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Assault flagship |
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~27 km [1] |
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Slipspace drive: |
Yes |
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August 14, 2552 |
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Long Night of Solace was a Covenant supercarrier-class vessel that led the advance assault on the planet Reach before the Fall of Reach.[2] It was destroyed by a UNSC team during Operation: UPPER CUT.[3]
Operational history
Sometime before August 12, 2552, Long Night of Solace entered Reach orbit and was cloaked by a network of stealth pylons and Spires. The supercarrier was then able to covertly land troops on the surface of the planet, starting the advance invasion of Reach. It seemed to act as the flagship for the advance force, made up of the supercarrier and at least three corvettes.
On August 12, Spire One was destroyed, revealing the location of the supercarrier to the UNSC. After having its stealth compromised, Long Night of Solace proceeded to destroy the UNSC Grafton and lay waste to several other UNSC deployments. It then retreated to Covenant-held space in orbit above the planet.[4]
During Operation: UPPERCUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC EVA teams transported a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine onto a Covenant corvette called Ardent Prayer that was on a refueling run with the supercarrier. Jorge-052 then sacrificed himself to activate the slipspace manually, believing he had saved Reach from Covenant invasion. The unrestricted slipspace rift teleported the middle half of the hull into atomized bits, destroying the Long Night of Solace. The remains of Long Night of Solace then crashed in a mountain range on the surface of Reach just as the main wave of ships from the Fleet of Particular Justice jumped out of slipspace over the planet.[5]
Trivia
In the video game Halo Reach, the sixth mission is named after this ship
Gallery
The de-cloaked Long Night of Solace.
A visual and size comparison between Long Night of Solace and a standard assault carrier. <ref> HBO Forum Analysis
Long Night of Solace is destroyed.
The remnants of Long Night of Solace on Reach.
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ HBO Forum Analysis
- ^ Halo: Reach, Legendary Commentary
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus