Outbreak on the UNSC Spirit of Fire

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Outbreak on the UNSC Spirit of Fire
Date:	January 2537
Location:	Adrift in space
Outcome:	Decisive UNSC victory Containment of the Flood successful;
Details
Belligerents
United Nations Space Command	Flood
Commanders
Ellen Anders; Smart AI Serina;	;
Strength
Jerome-092	Flood Infection Forms; Flood Carrier Forms; Flood Combat Forms;
Casualties
Some UNSC Naval personnel	All flood;

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In January 2537 there was a Flood outbreak on the UNSC Spirit of Fire.^[1]

Background

During the Battle of the Etran Harborage, the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire became the first known humans to encounter the Flood. Despite facing attacks from both the Flood and Covenant, the UNSC forces were able to destroy the shield world by using the Spirit of Fire's Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine as a makeshift bomb to send the shield world's star into supernova.

Surviving the battle, the Spirit of Fire, left without a slipspace drive, began its slow return journey