Unrelenting

Unrelenting
Ship history
	Covenant
Name:	Unrelenting
Class:	Zanar-pattern light cruiser
Operator:	Covenant
Manufacturer:	Secondary Assembly Forges
Fate:	Destroyed over Chi Ceti on November 27, 2525.
General characteristics Type: Attack ship Cruiser (UNSC classification) Length: 300 meters (984 ft) Width: 145 meters (480 ft) Mass: 190,000 metric tons Power plant: Pinch fusion reactor Maneuver drive: 2 repulsor engines Slipspace drive: Borer Crew: 1 Superior 8 Menials Complement: At least 10 escape pods Gloto'kas-pattern and Gloto'kef-pattern Assault Carapaces Troops: None (Standard operation) At least ~50 warriors Hull: Nanolaminate hull plating Shielding: Equipped Sensors: Augur arrays Sensor vanes Armaments: Two Erex-pattern plasma beam emitters Four Pok-pattern beam lasers Six Sintra-pattern plasma torpedo silos Air facilities: At least one hangar bay

The Unrelenting was a Covenant Zanar-pattern light cruiser that attacked UNSC forces near the Damascus Testing Facility at Chi Ceti IV on November 27, 2525.

Description

Only around or over a third the size of the UNSC Commonwealth, the ship appeared to be crewed exclusively by Kig-Yar. During the Spartans' exploration of the ship, no personnel of other species - Sangheili, for instance - were called in to halt the alien attack. This indicates the ship may have been an artifact-retrieval vessel sent out by the Ministry of Tranquility to search for holy relics. Despite its small size, the ship was capable of enduring significant amounts of punishment from the UNSC Commonwealth and nearly bested the human ship in combat.

Background

The Unrelenting after sustaining damage by the Commonwealth.

As the UNSC Commonwealth approached the Damascus Materials Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV, the Unrelenting launched an attack on the UNSC frigate and was able to severely damage her with pulse lasers and plasma cannons. The Commonwealth retaliated with Archer missiles, which proved ineffective, and a single MAC slug, which temporarily knocked out the vessel's shields and dealt enough damage to the Unrelenting for Spartans to be able to board it. During combat it was boarded by three Spartan-IIs, John-117, Kelly-087 and Samuel-034, all of whom had infiltrated the ship by slipping into a hole the Commonwealth's MAC had created.

The Unrelenting was destroyed when the three Spartans fought their way to the ship's reactor and placed Anvil-II air-to-surface missiles nearby, detonating them when the Spartans were clear of the ship. Unfortunately, Samuel's Mjolnir suit had been breached when it was damaged during a firefight, and he was unable to evacuate the ship. He instead stayed aboard and activated the missiles.

The Spartans captured a Kig-Yar energy gauntlet at one point while on the ship. The crew of the Unrelenting was later accused of having a "lack of faith" by the Prophet of Regret for failing to repel the Spartan soldiers and destroy the human ship.

By March of 2526, the Covenant remained unaware of exactly what had befallen the Unrelenting. A dispatch sent to the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience during a lull in the battle expressed the confidence of the Shipmaster that after a fierce initial engagement, the vessel would prove victorious and then seek repairs at