Enduring Conviction
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- 'D': "What's the name of the ship? Something pronounceable, I hope."
- 'S': "'The Enduring Conviction', sir. A CAS-class assault carrier. The Conviction and its Sangheili commander have been known to us for some time; we've lost quite a few ships to it over the last four years. According to our intel it's the largest ship Atriox controls now."
- — Office of Naval Intelligence operatives discuss the carrier.[6]
Enduring Conviction was a Syfon-pattern assault carrier that served as part of the Covenant, and later the Banished, fleets. In Covenant service the ship fought in the war against humanity, engaging the UNSC Navy on numerous occasions and racking up multiple kills to its name. At the war's end, it briefly served among the separatist Sangheili during the Great Schism as part of the Fleet of Recalcitrant Ire, though its crew and Shipmaster Let 'Volir ultimately defected to the Banished in early 2553, becoming the largest naval asset available to Atriox.[7][8]
Enduring Conviction remained in Banished service for the next five years, and in late 2558 was the lead ship chosen to shepherd Atriox and his forces to the Ark outside the galaxy, where they occupied and began to scavenge the installation. However, in March 2559 the ship was challenged by the arrival of a UNSC starship UNSC Spirit of Fire. The two carriers briefly engaged in combat over the Ark, though Enduring Conviction was ultimately destroyed by the installation's sentinel defences.[9]
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- Main article: Syfon-pattern assault carrier
Since being appropriated by the Banished, the Enduring Conviction was modified to reflect the aesthetic characteristic of the faction. Red lighting was implemented throughout the interior and even the exterior of the ship was made to exude glowing red patterns. The energy put out by its aft ventral beam and gravity lift appeared orange but the beams from its pulse laser turrets took on a bright red or blue hue. Before its destruction, the Conviction was the largest ship controlled by the Banished per the Office of Naval Intelligence. It was typically crewed by Jiralhanae, Sangheili, and Unggoy, but also transported various gestalts of Lekgolo. A number of Huragok were also kept aboard the vessel.[10]
