| UNSC Glasgow Kiss | |
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485 metres (1,590 ft) |
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242.5 metres (796 ft) |
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600 metres (2,000 ft) |
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Deuterium Fusion Tanks |
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2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate |
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The UNSC Glasgow Kiss was a United Nations Space Command destroyer that served within Battlegroup Stalingrad during the Battle of Onyx in November 2552.
Background
Glasgow Kiss was part of Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson's task force sent to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey, the SPARTAN-IIs of Blue Team, the SPARTAN-IIIs of Gamma Company, and alleged Forerunner artifacts from the world's Sentinel constructs. During the first attack on the Covenant ships in orbit above Onyx, it moved to protect the flagship UNSC Stalingrad from enemy fire. Glasgow Kiss was subsequently destroyed by plasma meant for the flagship, although many of her crew survived in escape pods.[2]
Historical Meaning
"Glasgow kiss" is a colloquialism used in the United Kingdom for a head butt. This, in turn, stems from the Scottish city of Glasgow.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destoyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.
--Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 294