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Ceres Industrial Metals[1] |
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526m (1,725.7ft)[1] |
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2 million tonnes[1] |
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4 fusion cores |
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Two meters of Titanium-A armor[2] |
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The Hillsborough-class heavy destroyer was a class of destroyer originally in service with the Colonial Military Administration and then the UNSC Navy.[3]
Operational history
Originally the Hillsborough-class destroyers were operated by the Colonial Military Administration. On October 7, 2525, a Hillsborough-class destroyer of Battle Group 4, CMA Heracles, was dispatched to the Epsilon Indi system to investigate the loss of communications with the planet Harvest, alongside Arabia and Vostok. Upon exiting slipstream space in the system, the three ships were attacked by a Covenant vessel. Only the Heracles survived, albeit heavily damaged, by limping back to Reach.[4] During the war, these ships were used for internal security, or were broken up for scrap.[1]
Ships of the line
- CMA Hillsborough – The lead ship of the class[5]
- CMA Heracles – Participated in the First Battle of Harvest[4]
Gallery
The Heracles transitions from slipspace at Epsilon Eridani.
- UNSC Heracles.png
Another view of Heracles arriving at Epsilon Eridani.
The Heracles and Battle Group 4 orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction.
The Heracles (center) and its task force in orbit above Harvest.
The Heracles, damaged by its engagement with the Covenant ship over Harvest.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First mentioned)
- Halo: Contact Harvest (Mentioned only)
- Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Fall of Reach
- Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
- Halo: Silent Storm (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 125
- ^ Halo Wars: Genesis, page 3 (digital PDF)
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfor96 - ^ Stephen Loftus on the Autumn class' talk page
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