UNSC The Heart of Midlothian

The Heart of Midlothian
Production information
Class:	Halberd-class light destroyer
Role:	Reconnaissance
Specifications
Length:	Approx. 485 metres (1,590 ft)
Engine:	Deuterium fusion core reactor
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	Titanium-A battle plate
Armament:	Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (2), Shiva-class nuclear missiles, Archer missile firing array
Service information
Destroyed:	Before March 28, 2549
Participated battles:	Battle of Algolis
Noteworthy crewmembers:	Unidentified medical technician; ODST Michael Baird;
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

UNSC The Heart of Midlothian (hull classification symbol: DD-366)^[1] was a UNSC Halberd-class light destroyer^[2] that served in the Human-Covenant War. Its shipboard AI was Mo Ye.

Service history

Human-Covenant War

Main article: Human-Covenant War

While on a mission to the planet Algolis, The Heart of Midlothian was attacked and overrun with Covenant forces. It was later learned that the reason the ship was hijacked was in order for the Covenant to retrieve human navigation data, which would lead them to all the human colonies.

There was only one survivor of the initial boarding action, ODST Michael Baird. The ODST Sergeant had been sedated during the attack and the Covenant had missed him thinking that he was dead. After fighting his way to the bridge, Baird self-destructed the ship by letting the enemy kill him and therefore letting the ship's onboard AI, Mo Ye, have the authorization to destroy the ship. This was a side action during the Algolis Invasion.^[3]

Trivia

The ship was named after The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott, which is considered by many to be his finest book.
It also shares its name with a football club of the same name based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was Frank O'Connor's favorite football club when he lived in Edinburgh.