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The '''Gorgon-class | The '''''Gorgon''-class heavy destroyer''' was a warship classification in the [[UNSC Navy]]. It was the first vessel within the UNSC Navy to be equipped with a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], a weapon system that would later become the standard armament of most UNSC naval ships.<ref group="note">Although the name the ship's class is not mentioned, the UNSC ''Gorgon'' is stated to be the first of its class. Naval classifications take the name for the ship series after the name of the first ship, thus making ships built with the same design members of the ''Gorgon'' class.</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The namesake vessel of the the ''Gorgon'' class was commanded by then-[[ | The [[UNSC Gorgon (destroyer)|namesake vessel]] of the the ''Gorgon'' class was commanded by then-[[Captain]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. It was used to engage the [[insurrectionist]] vessel ''[[Bellicose]]'' on three occasions.<ref name="P447"/> The warship was capable of firing only three MAC rounds before needing to resort to other armaments.<ref name="P451">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 451''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
In [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|Greek mythology]], the Gorgons were a group of female beings with hair made of living snakes. Anyone who met their gaze was said to turn into stone. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||