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{{Era|HCW}}
{{Title|''Long Time Coming''}}
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{{Status|Canon}}
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|name='''''Long Time Coming'''''
|name='''''Long Time Coming'''''
|image=[[File:Long Time Coming.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:Long Time Coming.png|250px]]
|class=
|class=Prospect explorer
|manufacturer=
|manufacturer=
|modifier=
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|countermeasures=
|countermeasures=
|armament=
|armament=
|complement=
|misc4-title=Complement
|misc4=*[[Black Team]]
'''Ground vehicles'''
*[[M12 Warthog]]
**[[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]
* Various prospecting equipment
|crew=
|crew=
|skeleton=
|skeleton=
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|consumables=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|othersystems=
|role=
|role=Covert operations
|commission=
|commission=
|firstsight=
|firstsight=
|destroyed=[[2552#August|August 2552]]<ref group="note">The [[Battle of Verge]], which took place concurrently with the [[Battle of Tribute]], had already taken place at this point, as evidenced by remarks by Team Black in [[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]. Additionally, the story takes place before Reach falls, narrowing the timeframe to the month of August.</ref>
|destroyed=[[2552#August|August 2552]]{{Ref/Note|See [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4#Notes]]}}
|retired=
|retired=
|lastsight=
|lastsight=
|battles=
|battles=[[Operation: BLOWBACK]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]
**[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|fleet=
|fleet=
|taskforce=
|taskforce=
|owners=
|owners=
|namedcrew=
|namedcrew=
*[[Iona]] (AI)
*[[Margaret-053]]
*[[Roma-143]]
*[[Otto-031]]
*[[Victor-101]]
|captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Moreland]]
|captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Moreland]]
}}
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'''''Long Time Coming''''' was a prospecting vessel in commission with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way '''NYCC '09''': ''Two New Halo Series'']</ref><ref>[[News:Archive/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|'''Halopedia''': ''Interview with Fred Van Lente'']]</ref> The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a [[Slipbeacon]]. It was registered to the colony world [[Oasis VI]] as a cover.<ref name="IssueOne">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> In [[2552]] her commanding officer was [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Moreland]] and her primary shipboard [[artificial intelligence|AI]] was [[Iona]].


'''''Long Time Coming''''' was a prospecting vessel in commission with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series]</ref><ref>[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|Halopedia Interview with Fred Van Lente]]</ref> The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a [[Slipbeacon]].<ref name="IssueOne">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''' - ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>
==Service history==
 
In [[2552]], ''Long Time Coming'' was commissioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence to carry [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Team Black]] in a [[Operation: BLOWBACK|covert mission]] in a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]-controlled [[Sub-sector 35|sector]] of space. Unfortunately, the ship was destroyed by [[Line Installation 1-4]]'s defenses while in [[Slipstream space|slipspace]]. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an [[unidentified moon]].{{Ref/Reuse|IssueOne}}
==History==
Some time after the [[Battle of Tribute]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], this ship carried [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Team Black]] for a [[Operation: BLOWBACK|covert mission]] in a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]-controlled [[Sub-Sector 35|sector]] of space. Unfortunately, the ship was mysteriously destroyed while in [[Slipspace]]. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an [[Unnamed Moon|unknown Moon]].<ref name="IssueOne"/>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Ship Montage.png|''Long Time Coming'' crash-landing on the moon.
File:HBL-Iona-01.png|Iona and Cpt. Moreland (left) on the bridge.
File:The Crash.png|The destruction of the ship.  
File:HBL-cargo bay.png|The ship's cargo bay.
File:Black Team.png|Black Team in a cargo hold.
File:HBL-LTC.png|''Long Time Coming'' entering  slipspace.
File:The_crash.jpg|''Long Time Coming'' crash-landing on the moon.
File:LBL-crew.png|The ship's crew post-crash.
File:HBL-cryo.png|Black Team's hidden cryo chambers
File:HBL-Issue1-FullPage-BlackTeam.jpg|Black Team in the cargo hold.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''


==Notes==
==Notes==
<references group="note"/>
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Human Starships]]
[[Category:Freighters]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]

Latest revision as of 13:51, January 18, 2023

Long Time Coming
Long Time Coming.png
Production information

Class:

Prospect explorer

Role:

Covert operations

Specifications

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Complement:

Ground vehicles

Service information

Destroyed:

August 2552[Note 1]

Participated battles:

Operation: BLOWBACK

Noteworthy crewmembers:

Known commanders:

Captain Moreland

Affiliation:

 

Long Time Coming was a prospecting vessel in commission with the Office of Naval Intelligence.[1][2] The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a Slipbeacon. It was registered to the colony world Oasis VI as a cover.[3] In 2552 her commanding officer was Captain Moreland and her primary shipboard AI was Iona.

Service history[edit]

In 2552, Long Time Coming was commissioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence to carry SPARTAN-II Team Black in a covert mission in a Covenant-controlled sector of space. Unfortunately, the ship was destroyed by Line Installation 1-4's defenses while in slipspace. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an unidentified moon.[3]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]