| Long Night of Solace | |
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| Production information | |
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Class: |
Supercarrier |
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Role: |
Assault flagship |
| Specifications | |
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Length: |
~27 km [1] |
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Engine: |
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Slipspace drive: |
Yes |
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Last sighted: |
Fall of Reach |
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Destroyed: |
August 14, 2552 |
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Affiliation: |
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Long Night of Solace was a Covenant supercarrier that led the advance assault on the planet Reach during the Fall of Reach in August 2552.[2] It was destroyed by the UNSC during Operation: UPPER CUT.[3]
Operational history
On or prior to August 12, 2552, Long Night of Solace entered the atmosphere of Reach 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, which was comprised of the supercarrier and at least three corvettes.
On August 12, the UNSC launched an attack on the Covenant base in Viery. Spire One was destroyed, revealing the presence of the supercarrier to the UNSC. After its position was 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: UPPER CUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC EVA teams boarded the Covenant corvette Ardent Prayer, which was on a refueling run with the supercarrier, and transported a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine onto the corvette. During the battle aboard the ship, the detonation controls of the improvised bomb were damaged, forcing SPARTAN Jorge-052 to sacrifice himself by activating the drive manually. The unrestricted slipspace rift teleported the middle half of the supercarrier's hull into slipspace, destroying Long Night of Solace. The remains of Long Night of Solace then crashed into a mountain range on the surface of Reach as a larger Covenant fleet jumped out of slipspace over the planet.[3][5]
Gallery
The de-cloaked Long Night of Solace.
A visual and size comparison between Long Night of Solace and a Covenant assault carrier.<ref> HBO Forum Analysis
Long Night of Solace is destroyed.
The remnants of Long Night of Solace in a mountain range on Reach.
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ HBO Forum Analysis
- ^ Halo: Reach Legendary Edition commentary
- ^ a b Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus