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{{Title|''Infinite Succor''}}
{{Title|''Infinite Succor''}}
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The '''''Infinite Succor''''' was a [[DSC-class support ship]] of the [[Covenant]], attached to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> Its purpose was to provide food stores for the crews and soldiers of the fleet. It contained a large hunting preserve full of wildlife for hunting and producing live meat.
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'''''Infinite Succor''''' was a {{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}} of the [[Covenant]], attached to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HGN|The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor}}


==Description==
==Overview==
The ''Infinite Succor'' had no [[Sangheili]] in its crew. The ship's complement seems to have been comprised entirely of [[Unggoy]] and [[Huragok]], along with the numerous animals of the preserve. The commander of the ship was a single [[Minor Prophet]], called the [[Minister of Etiology]].
===Design details===
''Infinite Succor'' was a logistical support ship for the Fleet of Particular Justice. Like the others of the ''Mjern''-pattern, ''Infinite Succor'' was fitted with on-board hunting preserves filled with wildlife that could be used by the fleet's [[Sangheili]] cohort to hunt for recreational purposes - alongside serving as a source of food.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}


==Battle on the ''Infinite Succor''==
===Crew and complement===
The ''Infinite Succor'' had no [[Sangheili]] in its crew - and thus lacked any kind of [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA suit]] intended for Sangheili personnel. The ship had a nonstandard security complement, with fewer on-board troops than the usual warriors present on support ships - leading to the installation of a safe room buried deep within the ship in case of hostile boarding. The safe room's location was not known to the crew, and was intended only to keep the ship's [[Minor Prophet]] captain - the [[Minister of Etiology]] - safe. Lacking any Sangheili crewmembers, the ship's complement comprised of [[Unggoy]] and [[Huragok]] - with their blood later noted as littering the decks after the Flood outbreak on the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}
 
Aside from the standard crew, the hunting preserves aboard the ship held a large number of [[List of animals|nonsapient fauna]] for hunting and food production.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}
 
==Service history==
===Battle of Installation 04===
{{Main|Skirmish on Infinite Succor}}
{{Main|Skirmish on Infinite Succor}}
In [[2552]], during the [[Age of Reclamation|9th Age of Reclamation]], the ship was sent to [[Installation 04]] to aid the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] as it pursued the [[Halcyon-class cruiser]] ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''. The ship was in orbit above the ring when the [[Flood]] broke loose from the [[Halo]]'s [[Flood containment facility|Flood containment facilities]]. The Flood repaired the crashed [[Spirit|Covenant dropship]], ''[[Brilliant Gift]]'', and several [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] flew the ship into the ''Infinite Succor'''s bay. The Flood quickly spread throughout the ship and infected most of the crew and the wildlife from the ship's hunting preserves.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo Graphic Novel}}
In [[2552#September|September 2552]], ''Infinite Succor'' was a part of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] when it pursued the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}, {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, away from the [[Fall of Reach]]. Arriving at the ''Autumn''{{'}}s destination before the ''Autumn'' could, ''Infinite Succor'' was one of the Covenant vessels to discover [[Installation 04]] and took part in the [[Battle of Installation 04|ensuing campaign]]. Following an [[Outbreak at the Containment Facility|outbreak]] of the [[Flood]] parasite on the ringworld's surface on September 20,{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven}} the {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} dropship ''[[Brilliant Gift]]'' was able to successfully depart the ring's surface under the control of the Flood. The dropship proceeded to rendezvous with the Fleet of Particular Justice, and made directly for ''Infinite Succor'' - crashing into the ship's [[hangar bay]] after numerous repeated warnings that the Spirit did not have permission to dock. Almost immediately upon impact, the now-destroyed Spirit began to disembark its payload of [[Flood attacker form|Flood attackers]], which began to attack the ship's crew and begin the process of infection. One [[Unggoy]] crewmember was able to sound the alarm and request aid from the fleet's [[flagship]] ''[[Seeker of Truth]]'', but was killed before he could finish his request.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}} However, this was enough to sound the ship's boarding alarm, prompting the [[Minister of Etiology]] to retreat to the ship's hidden safe room, and for [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee to prepare a strike team to [[Naval boarding|board]] the ship to investigate.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Priority|HTF|Section=Adjunct|Detail=[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit]]}}
 
