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'''Vanadium Steel''' is an alloy used by the [[UNSC]] in the construction of its starships. Vanadium Steel is not as strong as [[Titanium-A]] alloy, and so it is not used as armor plating, but rather in the making of essential and unarmored components. It likely is used as the basic plating for a ship, welded on over the [[TR Steel]] superstructure of the ship. One of the things on ships made of Vanadium Steel are the engine shields and baffles of [[UNSC Destroyer]]s.
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Covenant [[Spy Probe]]s are designed specifically to blend in perfectly with Vanadium Steel components so that they may fulfill their missions with ease.<ref>[[The Fall of Reach]] page 215</ref>
'''Vanadium steel''' is a type of [[steel|alloy steel]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] in the construction of its starships. Vanadium steel cannot withstand the same stresses as [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A]] alloy and so it is not used as armor plating, but rather in the construction of essential and unarmored components, likely laid down as the basic plating for a ship's hull, welded on over the [[TR steel]] superstructure of the ship.<ref name="FORC23">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 23</ref>


One Spy Probe in particular was effective enough to find [[Reach]] alerting the [[Covenant]] and resulting in the [[Fall of Reach]]
==Uses==
Engine shields and baffles of [[UNSC destroyer|human destroyers]] commonly utilize vanadium steel.{{Ref/Reuse|FORC23}}


== References ==
[[Spy probe]]s utilized by [[Covenant]] forces are designed specifically to blend in perfectly with vanadium steel components so that they may carry out their tasks undetected. One such probe was used to track a ship to the [[Human colonies|human colony]] of [[Reach]], the foremost military stronghold of the UNSC, resulting in the planet's [[Fall of Reach|invasion]].{{Ref/Reuse|FORC23}}
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
 
==Sources==
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Vanadium steel is a type of alloy steel used by the United Nations Space Command in the construction of its starships. Vanadium steel cannot withstand the same stresses as Titanium-A alloy and so it is not used as armor plating, but rather in the construction of essential and unarmored components, likely laid down as the basic plating for a ship's hull, welded on over the TR steel superstructure of the ship.[1]

Uses[edit]

Engine shields and baffles of human destroyers commonly utilize vanadium steel.[1]

Spy probes utilized by Covenant forces are designed specifically to blend in perfectly with vanadium steel components so that they may carry out their tasks undetected. One such probe was used to track a ship to the human colony of Reach, the foremost military stronghold of the UNSC, resulting in the planet's invasion.[1]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach, Chapter 23