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| {{Title|UNSC ''Herodotus''}} | | {{FactOrFiction}} |
| {{Status|Canon}}
| | ==Summary== |
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| | [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]]. The ''Herodotus'' was stationed above [[Reach]] in 2552. When 314 [[Covenant]] ships attacked the planet, the ''Herodotus'' was involved in the ensuing [[The Battle of Reach|battle]]. During the fight, a Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] fired a needle-thin lance of Plasma at the ''Herodotus'', one hundred thousand kilometers away. The beam cut through the ship stem to stern, bisecting it<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 320</ref>. |
| |name=UNSC ''Herodotus''
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| |image=[[File:FoR UNSC Herodotus.png|300px]]
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| |class={{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}<ref name="invasion">'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion]]''', ''Issue #3''</ref>
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| |length={{Convert|485|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="Mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''pages 82-83''</ref>
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| |engine=[[Fusion drive]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Mythos}}
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| |slipspace drive=Equipped
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| |hull=Two meters of [[titanium-A armor]]<ref name="for139">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 139'' (2001); ''pages 163-164'' (2010)</ref>
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|14B11R2 MAC Battery]]{{Ref/Reuse|Mythos}}{{Ref/Reuse|for139}}
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| *Twenty-six [[Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|for139}}
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| *Eight [[Point-defense gun|50mm point-defense guns]]<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 248'' (2009); ''page 259'' (2011)</ref>
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| *Three [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s{{Ref/Reuse|for139}}
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| |destroyed=[[2552#August|August 30, 2552]]<ref name="for298">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 298-320''</ref>
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| |battles=[[Fall of Reach]]{{Ref/Reuse|for298}}
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| |fleet=[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]]{{Ref/Reuse|for298}}
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| |affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|for298}}
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| '''UNSC ''Herodotus''''' was a {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]],{{Ref/Reuse|invasion}} serving as a part of the [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]]. The destroyer participated in the [[Fall of Reach]] in the [[2552|summer of 2552]]. On [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], she was bisected from bow to stern by a [[Kewu-pattern battleship|Covenant warship]]'s [[energy projector]] at a distance of 100,000 kilometers.{{Ref/Reuse|for298}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| [[wikipedia:Herodotus|Herodotus]] was an ancient Greek historian. The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' mistakenly places the destruction of ''Herodotus'' during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], rather than the [[Fall of Reach]]. The ''Encyclopedia'' also erroneously claims that ''Herodotus'' was the first [[human]] vessel to be destroyed by a [[Covenant]] [[energy projector]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''page 270'' (2011)</ref>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
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| [[Category:Halberd-class destroyers|Herodotus]] | | <references/> |
| [[Category:UNSC ships|Herodotus]] | | [[Category: UNSC]] |
| | [[Category: Star Ships|Herodotus]] |