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| {{Title|''Horn of Plenty''}} | | {{Era|CH|}} |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| |name = ''Horn of Plenty''
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| |class = [[DCS light freighter]]
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| |engine=Rocket thrusters (in [[propulsion pod]])
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| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] (in propulsion pod)
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| |navigation = [[Navigation computer]]
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| |crew = None
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| |misc-title = Cargo
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| |misc = Melons and other fresh fruit
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| |hull-title=Other systems
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| |hull = [[Maser]]
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| |role = Transportation of goods from Harvest to other UNSC colonies.
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| |affiliation = [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]
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| |captains = None
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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''' was an unmanned [[UNSC]] interstellar [[freighter]] of unknown classification. It had a cargo capacity of at least 2,500 metric tons, and powered by a pair of compact reactors. It possessed a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]] through it's 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]] pg. 23</ref>. |
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| 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]].
| | The ''Horn of Plenty'' has the dubious distinction of being the vessel to make first contact with the [[Covenant]] race, on September 3, [[2524]]. A Covenant starship, the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', crewed by [[Kig-Yar]], [[Unggoy]], and [[Huragok]] attacked and destroyed the vessel, stripping it of salvageable materials such as the cargo and the navigational computer<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg. 26</ref>. |
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design details===
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| 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}}
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| ==Service history==
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| ===First Contact===
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| 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]]''.
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| 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}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| 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.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
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| [[Category:Freighters]] | | [[Category:UNSC]] |
| [[Category:UNSC ships]] | | [[Category:Human Starships]] |
