacre of Troy

The Massacre of Troy was a Covenant attack on the UNSC colony Troy, in the Hellespont System. The had intercepted a Covenant transmission and was aware of the impending assault. They did not want the Covenant to find out that they had cracked the communications code, so Marines were sent to the surface, ordered to quietly evacuate as much of the population as they could. The Marines managed to save a small portion before the planet was glassed by the unopposed Covenant fleet. Few humans were aware of the evacuation, and assumed there were no survivors.

One survivor was Colonel Herzog, who was forcefully evacuated by Lance Corporal Janet Adams. Adams was later killed, presumably assassinated to keep the evacuation secret.