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''Hillsborough''-class destroyers were originally introduced into [[CMA Navy]] service in 2499, at the height of the [[Insurrection]]. The angular silhouette of the class was one of the defining symbols of the CMA during its tenure, and was able to outmatch its [[United Nations Space Command]] counterparts for decades. Despite this, it was radically outmatched by its [[Covenant destroyer|counterparts]] in the [[Covenant fleet]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ''Hillsborough''-class destroyers were originally introduced into [[CMA Navy]] service in 2499, at the height of the [[Insurrection]]. The angular silhouette of the class was one of the defining symbols of the CMA during its tenure, and was able to outmatch its [[United Nations Space Command]] counterparts for decades. Despite this, it was radically outmatched by its [[Covenant destroyer|counterparts]] in the [[Covenant fleet]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
On [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]],{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=7 October, 2525}} a ''Hillsborough''-class destroyer of [[Battle Group 4]], {{CMAShip|Heracles}}, was dispatched to the [[Epsilon Indi system]] to investigate the loss of communications with the planet [[Harvest]], alongside [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']]. Upon exiting [[slipstream space]] in the system, the three ships were attacked by a [[Covenant]] vessel. Only the ''Heracles'' survived, albeit heavily damaged, by limping back to [[Reach]]. | On [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]],{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=7 October, 2525}} a ''Hillsborough''-class destroyer of [[Battle Group 4]], {{CMAShip|Heracles}}, was dispatched to the [[Epsilon Indi system]] to investigate the loss of communications with the planet [[Harvest]], alongside [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']]. Upon exiting [[slipstream space]] in the system, the three ships were attacked by a [[Covenant]] vessel. Only the ''Heracles'' survived, albeit heavily damaged, by limping back to [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}}{{Ref/Comic|HFORBC|Issue=4}}{{Ref/Reuse|Genesis}} | ||
The outbreak of war saw all CMA forces placed under UNSC control for the "duration of the crisis",{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=1 November, 2525}} leading to the CMA's fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class vessels being transferred into UNSC control. Over the next few years, these ships were used for internal security, or were broken up for scrap.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} By [[2547]], the CMA and all of its assets - including its fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class destroyers - were all but effectively absorbed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=52}} | The outbreak of war saw all CMA forces placed under UNSC control for the "duration of the crisis",{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=1 November, 2525}} leading to the CMA's fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class vessels being transferred into UNSC control. Over the next few years, these ships were used for internal security, or were broken up for scrap.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} By [[2547]], the CMA and all of its assets - including its fleet of ''Hillsborough''-class destroyers - were all but effectively absorbed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=52}} |