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Shadow of Intent

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This article is about the assault carrier. For the novella, see Halo: Shadow of Intent.
Shadow of Intent
The Shadow of Intent on The Covenant.
Shadow of Intent at Installation 00
Ship history
Swords of Sanghelios

Class:

Kerel-pattern assault carrier[1]

Operator:

Swords of Sanghelios

Manufacturer:

Lathe of the Enlightened, Song of Victory[2]

Naval architect:

Commissioned:

c. 2135[2]

Captain(s):

Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum[3]

General characteristics

Type:

Flagship[1]

Length:

5,347 meters (17,542.7 ft)[1]

Width:

2,118 meters (6,948.8 ft)[1]

Height:

746 meters (2,447.5 ft)[1]

Mass:

2.7 billion metric tons[2]

Maneuver drive:

3 Raphyus-pattern repulsor engines[2]

Slipspace drive:

Primus-pattern borer[2]

Complement:

Troops:

40,000 warriors[2]

Hull:

Shielding:

Tantalus-pattern dispersal field generators[2]

Armaments:

Air wing:

 

Shadow of Intent is a Kerel-pattern assault carrier of the Swords of Sanghelios formerly assigned to the Covenant fleet. Commanded by Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum, it served as the flagship of the Fleet of Retribution at the outbreak of the Great Schism and the end of the Human-Covenant War.[6][7] The vessel then served the reformed Swords of Sanghelios following the cessation of war with humanity in March 2553,[4] and is both feared and revered as a herald of the Arbiter's government.[1]

History[edit]

Pre-Covenant War[edit]

The Shadow of Intent was originally designed by the Prophet of Expediency in conjunction with the Vice Minister of Sacral Assembly during the Fifteenth Age of Discovery in 2135.[8] The ship's construction was performed by th