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===''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice''===

When the survivors of the [[Battle of Installation 04]] returned to [[Reach]], [[Cortana]] began searching for a wrecked ship that had an intact reactor she could use to give the captured [[Covenant]] [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' more power. Cortana located the ''Gettysburg'' which had an intact power plant and an apparently functional [[MAC]] as well and hooked it up to the ''Ascendant Justice''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 252-253''</ref> With the additional power from the ''Gettysburg'', now acting as the second part of a human-Covenant hybrid ship, Cortana was able to make slipspace jumps far quicker. During the battle in the anomalous slipspace field, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] had ''Gettysburg's'' hanger bay pressurized and the explosively decompressed as part of a successful tactic in battle against a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 274-276''</ref>

When the survivors of the [[Battle of Installation 04]] returned to [[Reach]], [[Cortana]] began searching for a wrecked ship that had an intact reactor she could use to give the captured [[Covenant]] [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' more power. Cortana located the ''Gettysburg'' which had an intact power plant and an apparently functional [[MAC]] as well and hooked it up to the ''Ascendant Justice''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 252-253''</ref> With the additional power from the ''Gettysburg'', now acting as the second part of a human-Covenant hybrid ship, Cortana was able to make slipspace jumps far quicker. During the battle in the anomalous slipspace field, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] had ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hanger bay pressurized and the explosively decompressed as part of a successful tactic in battle against a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 274-276''</ref>

The ''Gettysburg'' was subsequently repaired enough to become habitable again by the time [[John-117]] regained consciousness following his close encounter with a Covenant plasma bolt during the battle and the human crew transferred over to the ''Gettysburg'' from the ''Ascendant Justice''. Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] was able to use the ship's surgical suites and [[flash cloning]] banks to treat [[Linda-058]]'s near-fatal injuries from the firefight on [[Gamma Station]] and [[Kelly-087]]'s severe plasma burns. To make the bridge usable again, the crew welded hull plates over the blown-out windows and placed monitors over the plates. Additionally, with ''Ascendant Justice's'' reactors off-line, the two ships were relying on the ''Gettysburg's'' reactors to move which were only working at sixty-seven percent.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 283-288''</ref>

The ''Gettysburg'' was subsequently repaired enough to become habitable again by the time [[John-117]] regained consciousness following his close encounter with a Covenant plasma bolt during the battle and the human crew transferred over to the ''Gettysburg'' from the ''Ascendant Justice''. Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] was able to use the ship's surgical suites and [[flash cloning]] banks to treat [[Linda-058]]'s near-fatal injuries from the firefight on [[Gamma Station]] and [[Kelly-087]]'s severe plasma burns. To make the bridge usable again, the crew welded hull plates over the blown-out windows and placed monitors over the plates. Additionally, with ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors off-line, the two ships were relying on the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors to move which were only working at sixty-seven percent.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 283-288''</ref>

In order to get repairs for the ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the crew took the two ships to the rebel base at [[Eridanus Secundus]]. After some posturing on both sides, Governor [[Jacob Jiles]] agreed to meet with them only to have a [[Covenant cruiser]] show up. Operating from the bridge of the ''Gettysburg'', the UNSC forces attempted to destroy the cruiser with ''Ascendant Justice's'' one working plasma turret, only to have the turret misfire and burn off some of the ''Gettysburg's'' remaining armor. With no ammunition on the ''Gettysburg'' and ''Ascendant Justice's'' magnetic coils overloaded, John came up with the plan to use the magnetic coils for ''Gettysburg's'' MAC gun to shape and aim the plasma for ''Ascendant Justice's'' turret while using two of the ship's three [[Clarion spy drone]]s to be able to see the cruiser coming. The ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' succeeded in destroying the cruiser, but the magnetic pulse knocked out the ''Gettysburg's'' reactor and engines but Jiles had his fleet give the ship a tow back to the asteroid base for repairs.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 314-321''</ref>

In order to get repairs for the ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the crew took the two ships to the rebel base at [[Eridanus Secundus]]. After some posturing on both sides, Governor [[Jacob Jiles]] agreed to meet with them only to have a [[Covenant cruiser]] show up. Operating from the bridge of the ''Gettysburg'', the UNSC forces attempted to destroy the cruiser with ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s one working plasma turret, only to have the turret misfire and burn off some of the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s remaining armor. With no ammunition on the ''Gettysburg'' and ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s magnetic coils overloaded, John came up with the plan to use the magnetic coils for ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s MAC gun to shape and aim the plasma for ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s turret while using two of the ship's three [[Clarion spy drone]]s to be able to see the cruiser coming. The ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' succeeded in destroying the cruiser, but the magnetic pulse knocked out the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor and engines but Jiles had his fleet give the ship a tow back to the asteroid base for repairs.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 314-321''</ref>

