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{{Center|"Hyperion" redirects here. | {{Center|"Hyperion" redirects here. For the human-controlled space station, see [[Hyperion Station]].}} | ||
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
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{{Quote|That cruiser's shields are down! Assuming they don't raise them, that missile's going to be one heck of a surprise.|[[Cortana]]}} | {{Quote|That cruiser's shields are down! Assuming they don't raise them, that missile's going to be one heck of a surprise.|[[Cortana]]}} | ||
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Hyperion nuclear missiles were already in service by [[2526]]. In that year, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]] of the [[Bandusa Insurrectionist group]] attempted to steal Hyperion-class warheads for a potential attack. Before they could put their plan into practice, however, they were arrested by [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents in [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]].<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 1'''</ref> | Hyperion nuclear missiles were already in service by [[2526]]. In that year, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]] of the [[Bandusa Insurrectionist group]] attempted to steal Hyperion-class warheads for a potential attack. Before they could put their plan into practice, however, they were arrested by [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents in [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]].<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 1'''</ref> | ||
In [[2557]], the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} was attacked by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant remnant]] forces in orbit above [[Requiem]]. During the fight, one of the | In [[2557]], the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} was attacked by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant remnant]] forces in orbit above [[Requiem]]. During the fight, one of the {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s moved to intercept the ''Dawn'' attempting to destroy it. [[Cortana]] had the idea to use one of the ships Hyperion nuclear missiles on the cruiser. While the missile was initially jammed, [[John-117]] managed to release it and fire the missile at the cruiser, destroying it since it had not raised its shields.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level, ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]''</ref> | ||
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