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UNSC Burden of Proof

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Burden of Proof
UNSC Burden of Proof during Operation: METEORITE. Screenshot taken from Halo: Campaign Evolved campaign level Heavy Burden.
Two Seraphs controlled by the UNSC approaching the Burden of Proof.
Ship history
Unified Earth Government

Class:

Halberd-class light destroyer[1]

Operator:

UNSC Navy

General characteristics

Type:

UNSC destroyer[1]

Length:

485 meters (1,590 ft)[2][3][4][5]

Mass:

1.8 million metric tons[6][5]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine[6]

Crew:

250 sailors[6]

Complement:

Troops:

50 Marines (optional)[6]

Hull:

2 metres (6.6 ft) Titanium-A armor[2][3][9]

Sensors:

Mk. 45 long-range fire director[7]

Armaments:

Air facilities:

1 hangar bay fitted with a gravitic/electromagnetic catapult launch/recovery system[6]

 

UNSC Burden of Proof is a Halberd-class light destroyer in service with the UNSC Navy.[1]

Operational history

In 2551, the Burden of Proof participated in Operation: METEORITE under the callsign of Libra Actual. After successfully retrieving the data on High Charity from the Triumph of Tolerance's kelguid, Sergeant Major Avery Johnson contacted the Burden of Proof to destroy the Covenant ship. However, the destroyer couldn't penetrate the Covenant ship's shields. A group of rescued Marines sacrificed themselves to sabotage the power generators while Johnson and John-117 escorted the Burden to its target in two captured Seraphs. Once the Covenant ship's shields were down, the Burden destroyed the Triumph of Tolerance with a MAC strike. Afterwards, the destroyer rendezvoused with a Spirit carrying wounded Marines and the two Seraphs.[1]

On August 30, 2552, Dr. Catherine Halsey sent an official protest to the Burden of Proof backed up by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth regarding Colonel James Ackerson's involvement in a test of artificial intelligence integration into the Mark V MJOLNIR armor in which John-117 was nearly killed. In the report, Halsey suggested that Ackerson may have suffered a mental breakdown and advised that he be taken into custody.[10]

Production notes

Given its name and the fact that Dr. Halsey sent the vessel a message concerning a judicial matter, the Burden of Proof may have been affiliated with the UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Gallery

  • The Burden of Proof prepares to fire its MAC.

    The Burden of Proof prepares to fire its MAC.

  • The Burden of Proof fires its MAC at the Triumph of Tolerance.

    The Burden of Proof fires its MAC at the Triumph of Tolerance.

  • The Burden of Proof destroys the Triumph of Tolerance.

    The Burden of Proof destroys the Triumph of Tolerance.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Halo: Campaign Evolved, campaign level Heavy Burden
  2. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 248
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 259
  4. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, UNSC The Heart of Midlothian (Retrieved on Mar 25, 2011) [archive]
  5. ^ a b c d e f Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 124
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo: Warfleet, page 32-33
  7. ^ a b c d Halo Mythos, page 82-83
  8. ^ Halo: Oblivion, chapter 12
  9. ^ a b c d Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 16
  10. ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal: August 30, 2552
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