Editing Pillar of Autumn
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Summary== | |||
The '''''Pillar of Autumn''''' is a heavily modified [[UNSC|United Nations Space Command]] [[Halcyon-class cruiser|''Halcyon''-class cruiser]] in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], often referred to as the "POA" for short. | |||
The ''Pillar of Autumn'' was one of few ships which escaped the fall of the planet [[Reach]]. The ship made a [[slipstream]] jump to the planet [[Threshold]], location of [[The Forerunner|Forerunner]] [[Installation 04]], which the [[Covenant]] believed was their religious icon "Halo." The remaining crew believed the jump to be random, in order to avoid leading the Covenant to [[Earth]] as per the [[Cole Protocol]]; in actuality the [[AI]] [[Cortana]] interpreted symbols on a Forerunner artifact into map coordinates. | |||
Modifications to the ''Pillar of Autumn'' include reinforced armor, increased missile capacity, an improved Shaw-Fujikawa engine, and a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] capable of firing three "shredder shots" on a single charge. | |||
The ''Pillar of Autumn'' is a relatively small ship for its class, but the reinforced hull and armor place it in a higher tonnage range in the UNSC fleet. | |||
Before the modifications to the vessel, the ship was was due to be scrapped–the [[Halcyon-class cruiser|''Halcyon''-class]] was widely regarded as a joke by [[UNSC]] officers and crewmen. The refitted ''Pillar of Autumn'', however, was one of the most powerful ships available to the [[UNSC]]. | |||
The ''Pillar of Autumn'' suffered severe damage from [[Covenant]] forces orbiting [[Threshold]] and crashed on "[[Halo]]". [[Cortana]] and the [[Master Chief]] manually detonated the ship's nuclear fusion engines in order to destroy "[[Halo]]" and prevent [[The Flood|Flood]] and [[Covenant]] forces from escaping. | |||
The Pillar of Autumn is currently presumed destroyed along with most of the crew (including [[Captain Jacob Keyes]], Commanding Officer of the POA). | |||
== Images == | |||
[[Image:PoA.jpg|150px]] [[Image:PoA crash.jpg|150px]] [[Image:PoA crash2.jpg|150px]] [[Image:Reach.jpg|150px]] [[Image:PoA Crewmen.jpg|150px]] | |||
== Related Links == | |||
*[[Pillar of Autumn (Level)]] | |||
[[Category:Places]][[Category:UNSC]] | |||
