Bellicose

UNSC Bellerophon/Bellicose
Production information
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
Class:	Charon-class light frigate
Specifications
Length:	489.71 meters (1,606.65 ft)
Width:	155.58 meters (510.42 ft)
Height:	139.20 meters (456.68 ft)
Engine:	Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR
Slipspace drive:	Series IV CODEN/SFTE
Hull:	60cm Titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	1 Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC; 50 M58 Archer missile pods 30 missiles per pod; ; 4 twin-linked M870 Rampart 50mm point defense guns; 3 M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system silos;
Service information
First sighted:	June 2, 2501
Last sighted:	April 18, 2543
Participated battles:	Insurrection Skirmish at Theta Ursae Majoris; Battle of Theta Ursae Majoris System; Human-Covenant War Battle of 18 Scorpii; Battle of Psi Serpentis;
Known commanders:	Lyrenne Castilla
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy (formerly); Insurrectionists;

The Bellicose, formerly commissioned as the UNSC Bellerophon, was a hijacked Charon-class light frigate that participated in the Insurrection. It was commanded and owned by Lyrenne Castilla.

Background

In the first years of the 26th century, the Bellicose was thrice engaged by the UNSC Gorgon, which was commanded by the legendary Captain Preston Cole. The Bellicose escaped twice and on the last occasion fought to a draw. On January 2, 2504, the ship's crew faked their own deaths by falling into the gravity well of a gas giant during the Battle of Theta Ursae Majoris and escaped by executing the first-known in-atmosphere slipspace transition.^[2]

On March 12, 2526, while located in the Little Nelek Nebula, the Bellicose hosted a conference concerning the Covenant's invasion of humanity, the fate of the attacked Outer Colonies, and the SPARTAN-II program. Representatives involved in the meeting included the Biko Independence Army, the Venezian Militia, the Secessionist Union, the Freedom League of Jericho VII, the Gao Liberation Force, and the People's Occupation of Reach. At the end of the debate, General Harper Gavin chose to open an exchange with the alien hegemony.^[1]

The Bellicose resurfaced during the Human-Covenant War at the battles of 18 Scorpii and Psi Serpentis under an independent flag. There, the crew of the Bellicose, captained by Lyrenne Castilla, Cole's former wife, saved the latter's forces from Covenant attack.^[3]

Bellerophon is a hero from Greek mythology. "Bellicose" means "inclined or eager to fight".
"Bellerophon" is an unofficial name for 51 Pegasi B.

^ ^a ^b Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 6
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, page 447