With the help of Jiles and his people, they were able to repair ''Gettysburg's'' reactors and engines as well as conducting repairs to ''Ascendant Justice''. Using his stockpile of munitions, Jiles was able to restock sixteen [[Archer missile]]s for the ''Gettysburg'', but the return of the Covenant forced ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' to leave before the shakedown of the hybrid ship's systems was finished.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 333-338''</ref>

With the help of Jiles and his people, they were able to repair ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors and engines as well as conducting repairs to ''Ascendant Justice''. Using his stockpile of munitions, Jiles was able to restock sixteen [[Archer missile]]s for the ''Gettysburg'', but the return of the Covenant forced ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' to leave before the shakedown of the hybrid ship's systems was finished.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 333-338''</ref>

===Operation: FIRST STRIKE===

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In order to buy [[Earth]] time with the [[Covenant]] set to invade, the Spartans convinced Admiral Whitcomb to allow them to launch a first strike. With Whitcomb unwilling to risk ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the Spartans welded layers of lead, boron fibers and Titanium-A hull plates removed from the ''Gettysburg'' to a [[Spirit dropship]] so they could survive the transition from slipspace to normal space in the smaller craft as well as loading it up with munitions scavenged from the frigate's stores.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 348-351''</ref>

Hours later, after rigging the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' to blow, the Spartans received the "[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]" message and made contact with Whitcomb who explained that he had brought ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' out of slipspace on the system's edge to do some reconnaissance before deciding to do something about the Covenant fleet after witnessing its sheer size. Following Whitcomb's instructions, the Spartans traveled to the far side of a nearby moon where they found the ''Gettysburg'' waiting for them alone. Sergeant Johnson explained that while they were gone, the crew had placed ''Ascendant Justice's'' slipspace drive into the ''Gettysburg''. Using a spy drone, the crew watched as Whitcomb and Lieutenant [[Elias Haverson]] lured the Covenant fleet in close to the exploding station with ''Ascendant Justice'' and a hologram of the [[Forerunner crystal]], sacrificing themselves to destroy all but about a dozen Covenant vessels. Afterwards, the ''Gettysburg'' made a random slipspace jump per the [[Cole Protocol]] before finally resuming the journey back to Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 392-399''</ref>

Hours later, after rigging the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' to blow, the Spartans received the "[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]" message and made contact with Whitcomb who explained that he had brought ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' out of slipspace on the system's edge to do some reconnaissance before deciding to do something about the Covenant fleet after witnessing its sheer size. Following Whitcomb's instructions, the Spartans traveled to the far side of a nearby moon where they found the ''Gettysburg'' waiting for them alone. Sergeant Johnson explained that while they were gone, the crew had placed ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s slipspace drive into the ''Gettysburg''. Using a spy drone, the crew watched as Whitcomb and Lieutenant [[Elias Haverson]] lured the Covenant fleet in close to the exploding station with ''Ascendant Justice'' and a hologram of the [[Forerunner crystal]], sacrificing themselves to destroy all but about a dozen Covenant vessels. Afterwards, the ''Gettysburg'' made a random slipspace jump per the [[Cole Protocol]] before finally resuming the journey back to Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 392-399''</ref>

===Return to Earth===

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*''Gettysburg'' is named after the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Gettysburg|Battle of Gettysburg]], the American Civil War battle that took place on July 1–3, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on [[Earth]]. This is interesting, in that it was fused with a Covenant vessel, just as the two factions of the American Civil War eventually rejoined into one country.

*UNSC ''Gettysburg'' is the only known UNSC ship to be fitted with a Covenant slipspace drive and be able to execute slipspace jumps without any side effects on the ship, even though the ship was not equipped with energy shields.

*When [[Cortana]] first appropriates the ''Gettysburg'', its stated that the ''Gettysburg's'' thrusters are off-line and the ship won't ever be moving on its own again. However, later chapters make it clear that the makeshift crew is primarily using the ''Gettysburg's'' engines to move the hybrid ship around with Cortana telling the Master Chief when he awakens on the ''Gettysburg'' that ''Ascendant Justice's'' engines are crippled.

*When [[Cortana]] first appropriates the ''Gettysburg'', its stated that the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thrusters are off-line and the ship won't ever be moving on its own again. However, later chapters make it clear that the makeshift crew is primarily using the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines to move the hybrid ship around with Cortana telling the Master Chief when he awakens on the ''Gettysburg'' that ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines are crippled.

