Rapid Conversion

The Rapid Conversion was a Covenant Cruiser commanded by the Jiralhanae Chieftain, Maccabeus. It was originally decommissioned by the Sangheili for their own use, but was deemed worthy of use by Jiralhanae. Many of its systems, including weapons and gravity lifts, were disabled and some were replaced with "inferior" equivilents&#160; such as mechanical lifts replaced gravity ones (though as revenge the ship master Maccabeus took THOSE out and put ladders, which the Sangheili had a difficult time climbing do to there bent forward knees) the ship was so damaged that certain parts had to be sealed for the crews own safetey. It stayed this way until they found a escape pod with the ungoy deacon Yayap and the huragok Lighter than some. Though Maccabeus couldent let the huragok fix the intentionly damaged systems, he could do some. (quickly and efficiently) Though there was one room that was kept "primitive", The feasting hall. It had wood floors/doors, lamp light, and seven rings of different matterials that repersented the ages of the covenant which was used to bless the meat (speccificly thorn beast).

The crew was compiled of a pack of 10 Jiralhanae, roughly sixty Unggoy and over a hundred Yanme'e responsible for Rapid Conversion's upkeep.

The warship was used to deploy troops and vehicles to the surface of Harvest and also used as the Covenant's command center. Though its weapon system, a plasma cannon, had been disabled, the Huragok, Lighter Than Some, was able to unofficially recommission them in time for the ships actions against Harvest and its colonists.

Later, going into low orbit over Harvest's surface in order to deliver troops and gather the relics they sought, Rapid Conversion fell into a trap, laid out by Captain Ponder and his troops and was hit by two rounds from a mass driver based on Harvest's surface. The first round did little damage. The second round, however, passed completely through the warship, severing the connections between the ship's reactor and anti-grav generators, causing the ship to plummet to the planet's surface. The survivors were later rescued by an unnamed Covenant cruiser, which then glassed Harvest and later destroyed the UNSC Argo, UNSC Arabia and UNSC Vostok (nearly destroying the UNSC Heracles as well) as they investigated Harvest months later. However, it may have been Rapid Conversion itself, as one of Mack's last transmissions indicated that the ship had been repaired.

Members of Maccabeus' Pack

 * Tartarus, Maccabeus' nephew and security officer of Rapid Conversion
 * Vorenus
 * Grattius
 * Licinus
 * Strab
 * Ritul
 * Druss
 * Calid
 * Unnamed Jiralhanae
 * Unnamed Jiralhanae