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==History==
==History==


[[Image:The Pillar of Autumn.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' and Longsword escorts.]]
[[Image:The Pillar of Autumn.jpg|left|thumb|210px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' and Longsword escorts.]]


Mothballed and due to be scrapped like the remainder of the ''Halcyon''-class, the [[Human-Covenant War]] saw the reactivation of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The refit she subsequently received rectified a number of deficiencies in the original design and made her a competitive re-addition to the sorely pressed [[UNSC Navy]].  At the time of her destruction in [[2552]] she was 43 years old.<ref>''The Pillar of Autumn is forty-three years old," Cortana said. "Halcyon-class ships were the smallest vessel ever to receive the cruiser designation. It is approximately one-third the tonnage of the Marathon-class cruiser currently in service."<BR><BR>[[FoR|Halo:Fall of Reach]] page 238, paragraph 4</ref>
Mothballed and due to be scrapped like the remainder of the ''Halcyon''-class, the [[Human-Covenant War]] saw the reactivation of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The refit she subsequently received rectified a number of deficiencies in the original design and made her a competitive re-addition to the sorely pressed [[UNSC Navy]].  At the time of her destruction in [[2552]] she was 43 years old.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 238, paragraph 4: ''The Pillar of Autumn is forty-three years old," Cortana said. "Halcyon-class ships were the smallest vessel ever to receive the cruiser designation. It is approximately one-third the tonnage of the Marathon-class cruiser currently in service."</ref>


[[Image:Reach.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escaping Reach.]]
[[Image:Reach.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' escaping Reach.]]