Editing Pious Inquisitor

{{Title|''Pious Inquisitor''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox
|image=[[File:H3ODST Heretic env-01.jpg|360px]]
|name=''Pious Inquisitor''
|class={{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}<ref name="he">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 275''</ref> 
|manufacturer=
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
*Equipped with [[energy shielding]]
|armament=*Several [[pulse laser turret]]s
*Several [[Plasma turret|plasma torpedo turrets]]{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
*Two [[energy projector]]s
|length={{Convert|1782.2|m|ft}}
|width={{Convert|861.7|m|ft}}
|height={{Convert|230.8|m|ft}}
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive=Equipped
|crew=
|destroyed=[[2553#April|April 2553]]
|battles=*[[Battle for Earth]]
**[[Battle of Voi]]
*[[Battle of Installation 00]] 
*[[Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor]]
|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|formerly}} <br>
*[[Covenant separatists]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Swords of Sanghelios]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Venezian militia]]
|fleet=*[[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] {{C|formerly}}<br>
*[[Fleet of Retribution]]{{Ref/Reuse|he}} {{C|formerly}}
|captains=[[Shipmaster]] [[Sav Fel]] {{C|formerly}}<br>
[[Staffan Sentzke]]
}}
{{Article quote|Don't let its luxury fool you - the Pious Inquisitor is one of the fastest ships in the Covenant fleet.}}

The '''''Pious Inquisitor''''',<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', multiplayer level, ''[[Midship]]''</ref> later renamed '''''Naomi''''' by [[Staffan Sentzke]] after [[Naomi-010|his daughter]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''Chapter 14''</ref> was a [[Covenant]] {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} reputed to be one of the fastest ships in the [[Covenant fleet]].

== History ==
===Human-Covenant War===
After the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] discovered the location of [[Excession|a portal]] to [[Installation 00]] in his search for relics, he quickly conjured the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and left for the Ark's location. ''Pious Inquisitor'' was a part of the fleet. He was unaware that the relic he sought after was located on [[human]]ity's homeworld, [[Earth]].<ref name="h2aterm">'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', ''Terminal 14: "Beholden"''</ref> After exiting [[slipspace]] in the [[Sol system]], the fleet was vastly outnumbered and attacked by the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]'s [[Fifth Fleet]], beginning the [[Battle for Earth]]. The ''Inquisitor'' remained intact through the Battle for Earth and it was under [[Jiralhanae]] control at the beginning of the [[Great Schism]]. During the Schism, the [[Sangheili]] under the command of  [[Rtas 'Vadum]] took over the ship and took it to ''High Charity'' to join the [[Covenant separatists]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 44''</ref> The ''Inquisitor'' then aided the [[Fleet of Retribution]] in preventing the [[Flood]] from spreading. Now part of the fleet, it joined pursuit of a [[Indulgence of Conviction|Flood-controlled ship]] that escaped to Earth.<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 124''</ref> Back to Earth, the fleet helped to cleanse [[Voi]] and its environs of the parasite via glassing. Afterward, the ''Pious Inquisitor'' entered the [[Excession|Portal]] and took part in the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. Ultimately, the ship survived the battle.

===Post-war===
After the war, the ''Pious Inquisitor'' returned to [[Sanghelios]]. At some point, the ship was stolen by [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], the Bishop and head of the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]]. 'Telcam intended to use the ''Inquisitor'' to his advantage during the [[Blooding Years|Sangheili civil war]], against the forces loyal to [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. 'Telcam had entrusted the ship to a group of [[Kig-Yar]], led by [[T'vaoan]] [[piracy|pirate]] [[Sav Fel]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 329''</ref><ref name="Tor">[http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/halo-mortal-dictata-excerpt#more '''Tor.com''' ''Halo: Mortal Dictata (Excerpt) by Karen Traviss'']</ref> However, the Kig-Yar decided to sell the ship for themselves and Fel took the ''Inquisitor'' to a barren star system for safekeeping. Upon being informed of this, the [[ONI]] team [[Kilo-Five]] began working to take back the ''Inquisitor'' for study and reverse-engineering of its ventral beam by the Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 82''</ref>

