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{{Title|''Long Night of Solace''}} | {{Title|''Long Night of Solace''}} | ||
{{ | {{Disambig header|the Covenant supercarrier|other uses|Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)}} | ||
{{ | {{Infobox/Ships | ||
|name=''Long Night of Solace'' | |name = ''Long Night of Solace'' | ||
|image=[[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png| | |image = [[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|350px]] | ||
| | |modules = | ||
|class={{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}}<ref name="essential">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.111</ref> | {{Infobox/Ships/Individual | ||
| | |country = [[Covenant]] | ||
|length={{Convert|28.960|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | |country flag = {{Icon|Covenant FB}} | ||
|width={{Convert|11.447|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | |name = ''Long Night of Solace'' | ||
|height={{Convert|3.563|km|ft|sp=us}} | |class = {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}}<ref name="essential">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.111</ref> | ||
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s | |identification = | ||
|slipspace drive=Equipped | |operator = [[Covenant fleet]] | ||
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]] | |manufacturer = | ||
|laid down = | |||
|launched = | |||
|commissioned = | |||
|fate = Destroyed via weaponised slipspace drive during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] | |||
*[[2552#August|August 14, 2552]]<ref name="LNoS">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref> | |||
|status = | |||
|captains = [[Supreme Commander]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]]{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | |||
|ai = | |||
|motto = | |||
}} | |||
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|type = [[Covenant supercarrier|Supercarrier]] | |||
|length = {{Convert|28.960|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | |||
|width = {{Convert|11.447|km|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | |||
|height = {{Convert|3.563|km|ft|sp=us}} | |||
|engine = [[Repulsor engine]]s | |||
|slipspace drive = Equipped | |||
|hull = [[Nanolaminate hull plating]] | |||
*Equipped with [[energy shielding]] | *Equipped with [[energy shielding]] | ||
| | |armaments =*[[Energy projector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | ||
*[[Plasma turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | *[[Plasma turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | ||
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | *[[Pulse laser turret]]s{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Long Night of Solace''''' was a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} and the [[flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], commanded by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]].{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.10</ref> ''Long Night of Solace'' and its fleet inadvertently served as an advance invasion force on the planet [[Reach]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] in the [[2552|summer of 2552]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', [[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary Edition commentary]]</ref> The supercarrier was destroyed by [[United Nations Space Command]] personnel over Reach during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}} | |||
==Operational history== | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | |||
== | On or prior to [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the fleet, [[Active camouflage|cloaked]] by ''Long Night of Solace'', made landfall on Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} The fleet then deployed a network of [[deployment spire]]s and [[stealth pylon]]s to covertly land an advance ground force. ''Long Night of Solace'' served as the [[flagship]] for the advance force, which was comprised of the supercarrier and at least five {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s. | ||
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On or prior to [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the fleet, [[Active camouflage|cloaked]] by ''Long Night of Solace'', made landfall on Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|essential}} The fleet then deployed a network of [[ | |||
[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Long Night of Solace'' is destroyed.]] | |||
On [[2552#August|August 12]], the UNSC launched an [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attack]] on the Covenant base in [[Viery Territory|Viery]]. After [[Spire One]] was destroyed, the ''Solace'' decloaked and engaged the UNSC. Immediately after its position was compromised, ''Long Night of Solace'' destroyed the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} and laid waste to several other UNSC deployments. It then retreated to Covenant-held space in orbit above the planet.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Tip of the Spear]]</ref> | On [[2552#August|August 12]], the UNSC launched an [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attack]] on the Covenant base in [[Viery Territory|Viery]]. After [[Spire One]] was destroyed, the ''Solace'' decloaked and engaged the UNSC. Immediately after its position was compromised, ''Long Night of Solace'' destroyed the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} and laid waste to several other UNSC deployments. It then retreated to Covenant-held space in orbit above the planet.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Tip of the Spear]]</ref> | ||
During Operation: UPPER CUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] teams boarded the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', which was on a refueling run with the supercarrier, and transported a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] onto the corvette. Simultaneously, [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] was initiated to distract the carrier's escort fleet.<ref>''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', [[Scenario Six: Left Jab]]</ref> | During Operation: UPPER CUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] teams boarded the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', which was on a refueling run with the supercarrier, and transported a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] onto the corvette. Simultaneously, [[Operation: LEFT JAB]] was initiated to distract the carrier's escort fleet.<ref>''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', [[Scenario Six: Left Jab]]</ref> | ||