The boarding team tasked with investigating ''Infinite Succor'' consisted of a [[Covenant Special Operations|SpecOps]] detachment led by [[Commander (Covenant)|Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee and [[Sub-commander]] [[Bero 'Kusovai]], with two [[lance]]s of Sangheili and Unggoy. Despite their eagerness to deploy directly onto the surface of the Halo itself and even potentially fight against the "Demon" [[John-117]], they were instead tasked with fleet security - with Supreme Commander 'Vadamee worried that the potential loss of ''Infinite Succor'' and its logistics infrastucture and supplies could lead to a devastating loss for the Covenant detachment in the [[Soell system]] as a whole. At this time, the fleet were unaware of the true nature of the attack, and believed that it may be a [[human]] boarding party even potentially led by the "Demon" - due to the limited nature of the distress signal. To aid in their mission, 'Vadumee's team were provided a layout of the ship and command override codes that could control almost all ship systems - with the only override being those of the ship's Minor Prophet - who they were tasked to escort to safety, if he were to be discovered alive.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}
 
As the boarding party was prepared, the Flood rapidly began to assimilate the ship's crew and the fauna and flora within the hunting preserves - even assimilating the ship's bridge crew. This process was helped by the lack of a proper internal shipboard security detachment. When 'Vadumee's strike force arrived aboard the {{Pattern|Kez'katu|Phantom}} dropship ''[[Glorious Advance]]'', they initially found only the remnant blood from the deceased Unggoy and Huragok crew - with no bodies. The boarding party soon ruled out a potential human attack, noting that even the "barbaric" humans didn't take an interest in the dead like that. As the team reached the hunting preserves on the ship, they were beset upon by infected wildlife and began to take casualties - eventually switching to their [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy swords]] due to their higher effectiveness against Flood forces. Reaching the [[bridge]], they attempted to activate the ship's self-destruct and communications systems to no avail - discovering that they had been locked out of the controls by the Minister of Etiology out of concern that the Flood could use them to let ''Infinite Succor'' escape and spread the infection to the rest of [[Milky Way|the galaxy]]. The Minor Prophet directed the team to the ship's medical bay, where they could prove that they were not infected and then he could meet with them if so. The team were then attacked by the Flood, who had infected their fallen comrades and began using their knowledge to unlock the ship's doors. In response, Commander 'Vadumee directed his troops to destroy the bridge controls to ensure the Flood could not use them, before proceeding to overload a [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannon]] battery to self-destruct. The explosion killed many of the team's pursuers, at the cost of also disabling the team's radio systems.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}
 
Having reached the medical bay and proven their good health, the Minor Prophet directed the team to meet with him, revealing his hidden safe room. Having had access to shipboard security cameras, the Minor Prophet had been able to watch the Flood's evolution since the infection start, and how since infecting strike team personnel they had already begun to use their knowledge to set up patrols and post guards in the engineering bay - where the ship's [[Borer]] was located alongside a nascent [[Proto-Gravemind]]. Using the strike team's command codes and the knowledge of [[Slipstream space|slipspace navigation]] from the fallen bridge crew, the Minor Prophet believed that the Flood would be able to override his lockdown in less than an hour - and use the ship to escape the Soell system. As such, the objective was now changed from recovering ''Infinite Succor'' to destroying it. Lacking vaccuum suits for Sangheili, venting the ship's atmosphere wasn't an option and the destruction of the bridge controls meant that self-destruct was now disabled. As such, the only remaining option was to try and fly ''Infinite Succor'' into the system's star. Accordingly, 'Vadumee split the remaining team into two - one team led by himself tasked with heading to the engineering deck and rigging the borer to fly ''Infinite Succor'' into the star Soell, and another led by Bero 'Kusovai tasked with retreating to ''Glorious Advance'' to alert the fleet of the threat and direct them to destroy ''Infinite Succor'' should 'Vadumee fail. When questioned how he would achieve this and keep the Minister of Etiology alive, 'Vadumee responded by killing the Minor Prophet - rationalising that it would be easy to say that the minister had been killed in the attack.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}


A [[Covenant Special Operations|Strike Team]] led by [[Special Operations Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] and [[Special Operations Officer]] [[Bero 'Kusovai]] was sent to take care of the intruders. They originally thought the intruders were a human threat but were quickly surprised by the [[Flood]], which managed to assimilate a [[Special Operations Sangheili]] and take the ship's security codes from him. The surviving members of 'Vadumee's squad were gradually killed. The Flood were in the process of using the bodies of the crew and preserve animals to make a [[Proto-Gravemind]] in the engineering room of the ship. They were successful in infecting the [[Minister of Etiology]] and absorbing him into the Proto-Gravemind. Eventually, 'Vadumee killed the Flood-infected Kusovai, at the cost of 'Vadumee's left mandibles.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo Graphic Novel}}
As 'Vadumee and his team fought into the engineering bay, the team were slowly killed off by Flood forces with only 'Vadumee able to make it to the engineering bay - discovering that the Flood had already infected the Minor Prophet and were now preparing to jump the ship away from Soell. As the commander set the controls to direct ''Infinite Succor'' into the sun, he was faced with a now-infected 'Kusovai and proceeded to duel the infected [[blademaster]] - able to defeat his former-friend at the cost of two of his own mandibles being cut off. Ultimately, Rtas 'Vadumee was able to reach the Phantom in the hangar (albeit heavily injured) and escape ''Infinite Succor'' as the only known survivor of the attack - with the support ship successfully driven into the sun and the infection halted.{{Ref/Reuse|HGN}}


