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| ==Summary==
| | #REDIRECT [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]] |
| The '''''Pillar of Autumn''''' is a heavily modified [[UNSC|United Nations Space Command]] [[Halcyon-class cruiser|''Halcyon''-class cruiser]] in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], 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 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 [[AI]] [[Cortana]] interpreted symbols on a [[Artifacts|Forerunner 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 UNSC fleet.
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| Before the modifications to the vessel, the ship was was due to be scrapped–the [[Halcyon-class cruiser|''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 nuclear fusion engines in order to destroy "Halo" and prevent [[The Flood|Flood]] and 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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| == Images ==
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| [[Image:PoA crash.jpg|150px]] [http://img176.exs.cx/img176/7061/halopillarofautumncrash15ba.jpg http://img218.echo.cx/img218/4126/crash1thumb9ki.jpg][http://img218.echo.cx/img218/3271/pillarofautumn1ml.jpg http://img218.echo.cx/img218/1298/pillarofautumnthumb9bv.jpg] [[Image:Reach.jpg|150px]]
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| == Related Links ==
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| *[[Pillar of Autumn Level]]
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| [[Category:Places]][[Category:UNSC]]
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