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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]]. | 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 | ==Background== | ||
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]] race. | |||
===First Contact=== | ===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 of [[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]]''. | 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 of [[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. | 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>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 26''</ref> | ||
==Description== | |||
It had a cargo capacity of at least 2500 kg, 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>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 23''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The | * The 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.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia '''Cornucopia''': Horn of Plenty, harvest cone, Horn of Amalthea]</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Freighters]] | [[Category:Freighters]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:United Nations Space Command ships]] | ||