Ultimately, 'Vadumee was forced to set the ''Infinite Succor'' on a [[Slipspace]] vector for the [[Soell|system's star]]. He survived, but the rest of his team, as well as the entire crew of the ship, are assumed to be lost when it was destroyed in the star.
Upon returning to ''Seeker of Truth'' heavily injured, 'Vadumee was able to confirm to the [[fleetmaster]] that the Minister of Etiology was dead and that the Flood had escaped Installation 04. In response, Thel 'Vadamee invoked the alpha priority emergency quarantine response - ordering all ships in the fleet to return biometric scans of their crews and for those who fail to report, or report infections, to be immediately fired upon by the rest of the fleet.{{Ref/Reuse|Priority}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
{{Quote|This is Eddie’s [Smith] interior design with my heap of corpses. This is the Infinite Succor, which was never used. Here, the Gravemind is basically a giant mass grave of putrescent flesh and bodily fluids.|Robert McLees, discussing the ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s concept.{{Ref/Reuse|FoB}}}}
{{Quote|This is Eddie’s [Smith] interior design with my heap of corpses. This is the Infinite Succor, which was never used. Here, the Gravemind is basically a giant mass grave of putrescent flesh and bodily fluids.|Robert McLees, discussing the ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s concept.{{Ref/Reuse|FoB}}}}
The ''Infinite Succor'' was, at some point, concepted and explored for inclusion in ''[[Halo 2]]''. It is unclear to what extent the ''Infinite Succor'' was considered for the game, as the only known concept art depicts a Covenant ship interior by [[Eddie Smith]] with Flood overlay by [[Robert McLees]]. The image (shown below) showcases the "hydroponics ship barns" - similar in concept to the ship later featured in ''The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor''. It is unclear whether this ship was ever seriously considered as an [[Cut Halo 2 levels|intended level]], or whether it was simply an exploration done by the Bungie artists and later reused in the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=FoB|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Feast_of_Bones|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Feast of Bones|D=09|M=08|Y=2014}}
The ''Infinite Succor'' was, at some point, concepted and explored for inclusion in ''[[Halo 2]]''. It is unclear to what extent the ''Infinite Succor'' was considered for the game, as the only known concept art depicts a Covenant ship interior by [[Eddie Smith]] with Flood overlay by [[Robert McLees]]. The image (shown below) showcases the "hydroponics ship stables" - similar in concept to the ship later featured in ''The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor''. It is unclear whether this ship was ever seriously considered as an [[Cut Halo 2 levels|intended level]], or whether it was simply an exploration done by the Bungie artists and later reused in the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=FoB|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Feast_of_Bones|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Feast of Bones|D=09|M=08|Y=2014}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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File:H2_InfiniteSuccor_Concept.jpg|Early ''Halo 2'' concept of the ''Infinite Succor''.
File:H2_InfiniteSuccor_Concept.jpg|Early ''Halo 2'' concept of the ''Infinite Succor''.
File:HGN SpecOpsTeam.png|Covenant SpecOps unit being deployed to ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s hangar.
File:HGN InfiniteSuccor Bridge.png|The ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s [[bridge]].
File:HGN InfiniteSuccor HuntingPreserve.png|A hunting preserve onboard the ''Infinite Succor''.
File:HGN Swarm.png|Rtas 'Vadumee's unit comes across the Flood in a hallway.
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Latest revision as of 08:55, October 20, 2024

Infinite Succor
The Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship Infinite Succor.
Infinite Succor in the Soell system on September 20, 2552.
Ship history
Covenant

Name:

Infinite Succor

Class:

Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship

Operator:

Covenant fleet

Fate:

Destroyed during the Battle of Installation 04, September 20, 2552[1]

Captain(s):

Minister of Etiology[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Length:

1,550 metres (5,100 ft)[2][4]

Height:

Approx. 400 metres (1,300 ft)[5]

Mass:

82 million tonnes[2][4]

Power plant:

Pinch fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Borer

Crew:

