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UNSC Commonwealth
Promotional image for the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta featuring the multiplayer map Boneyard. From the Halo: Reach press kit.
Production information

Manufacturer:

UNSC

Class:

Frigate (unknown class)

Role:

Warship

Specifications

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

Titanium-A battleplate

Armament:

Complement:

At least one fighter and one dropship squadron

Service information

Last sighted:

2552 at a Sinoviet ship breaking facility, planet Reach

Participated battles:

Battle of Chi Ceti

Noteworthy crewmembers:

Commonwealth Weapons Officer

Known commanders:

Captain Wallace

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The UNSC Commonwealth was a United Nations Space Command Frigate. In 2525, its commanding officer was Captain Wallace.[2]

History

Operational history

In 2525, the Commonwealth ferried the SPARTAN-II's along with Dr. Halsey to the Damascus Testing Facility on the planet Chi Ceti IV.[2] There, during the Battle of Chi Ceti, the Commonwealth successfully engaged the Covenant ship Unrelenting.[2] With the assistance of the Spartan-II's boarding party, and their new MJOLNIR Mark IV Armor, the Commonwealth was able to destroy the light cruiser.[3] The Commonwealth, however, was severely damaged in their first engagement against the Covenant Navy.[4]

Despite the damage incurred, the Commonwealth was able to return to Reach for repairs and then presumably returned to service against the Covenant's advances among the Outer Colonies.[5]

Damage sustained at Chi Ceti IV

The ship took heavy damage during the Battle of Chi Ceti. The damage was:

  • Communications and navigation dishes destroyed.
  • Armor in sections 3-7 down to four centimeters from 60 cm.
  • Hull breach in section three.
  • Ship AI memory core overloaded.
  • Leak in the port fuel tank.
  • Fire in sections one through twenty. (Atmosphere vented, fire extinguished.)
  • Port armor destroyed.
  • Decks two through seven in section one melted away. Decks two through five in sections three, four and five out of contact.
  • Deck thirteen destroyed.
  • Hull structure came close to "buckling" (integrity about to fail) and the MAC system was taken offline.
  • Reactor only able to output ten percent of rated output.

Decommissioning and scrapping

Some time after the Chi Ceti incident, the Commonwealth was decommissioned by the UNSC and was landed at the Aszod ship breaking yards to be scrapped.

When the Epsilon Eridani system was attacked, the Commonwealth became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant.[6]

At the time of the attack, the Commonwealth was well into being scrapped. Already, its entire port-side launch deck was removed, along with its port engines. Its bridge had been taken out, and holes were made on its underbelly to allow staircases to be fitted in for the technicians assigned to take it apart.

Trivia

  • The Commonwealth's name seems to be derived from the term commonwealth, which was a country that a nation proclaims guardianship over like the Commonwealth of Nations or declare it a territory, such as the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Gallery

  • The Commonwealth at the Sinoviet ship breaking facility in Aszod, on Reach.

    The Commonwealth at the Sinoviet ship breaking facility in Aszod, on Reach.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 248
  2. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 103-105
  3. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 130
  4. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 110-111
  5. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 258
  6. ^ Gametrailers: Gametrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, 06:39

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