Editing Meridian 5-Alpha

{{Title|''Meridian 5-Alpha''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|name=''Meridian 5-Alpha''
|image=[[File:Halo Waypoint - Meridian 5-Alpha.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer=
|class={{Class|Star Charter|colony support ship}}{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/meridian-5-alpha|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Meridian 5-Alpha|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}}
|role=[[Colony ship|Colony support ship]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|length=
|width=
|height=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=
|hull=
|countermeasures=
|armament=
|firstuse=
|commission=
|lastsight=
|destroyed=
|battles=
|fleet=
|namedcrew=
|captains=
|affiliation=[[Liang Dortmund Corporation]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
}}

'''''Meridian 5-Alpha''''', generally known simply as '''''Alpha''''', is a star charter that served as a colony support ship for the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Meridian]]. A medium-sized cargo transport, ''Meridian 5-Alpha'' could be operated with a crew of twenty-five personnel.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

==History==
''Meridian 5-Alpha'' was the last colony support ship sent to serve the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Meridian]], following the world's colonization. After the [[Battle of Meridian]] began in [[2548]], ''Alpha'' and a handful of other support ships were relocated to the far side of [[Hestia V]] for safety to avoid the [[Covenant]] ships engaging the [[United Nations Space Command]] over Meridian. While the battle waged on for three years in the [[Hestia system]], the UNSC was ultimately forced to abandon Meridian in [[2551]] and the Covenant [[glassed]] the world.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} However, ''Meridian 5-Alpha'' and its fellow surviving colony support ships were later operated by the [[Liang Dortmund Corporation]], as the corporation worked to recolonize Meridian following end of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. ''Alpha'' was used by Liang Dortmund as one of the primary sustaining resources for their recolonization efforts. [[Meridian Station]] was built up around it. On [[2558#October|October 27, 2558]], when a [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]] on Meridian was activated, most of ''Alpha'' was rendered inoperable in the resulting destruction.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

By the time of the Created [[Battle over Installation 07|defeat]] in late [[2559]], Meridian Station - and the ship at its heart - had been long-abandoned. While wandering the settlement, [[High Auxiliary]] [[Sloan]] noted that he had always been fond of ''Meridian 5-Alpha'', and the way it had landed on Meridian in the knowledge that it would never depart the world again - instead changing into something new. He briefly wondered whether this affection for the ship was a remnant of [[Johanson Sloan|his donor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=MDHC|HMerDi|Detail=Adjunct - [[Meridian Homecoming]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H5G-Meridian Station concept.jpg|Concept art of the ship over Meridian Station.
File:H5G StarCharter ColonyShip Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of the ship.
File:H5G StarCharter ColonyShip Concept 2.jpg|Later concept art of ''Alpha''.
File:H5G StarCharter ColonyShip Concept 3.jpg|Later concept art of ''Alpha''.
File:Halo Waypoint - Front of Meridian 5-Alpha.jpg|The front of the vessel.
File:Halo Waypoint - Meridian 5-Alpha 2.jpg|''Alpha'' over [[Meridian Station]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]''
**''[[Meridian Homecoming]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Colony ships]]