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| {{Title|UNSC ''Hopeful''}}
| | The '''''UNSC Hopeful''''' is a [[UNSC]] Research facility and mobile hospital. It is undoubtably one of the oldest and most revered ships in the UNSC fleet. As of [[2551]], the ship had been damaged multiple times in engagements against the [[Covenant]] but had survived due to a mixture of luck, skill and daring. It has been involved in eighteen naval battles with rebel forces and four encounters with the Covenant. Since at least [[2525]], it has been commanded by the legendary [[Admiral Ysionris Jeromi]]. |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| {{Individual ship infobox
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| |name=UNSC ''Hopeful''
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| |image=[[File:The Hopeful.png|300px]]
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| |manufacturer=[[2495]]; appropriated and refit by the UNSC{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}}
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| |manufacturer-title=Modified
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| |role=Field hospital/research station
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| |length=>1 km
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| |engine=Six [[fusion drive]]s{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}}
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| |engine-title=Power plant
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| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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| |hull=[[Titanium-A armor]]
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=Minimal{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}}
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| |commission=Before [[2495]]
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| |lastsight=c. [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Tribute]]
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| |destroyed=
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| |battles=*[[Insurrection]]
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| **18 battles
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| *[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| **4 battles
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| |fleet=
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| |namedcrew=Thousands of passengers
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| |namedcrew-title=Complement
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| |captains=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]]<ref name="goo104">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 104-105''</ref>
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| |affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]
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| The '''UNSC ''Hopeful''''', ([[hull classification symbol]] '''AH-1007'''),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P35|Enc22|Page=35}} is a research facility and [[Hospital ship|mobile hospital]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The ship and its captain, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]], were considered legendary within the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|goo104}} | | Unlike any other ship in the fleet, the station was built of two scrapped repair stations, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich." Within, a state of the art hospital was constructed. In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically ill patients at a time. With the horrors of the [[Human-Covenant War]] taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 87</ref>. |
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| ==Overview==
| | In 2525, [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] had a number of experiments done on the ''Hopeful'', much to the displeasure of her former teacher and Chief Medical Officer of the station, Admiral Ysionris Jeromi.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 56</ref> Those experiments were later done on the [[Spartan-II]] soldiers. |
| Unlike any other ship in the UNSC fleet, the station was built from two scrapped [[refit station]]s, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich". Due to this atypical design, it is known to many naval officers as 'the ugliest thing to ever float in zero-g', although many personnel who had been on the ''Hopeful'' describe her as 'the most beautiful thing ever to be seen'. The ship was powered by six [[fusion drive|fusion reactors]].<ref name="goo97">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 97''</ref> It had a structural stress compensator system to reduce stress on its structure and an Ecoreclamation subsystem to manage the facility's life support.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=11}}
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| The ''Hopeful'' is virtually always on the move, tending to wounded, assisting in civilian evacuations, and mobilizing medical care when diseases ravage the poorer colonies.<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> Due to its vulnerability the ''Hopeful'' is always accompanied by an escort. As the [[Human-Covenant War]] escalated, its normal escort was increased to five [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and six [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]], with the latter modified to carry rescue vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}
| | In 2551, the [[Spartan-III]] Gamma Company underwent their physical augmentations on the ''Hopeful''. The procedures had to be done in the utmost secrecy, so [[Vice Admiral Margaret O. Parangosky]] ordered that the ship park in [[Sector K-009]], much to Jeromi's displeasure. Its eventual fate is unknown, but it may have been destroyed in the [[Battle of Reach]] or the [[Second Battle of Earth]]. |
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| ==Service history==
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| [[File:Hopeful.jpg|thumb|left|''Hopeful'' as drawn by Dr. Catherine Halsey.]]
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| Before the onset of the [[Insurrection]], a private medical corporation purchased two decommissioned [[refit station]]s, combined them into a single hull, and constructed a highly advanced medical facility within. In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added six fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically injured patients at a time. With the horrors of the Human-Covenant War taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy. In many cases, the ''Hopeful'' was known to literally 'bring the dead back to life'.{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}}
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| In [[2525]], [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] messaged her former instructor, Vice Admiral Jeromi, about a set of hypothetical augmentation experiments performed upon [[List of animals|Bonobo chimpanzees]] aboard the ''Hopeful'', much to Jeromi's displeasure at the thought of such an experiment. Halsey used the data provided by Jeromi to conduct the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 56''</ref>
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| By the middle of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''Hopeful'' had become one of the oldest and most revered ships in the UNSC fleet. By [[2551]], the ship had been involved in eighteen naval engagements against both [[insurrectionist]]s and the [[Covenant]], having been damaged multiple times. Since at least [[2525]], it had been commanded by the legendary [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]]. The ship had taken on a near-mythical status to soldiers fighting on the front lines.{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}}
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| In [[2536]], [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] underwent their physical augmentation procedures, [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM]], on board the ''Hopeful''.<ref>'''''[[Birth of a Spartan]]'''''</ref> After the ''Hopeful'' departed its temporary post over Reach in [[2551#February|February 2551]], [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] underwent their augmentation procedures on the ship. As Gamma Company's augmentations had to be performed in the utmost secrecy, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] ordered that the station be berthed in [[Sector K-009]], much to Jeromi's displeasure. Its normal escort was reduced from eleven ships to just one destroyer and a single [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[UNSC Prowler|prowler]].{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} Presumably, [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]] also underwent Project CHRYSANTHEMUM on the ''Hopeful''. On February 27, ''Hopeful'' returned to Reach, and Jeromi invited Dr. Halsey aboard for a tour of its flash-clone organ facility.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}
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| In [[2552]], during and after the [[Fall of Reach]], the Hopeful managed to save thousands of patients by retreating to the relative safety of [[Tribute]] even as Tribute came under attack.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P35}}
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Remember Reach]]''
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| **''[[Birth of a Spartan]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| **''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' {{C|Possible appearance}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}
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