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After Op: First Strike, the ''Gettysburg'' and it crew headed back to [[Sol System|Sol]], [[Earth]]'s home system. | After Op: First Strike, the ''Gettysburg'' and it crew headed back to [[Sol System|Sol]], [[Earth]]'s home system. | ||
It is unknown what happened after this, as it was probably scrapped for it's metal to make weapons, vehicles, and starships for the crumbling [[UNSC|UNSC Defense Force]]. Possibly, it could | It is unknown what happened after this, as it was probably scrapped for it's metal to make weapons, vehicles, and starships for the crumbling [[UNSC|UNSC Defense Force]]. Possibly, it could've been reassigned to the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] just in time for the defense of Earth during the [[First Battle of Earth]]. | ||
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The UNSC Gettysburg was a Frigate in service with the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War.
History
Sigma Octanus
On July 17, 2552, the Gettysburg, along with the UNSC Alliance, responded to a distress signal sent by Captain Jacob Keyes, who was a Commander at the time, from the Sigma Octanus system [1]. The vessel later fought in the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.
The vessel then returned to the orbital space dock of Reach, where it was heavily damaged in the Battle of Reach.
Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice
Eventually, SPARTAN-117, along with several survivors of Battles of Installation 04 and Reach, used the Gettysburg, fusing it with the Covenant ship Ascendant Justice, thus becoming the first Human-Covenant hybrid vessel in history [2]. It was used because the Ascendant Justice could not do the two Slipspace jumps in and out of a group of Covenant ships fast enough using just it's own reactor [3].
Operation FIRST STRIKE
- Main article: Operation FIRST STRIKE
Eventually, the vessel was unlinked from the Ascendant Justice so that Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and First Lieutenant Elias Haverson could use the Ascendant Justice to lure a Covenant battle fleet to the Unyielding Hierophant, which was about to explode [4].
Return to Sol
After Op: First Strike, the Gettysburg and it crew headed back to Sol, Earth's home system.
It is unknown what happened after this, as it was probably scrapped for it's metal to make weapons, vehicles, and starships for the crumbling UNSC Defense Force. Possibly, it could've been reassigned to the UNSC Home Fleet just in time for the defense of Earth during the First Battle of Earth.
Technology
The Gettysburg was refitted with the Slipspace engines from the Ascendant Justice prior to unlinking [5]. Since Covenant Slipspace engines had always been faster than UNSC engines, the Gettysburg was the fastest ship in any of the Fleets of the UNSC Navy.
Trivia
- It is named after the Battle Of Gettysburg. The American Civil War battle took place on July 1-3 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Earth.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 145
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 208
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 209
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 332
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 329