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 ===''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice''===
-When the survivors of the [[Battle of Installation 04]] returned to [[Reach]], [[Cortana]] began searching for a wrecked ship that had an intact reactor she could use to give the captured [[Covenant]] [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' more power. Cortana located the ''Gettysburg'' which had an intact power plant and an apparently functional [[MAC]] as well and hooked it up to the ''Ascendant Justice''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 252-253''</ref> With the additional power from the ''Gettysburg'', now acting as the second part of a human-Covenant hybrid ship, Cortana was able to make slipspace jumps far quicker. During the battle in the anomalous slipspace field, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] had ''Gettysburg's'' hanger bay pressurized and the explosively decompressed as part of a successful tactic in battle against a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 274-276''</ref>
+When the survivors of the [[Battle of Installation 04]] returned to [[Reach]], [[Cortana]] began searching for a wrecked ship that had an intact reactor she could use to give the captured [[Covenant]] [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' more power. Cortana located the ''Gettysburg'' which had an intact power plant and an apparently functional [[MAC]] as well and hooked it up to the ''Ascendant Justice''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 252-253''</ref> With the additional power from the ''Gettysburg'', now acting as the second part of a human-Covenant hybrid ship, Cortana was able to make slipspace jumps far quicker. During the battle in the anomalous slipspace field, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] had ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hanger bay pressurized and the explosively decompressed as part of a successful tactic in battle against a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 274-276''</ref>
-The ''Gettysburg'' was subsequently repaired enough to become habitable again by the time [[John-117]] regained consciousness following his close encounter with a Covenant plasma bolt during the battle and the human crew transferred over to the ''Gettysburg'' from the ''Ascendant Justice''. Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] was able to use the ship's surgical suites and [[flash cloning]] banks to treat [[Linda-058]]'s near-fatal injuries from the firefight on [[Gamma Station]] and [[Kelly-087]]'s severe plasma burns. To make the bridge usable again, the crew welded hull plates over the blown-out windows and placed monitors over the plates. Additionally, with ''Ascendant Justice's'' reactors off-line, the two ships were relying on the ''Gettysburg's'' reactors to move which were only working at sixty-seven percent.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 283-288''</ref>
+The ''Gettysburg'' was subsequently repaired enough to become habitable again by the time [[John-117]] regained consciousness following his close encounter with a Covenant plasma bolt during the battle and the human crew transferred over to the ''Gettysburg'' from the ''Ascendant Justice''. Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] was able to use the ship's surgical suites and [[flash cloning]] banks to treat [[Linda-058]]'s near-fatal injuries from the firefight on [[Gamma Station]] and [[Kelly-087]]'s severe plasma burns. To make the bridge usable again, the crew welded hull plates over the blown-out windows and placed monitors over the plates. Additionally, with ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors off-line, the two ships were relying on the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors to move which were only working at sixty-seven percent.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 283-288''</ref>
 {{Main|Massacre at Eridanus Secundus}}
-In order to get repairs for the ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the crew took the two ships to the rebel base at [[Eridanus Secundus]]. After some posturing on both sides, Governor [[Jacob Jiles]] agreed to meet with them only to have a [[Covenant cruiser]] show up. Operating from the bridge of the ''Gettysburg'', the UNSC forces attempted to destroy the cruiser with ''Ascendant Justice's'' one working plasma turret, only to have the turret misfire and burn off some of the ''Gettysburg's'' remaining armor. With no ammunition on the ''Gettysburg'' and ''Ascendant Justice's'' magnetic coils overloaded, John came up with the plan to use the magnetic coils for ''Gettysburg's'' MAC gun to shape and aim the plasma for ''Ascendant Justice's'' turret while using two of the ship's three [[Clarion spy drone]]s to be able to see the cruiser coming. The ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' succeeded in destroying the cruiser, but the magnetic pulse knocked out the ''Gettysburg's'' reactor and engines but Jiles had his fleet give the ship a tow back to the asteroid base for repairs.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 314-321''</ref>
+In order to get repairs for the ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the crew took the two ships to the rebel base at [[Eridanus Secundus]]. After some posturing on both sides, Governor [[Jacob Jiles]] agreed to meet with them only to have a [[Covenant cruiser]] show up. Operating from the bridge of the ''Gettysburg'', the UNSC forces attempted to destroy the cruiser with ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s one working plasma turret, only to have the turret misfire and burn off some of the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s remaining armor. With no ammunition on the ''Gettysburg'' and ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s magnetic coils overloaded, John came up with the plan to use the magnetic coils for ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s MAC gun to shape and aim the plasma for ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s turret while using two of the ship's three [[Clarion spy drone]]s to be able to see the cruiser coming. The ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' succeeded in destroying the cruiser, but the magnetic pulse knocked out the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactor and engines but Jiles had his fleet give the ship a tow back to the asteroid base for repairs.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 314-321''</ref>
