4,641
edits
UNSC Hopeful: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
|class= | |class= | ||
|role=Field hospital/research station | |role=Field hospital/research station | ||
|length= >1 km | |length=>1 km | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
The '''UNSC ''Hopeful''''', ([[hull classification symbol]] '''AH-1007'''),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P35|Enc22|Page=35}} is a research facility and [[Hospital ship|mobile hospital]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The ship and its captain, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]], were considered legendary within the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|goo104}} | The '''UNSC ''Hopeful''''', ([[hull classification symbol]] '''AH-1007'''),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P35|Enc22|Page=35}} is a research facility and [[Hospital ship|mobile hospital]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The ship and its captain, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]], were considered legendary within the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|goo104}} | ||
== | ==Overview== | ||
Unlike any other ship in the UNSC fleet, the station was built from two scrapped [[refit station]]s, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich". Due to this atypical design, it is known to many naval officers as 'the ugliest thing to ever float in zero-g', although many personnel who had been on the ''Hopeful'' describe her as 'the most beautiful thing ever to be seen'. The ship was powered by six [[fusion drive|fusion reactors]].<ref name="goo97">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 97''</ref> It had a [[structural stress compensator|compensator system]] to reduce stress on its structure.{{Ref/Reuse|goo104}} | Unlike any other ship in the UNSC fleet, the station was built from two scrapped [[refit station]]s, each a square kilometer of plate, scaffolding, and cargo trams. The two plates had been connected to make an off-center "sandwich". Due to this atypical design, it is known to many naval officers as 'the ugliest thing to ever float in zero-g', although many personnel who had been on the ''Hopeful'' describe her as 'the most beautiful thing ever to be seen'. The ship was powered by six [[fusion drive|fusion reactors]].<ref name="goo97">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 97''</ref> It had a [[structural stress compensator|compensator system]] to reduce stress on its structure.{{Ref/Reuse|goo104}} | ||
The ''Hopeful'' is virtually always on the move, tending to wounded, assisting in civilian evacuations, and mobilizing medical care when diseases ravage the poorer colonies.<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> Due to its vulnerability the ''Hopeful'' is always accompanied by an escort. As the [[Human-Covenant War]] escalated its normal escort was increased to five [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and six [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]], with the latter modified to carry rescue vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} | The ''Hopeful'' is virtually always on the move, tending to wounded, assisting in civilian evacuations, and mobilizing medical care when diseases ravage the poorer colonies.<ref name="journal">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> Due to its vulnerability the ''Hopeful'' is always accompanied by an escort. As the [[Human-Covenant War]] escalated its normal escort was increased to five [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and six [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]], with the latter modified to carry rescue vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} | ||
== | ==Service history== | ||
[[File:Hopeful.jpg|thumb|left|''Hopeful'' as drawn by Dr. Catherine Halsey.]] | [[File:Hopeful.jpg|thumb|left|''Hopeful'' as drawn by Dr. Catherine Halsey.]] | ||
Before the onset of the [[Insurrection]], a private medical corporation purchased two decommissioned [[refit station]]s, combined them into a single hull, and constructed a highly advanced medical facility within. In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added six fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically injured patients at a time. With the horrors of the Human-Covenant War taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy. In many cases, the ''Hopeful'' was known to literally 'bring the dead back to life'.{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}} | Before the onset of the [[Insurrection]], a private medical corporation purchased two decommissioned [[refit station]]s, combined them into a single hull, and constructed a highly advanced medical facility within. In [[2495]], the UNSC took control of the station and added six fusion reactors and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], turning ''Hopeful'' into the largest mobile battlefield hospital in history. It had the facilities, doctors, and supplies to treat thousands of critically injured patients at a time. With the horrors of the Human-Covenant War taking their toll on the UNSC forces, the ''Hopeful'' was always busy. In many cases, the ''Hopeful'' was known to literally 'bring the dead back to life'.{{Ref/Reuse|goo97}} | ||