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UNSC Prophecy

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UNSC Prophecy
UNSC Prophecy venting atmosphere.
A damaged Prophecy over Harvest.[1]
Ship history
Unified Earth Government

Name:

Prophecy

Class:

Marathon-class heavy cruiser[1]

Operator:

UNSC Navy

Manufacturer:

alt SinoViet Heavy Machinery[2]

Fate:

Destroyed February 3, 2531 over Harvest.[1]

Artificial intelligence(s):

FitzGibbon[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Length:

1,192 meters (3,910 ft)[4]

Width:

293 meters (960 ft)[4]

Height:

375 meters (1,230 ft)[5]

Mass:

12 million tonnes[2]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Complement:

Troops:

Hull:

191 centimeters (75 in) of Titanium-A battle plate[6][7]

Armaments:

Air wing:

 

"Is that the Prophecy? I can see why there were no survivors."
— Professor Ellen Anders mistaking the UNSC Spirit of Fire for the Prophecy.[1]

The UNSC Prophecy (98877)[1] was a Marathon-class heavy cruiser commissioned by the UNSC Navy in service during the Human-Covenant War. Its onboard artificial intelligence construct was FitzGibbon.[1]

Service history[edit]

Early history[edit]

Captain James Cutter once refused the position of commanding officer of the Prophecy, for the chance to command the UNSC Spirit of Fire.[10] Following the Battle of Bliss on February 13, 2526, the Prophecy's crew recovered the black box of the UNSC Accra, an Office of Naval Intelligence survey vessel. This recovery was significant, as the black box contained a detailed account of the colony's downfall. This black box was instrumental in leading dissident leaders among the Outer Colonies to have an agreement of peace with the UNSC.[11]

Harvest campaign[edit]

Main article: Harvest campaign

In February 2531, the Prophecy was heavily damaged during the ongoing Harvest campaign. Sergeant John Forge was sent aboard the ship in a Pelican with his squad to recover survivors, but was redirected by Spirit of Fire's AI, Serina, to purge its NAV database. Prophecy's AI, FitzGibbon, prevented Forge from accessing the database because of the latter's poor service record, but eventually relented when informed that his actions breached the Cole Protocol. Allowing Forge to purge the database, FitzGibbon then initiated a self-destruct sequence, destroying the ship to deny its access to the Covenant.[1]

An ONI prowler was present when the Prophecy was damaged, but refused to help because the radiation emissions would have compromised their stealth systems, rendering their only tactical advantage moot. The survivors were also deemed to be a lost cause, the radiation doses they had received were too much to survive. Such a callous assessment of living humans greatly upset Captain Cutter.[1]

By February 4, debris of the Prophecy including armour plating bearing the ship's name had fallen onto the surface of Harvest, landing near the UNSC's firebase facility, Alpha Base.[12]

Production notes[edit]

To assist in writing Halo Wars, Graeme Devine wrote a series of self-described "fan fiction" to give the team at Ensemble Studios a window into life aboard the Spirit of Fire. One log, written from the perspective of nurse Lulu Hershey, describes that the crew of the Prophecy were forced to evacuate the ship in lifepods. Unfortunately, the lifepods were caught in the radiation pulse of the ship's engines.[13] Half of the evacuees were subjected to extreme amounts of radiation, managing barely to survive, while the other half were killed. The lifepods were picked up by the UNSC Spirit of Fire, where the survivors were made comfortable. All of the Prophecy's survivors died slow, agonizing deaths, with no spare morphine to ease their pain.[14]

Gallery[edit]

  • A D77 Pelican heading towards the Prophecy.

    A D77 Pelican heading towards the Prophecy.

  • UNSC Marines defending the vessel.

    UNSC Marines defending the vessel.

  • A pair of Kig-Yar Rangers boarding the vessel.

    A pair of Kig-Yar Rangers boarding the vessel.

  • The Prophecy's plating with its name in it in the Halo Wars level Alpha Base.

    The Prophecy's plating with its name in it in the Halo Wars level Alpha Base.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Wars: Genesis
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 119
  3. ^ Halo 2: Anniversary, campaign level Cairo Station: Seen on the tactical readout during cutscene.
  4. ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 42
  5. ^ Halo 2, Marathon-class cruiser model data
  6. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 251
  7. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 261
  8. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 23
  9. ^ a b Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Prepare to Drop
  10. ^ Halo Wars, instruction manual
  11. ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal, attachment: Confidential Directorate Memorandum - Excerpt from Accra log
  12. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Alpha Base
  13. ^ Graeme Devine's Blog, Serina and Anders talk: (Archive) (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  14. ^ Graeme Devine's Blog, Medbay: (Archive) (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
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