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| {{Title|UNSC ''Roman Blue''}} | | {{Title|UNSC ''Roman Blue''}} |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| {{Individual ship infobox | | {{Individual ship infobox |
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| |name = UNSC ''Roman Blue'' | | |name = UNSC ''Roman Blue'' |
| |image = [[File:Roman Blue.png|250px]] | | |image = [[File:Roman Blue.png|225px]] |
| |class = {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} | | |class = {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} |
| |destroyed = [[2536]] - [[2552]] | | |destroyed = |
| |lastsight = [[2557|January 2557]] | | |lastsight = [[2531|February 2531]] |
| |captains = *[[Terrence Hood]] (2530-2531) | | |captains = [[Terrence Hood]] |
| *[[William Webb]] (2531 - UNK)
| | |battles = [[Battle of Arcadia]] |
| |battles = [[Battle for Arcadia]] | |
| |affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]] | | |affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]] |
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| The '''UNSC ''Roman Blue''''' was a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | | The '''UNSC ''Roman Blue''''' was a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. |
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| ==Service history== | | ==History== |
| In [[2530|November 2530]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter]] decided to give his executive officer, [[Terrence Hood]], command of ''Roman Blue''. [[2531#February|Three months later]], during the [[Battle of Arcadia]], the ship was assigned to recover a [[log buoy]] dropped by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The ''Roman Blue'' was not to get involved in the battle, because [[Arcadia]] was already deemed lost. However, Hood, in his pride and anger over the losses the [[Covenant]] were dealing humanity, ordered the crew to attack the {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} ''[[Radiant Perception]]''. The ''Roman Blue'' was ultimately outmatched and Hood ordered a retreat of the system, without recovering ''Spirit of Fire'''s log buoy. Consequently, Hood came to blame himself for the loss of the ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref> After the battle on Arcadia, Hood was reassigned to the frigate {{UNSCShip|Burlington}} in a fleet-support role, and command of the ship passed to Captain [[William Webb]]. In March 2531, the ''Roman Blue'' was put under repairs for a month. At some point between [[2536]] and [[2552]], the ''Roman Blue'' fought against the Covenant in the [[Ectanus 45 system]], but the cruiser was severely damaged by plasma weaponry and crashed onto the surface of the moon of a planet in the system, [[Eiro]], approximately fifty-six kilometers away from the lone settlement on the dark side of the moon.<ref name="itf248">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Into the Fire]]", ''page 248''</ref> | | In [[2530|December 2530]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter]] decided to give his executive officer, [[Terrence Hood]], command of ''Roman Blue''. [[2531#February|Three months later]], during the [[Battle of Arcadia]], the ship was assigned to recover a log buoy dropped by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The ''Roman Blue'' was not to get involved in the battle, because [[Arcadia]] was already deemed lost. |
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| In [[2557#January|January 2557]], [[Rion Forge]] and the crew of ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' traveled to Eiro to salvage the remains of ''Roman Blue'', though they were forced to retreat when they were attacked by an unknown opponent while searching the decrepit [[warship]].<ref name="itf251">'''Halo: Fractures''', "Into the Fire", ''pages 251-258''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|itf251}} Inside the ship, Rion found a lead to the ''Spirit of Fire'' and her father, [[John Forge]]. What little remained of the ship was [[glassed]] by the assailants, who the crew of the ''Ace of Spades'' guessed may have been affiliated with the UNSC, possibly [[ONI]] trying to keep the heavy munitions onboard out of the wrong hands as crew member [[Kip Silas]] was an ONI agent who had alerted them to the discovery.
| | However, Hood, in his pride and anger over the losses the [[Covenant]] were dealing humanity, ordered the crew to attack a {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}. The ''Roman Blue'' was ultimately outmatched and Hood ordered a retreat of the system, without recovering ''Spirit of Fire'''s log buoy. Consequently, Hood came to blame himself for the loss of the ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref> |
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| ==Known Crew==
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| *[[Terrence Hood]] - Captain, reassigned after he failed to retrieve the ''Spirit of Fire'''s log buoy.
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| *[[William Webb]] - Captain, took over after Hood was reassigned.
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| *[[Erland Booth]] - Munitions maintenance chief, defected to the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="HSS18">'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''Chapter 18'', ''page 248''</ref>
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:Hood_Roman_Blue.png|Hood at the bridge of the ''Roman Blue''. | | File:Hood_Roman_Blue.png|Hood at the bridge of the ''Roman Blue''. |
| File:Roman Blue attacking a CPV destroyer.jpg|UNSC ''Roman Blue'' attacking a [[Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]].
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
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| **''[[Into the Fire]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | <references/> |
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| | [[Category:Human Ships|Roman Blue]] |
| [[Category:Halcyon-class light cruisers]] | |
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