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The '''UNSC ''Bellerophon''''' was a {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} that | The '''''Bellicose''''', formerly commissioned as the '''UNSC ''Bellerophon''''', was a hijacked {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} that participated in the [[Insurrection]]. It was commanded and owned by [[Lyrenne Castilla]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Insurrection=== | ===Insurrection=== | ||
In the first years of the 26th century, the ''Bellicose'' was thrice engaged by the {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}}, which was commanded by the legendary [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. The ''Bellicose'' escaped twice and on the last occasion [[Skirmish at Theta Ursae Majoris|fought to a draw]]. On [[2504|January 2, 2504]], the ship's crew faked their own deaths by falling into the [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] of a gas giant during the [[Battle of Theta Ursae Majoris]] and escaped by executing the first-known in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] transition. | In the first years of the 26th century, the ''Bellicose'' was thrice engaged by the {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}}, which was commanded by the legendary [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. The ''Bellicose'' escaped twice and on the last occasion [[Skirmish at Theta Ursae Majoris|fought to a draw]]. On [[2504|January 2, 2504]], the ship's crew faked their own deaths by falling into the [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity well]] of a gas giant during the [[Battle of Theta Ursae Majoris]] and escaped by executing the first-known in-atmosphere [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] transition.<ref name="Evo">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''</ref> | ||
===Human-Covenant war=== | ===Human-Covenant war=== | ||
The ''Bellicose'' resurfaced during the [[Human-Covenant War]] at the battles of [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|18 Scorpii]] and [[Battle of Psi Serpentis|Psi Serpentis]] under an independent flag. There, the crew of the ''Bellicose'', captained by [[Lyrenne Castilla]], Cole's former wife, saved the latter's forces from [[Covenant]] attack.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 447''</ref> | The ''Bellicose'' resurfaced during the [[Human-Covenant War]] at the battles of [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|18 Scorpii]] and [[Battle of Psi Serpentis|Psi Serpentis]] under an independent flag. There, the crew of the ''Bellicose'', captained by [[Lyrenne Castilla]], Cole's former wife, saved the latter's forces from [[Covenant]] attack.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', ''page 447''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