Troops:

Hull:

Nanolaminate plating

Sensors:

Proselytization network relays[2]

Armaments:

Air wing:

4 R'sisho-pattern Ticks[6]

 

Infinite Succor was a Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship of the Covenant, attached to the Fleet of Particular Justice.[1]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Infinite Succor was a logistical support ship for the Fleet of Particular Justice. Like the others of the Mjern-pattern, Infinite Succor was fitted with on-board hunting preserves filled with wildlife that could be used by the fleet's Sangheili cohort to hunt for recreational purposes - alongside serving as a source of food.[1]

Crew and complement[edit]

The Infinite Succor had no Sangheili in its crew - and thus lacked any kind of EVA suit intended for Sangheili personnel. The ship had a nonstandard security complement, with fewer on-board troops than the usual warriors present on support ships - leading to the installation of a safe room buried deep within the ship in case of hostile boarding. The safe room's location was not known to the crew, and was intended only to keep the ship's Minor Prophet captain - the Minister of Etiology - safe. Lacking any Sangheili crewmembers, the ship's complement comprised of Unggoy and Huragok - with their blood later noted as littering the decks after the Flood outbreak on the ship.[1]

Aside from the standard crew, the hunting preserves aboard the ship held a large number of nonsapient fauna for hunting and food production.[1]

Service history[edit]

Battle of Installation 04[edit]

Main article: Skirmish on Infinite Succor

In September 2552, Infinite Succor was a part of the Fleet of Particular Justice when it pursued the Halcyon-class light cruiser, UNSC Pillar of Autumn, away from the Fall of Reach. Arriving at the Autumn's destination before the Autumn could, Infinite Succor was one of the Covenant vessels to discover Installation 04 and took part in the ensuing campaign. Following an outbreak of the Flood parasite on the ringworld's surface on September 20,[7] the Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit dropship Brilliant Gift was able to successfully depart the ring's surface under the control of the Flood. The dropship proceeded to rendezvous with the Fleet of Particular Justice, and made directly for Infinite Succor - crashing into the ship's hangar bay after numerous repeated warnings that the Spirit did not have permission to dock. Almost immediately upon impact, the now-destroyed Spirit began to disembark its payload of Flood attackers, which began to attack the ship's crew and begin the process of infection. One Unggoy crewmember was able to sound the alarm and request aid from the fleet's flagship Seeker of Truth, but was killed before he could finish his request.[1] However, this was enough to sound the ship's boarding alarm, prompting the Minister of Etiology to retreat to the ship's hidden safe room, and for Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee to prepare a strike team to board the ship to investigate.[1][8]

The boarding team tasked with investigating Infinite Succor consisted of a SpecOps detachment led by Commander Rtas 'Vadumee and Sub-commander Bero 'Kusovai, with two lances of Sangheili and Unggoy. Despite their eagerness to deploy directly onto the surface of the Halo itself and even potentially fight against the "Demon" John-117, they were instead tasked with fleet security - with Supreme Commander 'Vadamee worried that the potential loss of Infinite Succor and its logistics infrastucture and supplies could lead to a devastating loss for the Covenant detachment in the Soell system as a whole. At this time, the fleet were unaware of the true nature of the attack, and believed that it may be a human boarding party even potentially led by the "Demon" - due to the limited nature of the distress signal. To aid in their mission, 'Vadumee's team were provided a layout of the ship and command override codes that could control almost all ship systems - with the only override being those of the ship's Minor Prophet - who they were tasked to escort to safety, if he were to be discovered alive.[1]

As the boarding party was prepared, the Flood rapidly began to assimilate the ship's crew and the fauna and flora within the hunting preserves - even assimilating the ship's bridge crew. This process was helped by the lack of a proper internal shipboard security detachment. When 'Vadumee's strike force arrived aboard the Kez'katu-pattern Phantom dropship Glorious Advance, they initially found only the remnant blood from the deceased Unggoy and Huragok crew - with no bodies. The boarding party soon ruled out a potential human attack, noting that even the "barbaric" humans didn't take an interest in the dead like that. As the team reached the hunting preserves on the ship, they were beset upon by infected wildlife and began to take casualties - eventually switching to their energy swords due to their higher effectiveness against Flood forces. Reaching the bridge, they attempted to activate the ship's self-destruct and communications systems to no avail - discovering that they had been locked out of the controls by the Minister of Etiology out of concern that the Flood could use them to let Infinite Succor escape and spread the infection to the rest of the galaxy. The Minor Prophet directed the team to the ship's medical bay, where they could prove that they were not infected and then he could meet with them if so. The team were then attacked by the Flood, who had infected their fallen comrades and began using their knowledge to unlock the ship's doors. In response, Commander 'Vadumee directed his troops to destroy the bridge controls to ensure the Flood could not use them, before proceeding to overload a plasma cannon battery to self-destruct. The explosion killed many of the team's pursuers, at the cost of also disabling the team's radio systems.[1]

