Splendid Intention

Splendid Intention was a Sangheili-crewed carrier in service with the Covenant fleet during the Human-Covenant War.

History
The carrier was present during the Covenant's invasion of the Epsilon Eridani system in the summer of 2552. During the series of battles that occurred throughout the system, Splendid Intention carried plans for new Sangheili weapons that were powerful enough to allegedly render the Covenant's contemporary energy projectors obsolete.

When the United Nations Space Command became aware of these plans, a team of Spartan-IIs were dispatched from and tasked with infiltrating Splendid Intention to steal the plans and deliver them to the UNSC. During the raid, a series of events occurred which are classified by the UNSC, though it is known that the mission did not go as planned. Ultimately, both Splendid Intention and Of Uncommon Courage were downed in the southern seas of Beta Gabriel, a watery planet and human colony in the system. After the Covenant War, staff aboard —an underwater research facility on Beta Gabriel—were tasked with locating the crashed Splendid Intention and Of Uncommon Courage, with the intent of rediscovering the weapon plans carried by the carrier.