-With the help of Jiles and his people, they were able to repair ''Gettysburg's'' reactors and engines as well as conducting repairs to ''Ascendant Justice''. Using his stockpile of munitions, Jiles was able to restock sixteen [[Archer missile]]s for the ''Gettysburg'', but the return of the Covenant forced ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' to leave before the shakedown of the hybrid ship's systems was finished.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 333-338''</ref>
+With the help of Jiles and his people, they were able to repair ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors and engines as well as conducting repairs to ''Ascendant Justice''. Using his stockpile of munitions, Jiles was able to restock sixteen [[Archer missile]]s for the ''Gettysburg'', but the return of the Covenant forced ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' to leave before the shakedown of the hybrid ship's systems was finished.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 333-338''</ref>
 ===Operation: FIRST STRIKE===
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 In order to buy [[Earth]] time with the [[Covenant]] set to invade, the Spartans convinced Admiral Whitcomb to allow them to launch a first strike. With Whitcomb unwilling to risk ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'', the Spartans welded layers of lead, boron fibers and Titanium-A hull plates removed from the ''Gettysburg'' to a [[Spirit dropship]] so they could survive the transition from slipspace to normal space in the smaller craft as well as loading it up with munitions scavenged from the frigate's stores.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 348-351''</ref>
-Hours later, after rigging the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' to blow, the Spartans received the "[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]" message and made contact with Whitcomb who explained that he had brought ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' out of slipspace on the system's edge to do some reconnaissance before deciding to do something about the Covenant fleet after witnessing its sheer size. Following Whitcomb's instructions, the Spartans traveled to the far side of a nearby moon where they found the ''Gettysburg'' waiting for them alone. Sergeant Johnson explained that while they were gone, the crew had placed ''Ascendant Justice's'' slipspace drive into the ''Gettysburg''. Using a spy drone, the crew watched as Whitcomb and Lieutenant [[Elias Haverson]] lured the Covenant fleet in close to the exploding station with ''Ascendant Justice'' and a hologram of the [[Forerunner crystal]], sacrificing themselves to destroy all but about a dozen Covenant vessels. Afterwards, the ''Gettysburg'' made a random slipspace jump per the [[Cole Protocol]] before finally resuming the journey back to Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 392-399''</ref>
+Hours later, after rigging the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' to blow, the Spartans received the "[[Oly Oly Oxen Free]]" message and made contact with Whitcomb who explained that he had brought ''Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice'' out of slipspace on the system's edge to do some reconnaissance before deciding to do something about the Covenant fleet after witnessing its sheer size. Following Whitcomb's instructions, the Spartans traveled to the far side of a nearby moon where they found the ''Gettysburg'' waiting for them alone. Sergeant Johnson explained that while they were gone, the crew had placed ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s slipspace drive into the ''Gettysburg''. Using a spy drone, the crew watched as Whitcomb and Lieutenant [[Elias Haverson]] lured the Covenant fleet in close to the exploding station with ''Ascendant Justice'' and a hologram of the [[Forerunner crystal]], sacrificing themselves to destroy all but about a dozen Covenant vessels. Afterwards, the ''Gettysburg'' made a random slipspace jump per the [[Cole Protocol]] before finally resuming the journey back to Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', ''pages 392-399''</ref>
 ===Return to Earth===
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 *''Gettysburg'' is named after the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Gettysburg|Battle of Gettysburg]], the American Civil War battle that took place on July 1–3, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on [[Earth]]. This is interesting, in that it was fused with a Covenant vessel, just as the two factions of the American Civil War eventually rejoined into one country.
 *UNSC ''Gettysburg'' is the only known UNSC ship to be fitted with a Covenant slipspace drive and be able to execute slipspace jumps without any side effects on the ship, even though the ship was not equipped with energy shields.
-*When [[Cortana]] first appropriates the ''Gettysburg'', its stated that the ''Gettysburg's'' thrusters are off-line and the ship won't ever be moving on its own again. However, later chapters make it clear that the makeshift crew is primarily using the ''Gettysburg's'' engines to move the hybrid ship around with Cortana telling the Master Chief when he awakens on the ''Gettysburg'' that ''Ascendant Justice's'' engines are crippled.
+*When [[Cortana]] first appropriates the ''Gettysburg'', its stated that the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thrusters are off-line and the ship won't ever be moving on its own again. However, later chapters make it clear that the makeshift crew is primarily using the ''Gettysburg''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines to move the hybrid ship around with Cortana telling the Master Chief when he awakens on the ''Gettysburg'' that ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines are crippled.
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