Ren
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The Ren is a specialized utility shuttle of San'Shyuum origin that was used by the Covenant.[3][2]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The Ren shuttle is small and boxy in shape and has two small viewports on the front.[4] The Ren is capable of quick, short-range travel due to its four impulse drives and is nearly as fast and maneuverable as the Seraph.[3][2] Two of these impulse drives are mounted on "wings", much like a Banshee as well as two more at the rear.[4] Although most Rens are not armed, they boast compact slipspace drives which make them valuable vehicles for traders and smugglers.[3][2]
Usage[edit]
During the era of the Covenant, Rens often had the role of serving as small utility shuttles. They were sometimes used for transporting ministers and other nobles within the Covenant ecclesiarchy, though its slipspace drive and high manoeuvrability later lent it well to serving as an escape craft and transport for traders and smugglers.[2]
Operational History[edit]
In 2544, Master Chief John-117 used one while escaping Luro 'Taralumee's assault carrier with Dr. Halsey in Operation: WARM BLANKET. The Ren came under attack by Morsam-pattern Seraphs, but Frederic-104 and Kelly-087 arrived to help in hijacked Seraphs of their own. As the squadron continued to chase them, the Sahara-class heavy prowler PRO-49776 decloaked and destroyed the remaining Seraphs, allowing the captured Ren and Seraphs to safely land onboard.[4]
When a civil war between the Sangheili broke out over Carrow in September 2558, several diplomats of the Unified Earth Government's Diplomatic Corps evacuated the cruiser Unwavering Discipline in a Ren. However, the Ren was presumably destroyed as it didn't make it to the ONI base on the planet.[1]
Rens are used by the Kig-Yar Ke'jah for his colony-wide transport business on Venezia. During Operation: SONATA, Veronica Dare used one such shuttle to infiltrate M'raad's tower in New Tyne.[5]
When a team from the Shadow of Intent infiltrated Vigilance with Piety, his storm cutter, the San'Shyuum Kafo Dein activated his ship's self-destruct and fled in four Rens towards Kus'kah's artificial moon, leaving his crew behind to die or flee in whatever docked craft that they could reach. Tul 'Juran, Vul 'Soran and Stolt chased the Rens in salvaged Forerunner war sphinxes despite the efforts of the Piety's crew to stop them. 'Juran was able to destroy two Rens with her sphinx's weapons before they were disabled by a Seraph, forcing 'Juran to resort to ramming one of the Rens which crashed into the other one, destroying both. Dein was killed in the destruction of the shuttles and 'Juran fell into the atmosphere of the moon,[6] but was saved by 'Soran and Stolt.[7]
Production notes[edit]
In Ancient Egyptian mythology, a person's ren, or name, was a part of their soul that would live on as long as it was spoken.
Gallery[edit]
Inside the Ren.
Doctor Halsey prepping a Ren for launch.
Front view of a Ren.
Rear view of the Ren's engines.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Legends
- The Package (First appearance)
- Halo: Envoy
- Halo: Venezian Sonata
- Halo: Empty Throne
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Halo: Envoy, chapter 1
- ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 219
- ^ a b c d e Halo: Warfleet, page 69
- ^ a b c d Halo Legends - The Package
- ^ Halo: Venezian Sonata
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 6
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 10
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