Editing UNSC Victory of Samothrace

{{Title|UNSC ''Victory of Samothrace''}}
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'''UNSC ''Victory of Samothrace''''' was a {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}} commanded by [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Abigail Cole]]{{Ref/Reuse|ET3}} and would serve as the [[flagship]] of [[Battle Group Omega]] during [[2559]]'s [[Battle of Earth (2559)|Battle of Earth]]{{Ref/Reuse|ET19}} and [[Battle of Boundary]].

==Service history==
===Created Uprising===
On [[2559#November|November 4 2559]], ''Victory of Samothrace'' would be captained by [[Abigail Cole]] on a mission to retrieve the [[Smart AI]] [[Black Box]] from [[Rossbach's World|SR 8936]] for a plan to take control of the [[Domain]] from [[Cortana]] for humanity using a surviving clone of [[Catherine Halsey]] which [[Graham Alban]], whose mind was used to create Black Box, knew the location of.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET3|ET|Chapter=3}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET7|ET|Chapter=7}} After dispatching a [[Condor]] to retrieve them, ''Victory'' would quickly make a series of random slipspace jumps before meeting with the Condor in order to evade detection for the [[Created]] before heading to the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]] on [[Nysa]].{{Ref/Reuse|ET1}}{{Ref/Reuse|ET3}}

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===Battle of Boundary===
{{Main|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 [[karve]]s and a [[skeid]] in the first pass, but losing the {{UNSCShip|Easy Does It}} in the process. During this pass, the {{UNSCShip|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]].{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=23}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET27|ET|Chapter=27}}

However, a fleet from [[Sali 'Nyon's Covenant]] arrived as well{{Ref/Reuse|ET27}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=28}} 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 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] strike in order to deny it to both the Banished and the Covenant. [[Captain (NAVCOM)|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.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=31}}

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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET35|ET|Chapter=35}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Detail=Adjunct}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=39}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET44|ET|Chapter=44}} [[Gray Team]], [[Zulu Blue]], [[Tul 'Juran]], [[Stolt]] and [[U81 Condor|Condor]] ''[[Zulu Seven Nine]]'' made their way to the crash site to help evacuate the survivors.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=43}}

===Salvaging===
On [[2559#December|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]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|ET44}}

==Crew and complement==
===Command===
*[[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Abigail Cole]] - Captain
*[[Commander]] [[Emanuel Njuguna]] - XO{{Ref/Reuse|ET3}}
*[[Lieutenant]] [[Bavinck]] - Navigation officer{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET15|ET|Chapter=15}}
*Lieutenant [[Lim]] - Communications officer{{Ref/Reuse|ET15}}
*Lieutenant [[Zobah]]
*Lieutenant [[Aquila]] - Tactical officer{{Ref/Reuse|ET15}}
*Lieutenant [[Nishioka]] - Weapons officer{{Ref/Reuse|ET15}}
*Lieutenant [[Whelihan]]

===Spartans===
*Spartan [[David McEndon]]
*Spartan [[Stefan Vídalín]]
*Spartan [[Merrick]]
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==Trivia==
The ''Victory of Samothrace'' is likely named after the ''[[Wikipedia:Winged Victory of Samothrace|Winged Victory of Samothrace]]'' (also called the ''Niké of Samothrace''), an [[Wikipedia:Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[Wikipedia:Votive offering|votive]] sculpture found on the island of [[Wikipedia:Samothrace|Samothrace]]. The sculpture represents the goddess [[Wikipedia:Nike (mythology)|Nike]], a personification of victory (particularly, in battle), and is famously missing its head and arms.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Empty Throne]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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