Editing Shadow of Intent

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'''''Shadow of Intent''''' is a {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}} of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] formerly assigned to the [[Covenant fleet]]. Commanded by [[Shipmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]], it served as the [[flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Retribution]] at the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]] and the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="EVG">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', page 173</ref><ref name="Floodgate">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level[[Floodgate]]</ref> The vessel then served the reformed Swords of Sanghelios following the [[Treaty of 2552|cessation of war]] with [[humanity]] in [[2553#March|March 2553]],{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} and is both feared and revered as a herald of the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter's]] government.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

At the dawn of the [[Great Schism]], shortly after the [[Sangheili]]'s betrayal by the [[Hierarchs]] and [[Jiralhanae]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], ''Shadow of Intent'' was attached to one of the Jiralhanae-led [[Covenant fleet]]s at [[High Charity]] when the [[Covenant]] holy city was at [[Installation 05]]. Under the control of the Jiralhanae, ''Shadow of Intent'' attacked the Sangheili fleets over High Charity as the Covenant civil war began. [[Special Operations Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] led a strike-force that boarded ''Shadow of Intent'' and seized control of the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} The damage taken during the hand-to-hand combat of these boarding actions was hastily sealed off and much left without full repair.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} Becoming the [[flagship]] of 'Vadum's [[Fleet of Retribution]], ''Shadow of Intent'' was thereafter one of two [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]] used against the Jiralhanae-led forces loyal to the [[San'Shyuum]], the other being ''[[Eternal Reward]]''. However, ''Eternal Reward'' was destroyed when the carrier was attacked by ships led by [[Prelate]] [[Tem'Bhetek]]'s ''[[Spear of Light]]''. ''Shadow of Intent'' led the blockade of High Charity, trading plasma torpedoes with San 'Shyuum-controlled vessels to prevent any ships from escaping the quarantine of the station. The loyalists had no vessels capable of matching ''Shadow of Intent'' in firepower and intended to overwhelm it with multiple cruisers once its support vessels had been eliminated, though this plan went awry following the emergence of the Flood. During the blockade, ''Shadow of Intent'' used its [[ventral beam]] to partially [[glass]] High Charity in an attempt to combat the Flood aboard it.<ref name="SOI">''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]''</ref>

Following the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s escape to [[Earth]], most of the ships commanded by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] remained near [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]] to quarantine the local [[Flood]] threat by [[glassing]] the surface.<ref>[[Eleventh Hour reports]]</ref> However, the infected {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' broke through the blockade and jumped to Earth. A [[battle group|portion]] of the Fleet of Retribution, consisting of ''Shadow of Intent'', at least one another assault carrier and at least fourteen battlecruisers, followed the Flood-controlled vessel to the human homeworld.<ref name=heretic>'''[[Halo 3]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Heretic]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Floodgate}}{{Ref/Note|See the [[Fleet of Retribution#Notes|Fleet of Retribution's notes]]}}

[[File:Attend2.PNG|thumb|225px|''Shadow of Intent'' presides over the [[Voi Memorial]]'s commemoration prior to the ship's final departure from Earth.]]

''Shadow of Intent'' was repaired and refitted at a mobile shipyard on [[2552#December|December 30, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} Between February 28 and March 3, [[2553]], ''Shadow of Intent'' remained stationed on Earth for a diplomatic mission involving [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter's]] attendance in the [[Voi Memorial]] service, held for those killed in the Human-Covenant War. After the memorial 'Vadum gave the Arbiter command of the vessel, whereupon the ship returned to [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}}<ref>''Halo 3'', Epilogue</ref> Even following its return to Sanghelios, ''Shadow of Intent'' continued to serve in many roles, and as such full repairs for damage incurred during the war with humanity and the Great Schism have been deferred. The deeper compartments of the ship have been sealed following damage sustained during [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions taken during the Schism, with many more remaining inaccessible due to battle damage and damage control foam, entombing the corpses of those who died fighting aboard the ship years prior. The ship runs on a skeleton crew due to lack of manpower, including employing "consultants" from [[Venezia]] to help Sangheili [[artisan-armorer]]s crew the engineering deck.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

[[File:HM - SOI.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tem'Bhetek]] and [[Tul 'Juran]] dueling inside the ''Shadow of Intent's'' gravity lift bay in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.]]

''Shadow of Intent'' returned to Duraan to restock and repair for 10–20 days, before setting out on a mission to hunt down the [[San'Shyuum flotilla]] who had evacuated High Charity in 2552, to execute those who might try to continue the Prophet of Truth's schemes and rescue those who might be deemed innocent.{{Ref/Reuse|SOI}} On April 22, [[2554]], the ship was rendered combat-ineffective after a battle with [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|forces]]. Up to November 6, [[2556]], ''Shadow of Intent'' was still used against both 'Mdama's Covenant and Jiralhanae forces.{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=10|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post #6}} Between May 6 and June 1, [[2557]], ''Shadow of Intent'' participated in naval exercises with the [[UNSC Navy]] in a [[Joint Occupation Zone]] against [[Piracy|pirates]], by which point her weapons and [[nanolaminate hull plating]] had been improved. Between June 1, 2557, and [[2558#March|March 3, 2558]], ''Shadow of Intent'' was tasked with the protection of Sanghelios and [[Sangheili colonies]] of the core world sphere. Around March 2558 three [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[prowler]]s tasked to monitor ''Shadow of Intent'' were destroyed. These losses were not reported to the UNSC Navy.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} The ''Shadow of Intent'' has otherwise been involved with conducting diplomatic trips to remote colonies to grow support, eliminating marauders from resource worlds and pursuing San'Shyuum [[war criminal]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

 

In [[2559#November|November 2559]], the ship was still pursuing the San'Shyuum flotilla and was thus unable to help in the [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|Battle of Netherop]], something that [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] lamented.{{Ref/Novel|Out|4}}

*A [[Secret Room On The Ark|secret room]] on the level "[[The Ark]]" is actually ''Shadow of Intent''{{'}}s bridge.

*The American deathcore band ''[[Wikipedia:Shadow of Intent|Shadow of Intent]]'' pays homage to both this ship, and the ''Halo'' series with their band name. The band's first two studio albums, Primordial and Reclaimer, were named after the being known as the [[Primordial]] and the [[Forerunner]] term, respectively. Many of the song names and lyrics from these two albums reference [[The Forerunner Saga]] of novels.

File:H3-ShadowOfIntent-RightAngle.png|A cutout of the ''Shadow of Intent''.

*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''