Editing Long Night of Solace

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{{Title|''Long Night of Solace''}}
<center>'''''Long Night of Solace''' redirects here. For other uses, see [[Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)]].''</center>
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'''''Long Night of Solace''''' was a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}} and the flagship of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], which served as an advance invasion force on the planet [[Reach]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] in the summer of [[2552|2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' ''Legendary Edition commentary''</ref> It was destroyed by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].<ref name="LNoS">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> Its [[Shipmaster]] was Rho 'Barutumee.<ref name="essential"/>

==Operational history==
On or prior to [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]],<ref name="essential"/> ''Long Night of Solace'' entered the atmosphere of Reach and was cloaked by a network of [[stealth pylon]]s and [[Covenant Spire|Spires]]. The supercarrier was then able to covertly land troops on the surface of the planet, starting the advance invasion of Reach. It served as the [[flagship]] for the advance force, which was comprised of the supercarrier and at least five [[Covenant corvette|corvettes]].

On [[2552#August|August 12]], the UNSC launched an [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attack]] on the Covenant base in [[Viery Territory|Viery]]. After [[Spire One]] was destroyed, the Solace de-cloaked and engaged the UNSC. After its position was compromised, ''Long Night of Solace'' proceeded to destroy the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} and lay waste to several other UNSC deployments. It then retreated to Covenant-held space in orbit above the planet.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>

[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|thumb|right|350px|''Long Night of Solace'' is destroyed.]]
During Operation: UPPER CUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] teams boarded the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', which was on a refueling run with the supercarrier, and transported a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] onto the corvette. During the battle aboard the ship, the detonation controls of the improvised bomb were damaged, forcing [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[Jorge-052]] to sacrifice himself by activating the drive manually. The unrestricted [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rift teleported the middle half of the supercarrier's hull into slipspace, destroying ''Long Night of Solace''. The remains of ''Long Night of Solace'' then crashed into a mountain range on the surface of Reach as a larger Covenant fleet jumped out of slipspace over the planet.<ref name="LNoS"/><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref>

On August 27, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Hieronymus Stanforth]] stated that ''Long Night of Solace'' would have been a prime candidate for use in [[Operation: RED FLAG]]. However, with the vessel destroyed, the Navy was forced to wait to enact the operation until the Covenant arrived in force days later.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref>

==Trivia==
In early development phases, the ''Long Night of Solace'' was simply known as the "Black Ship".<ref>'''[[Halo: The Great Journey: The Art of Building Worlds]]''', ''page 68''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Reach - Supercarrier 02.png|A render of the ''Long Night of Solace'', ventral view.
File:Reach - Supercarrier.png|A render of the ''Long Night of Solace'', dorsal view.
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in Reach orbit.
File:ToTS Ending.jpg|The decloaked ''Long Night of Solace''.
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|A visual and size comparison between ''Long Night of Solace'' and a [[CAS-class assault carrier]].<ref> [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1016685 HBO Forum Analysis] 
File:Exodus_Intro.jpg|The remains of the ''Solace'' on a Reach mountain range.
File:Solace_Destroyed.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction.
File:LNoS Frigate Comprison SLoftus.jpg|Size comparison between a [[UNSC frigate]] and the ''Solace''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Covenant Ships]]