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==Summary==
{{Title|UNSC ''Minotaur''}}
The '''''UNSC Minotaur''''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]]. The ''Minoutar'' was stationed at the planet [[Reach]] in August 2552 when 314 [[Covenant]] vessels attacked. During the ensuing [[The Battle of Reach|battle]], the ''Minoutar'' was destroyed by a Covenant [[Flagship]]. The Covenant ship fired a needle-thin lance of energy at the ''Minoutar'', which struck it on A deck, aft. The beam went through both sets of Titanium-A Battleplate, every deck, and the ship's reactor, exiting through H deck by the engines. The beam cut a ten-meter wide swath through the vessel, destroying it completely. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 298 and 320</ref>.
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the beam in question fired by a sort of covenant charged pulse laser; the weapon was mounted on a covenant flagship.  Only two have yet been encountered, one of which was destroyed by the [[Iroquois]], the other was captured by The Master Chief, Warrant Officer Polaski, Corporal Locklear, Sergeant Johnson, Cortana, and Lieutenant Haverson after the destruction of Installation 04. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]. page 56 and 60</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]].
 
==Fall 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>
 
==Trivia==
*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==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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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
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