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The Forerunner Dreadnaught was used by the Covenant to power all of High Charity[1]. When the Flood attacked the city, the Prophet of Truth uncoupled the ship from High Charity's power grid and used it to travel to Earth. The Dreadnaught travels vertically, like a rocket. It is also capable of Slipspace travel.
A ship with enough power to power all of High Charity could likely move faster than any other ship in existence, which is quite impressive for a 100,000+ year old machine.
At the end of Halo 2, SPARTAN-117 boards the dreadnaught as a stowaway in his mission to kill the High Prophet of Truth. It is possible there is a Forerunner A.I. in the ship, the evidence being the presence Cortana found while trying to slow its launch sequence.[2]. This ship is very geometric and angular in its design, and is estimated to be about 14 kilometers (8.694 Miles) tall[3]. Lord Terrence Hood was meant to destroy the Dreadnaught, but was stopped when he found out that the Master Chief was aboard. According to the account by Forerunner AI Offensive Bias in the sixth Terminal, he controlled dreadnoughts exactly 37,654 tonnes each, in his battle with the Forerunner AI Mendicant Bias. This may be the same class of ship, despite the ship used in Halo 2 being apparently weaponless.
The Dreadnaught landed in Africa, a continent on Earth.
It is possible that the Forerunner ship is an undestroyed Key Ship, which were used to travel to the Ark. This is evidenced by it's apparent activation of the Ark portal on Earth while it was landed in the middle, and Truth calling the Ark portal on Earth it's "true resting place" during gameplay dialogue. However, its presence there during activation may be mere coincidence.
It is likely that the Forerunner Dreadnaught was destroyed when the replacement halo firing destroyed the Ark.
Images
- Forerunner Ship2.jpg
The Dreadnaught attached to High Charity.
Cortana watches as the ship launches.
References
- ^ High Charity (Level), Cortana: I knew the Covenant was good at re-purposing Forerunner technology, but this is amazing... they've been using the Forerunner ship's engines as an energy source for the city. The ship isn't so much launching, as it is disengaging, uncoupling itself from High Charity's power grid. Stopping Truth, that's all that matters!
- ^ High Charity (Level), Cortana: I'll do what I can to slow the launch sequence. There's something inside the ship... a presence that's fighting back! For a Covenant construct, it's unusually formidable.
- ^ Image:ForerunnerShip-scale.gif