UNSC Pillar of Autumn

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Summary

The Pillar of Autumn is a heavily modified United Nations Space Command Halcyon-class cruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved, often referred to as the "PoA", or the "Autumn" for short. The Covenant designated this ship as a "Human Attack Ship Type C-II"

The Pillar of Autumn is a relatively small ship for its class, but the reinforced hull and armor place it in a higher tonnage range in the UNSC fleet. Before the modifications to the vessel, the ship was due to be scrapped–the Halcyon-class was widely regarded as a joke by UNSC officers and crewmen. The refitted Pillar of Autumn, however, was one of the most powerful ships available to the UNSC. As of 2552, it was 43 years old.

The Pillar of Autumn was one of few ships which escaped The Battle of Reach. The ship made a slipstream jump to the planet Threshold, the location of Forerunner Installation 04, which the Covenant believed was their religious icon "Halo." The remaining crew believed the jump to be random, in order to avoid leading the Covenant to Earth as per the Cole Protocol; in actuality, the AI Cortana interpreted symbols on a Forerunner artifact into map coordinates.

After the crash landing on "Halo" the ship ended up balanced over the side of a cliff. The ODSTs who had escaped or survived the crash landing made a short Pelican flight to the crash site for supplies and armor in the form of Scorpions and Warthogs that were taken back to alpha base, but during the end of the events on Installation 4 the Covenant, The Flood and the Master Chief raced to the crash site to try and escape the ring-world.

The Pillar of Autumn suffered severe damage from Covenant forces orbiting Threshold and crashed on "Halo". Cortana and the Master Chief manually detonated the ship's nuclear fusion engines in order to destroy "Halo" and prevent Flood and Covenant forces from escaping.

The Pillar of Autumn is currently presumed destroyed along with most of the crew (including Captain Jacob Keyes, Commanding Officer of the PoA).

Armament

The Autumn was upgraded with a special improved nuclear fusion engine that featured two small reactors around a larger reactor, capable of boosting output power by 300%

There are 40 50mm auto cannons for point defense, and 1 MAC Cannon capable of firing three "shredder shots" on a single charge. There are also 4 Shiva Missiles and 128 Archer missile pods, each with 30 missles. The Autumn is capable of firing over 1000 missiles at once.

Crew

Pillar of Autumn Command Crew

Captain Jacob Keyes -- Ship Captain
Cortana -- Shipboard AI
Lieutenant Dominique -- Communications Officer
Lieutenant Aki Hikowa -- Weapons Officer
Lieutenant Hall -- Operations Officer
Ensign William Michael Lovell -- Navigation Officer
Lieutenant Commander Gail Purdy -- Chief Engineer
Abiad
Wang
Singh

Other Naval Personnel

Tech Chief Thom Shepard -- Cryogenics Technician
Tech Officer First Class Mary Murphy -- Air Traffic Technician
Tech Officer Sam Marcus -- Cryogenics Technician
Petty Officer Third Class Pauley -- Radio Technician
Petty Officer Third Class Cho -- Radio Technician
Flight Officer Captain Carol "Foehammer" Rawley -- Pelican Pilot
Lieutenant "Cookie" Peterson -- Pelican Pilot
Lieutenant Rick Hale -- Pelican Pilot
Flight Officer Mitchell -- Pelican Pilot
Petty Warrant Officer Shiela Polaski -- Pelican Pilot
Lieutenant Frye -- Pelican Co-Pilot
Crew Chief Cullen -- Pelican Communications Officer

Marines and ODSTs

Others

Trivia

The Autumn is approximately 1.17 km long. [1]

Images

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