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+The '''''Horn of Plenty''''' ([[DCS|DCS.REG#]] HOP-000987111) was an unmanned [[human]] [[civilian]] interstellar [[freighter]] of unknown classification operating in and before [[2524]].
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+==Background==
+Under the management of [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]], the ''Horn of Plenty'' has the dubious distinction of being the vessel to make first contact with the [[Covenant]] race.
-The '''''Horn of Plenty''''' ([[DCS|DCS.REG#]] HOP-000987111) was an unmanned [[human]] [[civilian]] interstellar [[freighter]] of unknown classification operating in and before [[2524]].
+===First Contact===
+On September 3, [[2524]] 'the 'Horn of Plenty'' was making a shipment of [[melon]]s from a [[Harvest]] colony to a [[Madrigal]] colony when its slipspace drive malfunctioned due an overload in the coolant tanks, fatefully forcing it out of slipspace near the [[Kig-Yar]] raider ''[[Minor Transgression]]''.
+The Covenant ship, crewed by [[Kig-Yar]], [[Unggoy]], and [[Huragok]], attacked and disabled the vessel by destroying its engines, cameras, and MASER dish with pulse lasers, and then stripping it of salvageable materials such as the cargo and the navigational computer. Having suffered a [[hull breach]], the freighter sent a message to the [[DCS]], which responded by sending an [[ONI]] operative because they feared the destruction was the result of [[Insurrectionist]] attack.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg. 26</ref>
 ==Description==
 It had a cargo capacity of at least 2,500 metric tons, and was powered by a pair of compact reactors. It possessed a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]] in its propulsion pod, described as being one-tenth the size of the cargo container, coupled to the craft at the rear through a magnetic coupling.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg. 23</ref>
-==Background==
-Under the management of [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]], the ''Horn of Plenty'' has the dubious distinction of being the vessel to make first contact with the [[Covenant]] race, on September 3, [[2524]]. On that day, ''Horn of Plenty'' was making a shipment of [[melon]]s from [[Harvest]] colony to [[Madrigal]] colony when its slipspace drive malfunctioned due an overload in the coolant tanks, fatefully forcing it out of slipspace near the [[Kig-Yar]] raider ''[[Minor Transgression]]''. The Covenant ship, crewed by [[Kig-Yar]], [[Unggoy]], and [[Huragok]], attacked and disabled the vessel by destroying its engines, cameras, and MASER dish with pulse lasers, and then stripping it of salvageable materials such as the cargo and the navigational computer. Having suffered a [[Hull Breach]], the freighter sent a message to the [[DCS]], which responded by sending an [[ONI]] operative because they feared the destruction was the result of [[Insurrectionist]] attack.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg. 26</ref>
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