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Ardent Prayer
Production information
Manufacturer:	Forgemasters of Tanus, Gorgon Assembly Vault
Class:	SDV-class heavy corvette
Specifications
Length:	956 metres (3,136 ft)
Width:	399 metres (1,309 ft)
Height:	175 metres (574.1 ft)
Engine:	4 Callipoas-pattern repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Tyros-pattern borer
Hull:	Nanolaminate hull plating
Armament:	6 Melusean-pattern heavy plasma cannons; 16 Carnax Nu-pattern plasma bombardment mortars; 11 Phot-pattern pulse lasers;
Complement:	50 Obedientaries; 50 Warriors; 130 Thralls; 104 Orbital insertion pods; 8 Seraphs; 8 Type-26 Banshees; 10 Banshees; 2 Type-25 Spirits;
Crew:	16 Superiors; 2 Engineers; 20 Menials;
Service information
Launch:	Twentieth Age of Discovery (c. 2070)
Destroyed:	August 14, 2552
Participated battles:	Fall of Reach
Fleet:	Fleet of Valiant Prudence
Known commanders:	Ardo 'Moretumee
Affiliation:	Covenant Navy

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Ardent Prayer was a Covenant SDV-class heavy corvette attached to the Fleet of Valiant Prudence. Its Shipmaster was Ardo 'Moretumee.^[2] The vessel took part in the initial stages of the Covenant's invasion of the planet Reach in summer 2552.^[3]^[4]

Overview

During Operation: UPPER CUT on August 14, 2552, Ardent Prayer was boarded by SPARTAN-B312, Jorge-052, and several YSS-1000 Sabre pilots in an effort to plant a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine on board, which would be used to destroy a nearby CSO-class supercarrier, Long Night of Solace - the fleet's flagship. During the mission, the ship was engaged by the UNSC frigate Savannah. Savannah jammed Ardent Prayer's communications, while the Sabres damaged the corvette's engines and destroyed its Seraph escort so its crew could not call for help.^[4]

Ardent Prayer destroyed Savannah, but not before a boarding party had landed on the corvette. The UNSC team eliminated the bridge crew, including its Shipmaster, Ardo 'Moretumee, and set the ship on a refueling track with Long Night of Solace. The operation succeeded, and Ardent Prayer, along with the supercarrier, was destroyed by the rigged slipspace drive.^[4]^[2]

Trivia

Ardent Prayer is the setting of the Halo: Reach multiplayer map Zealot and the Firefight map Corvette.

Gallery

Angled view of the Ardent Prayer.
Profile view of the Ardent Prayer.
Another profile view of the Ardent Prayer, deploying two Spirit dropships.
An aft view of Ardent Prayer.
A size comparison between the corvette and the Savannah.
Ardent Prayer being escorted by Seraphs.
Ardent Prayer deploying a squadron of Banshees
Ardent Prayer's bridge.
Ardent Prayer's communications center.
Ardent Prayer engaging the UNSC Savannah.
The rigged slipspace drive on the Ardent Prayer detonates, destroying it and the Long Night of Solace.

List of appearances

Halo: Reach (First appearance)
Halo: Fleet Battles (Mentioned only)
Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Halo: Warfleet, pgs. 76-77
^ ^a ^b Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 13
^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named B.net
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace

[Warfleet-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Halo: Warfleet, pgs. 76-77

[vis-2] Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 13

[B.net-3] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named B.net

[LNoS-4] Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace

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 |firstsight      = [[2552#August|August 14, 2552]]
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+|commission      = Twentieth [[Age of Discovery]] (c. 2070)<ref name="Warfleet"/>
 |destroyed       = [[Operation: UPPER CUT|August 14, 2552]]
 |battles         = [[Fall of Reach]]