Pious Inquisitor

Pious Inquisitor
Production information
Manufacturer:	Covenant Navy
Class:	CCS-class Battlecruiser
Specifications
Engine:	Repulsor Engines
Slipspace drive:	Yes
Crew:	Covenant
Service information
Participated battles:	Battle of Earth; Battle of Installation 00;
Fleet:	Fleet of Sacred Consecration (Pre-Great Schism); Fleet of Retribution (Post-Great Schism);
Affiliation:	Covenant Navy (Pre-Great Schism) Fleet of Sacred Consecration (Pre-Great Schism); ; Covenant Separatists (Post-Great Schism);

The Pious Inquisitor^[2] was a Covenant CCS-Class Battlecruiser reputed to be one of the fastest ships in the Covenant Navy.

History

The Pious Inquisitor saw action at the Battle of Earth. The Inquisitor remained intact through the Battle of Earth, and when informed of the Great Schism, it joined forces with the Covenant Separatists and returned to High Charity to join the Fleet of Retribution in preventing the Flood from spreading. Now part of the Fleet, it joined pursuit of a Flood-controlled ship to Earth, after which it entered the Portal and took part in the Battle of Installation 00.

At some point following the Battle of Installation 00, the Pious Inquisitor came into the possession of the Skirmisher Sav Fel.^[3]

The Pious Inquisitor is the setting for the Halo 2 multiplayer map Midship Midship. The ship is also the location of the Halo 3 multiplayer map Heretic, a remake of Midship.
Though it is unknown where the exact location of the map is on the ship, it is a commonly thought to be either in the observation deck or the engine room. It is more likely the former, for the layout of the room is nothing at all what an engine room should look like, in addition to the fact it is at the top of the ship. It is described as luxurious for a Covenant warship, so the hovering platform in the center of the room may be the control platform.
According to bonus features in the Halo 2 Collectors Edition, Begotten Angel was the original name of the vessel featured in Midship.^[4]
Near the top of the map there is a window where you can look out which shows that the Pious Inquisitor is a part of a fleet traveling through space, it is unknown which fleet it is (although it's probably the Fleet of Retribution) or where the fleet is heading.