Editing Steadfast Strike

{{Title|''Steadfast Strike''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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The '''''Steadfast Strike''''', nicknamed by [[UNSC]] analysts as the '''''Lucky Break''''', was a [[Covenant starship|spacecraft]] serving in the [[Covenant military]].{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Steadfast Strike'' was a [[Covenant frigate]] of unknown classification. Accordingly, the ship was shaped like a "long-necked disk", with a dovetail stern.{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}}

===Armament===
The ''Steadfast Strike'' was equipped with [[energy shielding]] for defense. It carried multiple weapon systems including secondary [[pulse laser turret]]s and a primary unspecified weapon system. Additionally, the frigate carried a self-destruct system.{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}}

==Service history==
===Crash-landing on Netherop===
In [[2526]], the ''Steadfast Strike'' was one of many Covenant warships participating in the [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|Outer Colonies theater]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Following the end of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], the ship was one of several stolen from the Covenant by now-branded [[Treason|traitor]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]], inducted into his [[Flotilla of Unsung Piety]] alongside a number of [[intrusion corvette]]s. 'Kvarosee intended to use the ''Steadfast Strike'' as bait to lure in the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] who destroyed the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] and two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]]. This plan would involve the ship being "destroyed" by UNSC forces and left for the Spartans to recover; with 'Kvarosee detonating the ship's [[self-destruct]] once they were aboard to kill the "demons".{{Ref/Reuse|HO5}}

At 21:00 hours on June 3, 2526, the ship was beset upon by a wolf-pack task force of {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}s known as [[Task Force Pantea]] in orbit of [[Netherop]]. The ship engaged the destroyers ''[[UNSC Kayenta|Kayenta]]'', ''[[UNSC Chaco|Chaco]]'', ''[[UNSC Cibola|Cibola]]'', ''[[UNSC Mesa Verde|Mesa Verde]] '' and ''[[UNSC Rio Grande|Rio Grande]]'', during which it took much damage over a long span of time. In the destroyers' opening [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] volley, they knocked out the frigate's [[energy shielding]] and primary weapon systems, leaving it defenseless. Instead of destroying the frigate, ''Kayenta'' Captain [[Greyveld]] recognised the opportunity and did not attempt to destroy the ''Steadfast Strike''. At one point in the engagement, the ''Strike''{{'}}s stern was hit by missile impacts, as the Halberds continued to fire volleys of [[Archer missile|Archers]] at the disabled frigate. The ''Steadfast Strike'' responded in kind by swinging to hard port, attempting to bring her flank around to fire a broadside of the ship's [[pulse laser turret]]s. The lasers made hits on the destroyers' armored hulls to little effect, and the frigate's hull dipped into Netherop's [[Wikipedia:mesosphere|mesosphere]], ultimately sending the downed ship crashing through Netherop's atmosphere onto the ground.{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}}

Following impact with the surface, ''Steadfast Strike'' was not fully destroyed, and a number of its pulse lasers remained online long enough to shoot down a [[Pelican]] dropship deployed by UNSC ''Chaco'' to investigate the crash site. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] deployed a ship to take posession of the wreck for salvage and study, though its onboard crew did not have the expertise necessary to secure a Covenant frigate. As such, [[Blue Team]] were extracted and redeployed from the concurrent [[Battle of Mesra]] to insert onto Netherop and capture the frigate intact. In recognition of its high strategic value, the ''Steadfast Strike'' (whose name was unknown to the UNSC forces) nicknamed the ship "''Lucky Break''".{{Ref/Reuse|HO4}}

===Capture===
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Covenant ships]]
[[Category:Frigates]]