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Eventually, the vessel was unlinked from the ''Ascendant Justice'' so that [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[First Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] could use the ''Ascendant Justice'' to lure a Covenant battle fleet to the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', which was about to explode. <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 332</ref> | Eventually, the vessel was unlinked from the ''Ascendant Justice'' so that [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] and [[First Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] could use the ''Ascendant Justice'' to lure a Covenant battle fleet to the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', which was about to explode.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 332</ref> The ''Gettysburg'' was refitted with the slipspace drive from the ''Ascendant Justice'' prior to unlinking. <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 329</ref> | ||
===Return to Sol=== | ===Return to Sol=== | ||
After [[Operation: First Strike]], the ''Gettysburg'' and its skeleton crew headed back to the [[Sol System]], [[Earth]]'s home system. Its fate afterwards remains unknown. | After [[Operation: First Strike]], the ''Gettysburg'' and its skeleton crew headed back to the [[Sol System]], [[Earth]]'s home system. Its fate afterwards remains unknown. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*It is named after the [[wikipedia:Battle of Gettysburg|Battle of Gettysburg]]. The American Civil War battle took place on July 1-3 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on [[Earth]]. This is interesting, in that it was fused with a Covenant vessel, just as the two factions of the American Civil War eventually rejoined into one country. | *It is named after the [[wikipedia:Battle of Gettysburg|Battle of Gettysburg]]. The American Civil War battle took place on July 1-3 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on [[Earth]]. This is interesting, in that it was fused with a Covenant vessel, just as the two factions of the American Civil War eventually rejoined into one country. | ||
*The Gettysburg has an onboard [[ | *The Gettysburg has an onboard [[Officers' Club]], housing a massive table of oak, scored with numerous gouges and scorches from a hundred cigars set upon its surface. There was a bar stocked with bottles containing a rainbow collection of liquors. It also housed the UNSC gold-fringed blue flag, photographs of past officers and captains of the Gettysburg, and a tin Civil War daguerreotype that displayed battlefields of charging men, cavalry and cannons. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Human Starships|Gettysburg, UNSC]] | [[Category:Human Starships|Gettysburg, UNSC]] | ||
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The UNSC Gettysburg was a Frigate in service with the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War.
History
Battle of Sigma Octanus IV
- Main article: Sigma Octanus IV
On July 17, 2552, the Gettysburg responded to a distress signal sent by Commander Jacob Keyes from the Sigma Octanus System. The vessel later fought in the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.[citation needed]
The vessel then returned to the orbital space dock of Reach, where it was heavily damaged in the Battle of Reach. There the entire crew was killed in the battle.
Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice
Eventually, SPARTAN-117, along with several survivors of Battle of Installation 04 and Fall of Reach, used the Gettysburg, fusing it with the Covenant ship Ascendant Justice, thus becoming the first Human-Covenant hybrid vessel in history [1]. It was used because the Ascendant Justice could not do the two Slipspace jumps in and out of a group of Covenant ships fast enough using just its own reactor. [2]
Operation: FIRST STRIKE
- Main article: Operation: FIRST STRIKE
Eventually, the vessel was unlinked from the Ascendant Justice so that Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and First Lieutenant Elias Haverson could use the Ascendant Justice to lure a Covenant battle fleet to the Unyielding Hierophant, which was about to explode.[3] The Gettysburg was refitted with the slipspace drive from the Ascendant Justice prior to unlinking. [4]
Return to Sol
After Operation: First Strike, the Gettysburg and its skeleton crew headed back to the Sol System, Earth's home system. Its fate afterwards remains unknown.
Trivia
- It is named after the Battle of Gettysburg. The American Civil War battle took place on July 1-3 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Earth. This is interesting, in that it was fused with a Covenant vessel, just as the two factions of the American Civil War eventually rejoined into one country.
- The Gettysburg has an onboard Officers' Club, housing a massive table of oak, scored with numerous gouges and scorches from a hundred cigars set upon its surface. There was a bar stocked with bottles containing a rainbow collection of liquors. It also housed the UNSC gold-fringed blue flag, photographs of past officers and captains of the Gettysburg, and a tin Civil War daguerreotype that displayed battlefields of charging men, cavalry and cannons.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 208
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 209
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 332
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 329
