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| The '''''Pillar of Autumn''''' is a heavily modified [[UNSC|United Nations Space Command]] ''Halcyon''-class cruiser in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' [[wikipedia:video game|video game]], often referred to as the "POA" for short.
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| The ''Pillar of Autumn'' was one of few ships which escaped the fall of the planet Reach. The ship made a slipstream jump to the planet Threshold, location of [[The Forerunner|Forerunner]] Installation 04, which the [[Covenant]] believed was their [[wikipedia:icon|religious icon]] "Halo." The remaining crew believed the jump to be random, in order to avoid leading the [[Covenant]] to Earth as per the [[Halo: Combat Evolved#The Cole Protocol|Cole Protocol]]; in actuality the [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] interpreted symbols on an alien artifact into map coordinates.
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| Modifications to the ''Pillar of Autumn'' include reinforced armor, increased missile capacity, an improved Shaw-Fujikawa engine, and a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon capable of firing three "shredder shots" on a single charge.
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| The ''Pillar of Autumn'' is a relatively small ship for its class, but the reinforced hull and armor place it in a higher tonnage range in the Terran fleet.
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| Before the modifications to the vessel, the ship was was due to be scrapped–the ''Halcyon''-class was widely regarded as a joke by [[UNSC]] officers and crewmen. The refitted ''Pillar of Autumn'', however, was one of the most powerful ships available to the [[UNSC]].
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| The ''Pillar of Autumn'' suffered severe damage from [[Covenant]] forces orbiting [[Threshold]] and crashed on "Halo". [[Cortana]] and the [[Master Chief]] manually detonated the ship's [[wikipedia:fusion power|nuclear fusion engines]] in order to destroy "Halo" and prevent [[The Flood|Flood]] and [[The Covenant|Covenant]] forces from escaping.
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| The Pillar of Autumn is currently presumed destroyed along with most of the crew (including Captain Jacob Keyes, Commanding Officer of the POA).
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