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The '''''Brilliant Gift''''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit]] dropship. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Brilliant Gift'' was captured by the [[Flood]], and became a transport to spread its infection to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] orbiting over [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]].
'''''Brilliant Gift''''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit]] dropship. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Brilliant Gift'' was captured by the [[Flood]], and became a transport to spread its infection to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] orbiting over [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]].


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
The ''Brilliant Gift'''s mission before it was captured is unknown. After the Flood was released, they somehow managed to commandeer the ship and leave Installation 04 towards the Fleet of Particular Justice. The dropship headed towards the [[Covenant agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]] ''[[Infinite Succor]]''.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/>
The ''Brilliant Gift'''s mission before it was captured is unknown. After the Flood was released, they somehow managed to commandeer the ship and leave Installation 04 towards the Fleet of Particular Justice. The dropship headed towards the [[Covenant agricultural support ship|agricultural support ship]] ''[[Infinite Succor]]''.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/>


Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash-landed into the ''Infinite Succor'''s hangar and was irreparably damaged, killing some of the Covenant crewmen stationed there.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> However, it ultimately did not matter: the Flood killed most of the witnesses and soon spread throughout the ''Infinite Succor'', infecting the entire crew and the creatures in the hunting ground, except for the [[Minister of Etiology]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''' - ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> One of the most notable combatants in the battle was [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, [[Special Operations Commander]] and later [[Fleet Master]].
Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash-landed into the ''Infinite Succor'''s hangar and was irreparably damaged, killing some of the Covenant crewmen stationed there.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> However, it ultimately did not matter: the Flood killed most of the witnesses and soon spread throughout the ''Infinite Succor'', infecting the entire crew and the creatures in the hunting ground, except for the [[Minister of Etiology]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> One of the most notable combatants in the battle was [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, [[Special Operations Commander]] and later [[Fleet Master]].


The dropship was destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' was forced to made a slipspace jump into [[Soell]], the system's star.
The dropship was destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' was forced to made a slipspace jump into [[Soell]], the system's star.