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{{ | {{Title|''Audacity''}} | ||
{{ | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{Individual | {{Individual ship infobox | ||
|name=Audacity | |name=''Audacity'' | ||
|image= | |image=[[File:Enc22 Audacity.jpg|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[Builder]]s | |manufacturer=[[Builder]]s | ||
| | |class= | ||
|role= | |role=Exploratory vessel | ||
|engine= | |engine=[[Reaction drive]] | ||
|slipspace drive=Equipped | |slipspace drive=Equipped | ||
|hull= | |hull=~{{Convert|100|m|ftin|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|s4}} | ||
| | |hull-title=Length | ||
| | |countermeasures={{Convert|30|m|ftin|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|s4}} | ||
|countermeasures-title=Width | |||
|armament=Lightly armed{{Ref/Reuse|s4}} | |||
|firstuse=[[98,395 BCE]] | |||
| | |lastsight=Centuries after [[97,445 BCE]] | ||
| | |||
|lastsight= [[ | |||
|destroyed= | |destroyed= | ||
|battles=[[Flood | |battles=[[Forerunner-Flood war]] | ||
*[[Battle of the greater Ark]] | *[[Battle of the greater Ark]] | ||
|fleet= | |fleet= | ||
|namedcrew= | |namedcrew=*[[Keeper-of-Tools]] | ||
|captains=[[Librarian]] | *[[Dawn-over-Fields]] | ||
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] | *[[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] | ||
*[[Chant-to-Green]] | |||
*[[Birth-to-Light]] | |||
|captains=*[[Librarian]] | |||
*[[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] | |||
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''''Audacity''''' was a [[Forerunner]] ship. | The '''''Audacity''''' was a unique [[Forerunner]] ship originally constructed for the [[Librarian]]'s research mission to [[Path Kethona]] and later adopted by the Lifeshaper as her personal vessel. After her death, it became the vessel of [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], the former IsoDidact.{{Ref/Twitter|Halo|1651984415642329089|Halo|Quote=SHIP DATABASE - AUDACITY A Forerunner vessel built for a specific purpose: to journey outside the galaxy into Path Kethona, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and discover the dire origins of the Flood. #FictionFriday|D=03|M=05|Y=2023}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The ''Audacity'' was | The ''Audacity'' was commissioned around [[98,395 BCE]] for a [[Lifeworker]]-led mission to the [[Magellanic Clouds|satellite galaxy]] of [[Path Kethona]] to explore the possible origins of the [[Flood]]. It was designed and constructed by the [[Builder]]s, with the challenges of its mission—namely, the unusually long [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] journey—in mind. The design and construction of the ship took ten years; approval from the Council for the mission took another ten. Over a million volunteered to be part of the ship's crew on the great expedition. Seven were chosen, including the Librarian herself, three Builders including one named [[Keeper-of-Tools]] and another known as [[Dawn-over-Fields]], a [[Miner]] named [[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]], and two Lifeworkers, [[Chant-to-Green]] and [[Birth-to-Light]]. Despite the Builders engineering the ship specifically for the mission, the journey was demanding for its occupants as well as the ecumene at large; despite ''Audacity'' crossing the intergalactic gulf in several jumps, the required causal reconciliations accrued significant space-time debt, slowing down slipspace travel across the galaxy and forcing the crew into stasis for portions of the journey.<ref name="s4">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 4, page 60-61''</ref> | ||
Following the expedition, the Librarian appropriated the ship as her personal transport. In the final days of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], she and the [[IsoDidact]] used the vessel to travel to the [[greater Ark]] after the [[Flood]] ravaged [[Nomdagro]], with the [[Ur-Didact]]'s flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', following. When the Ur-Didact was preparing to process the [[human]] inhabitants of [[Omega Halo]] with the [[Composer]], the Librarian attempted to save them by taking the ''Audacity'' to the firing path of the Composer, but was pushed aside by a [[torsion field]] projected by the ''Mantle's Approach''.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 31''</ref> After the incident, the Librarian followed ''Mantle's Approach'' to [[Requiem]] aboard the ''Audacity'', intent on stopping the Ur-Didact's genocidal schemes by locking her husband in a [[Cryptum]]. The ''Audacity'' was allowed inside due to the Librarian's transponder codes and she succeeded in her plan.<ref name="s34">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 34''</ref> | |||
Afterwards, the Librarian used the ship to travel to [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]] where she also spent her last days before the firing of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse|s34}} It was returned to the Ark by [[Chant-to-Green]] who used it to return at the Librarian's request. | |||
Over a century later, ''Audacity'' was one of the few ships the Forerunners had left aside from [[keyship]]s found on the Ark used in the [[reintroduction]]. ''Audacity'' was used by Bornstellar's team to [[Mission to Maethrillian|return to]] [[Maethrillian]] and retrieve two more ships for the Forerunners exodus from the galaxy, the [[slipspace flake]]s they needed for the ships and to restore the [[Domain]] through the [[Abaddon|Organon]]. When Abaddon revealed itself, it shut down ''Audacity'', but the ship's power was restored when [[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] sacrificed herself to restore the Domain and Abaddon disappeared.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Promises to Keep]]"</ref> | |||
''Audacity'' was kept by Bornstellar and Chant-to-Green who used it to settle on their new homeworld in another galaxy. After the two decided to give up technology for a simpler lifestyle, ''Audacity'' was left abandoned on a nearby mountain with their personal armor aboard. After being reminded of the [[Halo Array]] by a story he told [[Bornstellar's son|his son]], Bornstellar paid a brief visit to the long-abandoned ship and his old armor.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Untitled story (Halo: Fractures)|Untitled story]]"</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | |||
**''[[Promises to Keep]]'' | |||
**''[[Untitled story (Halo: Fractures)|Untitled story]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Forerunner|ships}} | |||
[[Category:Forerunner | [[Category:Forerunner ships]] | ||