UNSC destroyer
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| Destroyer | |
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 A Halberd-class destroyer | |
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Fleet escort, assault |
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1.5 - 2 meters titanium-A battle plate[1] |
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Colonial Military Authority (defunct)
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Destroyer is a warship classification in the UNSC Navy, as well as the now-defunct Colonial Military Authority. Its hull classification symbol is DD. Fast, maneuverable, and designed for long-term endurance, destroyers are intended to escort larger vessels such as cruisers and carriers.
Classes[edit]
The Navy has made use of several destroyer classes which vary widely in design.
| Class | Image | Details |
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| Halberd class | |
The Halberd class in service as early as 2508[6] and continued to serve throughout the Human-Covenant War. One of the most notable Halberd-class destroyers was the UNSC Iroquois, captained by Commander Jacob Keyes, which performed the daring Keyes Loop during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV. This destroyer type continues to be in service with the Navy by 2557.[7] |
| Unidentified light destroyer class | The light destroyer was in service prior to the Insurrection, and predated the introduction of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Three such vessels famously took part in the Callisto Incident. | |
| Able-class heavy destroyer |  |
The Able class has been in service with the Navy since 2490.[8] In 2497, the heavy destroyer UNSC Gorgon was the first ship of its class to be armed with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, for which the ship carried only three slugs.[9] Then-Captain Preston Cole served on this ship during the Insurrection. The Gorgon was later assigned to Admiral Cole's fleet during the Human-Covenant War.[10] |
| Hillsborough class |  |
Similar in design to a cruiser,[11][12] the CMA destroyer Heracles belonged to the Hillsborough class of destroyer. The Heracles was the command ship of Battle Group 4 following the disastrous first contact with the Covenant.[12] |
| Diligence class |  |
The Diligence-class is an older class of destroyer formerly operated for peacekeeping purposes by the Colonial Military Authority.[13] The class has a wide beam and is almost equally tall. Numerous large antennae are mounted across the hull. By the start of the Covenant War, the Diligence-class had been retired for decades, though some ships were brought back into service and retrofitted for used in the war.[13] The only known vessel of this class, the UNSC Kronstadt, deployed an ODST-Spartan team during a raid on Heian at some point between 2540 and 2551.[14] |
Known destroyers[edit]
| Name | Earliest sighting | Engagements | Status | Notable information |
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| UNSC Agincourt | 2543 | Battle of Psi Serpentis | Destroyed | Sacrificed to protect Battle Group India |
| UNSC Armageddon's Edge | 2535 | Refitted in 2535 after a previous engagement with the Covenant | ||
| UNSC Brasidas | October 20, 2552 | Battle of Earth Onyx Conflict |
Destroyed along with the rest of Admiral Patterson's battle group | |
| UNSC Buenos Aires | March 2, 2494 | Callisto Incident | Destroyed by booby-trapped nuclear bomb | |
| UNSC Calcutta | 2530 | Engines salvaged for UNSC Spirit of Fire | ||
| UNSC Clearidas | 2535 | Battle of Hat Yai Battle of Skopje |
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| UNSC Do You Feel Lucky? | 2535 | Battle of Charybdis IX | Destroyed | Boarded by Covenant forces |
| UNSC Glasgow Kiss | November 3, 2552 | Battle of Earth Onyx Conflict |
Destroyed | Sacrificed to protect Patterson's battle group |
| UNSC Gorgon | 2502 | Skirmish at Capella | ||
| UNSC The Heart of Midlothian | Bet. 2535-2552 | Algolis Invasion | Self-destructed | Boarded by Covenant forces |
| CMA Heracles | 2525 | First Battle of Harvest | Investigated colony world Harvest with Battle Group 4 | |
| UNSC Herodotus | July 2552 | Battle of Sigma Octanus IV Fall of Reach |
Destroyed | |
| UNSC Iroquois | July 2552 | Battle of Sigma Octanus IV | Utilized the Keyes Loop maneuver to destroy three Covenant ships | |
| UNSC Iwo Jima | November 3, 2552 | Battle of Earth Onyx Conflict |
Self-destructed to inflict damage upon Covenant fleet | |
| UNSC Jericho | 2494 | Callisto Incident | Damaged by nuclear blast | |
| UNSC Kronstadt | After 2540 | Assassination mission on Heian | ||
| UNSC Lancelot | July 2552 | Battle of Sigma Octanus IV | Presumed destroyed | Enacted suicidal charge on Covenant fleet |
| UNSC Las Vegas | 2494 | Callisto incident | Damaged by nuclear blast | |
| UNSC Majestic | August 30, 2552 | Fall of Reach | Presumably killed Spartan Beta-Red via friendly fire | |
| UNSC Minotaur | 2552 | Fall of Reach | Destroyed | Cut in half by Covenant weapons |
| UNSC Monte Cassino | January 2553 | Active | ||
| UNSC Persephone | 2521 | Self-destructed | Boarded by insurrectionists | |
| UNSC Pioneer | 2525 | Assault on Eridanus Secundus | Participated in an operation to capture Colonel Robert Watts | |
| UNSC Resolute | 2535 | Battle of Jericho VII | ||
| UNSC Seattle | 2543 | Battle of 18 Scorpii | ||
| UNSC Tharsis | 2552 | Fall of Reach | Destroyed | |
| UNSC Thermopylae | 2543 | Battle of 18 Scorpii |
Gallery[edit]
The Hillsborough-class destroyer CMA Heracles transitioning from slipspace.
Heracles, accompanied by two frigates, emerges from slipspace.
The Heracles over Harvest with Battle Group 4.
The Halberd-class destroyer The Heart of Midlothian.
A schematic of The Heart of Midlothian.
The Halberd-class destroyer UNSC Pioneer.
The Halberd-class destroyer Iroquois collides with a Covenant stealth ship.
The UNSC Iroquois from its bow, unleashing a full volley of Archer missiles.
Concept art of the UNSC The Heart of Midlothian.
Various concept explorations for the Halberd-class destroyer's design.
Various concept explorations for the Halberd-class destroyer's design.
The Diligence-class destroyer Kronstadt near Heian.
UNSC destroyers, with Autumn-class heavy cruisers and UNSC Infinity, over Earth following the New Phoenix Incident.
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List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo Wars: Genesis
- Halo Wars (Mentioned only)
- Halo Legends
- Prototype (Mentioned only)
- The Babysitter
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo: Fall of Reach
- Halo: Glasslands
- Halo: Escalation
- Halo: Nightfall (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Last Light
Notes[edit]
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 248
- ^ a b c d Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint: UNSC The Heart of Midlothian
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 13
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 24
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 124
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 10
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection (Retrieved on Jul 28, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition, page 303-304
- ^ Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp
- ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder
- ^ Halo Legends - The Babysitter
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