UNSC Victory Of Samothrace
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UNSC Victory of Samothrace was a Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser commanded by Captain Abigail Cole[1] and would serve as the flagship of Battle Group Omega during 2559's Battle of Earth[3] and Battle of Boundary.
Service history[edit]
Created Uprising[edit]
The Victory served in numerous battles against the Banished and was instrumental in preventing the Order of Restoration from gaining access to the Domain in 2559.
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Battle of Boundary[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Boundary
During the Battle of Boundary, Victory and Battle Group Omega engaged the Banished fleet who had established a defensive shell around the planet, destroying two karves and a skeid in the first pass, but losing the UNSC Easy Does It in the process. During this pass, the UNSC Hazard Pay scanned the planet and discovered more Banished vehicles and personnel on-station in Tyrrhen than most of the UNSC had seen since the Fall of Reach.[4] When Victory and Omega returned with the Shadow of Intent and Akkadian, the Banished sent several dozen vessels to intercept them. Through superior tactics, the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios ships destroyed several Banished vessels. The Victory received word that the UNSC was sending reinforcements in the form of the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Thirteenth expeditionary fleets to enable the Victory and Omega to finish their job which was to interface the key with the Lithos or destroy it in order to keep the Banished, Nesto and anyone else from accessing the Lithos. The tau spike from the arrival of the UNSC fleets -- nearly two hundred ships in total -- spooked the Banished into breaking up their defensive shell into smaller fleets to counter it.[5]
However, a fleet from Sali 'Nyon's Covenant arrived as well[5] and helped to push the UNSC forces back. The Covenant forces were let through the defensive shell because they had Severan's own fleet's clearance codes.[6] With this development and with the Banished only minutes away from reaching the Lithos, Victory was ordered to destroy the Lithos from orbit with a MAC strike in order to deny it to both the Banished and the Covenant. Captain Abigail Cole had the Shadow of Intent attempt to warn the surface team of the incoming strike while ordering the remaining UNSC ships to provide Victory with cover to make the shot against the combined Banished and Covenant forces.[7]
The Victory was nearly able to get into position to fire before the Banished flagship Heart of Malice joined the fight, ramming the Victory off target and damaging the drive control system, rending Victory unable to maneuver in any way. However, Victory's speed and trajectory still put it in position to fire upon the Lithos. The remaining ships of Omega held off the Banished flagship long enough for Victory to get into position to fire. Victory's MAC successfully fired into the Lithos just before the UNSC flagship was rammed by the Heart of Malice again.[8] Thousands of Banished and Covenant were killed in the strike while the Lithos burst into a pillar of light that tore into the sky. Several dozen ships were vaporized by the Lithos' destruction while others were severely damaged, either cast adrift or sent on a collision course with the planet's surface.[9] The attack sent Victory plummeting to the planet's surface, but the ship's drive actuators unexpectedly came back online, allowing the bridge crew to level the ship out as much as possible before Victory crash landed on Boundary.[10] Between the naval battle and the crash landing, Victory lost about twenty-seven percent of her crew to the Banished, four hundred and eighty-two people.[11] Gray Team, Zulu Blue, Tul 'Juran, Stolt and Condor Zulu Seven Nine made their way to the crash site to help evacuate the survivors.[12]
Salvaging[edit]
On December 29, 2559, after regaining consciousness, Captain Abigail Cole was informed of her crew losses by Annabelle Richards. Admiral Serin Osman revealed that Victory had been salvaged by the UNSC and was undergoing extensive repairs. Once it was finished and Cole was back on her feet, Victory was going to be redeployed to hunt down Severan and the Heart of Malice.[11]
Crew and complement[edit]
Command[edit]
- Captain Abigail Cole - Captain
- Commander Emanuel Njuguna - XO[1]
- Lieutenant Bavinck - Navigation officer[13]
- Lieutenant Lim - Communications officer[13]
- Lieutenant Zobah
- Lieutenant Aquila - Tactical officer[13]
- Lieutenant Nishioka - Weapons officer[13]
- Lieutenant Whelihan
Spartans[edit]
- Spartan David McEndon
- Spartan Stefán Vídalín
- Spartan Merrick
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List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Empty Throne (First appearance)
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 3
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 1
- ^ a b c d Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 19
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 23
- ^ a b Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 27
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 28
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 31
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 35
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne: Adjunct
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 39
- ^ a b Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 44
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 43
- ^ a b c d Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 15
