Truth and Reconciliation

This article is about the Covenant battlecruiser. For other uses of "Truth and Reconciliation", see Truth and Reconciliation (disambiguation).

Truth and Reconciliation
Production information
Naval architects:	Master Shipwright Ssne 'Mowusee Master Shipwright Nkmo 'Ehtaree
Manufacturer:	Muse of Yevon, Aanrar Shipyard
Class:	Ket-pattern battlecruiser
Specifications
Length:	1.7822 kilometres (5,847 ft)
Width:	861.7 metres (2,827 ft)
Height:	230.8 metres (757 ft)
Mass:	90.7 million metric tons
Powerplant:	3× Pinch fusion reactors
Engine:	2× Gablien-pattern Repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Ophon-pattern borer
Hull:	Nanolaminate hull plating
Shielding:	Corvex-pattern dispersal field generators
Armament:	1× Profero-pattern excavation beam 1× Ignis-pattern plasma lance 16× Serpens-pattern plasma torpedo silos 42× Sono-pattern plasma cannons 50× Gon-pattern pulse lasers
Complement:	180 Obedientaries 2,500 Warriors 4,100 Thralls 32× Seraph/Tarasque strikecraft 10× Dextro Xur-pattern Spirits 50× Type-26 Banshees 48× Zurdo-pattern Wraiths 150× Karo'etba-pattern Ghosts 55× insertion pods
Crew:	8 Superiors 2 Engineers 500 menials
Service information
Commissioned:	c. 2531
Destroyed:	Battle of Installation 04
Participated battles:	Fall of Reach Battle of Installation 04 Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation Battle for the Truth and Reconciliation
Fleet:	Fleet of Particular Justice
Known commanders:	Lat 'Ravamee Major Antonio Silva (briefly)
Affiliation:	Covenant UNSC (briefly)

"The enemy has captured Captain Keyes, and are holding him aboard one of their cruisers, the Truth and Reconciliation."

— Cortana

The Truth and Reconciliation was a Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruiser in the Fleet of Particular Justice. Its Shipmaster was Lat 'Ravamee.

History

Fall of Reach

Main article: Fall of Reach

The Truth and Reconciliation served within the Fleet of Particular Justice during the Fall of Reach in summer 2552. When the UNSC Pillar of Autumn fled Reach on August 30, Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee ordered the Truth and Reconciliation, along with several other Covenant vessels, to pursue the human warship. The Covenant's forces arrived at Halo Installation 04 well in advance of the Pillar of Autumn, which arrived on September 19.

Battle of Installation 04

Main article: Battle of Installation 04

After the Pillar of Autumn arrived at Installation 04, it was able to evade detection by the Covenant vessels there, surreptitiously analyzing Installation 04. However, a Seraph fighter stumbled upon the Pillar of Autumn by chance and relayed its coordinates to the Covenant fleet, which engaged the Pillar of Autumn.

In the ensuing naval battle, the artificial intelligence Cortana disabled the Truth and Reconciliation as she tried in vain to defend the Pillar of Autumn. The Prophet of Stewardship ordered that plasma torpedoes not be used against the human vessel, as they could potentially damage the Halo; boarding parties were sent instead. After being disabled, the vessel was forced to drop to 300 meters above the surface of the ring for refit and repair.

When Truth and Reconciliation arrived over the surface of Installation 04, it became a command post for the local Covenant ground forces. There, Zuka 'Zamamee sought approval from the Council of Masters, represented by Soha 'Rolamee and the Prophet of Stewardship, to hunt SPARTAN John-117, although he was denied permission. As 'Zamamee left, Captain Jacob Keyes, the commanding officer of the Pillar of Autumn, was brought onboard as a prisoner, having been captured earlier that day.

Shortly after Truth and Reconciliation's arrival at Halo, the installation's monitor,