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The UNSC Pony Express was a UNSC corvette.[1] As of 2552, it was the fastest ship available to the UNSC.[2]
During the Battle of Earth, the Pony Express was at Earth fighting the Covenant. After receiving a message from Dr. Halsey, Lord Hood planned on sending the SPARTAN-IIs to Onyx aboard the Pony Express, but they opted to instead capture a Covenant destroyer, the Bloodied Spirit, which was faster than even the Pony Express.[2]
Trivia
The Pony Express is a reference to the old mail system where riders would take fast horses from checkpoint to checkpoint, picking up mail and getting a new horse at each one. It lasted from April 1860 to October 1861, only slightly more than a year, but it made a major impact.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, page 261 (2009)
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 213