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With the Composer already firing upon [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]], the Spartan manually detonated the HAVOK warhead as a desperate last resort. The Composer was destroyed by the HAVOK nuke, along with the majority of the ''Mantle's Approach''. The dying Cortana teleported the Master Chief out of the ship at the very last moment and created a hard light barrier around him, saving John's life at. The remains of ''Mantle's Approach'' formed a debris field over Earth.<ref name="midnight"/> Pieces of the ship's remains exited over [[Installation 03]] in the [[Khaphrae system]]. Some of the debris entered the atmosphere of the Halo installation—an event observed by SPARTAN-II [[Black Team]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | With the Composer already firing upon [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]], the Spartan manually detonated the HAVOK warhead as a desperate last resort. The Composer was destroyed by the HAVOK nuke, along with the majority of the ''Mantle's Approach''. The dying Cortana teleported the Master Chief out of the ship at the very last moment and created a hard light barrier around him, saving John's life at. The remains of ''Mantle's Approach'' formed a debris field over Earth.<ref name="midnight"/> Pieces of the ship's remains exited over [[Installation 03]] in the [[Khaphrae system]]. Some of the debris entered the atmosphere of the Halo installation—an event observed by SPARTAN-II [[Black Team]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | ||
During the HAVOK nuke's detonation self-preservation protocols shunted the core seed of ''Mantle's Approach'', including the remnants of Cortana's personality, | During the HAVOK nuke's detonation, self-preservation protocols shunted the core seed of ''Mantle's Approach'', including the remnants of Cortana's personality matrix, via emergency slipspace jump, to the nearest repair facility on record, [[Genesis]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=23#post454 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction (page 23)'']</ref><ref name="warfleet"/><ref name="reunion">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[Reunion]]''</ref> | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
The ''Mantle's Approach'' | The ''Mantle's Approach'' featureed a core seed that acts as the heart of the ship. Even if the ship was destroyed, the core seed could rebuild it as long as it has access to raw materials of sufficient quality. The ship featured a specialized command sector known as the ''Hall of Command''. The ''Heroes' Walk'' housed the barracks, training grounds, museums, and halls of honors for the ship's Forerunners. After the Warrior-Servants voluntarily composed themselves, the section was no longer necessary. The ''Exalted Sepulcher'' was remodeled to service composed Prometheans. The ''Mantle's Approach'' was capable of constructing a billion Knight shells, but there were never enough essences available to fill them. Large numbers of empty Knight shells in maintenance cradles survived the ship's destruction and its' remnants arrival at Genesis.<ref name="warfleet"/> | ||
===Hull and weaponry=== | ===Hull and weaponry=== | ||
The ''Mantle's Approach'' | The ''Mantle's Approach'' featured a variable geometry hull full of programmable matter, hard light, and energy interlocks in order to change its shape for fighting the Flood. The ship's main cannon was a heavy ion weapon system adapted from emplacements used on planet-cracking siege platforms. Firing a bolt of exotic matter accelerated to a significant fraction of the speed of light, the cannon was able to buckle continental plates and disintegrate phase-rotated fortifications. However, the ship must reconfigure after a single shot. Another important armament was the stasis tension driver, an array of three projectors that pairs quantum singularity generators with repurposed torsion drivers. Together, they generate localized space-time distortions that impede formation of [[slipspace rupture]]s and jam all [[superluminal communications]] and sensors.<ref name="warfleet"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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