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Sanctity of Purification

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Sanctity of Purification
File:DeliverHope - KetBattlecruiser.png
Production information

Class:

Ket-pattern battlecruiser

Specifications

Length:

1.7822 kilometres (5,847 ft)

Width:

861.7 metres (2,827 ft)

Height:

230.8 metres (757 ft)

Mass:

90.7 million metric tons[1]

Powerplant:

3× Pinch fusion reactors

Engine:

2× Gablien-pattern Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Ophon-pattern borer

Hull:

Nanolaminate hull plating

Shielding:

energy shielding

Armament:

Service information

Destroyed:

Battle of Fumirole

Affiliation:

 

Sanctity of Purification was a Ket-pattern battlecruiser in service of the Covenant fleet during the Human-Covenant War.[2]

History

In April 2552, the Sanctity of Purification was part of a Covenant invasion force sent to attack the colony of Fumirole. During the resulting Battle of Fumirole, the Sanctity would hold position over a city on the planet during a pitched battle between UNSC Army forces and the Sanctity's troop complement, using its gravity lift to move troops and supplies onto the planetary surface.[3]

To assist in defending the planet, NOBLE Team were deployed to the ground under a plan devised by Catherine-B320 to deliver a Fury tactical nuclear weapon into the heart of the cruiser. The team would be successful in pushing on the cruiser, though a well-placed fuel rod air strike by a Type-26 Banshee would ultimately hit Kat, rendering her unable to complete the mission. Due to this, Spartan Thom-A293 would take the nuke with only a small amount of time left until detonation, and proceed to use his Series 8 jetpack to fly into the gravity lift and enter the hangar bay of the battlecruiser and throw the nuke into the middle of the Covenant deployment.[3]

Ultimately, the Sanctity of Purification would be consumed in the detonation of the nuke, destroying the battlecruiser and Thom in the process. The explosion would be visible from orbit.[3]

Gallery

  • The Sanctity of Purification hangs over Fumirole.

    The Sanctity of Purification hangs over Fumirole.

  • The underbelly and active gravity lift of the ship.

    The underbelly and active gravity lift of the ship.

  • DeliverHope - ''Ket''Hangar.png

    The deployment bay of the ship.

  • DeliverHope - ''Ket''Hangar2.png

    Another look at the deployment bay.

  • The ship's energy shields collapse as the nuke goes off.

    The ship's energy shields collapse as the nuke goes off.

  • The explosion, visible from orbit.

    The explosion, visible from orbit.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Warfleet, p. 63
  2. ^ YouTube - HALO: ONI Archive – Noble Endeavors | Halo: Reach
  3. ^ a b c Deliver Hope
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