Sav Fel fled to the [[human]] colony of [[Venezia]] and began negotiating with [[insurrectionist]] [[Staffan Sentzke]], who originally planned to use the ship to glass [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|Tor}} As payment for the ship, Fel demanded [[particle beam rifle]]s, [[dropship]]s, and [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistols]]. Sentzke stated that he would first need to see the ship and test its ventral beam. Fel told him the ship was in another system and that he planned to show him something extra when he saw the ship.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 59-64''</ref> Sav Fel transported Staffan and his son, [[Edvin Sentzke|Edvin]], to his ship in a [[Kig-Yar shuttle|shuttle]] and then took them to where he had hidden ''Pious Inquisitor''.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 109''</ref>

At Staffan's request, Fel agreed to demonstrate the battlecruiser's [[energy projector]] on a desolate world. When the ship arrived at its destination, [[Shaps III]], the vessel's eccentric Huragok caretaker, [[Sometimes Sinks]], told Sav Fel that he couldn't use the ship's energy projectors since there were [[Forerunner]] artifacts on the surface.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 125''</ref>  Fel ignored the Huragok and began to glass the artifacts. Then, he let Staffan have a chance to do the same. Not wanting to upset the Huragok, Sentzke allowed Sinks to aim the beam elsewhere to avoid damaging any more ruins and then proceeded to glass a portion of the planet. Satisfied with the ship, Sentzke completed the deal with Fel, keeping Sinks as the ship's chief engineer.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 127-133''</ref>

Meanwhile, 'Telcam had hired Kig-Yar [[Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] to steal back the ''Inquisitor'' from Fel.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 137''</ref>  After [[Malcolm Geffen]] and [[Vasily Beloi]] of [[Kilo-Five]] infiltrated the [[Venezian militia]], Sentzke quickly learned that the two supposed UNSC deserters had experience with operating Covenant technology and took them to see ''Pious Inquisitor''.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 184''</ref> However, Sentzke and his son Edvin came to doubt the two Marines' cover story after an attempt by an unknown party to seize control of ''Pious Inquisitor'' using Venezia's [[FTL communications]] relay.

===Destruction===
{{Main|Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor}}
Shipmistress Von and her crew captured Sav Fel, who led them to the location of ''Pious Inquisitor''. Von's Kig-Yar boarded the ship, but Sometimes Sinks continued to hinder their attempts to access its vital systems and made a slipspace transition to a different location, uncoupling ''Inquisitor'' from the Kig-Yar ship and killing several of the pirates. Shortly afterward, Kilo-Five was able to locate ''Pious Inquisitor''. Sometimes Sinks had placed the ship in lockdown and only followed Sentzke's orders, forcing Kilo-Five to take the captured Staffan along as they entered the battlecruiser.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 397''</ref> With the rest of Kilo-Five advancing toward the bridge, Chol Von set the ship's [[plasma torpedo]]es to detonate, which would cause the ''Inquisitor'' to violently [[self-destruct]]. While Kilo-Five evacuated to their own dropships, Sentzke took a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] from the [[shuttle bay]], intending to use the Covenant dropship to escape.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 445''</ref>

Von and her remaining crew then made their way for a shuttle bay in order to escape. Kilo-Five watched the ship explode from a safe distance, while Staffan and Sinks escaped in the Spirit, unbeknownst to the others.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 485''</ref>

== Trivia ==
*''Pious Inquisitor'' is the setting for the ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer map [[Midship]]. The ship is also the location of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Heretic]], a remake of Midship. Midship is set just prior to the Battle for Earth, while Heretic is set during the Fleet of Retribution's travel from Delta Halo to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
*During the development of ''Halo 2'', the ship was at one point considered for being named ''Begotten Angel''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2 Collector's Edition]]''': ''Making of Halo 2''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2 Midship.jpg|The ''Pious Inquisitor'' as depicted just prior to the Covenant invasion of Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
File:H2A Terminals - Sacred Consecration.jpg|''Inquisitor'' preparing to leave for Earth with its fleet.
File:H3 - Retribution - Ark.png|''Inquisitor'' and the [[battle group]] of the Fleet of Retribution exiting slipspace over Installation 00.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:CCS-class battlecruisers]]
[[Category:Covenant ships]]
[[Category:Swords of Sanghelios ships]]