Editing UNSC Persian Gate

{{Title|UNSC ''Persian Gate''}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|name=UNSC ''Persian Gate''
|image=[[File:HCD-PersianGate.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Reyes-McLees Shipyards]]<ref name="for271">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 25, ''page 238''(2001 paperback); ''page 271''(2010 paperback)</ref>
|class={{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
|role=
|length={{Convert|1171|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=6}}<ref name="poa">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/pillar-of-autumn '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC Pillar of Autumn'']</ref>
|width={{Convert|352|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=6}}{{Ref/Reuse|poa}}
|height=
|engine=[[Mark II Hanley-Messer DFR]]{{Ref/Reuse|for271}}
|slipspace drive=Equipped{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
|hull=[[Titanium-A armor]]{{Ref/Reuse|for271}}
|countermeasures=
|armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|for271}}
*Six [[Archer]] missile pods{{Ref/Reuse|for271}}
|firstuse=
|commission=
|lastsight=
|destroyed=
|battles=[[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] 
|fleet=
|namedcrew=*LCDR [[Yao]]{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
*[[Nora]] {{C|Shipboard [[A.I.]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
|captains=
|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
}}

'''UNSC ''Persian Gate''''' was a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}

==Operational history==
The ''Persian Gate'' rendezvoused with the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} near [[Chi Ceti IV]] in late November of [[2525]].{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}} A complement of [[Spartan-II]]s were transferred to the ''Persian Gate'', along with Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. It held orbit over the planet while a funeral service for the recently-deceased [[Sam-034]] was held and then entered [[slipspace]]. Two days later, on December 3, Lieutenant Commander [[Yao]] briefed the four [[Spartans]] selected for [[Blue Team]] on the ongoing attack of [[Alpha Corvi II]] by the [[Covenant]] and their mission to provide its defenders with relief.<ref name="HCD1">''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'', ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>

During the battle in orbit, the ''Persian Gate'' fought a desperate defense against the Covenant, and suffered only moderate damage even as the rest of the armada was quickly falling to the enemy. The ''Persian Gate'' continued to monitor the situation on the surface even as the battle in space was quickly written off as a lost cause, and so Commander Yao immediately initiated evacuation for the UNSC forces below with the intent to abandon the Alpha Corvi system once this effort had been completed. 

Upon the mission's completion, ''Persian Gate'' moved in with the rest of the UNSC fleet to retrieve Blue Team, deploying Pelican dropship ''[[Tango 807]]'' to the surface while the remaining UNSC warships fought a holding action against the advancing Covenant. ''Tango 807'' retrieved the Spartans, returning to the ''Persian Gate'' but abandoning the surviving URF fighters against [[John-117]]'s protests. The ''Persian Gate'' then fled into [[slipspace]] as the Covenant opened fire on the UNSC fleet.

==Trivia==
The [[Wikipedia:Battle of the Persian Gate|Battle of the Persian Gate]] was a military engagement between [[Wikipedia:Persia|Persia]] and the invading forces of [[Wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]] in 330 BCE at the mountain pass known as the [[Wikipedia:Persian Gates|Persian Gates]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' {{1st}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HCD-PersianGate2.png|An empty casket is left orbiting Chi Ceti IV to commemorate Sam-034's sacrifice.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
File:HCD-PersianGate3.png|The ready room for Blue Team aboard the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD1}}
File:HCD_-_AlphaCorviSpaceBattle.jpg|The ''Persian Gate'' holds its ground even as the fleet is routed by the Covenant in orbit above Alpha Corvi. 
File:HCD - AlphaCorviDropships.jpg|The ''Persian Gate'' deploys its Pelicans to rescue the Marines trapped on Alpha Corvi II. 
File:HCD - BlueTeamEscape.jpg|The ''Persian Gate'' in orbit with the fleet as Blue Team's Pelican returns from the colony. 
File:HCD - AlphaCorviRetreat.jpg|The ''Persian Gate'' flees into slipspace as the Covenant fleet overwhelms the UNSC's forces over Alpha Corvi. 
</gallery>

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Persian Gate}}
[[Category:Halcyon-class light cruisers]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]
__NOTOC__