Having reached the medical bay and proven their good health, the Minor Prophet directed the team to meet with him, revealing his hidden safe room. Having had access to shipboard security cameras, the Minor Prophet had been able to watch the Flood's evolution since the infection start, and how since infecting strike team personnel they had already begun to use their knowledge to set up patrols and post guards in the engineering bay - where the ship's Borer was located alongside a nascent Proto-Gravemind. Using the strike team's command codes and the knowledge of slipspace navigation from the fallen bridge crew, the Minor Prophet believed that the Flood would be able to override his lockdown in less than an hour - and use the ship to escape the Soell system. As such, the objective was now changed from recovering Infinite Succor to destroying it. Lacking vaccuum suits for Sangheili, venting the ship's atmosphere wasn't an option and the destruction of the bridge controls meant that self-destruct was now disabled. As such, the only remaining option was to try and fly Infinite Succor into the system's star. Accordingly, 'Vadumee split the remaining team into two - one team led by himself tasked with heading to the engineering deck and rigging the borer to fly Infinite Succor into the star Soell, and another led by Bero 'Kusovai tasked with retreating to Glorious Advance to alert the fleet of the threat and direct them to destroy Infinite Succor should 'Vadumee fail. When questioned how he would achieve this and keep the Minister of Etiology alive, 'Vadumee responded by killing the Minor Prophet - rationalising that it would be easy to say that the minister had been killed in the attack.[1]

As 'Vadumee and his team fought into the engineering bay, the team were slowly killed off by Flood forces with only 'Vadumee able to make it to the engineering bay - discovering that the Flood had already infected the Minor Prophet and were now preparing to jump the ship away from Soell. As the commander set the controls to direct Infinite Succor into the sun, he was faced with a now-infected 'Kusovai and proceeded to duel the infected blademaster - able to defeat his former-friend at the cost of two of his own mandibles being cut off. Ultimately, Rtas 'Vadumee was able to reach the Phantom in the hangar (albeit heavily injured) and escape Infinite Succor as the only known survivor of the attack - with the support ship successfully driven into the sun and the infection halted.[1]

Upon returning to Seeker of Truth heavily injured, 'Vadumee was able to confirm to the fleetmaster that the Minister of Etiology was dead and that the Flood had escaped Installation 04. In response, Thel 'Vadamee invoked the alpha priority emergency quarantine response - ordering all ships in the fleet to return biometric scans of their crews and for those who fail to report, or report infections, to be immediately fired upon by the rest of the fleet.[8]

Production notes[edit]

"This is Eddie’s [Smith] interior design with my heap of corpses. This is the Infinite Succor, which was never used. Here, the Gravemind is basically a giant mass grave of putrescent flesh and bodily fluids."
— Robert McLees, discussing the Infinite Succor's concept.[9]

The Infinite Succor was, at some point, concepted and explored for inclusion in Halo 2. It is unclear to what extent the Infinite Succor was considered for the game, as the only known concept art depicts a Covenant ship interior by Eddie Smith with Flood overlay by Robert McLees. The image (shown below) showcases the "hydroponics ship stables" - similar in concept to the ship later featured in The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor. It is unclear whether this ship was ever seriously considered as an intended level, or whether it was simply an exploration done by the Bungie artists and later reused in the Halo Graphic Novel.[9]

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  • Early Halo 2 concept of the Infinite Succor.

    Early Halo 2 concept of the Infinite Succor.

  • Covenant SpecOps unit being deployed to Infinite Succor's hangar.

    Covenant SpecOps unit being deployed to Infinite Succor's hangar.

  • The Infinite Succor's bridge.

    The Infinite Succor's bridge.

  • A hunting preserve onboard the Infinite Succor.

    A hunting preserve onboard the Infinite Succor.

  • Rtas 'Vadumee's unit comes across the Flood in a hallway.

    Rtas 'Vadumee's unit comes across the Flood in a hallway.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Halo: Warfleet, page 68-69
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 281
  4. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 269
  5. ^ File:HFB-Lotsofships.png
  6. ^ Halo: Fleet Battles
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - That's So Raven (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  8. ^ a b Halo: The Flood - Adjunct: Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit
  9. ^ a b Bungie.net, Feast of Bones (Retrieved on Aug 9, 2014) [archive]
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