Editing UNSC Roman Blue

{{Title|UNSC ''Roman Blue''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox 
|name        = UNSC ''Roman Blue''
|image       = [[File:Roman Blue.png|250px]] 
|class       = {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} 
|destroyed   = [[2536]] - [[2552]]
|lastsight   = [[2557|January 2557]]
|captains    = *[[Terrence Hood]] (2530-2531)
*[[William Webb]] (2531 - UNK)
|battles     = [[Battle of Arcadia]]
|affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]]
}}
The '''UNSC ''Roman Blue''''' was a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. 

==Service history==
In [[2530|November 2530]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Cutter]] decided to give his executive officer, [[Terrence Hood]], command of ''Roman Blue''. [[2531#February|Three months later]], during the [[Battle of Arcadia]], the ship was assigned to recover a [[log buoy]] dropped by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The ''Roman Blue'' was not to get involved in the battle, because [[Arcadia]] was already deemed lost. However, Hood, in his pride and anger over the losses the [[Covenant]] were dealing humanity, ordered the crew to attack the {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} ''[[Radiant Perception]]''. The ''Roman Blue'' was ultimately outmatched and Hood ordered a retreat of the system, without recovering ''Spirit of Fire''{{'}}s log buoy. Consequently, Hood came to blame himself for the loss of the ''Spirit of Fire''.{{Ref/Comic|HE|Issue=5}} After the battle on Arcadia, Hood was reassigned to the frigate {{UNSCShip|Burlington}} in a fleet-support role, and command of the ship passed to Captain [[William Webb]]. In March 2531, the ''Roman Blue'' was put under repairs for a month. At some point between [[2536]] and [[2552]], the ''Roman Blue'' fought against the Covenant in the [[Ectanus 45 system]], but the cruiser was severely damaged by plasma weaponry and crashed onto the surface of the moon of a planet in the system, [[Eiro]], approximately fifty-six kilometers away from the lone settlement on the dark side of the moon.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=ITF|Fra|Story=Into the Fire}} 

In [[2557#January|January 2557]], [[Rion Forge]] and the crew of ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' traveled to Eiro to salvage the remains of ''Roman Blue'', though they were forced to retreat when they were attacked by an unknown opponent while searching the decrepit [[warship]].{{Ref/Reuse|ITF}} Inside the ship, Rion found a lead to the ''Spirit of Fire'' and her father, [[John Forge]]. What little remained of the ship was [[glassed]] by the assailants, who the crew of the ''Ace of Spades'' guessed may have been affiliated with the UNSC, possibly [[ONI]] trying to keep the heavy munitions onboard out of the wrong hands as crew member [[Kip Silas]] was an ONI agent who had alerted them to the discovery.

==Known Crew==
*[[Terrence Hood]] - Captain, reassigned after he failed to retrieve the ''Spirit of Fire'''s log buoy.
*[[William Webb]] - Captain, took over after Hood was reassigned.
*[[Erland Booth]] - Munitions maintenance chief, defected to the [[Insurrection]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS18|SiSto|Chapter=18}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Hood_Roman_Blue.png|Hood at the bridge of the ''Roman Blue''. 
File:Roman Blue attacking a CPV destroyer.jpg|UNSC ''Roman Blue'' attacking a [[Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
**''[[Into the Fire]]''
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

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[[Category:Halcyon-class light cruisers]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]