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The '''UNSC ''Brasidas''''' was a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] in service within [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']] in the [[UNSC Navy]] during [[2552]]. The battle group had five other destroyers<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 292''</ref> but they were all destroyed by the [[Covenant]]'s superior fleet.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 333''</ref> | The '''UNSC ''Brasidas''''' was a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] in service within [[Battlegroup Stalingrad|Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'']] in the [[UNSC Navy]] during [[2552]]. The battle group had five other destroyers<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 292''</ref> but they were all destroyed by the [[Covenant]]'s superior fleet.<ref name="goo333">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 333''</ref> | ||
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The ''Brasidas'' | The UNSC ''Brasidas'' participated in the [[Battle of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]]. During the battle, ''Brasidas'' fired one of its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s from orbit towards the surface of [[Earth]] to disable a [[Type-47 Scarab]] in the city of [[Mombasa]]. [[Africa]] on [[Earth]]. With the Scarab disabled, [[UNSC Marines]] engaged the Scarab's surviving personnel in an attempt to recover the walker.<ref name="mombasa waypoint"/> | ||
The ''Brasidas'' was part of Admiral [[Carl Patterson]]'s [[battle group]] sent to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as well as the [[SPARTAN-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III program|III]]s. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the [[Battle of Onyx]], it was damaged extensively, suffering damage to its reactor. It then transferred its load of [[HORNET mine]]s to the [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> It was destroyed along with the {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} when Covenant reinforcements swarmed into the [[Zeta Doradus system]].<ref name="goo333"/> | |||
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The UNSC Brasidas was a destroyer in service within Battlegroup Stalingrad in the UNSC Navy during 2552. The battle group had five other destroyers[3] but they were all destroyed by the Covenant's superior fleet.[4]
History
The UNSC Brasidas participated in the Battle of Earth on October 20, 2552. During the battle, Brasidas fired one of its Magnetic Accelerator Cannons from orbit towards the surface of Earth to disable a Type-47 Scarab in the city of Mombasa. Africa on Earth. With the Scarab disabled, UNSC Marines engaged the Scarab's surviving personnel in an attempt to recover the walker.[2]
The Brasidas was part of Admiral Carl Patterson's battle group sent to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey as well as the SPARTAN-IIs and IIIs. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the Battle of Onyx, it was damaged extensively, suffering damage to its reactor. It then transferred its load of HORNET mines to the prowler UNSC Dusk.[5] It was destroyed along with the UNSC Stalingrad when Covenant reinforcements swarmed into the Zeta Doradus system.[4]
Trivia
The ship is named after Brasidas, a Spartan General during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War who was killed at the Battle of Amphipolis.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139 ("What those critics forgot that a UNSC destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.")
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint: New Mombasa
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 292
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 333
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 325
