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{{Status|Canon}} | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{Battle infobox | {{Battle infobox | ||
|prev = [[Assault on Vadam]] | |prev = *[[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus]] <small>([[Insurrection]])</small> | ||
*[[Assault on Vadam]] | |||
|conc = | |conc = | ||
|next = [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] | |next = [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] | ||
|name = Skirmish on ''Pious Inquisitor'' | |name = Skirmish on ''Pious Inquisitor'' | ||
|conflict = [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |conflict = *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
**[[Insurrection]] | |||
|date = [[2553|April 2553]] | |date = [[2553|April 2553]] | ||
|place = [[Shaps system]], near [[Shaps III]] | |place = [[Shaps system]], near [[Shaps III]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
In [[2553|March 2553]], [[Kig-Yar]] [[piracy|pirate]] [[Sav Fel]] stole a {{ | In [[2553|March 2553]], [[Kig-Yar]] [[piracy|pirate]] [[Sav Fel]] stole a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}, the ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', from the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 329''</ref> With the battlecruiser, he fled to the lawless world of [[Venezia]], where he intended to sell it for the highest bidder.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 430-431''</ref> On Venezia, [[Insurrectionist]] [[Staffan Sentzke]] agreed to purchase the ''Inquisitor'', intending to use it to threaten [[Earth]] in order to finally learn the truth about his [[Naomi-010|daughter]]'s [[Spartan-II program|disappearance]]. Sentzke kept the vessel in the [[Shaps system]], until he would be able to gather a crew.<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''page 12''</ref> Meanwhile, a highly covert [[ONI]] intelligence unit, [[Kilo-Five]], learned that Fel had stolen the ''Inquisitor''. Kilo-Five set out to reclaim the vessel and return it to [[Thel 'Vadam]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 436''</ref> | ||
However, [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth, wished to steal back the ''Inquisitor''. He hired Kig-Yar [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] to find Fel and the battlecruiser. But Von wished to use the vessel as the [[flagship]] of her united Kig-Yar navy.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 139-140''</ref> Eventually, Von captured Fel at his homestead on Venezia and interrogated him aboard her ship, ''[[Paragon]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 228-229''</ref> Fel cooperated with Von and her crew, telling her the location of the ship in the Shaps system.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 275''</ref> | However, [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth, wished to steal back the ''Inquisitor''. He hired Kig-Yar [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] to find Fel and the battlecruiser. But Von wished to use the vessel as the [[flagship]] of her united Kig-Yar navy.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 139-140''</ref> Eventually, Von captured Fel at his homestead on Venezia and interrogated him aboard her ship, ''[[Paragon]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 228-229''</ref> Fel cooperated with Von and her crew, telling her the location of the ship in the Shaps system.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 275''</ref> | ||