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UNSC Dark Was the Night

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UNSC Dark Was the Night
Production information

Role:

Cargo tender

Specifications

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Armament:

Service information

Last sighted:

2553

Noteworthy crewmembers:

Lt. Maher

Known commanders:

Darren Leone

Affiliation:

UNSC

 

The UNSC Dark Was the Night was a military cargo tender in service with the UNSC Navy near the end of the Human-Covenant War.[1]

Service history[edit]

Around 2552, Dark Was the Night was transporting Kevin-A282 to Earth when it was attacked. The ship lost Rosarita, its shipboard AI, most of its command crew, and its point-defense guns were disabled. The ship was also forced to land on Losing Hand.

Losing Hand's colonists had a tense relationship with the UNSC and they often treated the ship's surviving crew with hostility. Despite the colonists outnumbering the crew, they were normally kept at bay due to the ship's point-defense guns and the Spartan-III, Kevin-A282. These were a misdirection as the point-defense guns could no longer fire and Kevin-A282 had disappeared a month after the crash. Darren Leone, the ship's acting captain, offered to provide power from the ship, which often caused problems for the ship's reactor.

In 2553, a Swords of Sanghelios Makar-pattern light corvette, The Lookout, appeared at the edge of the system. Unaware of the end of the Human-Covenant War or the alliance with the Sangheili, many of the crew and colonists believed they were under attack. Soon a group of colonists, led by Ryan Larsson, attempted to take the ship. However, with the return of Kevin-A282, the colonists were delayed long enough for the corvette to arrive. To their surprise, the corvette was actually crewed by allied humans and former Covenant. Major Kyle Stallock, who was stationed aboard the ship, spoke with the colonists and crew and updated them on the war and the alliance between the humans and Sangheili. Major Stallock offered both sides a way off the planet, with some accepting and some deciding to stay. The Dark Was the Night was converted into a power station for those who remained upon the corvette's departure two weeks later.[1]

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