Editing Long Night of Solace

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Title|''Long Night of Solace''}}
{{Disambig header|the Covenant supercarrier|other uses|Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)}}
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|name            = ''Long Night of Solace''
|image           = [[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|350px]]
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|country              = [[Covenant]]
|country flag         = {{Icon|Covenant FB}}
|name                 = ''Long Night of Solace''
|class                = {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}}<ref name="essential">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.111</ref>
|identification       = 
|operator             = [[Covenant fleet]]
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|laid down            = 
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|fate = Destroyed via weaponised slipspace drive during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]
*[[2552#August|August 14, 2552]]<ref name="LNoS">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref>
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|captains             = [[Supreme Commander]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]]{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
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|type                 = [[Covenant supercarrier|Supercarrier]]
|length               = {{Convert|28.960|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
|width                = {{Convert|11.447|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
|height               = {{Convert|3.563|km|ft|sp=us}}
|engine               = [[Repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive      = Equipped
|hull                 = [[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
*Equipped with [[energy shielding]]
|armaments            =*[[Energy projector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
*[[Plasma turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
}}
'''''Long Night of Solace''''' was a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} and the [[flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], commanded by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]].{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.10</ref> ''Long Night of Solace'' and its fleet inadvertently served as an advance invasion force on the planet [[Reach]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] in the [[2552|summer of 2552]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', [[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary Edition commentary]]</ref> The supercarrier was destroyed by [[United Nations Space Command]] personnel over Reach during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}}

==Operational history==
===Human-Covenant War===
On or prior to [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the fleet, [[Active camouflage|cloaked]] by ''Long Night of Solace'', made landfall on Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} The fleet then deployed a network of [[deployment spire]]s and [[stealth pylon]]s to covertly land an advance ground force. ''Long Night of Solace'' served as the [[flagship]] for the advance force, which was comprised of the supercarrier and at least five {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s.

[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Long Night of Solace'' is destroyed.]]
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'' decloaked and engaged the UNSC. Immediately after its position was compromised, ''Long Night of Solace'' destroyed the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} and laid 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>

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.  Simultaneously, [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] was initiated to distract the carrier's escort fleet.<ref>''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', [[Scenario Six: Left Jab]]</ref>

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, staying on the corvette as it was consumed in a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rift. The unrestricted slipspace rift teleported the middle section of the supercarrier's hull into slipspace, destroying ''Long Night of Solace''. The remaining two-thirds of ''Long Night of Solace'' then crashed into a mountain range on the surface of Reach as a larger Covenant fleet dropped out of slipspace over the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}}<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Exodus]]</ref> [[Kantar 'Utaralee]] took over the Fleet of Valiant Prudence following the destruction of ''Long Night of Solace'', rallying the fleet near [[Turul]].<ref>''Halo: Fleet Battles'', [[Scenario Eight: Rally Point Zulu]]</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>''[[Data Drop]]s'', [[Data Drop/Five|Data Drop #5]]</ref>

==Production notes==
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]]'', p.68</ref>

When writing ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', author [[Troy Denning]] envisioned the ''[[Hammer of Faith]]'' as a {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} and a [[Wikipedia:Sister ship|sister ship]] to the ''Long Night of Solace''. However, ultimately, Denning chose not to specify the ship's class in the text, deferring to [[343 Industries]] to make the final canonical decision.{{Ref|[https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/1081251542357942272 ''Twitter'', Troy Denning:] "The CSO pic in Halopedia is what I was working from when I described it, and in mind, it was intended to be a sister ship to LNoF. But that's NOT official canon -- that decision is (rightly) for 343 to make."}} The ship's class has not been stated in canon as of yet.

==Trivia==
In the video game Halo Reach, the sixth mission is named after this ship
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|Concept art of the ''Long Night of Solace''.
File:HR_SupercarrierDestroyed_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destruction.
File:HTMCC HR Achievement GenerousTipper.png|Concept art of the supercarrier's crash site.
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|A visual and size comparison between the ''Long Night of Solace'' and a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1016685 ''halo.bungie.org'': Assault Carrier vs Super Carrier]</ref>
File:LNoS Frigate Comprison SLoftus.jpg|A size comparison between the ''Long Night of Solace'' and a [[UNSC frigate]].
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in Reach orbit.
File:ToTS Ending.jpg|The decloaked ''Long Night of Solace''.
File:Exodus_Intro.jpg|The remains of the ''Long Night of Solace'' on a Reach mountain range.
File:HFB-LongNightofSolace.png|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:H4 LongNightOfSolace Crashsite Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash site from ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130612013231/http://pringleart.com/projects/halo-4/ ''Thomas Pringle'', Halo 4 Projects]</ref>
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Carriers]]
[[Category:Covenant ships]]