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{{Title|''Brilliant Gift''}} | {{Title|''Brilliant Gift''}} | ||
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|image=[[File:Brilliant Gift.png| | |image=[[File:Brilliant Gift.png|250px]] | ||
|class= | |class=[[Type-28 Troop Carrier|Type-25 Troop Carrier]] | ||
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| | |complement=Covenant troops; later Flood<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel" >'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> | ||
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The '''Brilliant Gift''' was a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Type-28 Troop Carrier|Spirit]] dropship. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Brilliant Gift'' was captured by the [[The Flood|Flood]] and became a transport to spread its infection to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] orbiting over [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]]. | |||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
The | The Brilliant Gift's mission before it was captured is unknown. After the Flood was released, they somehow managed to commandeer the ship and leave Alpha Halo towards the Fleet of Particular Justice. The dropship headed towards the [[Covenant agricultural support ship|Agricultural Support Ship]], the ''[[Infinite Succor]]''.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> | ||
Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash | Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash landed into the Infinite Succor's hanger and was irreparably damaged, killing some of the Covenant crewmen stationed there.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> However, it ultimately did not matter since the Flood killed most of the witnesses and soon spread throughout the Infinite Succor, infecting the entire crew and the creatures in the hunting ground except for the legate.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> One of the most notable combatants in the battle was [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, Spec Ops Commander and later [[Fleet Master|Fleetmaster]]. | ||
The dropship was destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' | The dropship was likely destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' made a slipspace jump into the star [[Soell]]. | ||
==Trivia== | == Trivia == | ||
*The | *The flood aboard Brilliant Gift were infected human combat forms, armed with human weaponry. They were likely members of the former [[Fire Team Charlie]] who, along with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], were attacked and assimilated by the Flood. | ||
*The name of the ship, " | *The name of the ship, "Brilliant Gift", is likely meant to be acutely ironic to it's role in the ''Halo: Graphic Novel'': It brings the Flood onto ''Infinite Succor'', which leads to the death of nearly everyone on board. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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