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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]].

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]] the ''Horn of Plenty'' was making a shipment of [[melon]]s from the [[Epsilon Indi]] colony "[[Harvest]]", to the colony of "[[Madrigal]]" 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]], with an [[Unggoy]] [[deacon]] and [[Huragok]] engineers, 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 ship's cargo and navigational computer. Having suffered a [[Hull Breach|hull breach]], the freighter sent a message to the [[DCS]], which responded by sending an [[ONI]] operative, fearing the destruction was the result of an [[Insurrectionist]] attack.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 26''</ref>

It had a cargo capacity of at least 2500 kg, 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]]''', ''page 23''</ref>