UNSC Herodotus

UNSC Herodotus
Production information
Class:	Halberd-class destroyer
Specifications
Length:	485 meters (1,590 ft)
Engine:	Fusion drives
Slipspace drive:	Equipped
Hull:	Two meters of titanium-A armor
Armament:	14B11R2 MAC Battery; Twenty-six Archer missile pods; Eight 50mm point-defense guns; Three Shiva-class nuclear missiles;
Service information
Destroyed:	August 30, 2552
Participated battles:	Fall of Reach
Fleet:	Epsilon Eridani Fleet
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

UNSC Herodotus was a Halberd-class destroyer in service with the UNSC Navy,^[1] serving as a part of the Epsilon Eridani Fleet. The destroyer participated in the Fall of Reach in the summer of 2552. On August 30, 2552, she was bisected from bow to stern by a Covenant warship's energy projector at a distance of 100,000 kilometers.^[5]

Behind the scenes[edit]

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian. The Halo Encyclopedia mistakenly places the destruction of Herodotus during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, rather than the Fall of Reach. The Encyclopedia also erroneously claims that Herodotus was the first human vessel to be destroyed by a Covenant energy projector.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion, Issue #3
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Mythos, pages 82-83
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139 (2001); pages 163-164 (2010)
^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 248 (2009); page 259 (2011)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 298-320
^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 270 (2011)