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|armament=*[[MAC|MAC Gun]] (2)<ref name="weapon">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 139</ref>
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The '''UNSC ''Minotaur''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] that served during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]].
The '''UNSC ''Minotaur''''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].


==Battle of Reach==
==Fall of Reach==
{{Main|Battle of Reach}}
During the invasion of [[Reach]], a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] ship fired an [[energy projector]] beam at the ''Minotaur's'' aft end. The beam burned a ten-meter whide hole through the ship, piercing ''A'' deck, destroying the reactor, and exiting on ''H'' deck near the engines. The ''Minotaur'' was completely cut in half within seconds.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 298''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 320''</ref>
During the battle of [[Reach]], a Covenant ship fired a needle-thin lance of energy at the ''Minotaur's'' aft on A deck, burned a ten-meter wide hole through the ship, destroyed the reactor, and finally exiting on the H deck near the engines, cutting it in half, and destroying it completely in a matter of seconds.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 298</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 320</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The ''Minotaur'' may be named in reference to the Minotaur creature. The Minotaur was a half-man, half-bull creature that lived in a libarynth under neath the palace of the king of Crete who possesed enormous strength.
*The ''Minotaur'' is likely named in reference to the [[wikipedia:Minotaur|mythological creature of the same name]]. The Minotaur was a half-man, half-bull creature that lived in the labyrinth beneath the palace of the king of Crete and devoured anyone who entered its lair.
 
 


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
 


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{UNSC Destroyers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minotaur}}
[[Category:Human Ships|Minoutar]]
[[Category:Destroyers]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]

Latest revision as of 13:04, March 23, 2022

UNSC Minotaur
Production information

Manufacturer:

UNSC

Class:

Destroyer

Specifications

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

Two meters of Titanium-A battleplate

Armament:

Service information

Destroyed:

August 30, 2552

Participated battles:

Fall of Reach

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The UNSC Minotaur was a UNSC destroyer that served during the Fall of Reach in 2552.

Fall of Reach[edit]

During the invasion of Reach, a Covenant ship fired an energy projector beam at the Minotaur's aft end. The beam burned a ten-meter whide hole through the ship, piercing A deck, destroying the reactor, and exiting on H deck near the engines. The Minotaur was completely cut in half within seconds.[2][3]

Trivia[edit]

  • The Minotaur is likely named in reference to the mythological creature of the same name. The Minotaur was a half-man, half-bull creature that lived in the labyrinth beneath the palace of the king of Crete and devoured anyone who entered its lair.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139
  2. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 298
  3. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 320