Editing Pegoras

{{Title|''Pegoras''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|name=''Pegoras''
|image=[[File:HW2ATN Pegoras.png|300px]]<br>''Pegoras'' on descent to the Flood infestation on the Ark.{{Ref/Reuse|Manifestation}}
|hull code=
|naval architect=
|manufacturer=[[Eklon War-Forges]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=475}}
|class=[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]]
|role=Personal transport of [[Atriox]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW3}}
|length= {{Convert|261.4|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width= {{Convert|135.9|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height= {{Convert|93.1|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass= {{Convert|898.1|MT}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=None{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|hull=[[Nanolaminate|Nanolaminate hull plating]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW2}}
|shielding=
|countermeasures=
|armament=1 [[heavy plasma cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=40 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|crew=1 [[pilot]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|firstuse=
|commission=
|lastsight=
|destroyed=[[2559#October|October 12, 2559]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW6}}
|battles=[[Operation: WOLFE]]{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}}<br>[[Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW3}}
|fleet=
|namedcrew=
|captains=[[Atriox]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW3}}
|affiliation=[[Banished]] {{C|formerly}}<br>[[Keepers of the One Freedom]]
}}
'''''Pegoras''''' was the personal [[Lich]] of the [[Banished]] [[warmaster]], [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW3|HDW|Chapter=3}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
''Pegoras'' is an [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]], appropriately manufactured by the [[Eklon War-Forges]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The craft is outfitted with [[nanolaminate]] hull plating,{{Ref/Reuse|DW2}} and a single [[heavy plasma cannon]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} It is capable of transporting up to forty warriors and a single pilot.{{Ref/Reuse|DW2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==History==
===Second Ark Conflict===
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}}
''Pegoras'' was used by Atriox as a personal transport during his occupation of [[Installation 00|the Ark]] throughout [[2559]]. In mid-2559, the Lich was used to transport Atriox away from the frontline of his conflict against the [[human]] forces of {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} to the crash site of ''[[High Charity]]'', to deal with the [[Outbreak on Installation 00|newly-emerged]] threat of the [[Flood]] in the region. ''Pegoras'' arrived at the site of the [[Proto-Gravemind]] shortly following the Gravemind's destruction, and disembarked Atriox and his personal guard to reprimand brothers [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] of the [[Clan of the Long Shields]].{{Ref/Level|Id=Manifestation|HW2|Manifestation}}

===Return to Reach and eventual destruction===
In October of 2559, ''Pegoras'' was used during an [[Operation: WOLFE|attempt]] by the Banished to open up a [[slipspace portal]] to connect the Ark back to the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. After the [[Menachite portal complex]] was activated on [[Reach]] by [[Escharum]]'s forces, ''Pegoras'' was used to transport Atriox and his personal retinue - the [[Exodus Guard]] - through [[slipstream space]] to Reach. Arriving at Reach, ''Pegoras'' disembarked its passenger complement before being co-opted by [[Castor]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Although initially attempting to frame their takeover of the Lich as the personal orders of Escharum, their bluff was called and they were forced to openly declare their betrayal. Atriox ordered his forces to back down and allow the takeover, confident that the many threats of the Ark would make short work of the relatively small Keeper force - and preferring to avoid excess bloodshed in the face of an imminent [[United Nations Space Command]] counterattack.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoR|SOR|Chapter=21}}
[[File:HDW_FullCoverArt.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Veta Lopis]], [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] and [[Castor]] stood in front of ''Pegoras''{{'}} crash site on the Ark.]]
The Keepers then boarded ''Pegoras'' and used it to re-transit the portal back to the Ark, aiming to use the megastructure to achieve their [[Covenant religion|religious goals]] and activate the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|SoR}} The Lich carried forty Keeper warriors including Castor and the [[Ferret]]s to the Ark - ultimately emerging in the midst of a pitched three-way battle between the Banished vanguard on the Ark commanded by [[Let 'Volir]], the [[Covenant loyalists|loyalist Covenant]] remnant force commanded by [[Dhas Bhasvod]], and the forces of ''Spirit of Fire''. The craft emerged in the same physical locale as a UNSC [[B-65 Shortsword]] bomber, resulting in the two aircraft fusing together mid-flight and causing severe damage and injury to both crafts' occupants.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW1|HDW|Chapter=1}} As [[Krelis]] struggled to keep ''Pegoras'' airborne, the Lich descended and passed over a UNSC combined-arms column that was assaulting the portal site before weaving through a sky cluttered with various old UNSC and modern Covenant aircraft. {{Ref/Novel|Id=DW2|HDW|Chapter=2}}

To secure aid on the descent, Castor was able to communicate with the Banished ground force and bluff that Atriox was still aboard ''Pegoras'' - attmepting to trick Let 'Volir into believing that the warmaster was wounded and thus, unable to talk. However, realising the [[shipmaster]]'s raising suspicions, [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] instead told 'Volir that Atriox was ''not'' aboard the Lich, and that they had been ordered to the Ark at his request - and thus required several [[talon]]s of aircraft to escort their descent. [[Veta Lopis]] then transmitted to the UNSC force, using the callsign of the Shortsword's pilot [[Lieutenant]] [[Myklonas]], that she required UNSC air aid to escort the Lich down. This resulting in a flight of four [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk]]s tailing the Lich and the UNSC force opening a corridor in ''Pegoras''{{'}} flight path as to allow it to crash without harming the ground force - or be shot down without fear of collateral damage. In response, Krelis tried to keep ''Pegoras'' flying over the UNSC ground force, ultimately clearing the support lines and securing a crash site for ''Pegoras'' in the [[Chasm Lands]] biome.{{Ref/Reuse|DW2}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW4|HDW|Chapter=4}} In response to ''Pegoras''{{'}} appearance, the Clan of the Long Shields were ordered by Let 'Volir to investigate the crash site and the truth of the matter of ''why'' the Lich had returned to the Ark.{{Ref/Reuse|DW3}}

Several of the Keeper crew were able to survive ''Pegoras''{{'}} crash - albeit injured - and began to offload supplies for their mission. However, they were ambushed by a pack of ''[[kralidonk]]'' - carnivorous fauna native to the Ark. Before they could be overrun, a Covenant loyalist [[Phantom]] dropship was able to land in the crash site and offload its cargo of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guard]] and the [[Prelate]] Dhas 'Bhasvod, who ultimately allied with the Keeper force and escorted them away from the crash site.{{Ref/Reuse|DW4}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW5|HDW|Chapter=5}}

Following the departure of the Covenant-Keeper alliance, the ''kralidonk'' swarm began to dismantle ''Pegoras'' with the intent of using its components to decorate their underwater hive, though were driven out of the site by the arrival of the Banished Long Shields. However, the result of the various damages taken had caused the Lich's navigation and pilot's registers to have been destroyed. Ultimately, the Banished party were unable to recover much from ''Pegoras'' except the revelation that human spies had been present among the ranks of the Keepers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW6|HDW|Chapter=6}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
**''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''

==Sources==
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