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{{Title|UNSC ''Last Gleaming''}}
{{Title|UNSC ''Last Gleaming''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Individual ship infobox
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The '''UNSC ''Last Gleaming''''' was a starship in service within the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', [[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Event]] ''30 January 2531''</ref> [[Ellen Anders|Professor Anders]] was aboard this vessel in early-2531, en-route to [[Epsilon Indi system|Epsilon Indi]] to get onboard the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. During the travel she translated intercepted [[Covenant]] communiques, many of which referred to the [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''</ref>
'''UNSC ''Last Gleaming''''' is a [[prowler]] in service within the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Timeline|HW|[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Event]] - Professor Anders' Log, 30 January 2531}}
 
==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Last Gleaming'' is a prowler of an unidentified classification. The craft is broad and angular, with an overall delta-wing shape not dissimilar to the [[C718 Longsword]] or {{Class|Vancouver|courier}}.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HWG|HWG}} UNSC prowlers often disguise their exteriors as civilian vessels{{Ref/Novel|FOR|Chapter=28}} - which may explain the similarities here.
 
==Service history==
===Human-Covenant War===
''Last Gleaming'' was active in the early years of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On January 3, [[2531]], the ship rendezvoused with the [[Third Fleet]] to report the actions of {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}} to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]. The ship's [[commanding officer]] [[Orez]] proceeded to request that Cole dispatch a ship to assist the ''Prophecy'' with its critical reactor.{{Ref/Reuse|HWG}}
 
Later on in the month on January 30, ''Last Gleaming'' was responsible for transporting [[Ellen Anders]] en-route to [[Epsilon Indi system|Epsilon Indi]] to the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. During the travel she translated intercepted [[Covenant]] communiques, many of which referred to the [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]]. Once ''Last Gleaming'' arrived in the Epsilon Indi system, [[James Cutter]] expressed his outrage that a prowler had been present when the ''Prophecy'' was hit but had elected to do nothing - leaving the crew to die. The ''Last Gleaming''{{'}}s officer in turn countered that had the prowler initiated rescue operations, the prowler would have made itself known to the Covenant and destroyed too.{{Ref/Reuse|HWG}}
 
==Production notes==
While not explicitly confirmed in the original ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' comic, the ''Last Gleaming'' can be inferred to be a prowler-type vessel. Early in the comic, the ''Last Gleaming'' can be shown exiting slipspace to rendezvous with the UNSC Third Fleet, with the ship's commander [[Orez]] later being referred to as a Prowler commander by Admiral Cole. This would justify the ship's use by ONI in a highly important mission, lack of interior space, its apparent high slipspace velocity and finally, the angular shape which is common on stealth craft and unusual on other UNSC ships.
 
Later on in the story, while discussing the fate of UNSC ''Prophecy'', the commanding officer discusses the ship Anders had been brought to the system on, referring to it as a prowler.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
The UNSC ''Last Gleaming'' is likely named in reference to a line from the [[Wikipedia:The Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem of the United States of America]]: ''What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?''
*The UNSC ''Last Gleaming'' is likely named in reference to a line from the [[Wikipedia:The Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem of the United States of America]]: ''What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?''
 
*It is possible that this vessel was a [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]], as evidenced by its use by the ONI in a highly important mission, lack of interior space which was a common problem in Prowlers, its apparent high slipspace velocity and finally, the angular shape which is common on stealth craft and unusual on other UNSC ships.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HWG - Third Fleet.png|''Last Gleaming'' rendezvous' with the Third Fleet.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

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