Hillsborough-class destroyer

Hillsborough-class destroyer
Production information
Class:	Destroyer
Technical specifications
Engine(s):	4 fusion cores
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	Two meters of Titanium-A armor
Armament:	At least one Magnetic Accelerator Cannon; Missiles;
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Human-Covenant War
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy; Colonial Military Administration;

The Hillsborough-class destroyer was a class of destroyer in service with the UNSC Navy and the Colonial Military Administration.^[4]

Operational history

Some Hillsborough-class destroyers were operated by the Colonial Military Administration. On October 7, 2525, a Hillsborough-class destroyer of Battle Group 4, CMA Heracles, was dispatched to the Epsilon Indi system to investigate the loss of communications with the planet Harvest, alongside Arabia and Vostok. Upon exiting slipstream space in the system, the three ships were attacked by a Covenant vessel. Only the Heracles survived, albeit heavily damaged, by limping back to Reach.^[3]

The Heracles transitions from slipspace at Epsilon Eridani.
Another view of Heracles arriving at Epsilon Eridani.
The Heracles and Battle Group 4 orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction.
The Heracles (center) and its task force in orbit above Harvest.
The Heracles, damaged by its engagement with the Covenant ship over Harvest.