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'''''Unyielding Hierophant''''' was a [[Covenant]] command-and-control center and refit-battle station that was capable of supporting a fleet of over 500<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 297''</ref> capital ships. It was capable of slipspace jumps<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 198'' (2003)</ref> and was over 10 kilometers (6.3 miles) in circumference and 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) long. The ''Unyielding Hierophant'' possessed at least two [[pinch fusion reactor]] cores for power.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 305''</ref> | '''''Unyielding Hierophant''''' was a [[Covenant]] command-and-control center and refit-battle station that was capable of supporting a fleet of over 500<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 297''</ref> capital ships. It was capable of slipspace jumps<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 198'' (2003)</ref> and was over 10 kilometers (6.3 miles) in circumference and 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) long. The ''Unyielding Hierophant'' possessed at least two [[pinch fusion reactor]] cores for power.<ref name="Halo page 305">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 305''</ref> | ||
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At some point before the Covenant assault to Earth, the [[Prophet of Truth]] had managed to discover the location of humanity's homeworld. He secretly begun amassing a fleet of over five hundred warships commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] to attack and occupy Earth.<ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Ten Twenty" history entry''</ref> | At some point before the Covenant assault to Earth, the [[Prophet of Truth]] had managed to discover the location of humanity's homeworld. He secretly begun amassing a fleet of over five hundred warships commanded exclusively by the [[Jiralhanae]] to attack and occupy Earth.<ref name="waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Ten Twenty" history entry''</ref> | ||
At the time of its destruction it was located in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. The system was used as a rendezvous point for Covenant forces before they prepared to launch their impending attack on [[Earth]]. When the crew of the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]-[[UNSC Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]'' discovered this, they decided to initiate a first strike against the Covenant to postpone an inevitable Covenant assault against Earth. A team of [[SPARTAN-II]]s, among them [[John-117]], [[Grace-093]], [[ | At the time of its destruction it was located in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. The system was used as a rendezvous point for Covenant forces before they prepared to launch their impending attack on [[Earth]]. When the crew of the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]-[[UNSC Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]'' discovered this, they decided to initiate a first strike against the Covenant to postpone an inevitable Covenant assault against Earth. A team of [[SPARTAN-II]]s, among them [[John-117]], [[Grace-093]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]] and [[William-043]] commandeered a Covenant dropship and, after they had reinforced the armor of the dropship with [[Titanium-A armor]], lead, and carbon molybdenum steel I-beams so the ship could withstand immense pressures, departed and made the transition from [[Slipspace]] to normal space in one piece. | ||
The [[Spartan-II]]s infiltrated the station, using the Covenant's own tugs to tow them aboard, finding themselves within a hangar capable of docking hundreds of single-ships.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', page 304</ref> Avoiding the Covenant presence, the Spartans proceeded inward, with a copy of [[Cortana]] infiltrating the Station's network to distract and hinder the Covenant's coordination. Managing to cross an open plaza with only the loss of [[Grace-093]], who was killed by a Jiralhanae with a [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]], Blue team neutralized the [[Jiralhanae]] guards of a temple and proceeded to the 512 tera-watt reactors, with the copied Cortana setting them to overload, which would destroy the station and nearby fleet.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', pages 316-317</ref> | The [[Spartan-II]]s infiltrated the station, using the Covenant's own tugs to tow them aboard, finding themselves within a hangar capable of docking hundreds of single-ships.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', page 304</ref> Avoiding the Covenant presence, the Spartans proceeded inward, with a copy of [[Cortana]] infiltrating the Station's network to distract and hinder the Covenant's coordination. Managing to cross an open plaza with only the loss of [[Grace-093]], who was killed by a Jiralhanae with a [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]], Blue team neutralized the [[Jiralhanae]] guards of a temple and proceeded to the 512 tera-watt reactors, with the copied Cortana setting them to overload, which would destroy the station and nearby fleet.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', pages 316-317</ref> | ||
