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{{Era|UNSC|HCW}} | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} | ||
{{Title|UNSC ''Hopeful''}} | {{Title|UNSC ''Hopeful''}} | ||
{{Individual | {{Individual Ship Infobox | ||
|name=UNSC ''Hopeful'' | |name=UNSC ''Hopeful'' | ||
|image=[[File:The Hopeful.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:The Hopeful.png|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[2495]]; appropriated and refit by the UNSC<ref name="goo97"/> | |||
|manufacturer-title=Modified | |||
|class= | |class= | ||
| | |role=Field hospital/research station | ||
|length= >1 km | |length= >1 km | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
| | |engine=Six [[fusion drive]]s<ref name="goo97"/> | ||
|engine-title=Power plant | |||
|engine= | |||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
|hull=[[Titanium-A armor]] | |||
|hull=Titanium-A | |||
|countermeasures= | |countermeasures= | ||
|armament= | |armament=Minimal<ref name="goo97"/> | ||
|firstuse= | |||
|commission=Before [[2495]] | |||
|lastsight=[[2551]], [[Sector K-009]] | |||
| | |||
|commission= | |||
| | |||
|destroyed= | |destroyed= | ||
|battles=*[[Insurrection]] | |battles=*[[Insurrection]] | ||
**18 battles | **18 battles | ||
*[[Human-Covenant War]] | *[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
**4 battles | **4 battles | ||
|fleet= | |fleet= | ||
| | |namedcrew=Thousands of passengers | ||
|namedcrew-title=Complement | |||
|namedcrew= | |captains=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]]<ref name="goo104">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 104-105''</ref> | ||
|captains=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 104-105''</ref> | |affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''UNSC ''Hopeful''''' | |||
The '''UNSC ''Hopeful''''' is a research facility and mobile hospital utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The ship and its captain, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]], were considered legendary within the UNSC.<ref name="goo104"/> | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
Unlike any other ship in the UNSC fleet, the station was built of two scrapped [[refit station]]s, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich". Due to this atypical design, it is known to many naval officers as 'the ugliest thing to ever float in zero-g', although many personnel who had been on the ''Hopeful'' describe her as 'the most beautiful thing ever to be seen'.<ref name="goo97">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 97''</ref> | Unlike any other ship in the UNSC fleet, the station was built of two scrapped [[refit station]]s, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich". Due to this atypical design, it is known to many naval officers as 'the ugliest thing to ever float in zero-g', although many personnel who had been on the ''Hopeful'' describe her as 'the most beautiful thing ever to be seen'. The ship was powered by six [[fusion drive|fusion reactors]].<ref name="goo97">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 97''</ref> It had a [[structural stress compensator|compensator system]] to reduce stress on its structure.<ref name="goo104"/> | ||
The ''Hopeful'' is virtually always on the move, tending to wounded, assisting in civilian evacuations, and mobilizing medical care when diseases ravage the poorer colonies.<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's | The ''Hopeful'' is virtually always on the move, tending to wounded, assisting in civilian evacuations, and mobilizing medical care when diseases ravage the poorer colonies.<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> Due to its vulnerability the ''Hopeful'' is always accompanied by an escort. As the [[Human-Covenant War]] escalated its normal escort was increased to five [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and six [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]].<ref name="journal"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added six fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically injured patients at a time. With the horrors of the Human-Covenant War taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy. In many cases, the ''Hopeful'' was known to literally 'bring the dead back to life'.<ref name="goo97"/> | Before the onset of the [[Insurrection]], a private medical corporation purchased two decommissioned [[refit station]]s, combined them into a single hull, and constructed a highly advanced medical facility within. In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added six fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically injured patients at a time. With the horrors of the Human-Covenant War taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy. In many cases, the ''Hopeful'' was known to literally 'bring the dead back to life'.<ref name="goo97"/> | ||
In [[2525]], [[Catherine | In [[2525]], [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] messaged her former instructor, Vice Admiral Jeromi, about a set of hypothetical augmentation experiments performed upon [[List of animals|Bonobo chimpanzees]] aboard the ''Hopeful'', much to Jeromi's displeasure at the thought of such an experiment. Halsey used the data provided by Jeromi to conduct the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 56''</ref> | ||
By the middle of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''Hopeful'' had become one of the oldest and most revered ships in the UNSC fleet. By [[2551]], the ship had been involved in eighteen naval engagements against both [[insurrectionist]]s and the [[ | By the middle of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''Hopeful'' had become one of the oldest and most revered ships in the UNSC fleet. By [[2551]], the ship had been involved in eighteen naval engagements against both [[insurrectionist]]s and the [[Covenant]], having been damaged multiple times. Since at least [[2525]], it had been commanded by the legendary [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]]. The ship had taken on a near-mythical status to soldiers fighting on the front lines.<ref name="goo97"/> | ||
In [[2536]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] underwent their physical augmentation procedures, [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM]], on board the ''Hopeful''.<ref>'''''[[Birth of a Spartan]]'''''</ref> In [[2551]], [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] underwent their augmentation procedures on the ''Hopeful''. As Gamma Company's augmentations had to be performed in the utmost secrecy, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Margaret Parangosky]] ordered that the station be berthed in [[Sector K-009]], much to Jeromi's displeasure. Its normal escort was reduced from eleven ships to just one destroyer and a single [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[UNSC Prowler|prowler]].<ref name="journal"/> Presumably, [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]] also underwent Project CRYSANTHEMUM on the ''Hopeful''. | In [[2536]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] underwent their physical augmentation procedures, [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM]], on board the ''Hopeful''.<ref>'''''[[Birth of a Spartan]]'''''</ref> In [[2551]], [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] underwent their augmentation procedures on the ''Hopeful''. As Gamma Company's augmentations had to be performed in the utmost secrecy, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Margaret Parangosky]] ordered that the station be berthed in [[Sector K-009]], much to Jeromi's displeasure. Its normal escort was reduced from eleven ships to just one destroyer and a single [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[UNSC Prowler|prowler]].<ref name="journal"/> Presumably, [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]] also underwent Project CRYSANTHEMUM on the ''Hopeful''. | ||