The Siege of Kobarid colloquially known as the Battle of Kobarid, was a brutal conflict that occurred shortly after the Human-Covenant War in the waxing months of 2556. The engagement began when a band of warships—captained by Sangheili dissidents of the "Storm" faction—discovered and subsequently assaulted the UNSC colony Kobarid, a glistening inner colony that was saved from the Covenant onslaught during the Human-Covenant War by mandated communications blackout protocols.