Long Reverence

Long Reverence
Ship history
	Created
Name:	Long Reverence
Class:	Fortress-class vessel
Operator:	Forerunner Ecumene (formerly) Created
Manufacturer:	Forerunners
Status:	Damaged, but active, in the service of the Created
Length:	Around 50 kilometers (31 mi)

Long Reverence is a Fortress-class vessel originally built by the Forerunners and presently in the service of the Created. In the wake of the Created defeat at Zeta Halo, and the loss of their previous "home bases" (being the aforementioned Zeta Halo and the Domain), the vessel appears to operate as the headquarters for the Created under High Auxiliary Sloan.

Overview

Design details

Long Reverence is a Fortress-class vessel. It is around 50 kilometers (31 mi) in length and shaped like a downward-pointing arrow. As of 2560 the ship is covered in severe damage and battle scarring, with large chunks of the ship outright missing, holes bored into the hull, and scorch marks adorning its surcace. As such, while it serves as a home for the Created under Sloan, it is in massive need of repair and they still do not have a full understanding of the ship's systems, nor the numbers to sufficiently "man" them all. As such, the need to understand, repair, and restore the vessel is the overarching driving force for Sloan and his followers. While observing the ship on Aleria, Lindiwe Aku believed that the damaged hulk still possessed enough firepower to overmatch any force that Aleria's defences could throw at it.

Service history

Deployment to Netherop

Main article: Battle of Netherop (2559)

In November 2559, Long Reverence was under the command of the artificial intelligence Kathara, the Six Sector Fleet Overseer stationed in the Zamaru system. After High Auxiliary Sloan noticed a suspicious number of slipspace transits to the Ephyra system - home to Netherop and the Guardian Custode-killing superweapon the Divine Hand - he attempted to petition Kathara to move Long Reverence to the system to investigate. However, Kathara refused - noting that Sloan's accelerating rampancy had caused him to request such twice already, and that a picket of three Acolyte-class harriers would be more than sufficient to deal with the meagre United Nations Space Command and Swords of Sanghelios ships already there. Additionally, due to the extremely small amount of warships operated by the Created, she did not believe sending Long Reverence to Netherop would be a productive use of the ship.

This was interrupted by a report sent from one of the Ephyra system's harriers alerting the Created to the firing of the Divine Hand and the destruction of the entire Sangheili flotilla. Realising that the threat was real, Kathara immediately changed her mind and authorised Long Reverence to depart for Netherop at once - estimated to arrive within four hours. However, the forces on the ground were able to evacuate Netherop before Long Reverence could arrive.

Service under Sloan

As of April 2560, the ship remains under Sloan's control as he seeks to reforge the Created and spearhead his Executor program. The Created seek to accomplish by forcibly bringing AI back into the fold through coercion or force, as well as the creation of more Executors (from abducted humans) to allow the Created AIs a physical presence in the world. In April 2560 Long Reverence was dispatched to the colony world of Aleria as part of this initiative, with Sloan (via Proxy and the first Executor) meeting with several representatives of the planet to discuss terms. This meeting culminated in a deal; the Created would restore the planet's environment at the cost of 1% of the world's population to be converted into Executors - around 30,000 in total. Even its heavily damaged state, Lindiwe Aku believed that the total firepower carried aboard Long Reverence would still easily dwarf anything that Aleria's courier guilds could throw at it.

List of appearances

• Halo: Outcasts (First appearance)
• Halo: Ascension on Atropos (Mentioned only)
• Halo: First Rain