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The ship received assistance from remaining [[Eridanus Rebels]] in a small asteroid colony, who provided personnel and repairs for the ships weaponry, before being discovered by the Covenant. Though the ''Ascendant Justice'' engaged the initial Covenant forces in ship-to-ship battle, reinforcements arrived en masse, forcing it to abandon the colony to the Covenant. | The ship received assistance from remaining [[Eridanus Rebels]] in a small asteroid colony, who provided personnel and repairs for the ships weaponry, before being discovered by the Covenant. Though the ''Ascendant Justice'' engaged the initial Covenant forces in ship-to-ship battle, reinforcements arrived en masse, forcing it to abandon the colony to the Covenant. | ||
Vice Admiral Whitcomb initiated [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. The [[UNSC]]-commandeered ''Ascendant Justice'' then inserted John and his Spartans near the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' in a slightly-modified [[Spirit]] dropship, and started a self-destruct sequence in one of the station's reactor rooms. The Spartans managed to escape from the station and travel to the far side of a near moon where the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} was waiting for them. Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and Lieutenant Elias Haverson had detached the ''Ascendant Justice'' from the ''Gettysburg'' and taken it in a slingshot orbit around the moon. Vice Admiral Whitcomb pretended to have the [[Forerunner]] crystal (by using a hologram) and challenged the Covenant to come and claim it (the Covenant did not want to fire on the ''Ascendant Justice'' because the crystal was supposedly on it). He used the momentum from their slingshot orbit to crash into the station even after the Covenant had cut the ship's engines off with laser fire. Whitcomb then ordered Spartan-117 to see what was left of the Covenant and then "''hightail the Intel back to [[Earth]].''" The last few seconds of visual and audio record from the Ascendant Justice showed the door crashing to the ground and the Admiral opening fire with an SMG. The reactors on the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' then overloaded and exploded, destroying the ''Ascendant Justice'' and over four hundred enemy vessels. Only a few Covenant ships survived the catastrophe. Both Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and [[Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] are listed as [[KIA|Killed in Action]]. | Vice Admiral Whitcomb initiated [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. The [[UNSC]]-commandeered ''Ascendant Justice'' then inserted John and his Spartans near the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' in a slightly-modified [[Spirit]] dropship, and started a self-destruct sequence in one of the station's reactor rooms. The Spartans managed to escape from the station and travel to the far side of a near moon where the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} was waiting for them. Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and Lieutenant Elias Haverson had detached the ''Ascendant Justice'' from the ''Gettysburg'' and taken it in a slingshot orbit around the moon. Vice Admiral Whitcomb pretended to have the [[Forerunner]] crystal (by using a hologram) and challenged the Covenant to come and claim it (the Covenant did not want to fire on the ''Ascendant Justice'' because the crystal was supposedly on it). He used the momentum from their slingshot orbit to crash into the station even after the Covenant had cut the ship's engines off with laser fire. Whitcomb then ordered Spartan-117 to see what was left of the Covenant and then "''hightail the Intel back to [[Earth]].''" The last few seconds of visual and audio record from the Ascendant Justice showed the door crashing to the ground and the Admiral opening fire with an SMG. The reactors on the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' then overloaded and exploded, destroying the ''Ascendant Justice'' and over four hundred enemy vessels. Only a few Covenant ships survived the catastrophe and likely were part of the force that the Prophet of Regret lead to Earth soon after. Both Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and [[Lieutenant]] [[Elias Haverson]] are listed as [[KIA|Killed in Action]]. | ||
The ''Ascendant Justice'''s Slipspace drive allowed the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} to reach Earth and warn the UNSC leadership of the Covenant's plans to reach Earth. It is not currently known what has become of the ''Ascendant Justice''s Slipspace drive, though it is assumed that it was studied by UNSC technicians. | The ''Ascendant Justice'''s Slipspace drive allowed the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} to reach Earth and warn the UNSC leadership of the Covenant's plans to reach Earth. It is not currently known what has become of the ''Ascendant Justice''s Slipspace drive, though it is assumed that it was studied by UNSC technicians. | ||
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*In the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' story ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'', the Flagship of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] is indicated to be the [[Seeker of Truth]]. This would suggest that the Ascendant Justice was the flagship of a second fleet, one that may have arrived at [[installation 04]] to reinforce the Fleet of Particular Justice. | *In the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' story ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'', the Flagship of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] is indicated to be the [[Seeker of Truth]]. This would suggest that the Ascendant Justice was the flagship of a second fleet, one that may have arrived at [[installation 04]] to reinforce the Fleet of Particular Justice. | ||
*The ship was equipped with an escape vessel, which may be a feature exclusive to the ship. | *The ship was equipped with an escape vessel, which may be a feature exclusive to the ship. | ||
*When the ''Ascendant Justice'' first arrived at [[Reach]] in the greeting that Cortana received, someone called the 'Guardian of the Luminous Key' was supposed to be in command of the ship, according to the string of honorifics attached to the greeting. | *When the ''Ascendant Justice'' first arrived at [[Reach]] in the greeting that Cortana received, someone called the 'Guardian of the Luminous Key' was supposed to be in command of the ship, according to the string of honorifics attached to the greeting. It's possible that "Luminous Key" refers to the Index, the key for the activation of Halo, but this is impossible since Cortana had the Index and the Covenant had no way of knowing this. | ||
*When Spartan-117 and the others | *When Spartan-117 and the others traveled back to Earth on the ''[[Gettysburg]]'', they took with them Covenant Engineers to debrief with ONI. | ||
*The ''Ascendant Justice's'' computer had a software replication program which allowed [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] to make imperfect replications of herself, which made it easier to destroy the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. | *The ''Ascendant Justice's'' computer had a software replication program which allowed [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] to make imperfect replications of herself, which made it easier to destroy the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. | ||
*Though ''Ascendant Justice'' contained a very small amount of combat personal, she was very heavily armed. | *Though ''Ascendant Justice'' contained a very small amount of combat personal, she was very heavily armed. | ||