Editing Horn of Plenty

{{Title|''Horn of Plenty''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{References}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|name = ''Horn of Plenty''
|class  = [[DCS light freighter]]
|engine=Rocket thrusters (in [[propulsion pod]])
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] (in propulsion pod)
|navigation = [[Navigation computer]]
|crew = None
|misc-title = Cargo
|misc = Melons and other fresh fruit
|hull-title=Other systems
|hull = [[Maser]]
|role = Transportation of goods from Harvest to other UNSC colonies.
|affiliation = [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]
|captains = None
}}

The '''''Horn of Plenty''''' ([[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|DCS.REG#]] '''HOP-000987111''') was an unmanned [[human]] [[civilian]] interstellar [[freighter]] operating in and before [[2524]].

Under the management of [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]], the ''Horn of Plenty'' has the dubious distinction of being the vessel to make first contact with the [[Covenant Empire]].

==Overview==
===Design details===
It had a cargo capacity of at least 2500 metric tons, and was powered by a pair of compact reactors. It possessed a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]] in its propulsion pod, described as being one-tenth the size of the cargo container, coupled to the craft at the rear through a magnetic coupling.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]|Page=23}}

==Service history==
===First Contact===
On September 3, [[2524]], the ''Horn of Plenty'' was making a shipment of [[list of food and drinks|melons]] from the [[Epsilon Indi system|Epsilon Indi]] colony "[[Harvest]]", to the colony of "[[Madrigal]]" when its slipspace drive malfunctioned due an overload in the coolant tanks, fatefully forcing it out of slipspace near the [[Kig-Yar]] raider ''[[Minor Transgression]]''.

The Covenant ship, crewed by [[Kig-Yar]], with an [[Unggoy]] [[deacon]] and [[Huragok]] engineers, attacked and disabled the vessel by destroying its engines, cameras, and [[maser]] dish with pulse lasers, and then stripping it of salvageable materials such as the ship's cargo and navigational computer. Having suffered a [[hull breach]], the freighter sent a message to the [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|DCS]], which responded by sending an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] operative, fearing the destruction was the result of an [[Insurrectionist]] attack.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]|Page=26}}

==Trivia==
The [[Wikipedia:Horn of Plenty|Horn of Plenty]] is the horn of the goat Amalthea, which was enchanted by Zeus, to give whomever wielded it anything they desired. It is also recognized as a symbol of female fertility. In modern times it is known as the Cornucopia, and is associated with Thanksgiving and the Harvest by North Americans.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Freighters]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]