Undiminished Entelechy

Undiminished Entelechy
Production information
Manufacturer:	Assembly Forges
Class:	Ket-pattern battlecruiser
Specifications
Length:	1,782 meters (5,850 ft)
Width:	862 meters (2,830 ft)
Mass:	90.7 million metric tons
Powerplant:	2 pinch fusion reactors
Engine:	2 Gablien-pattern repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Ophon-pattern borer
Hull:	Nanolaminate hull plating
Shielding:	Corvex-pattern dispersal field generators
Armament:	1 Profero-pattern excavation beam; 1 Ignis-pattern plasma lance; 16 Serpens-pattern plasma torpedo silos; 42 Sono-pattern plasma cannons; 50 Gon-pattern pulse lasers;
Complement:	180 Obedientaries; 2,500 Warriors; 4,100 Thralls; 55 Insertion pods; 10 Spirit/Phantom dropships; 50 Banshee flyers; 20 R'sisho-pattern Ticks; 44 Ruwaa-pattern Shadows; 32 Seraphs or Keljiric-pattern Tarasques; 48 Wraith mortar tanks; 150 Ghost scouts;
Crew:	8 Superiors; 2 Huragok; 500 Menials;
Service information
Destroyed:	September 22, 2552
Participated battles:	Battle of Installation 04
Fleet:	Fleet of Particular Justice
Affiliation:	Covenant

Undiminished Entelechy was a Ket-pattern battlecruiser that served in Thel 'Vadamee's Fleet of Particular Justice during the Battle of Installation 04 in September 2552. A recreation of the ship's command center saw use as a training scenario for UNSC Infinity's Spartan complement in 2558.^[9]^[8] Undiminished Entelechy was the sister-ship of Purity of Spirit.^[2]

History

Naval service

Undiminished Entelechy was one of the first ships assigned to the Fleet of Particular Justice. During the Battle of Installation 04, she engaged UNSC Pillar of Autumn before the latter crash-landed on the Installation;^[10] later, Purity of Spirit and Undiminished Entelechy were secretly ordered to conduct a close-range survey of Installation 04 by the Minor Prophet of Stewardship. During the ship's survey, she took aboard several Forerunner constructs and many records from the Halo's outlying installations, and several of its augur arrays attempted to learn the secrets of the installation from the control center. At some point in the battle, Undiminished Entelechy was boarded and infested by the Flood. Ultimately, the ship was destroyed by Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee to prevent the parasite from escaping the Soell system.^[2]

The ship crash-landed on Installation 04, her crew already dead. The wreckage became covered by the installation's vegetation; the growth of the local flora was accelerated by the ring's damaged control system and environmental remediation protocols. All data and research contained aboard the ship were lost when Installation 04 was destroyed by John-117, along with the ship, on September 22, 2552.^[2]

Legacy

Through unknown means, the Office of Naval Intelligence gained details of the vessel for the Spartan-IVs' War Games training simulations.^[2]

Production notes

Undiminished Entelechy is the setting of the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer maps Truth, a remake of Halo 2's Midship, and Regret, its remix. The vessel, as with most of the fleet depicted outside the bounds of the map, is represented as a Sangheili Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner rather than one of the contemporary hull types that were actually present during the battle. In-universe, this is an artistic conceit on behalf of UNSC Infinity's War Games simulator.^[8] The 2009 and 2011 editions of the Halo Encyclopedia state that her sister ship Purity of Spirit was a Ket-pattern battlecruiser; it was therefore assumed that Undiminished Entelechy belonged to that class as well.
- Halo: Campaign Evolved confirmed this via a screen on the bridge of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn during the level The Pillar of Autumn, naming Undiminished Entelechy as a CCS-class battlecruiser alongside Truth and Reconciliation.^[10]
Entelechy is the realization of a concept's potential. It can also be defined as self-determination or motivation.

Gallery

Concept art of the vessel's intact command center.
Concept art of the vessel's interior after it crashed on Installation 04.
A view of the command center and a nearby corridor.
An overhead view of the ship's command center.
An artistic interpretation of the Fleet of Particular Justice, as seen from a viewport on the ship.
The interior of the crashed vessel.

List of appearances

Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)
Halo: Campaign Evolved (Mentioned only)

Notes

Sources

^ Halo Waypoint, Indulgence of Conviction (Retrieved on Oct 20, 2020) [archive]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Beta Late Than Never (Retrieved on Dec 23, 2019) [archive]
^ ^a ^b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 264
^ ^a ^b Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 41
^ ^a ^b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 265
^ ^a ^b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 277
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Halo: Warfleet, page 62-63
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Waypoint Forums, Halo 5 Truth (Retrieved on Aug 3, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
^ Halo 5: Guardians, multiplayer map Truth
^ ^a ^b Halo: Campaign Evolved, campaign level Pillar of Autumn: Bridge screen

[Indulgence-1] Halo Waypoint, Indulgence of Conviction (Retrieved on Oct 20, 2020) [archive]

[CFBeta-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Beta Late Than Never (Retrieved on Dec 23, 2019) [archive]

[Enc22-3] Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 264

[EVG-4] Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 41

[Enc09-5] Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 265

[Enc11-6] Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 277

[Warfleet-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Halo: Warfleet, page 62-63

[Catalog-8] Halo Waypoint Forums, Halo 5 Truth (Retrieved on Aug 3, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]

[9] Halo 5: Guardians, multiplayer map Truth

[CEVPoA-10] Halo: Campaign Evolved, campaign level Pillar of Autumn: Bridge screen

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