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|complement=Covenant troops; later Flood<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel" >'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> | |complement=Covenant troops; later Flood<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel" >'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> | ||
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The '''Brilliant Gift''' was a [[ | The '''Brilliant Gift''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirit]] dropship. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Brilliant Gift'' was captured by the [[Flood]], and became a transport to spread its infection to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] orbiting over [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]]. | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
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Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash-landed into the ''Infinite Succor'''s hangar and was irreparably damaged, killing some of the Covenant crewmen stationed there.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> However, it ultimately did not matter: the Flood killed most of the witnesses and soon spread throughout the ''Infinite Succor'', infecting the entire crew and the creatures in the hunting ground, except for the [[Minister of Etiology]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''' - ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> One of the most notable combatants in the battle was [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, [[Special Operations Commander]] and later [[Fleet Master]]. | Despite the command crew's orders to the contrary, the dropship crash-landed into the ''Infinite Succor'''s hangar and was irreparably damaged, killing some of the Covenant crewmen stationed there.<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel"/> However, it ultimately did not matter: the Flood killed most of the witnesses and soon spread throughout the ''Infinite Succor'', infecting the entire crew and the creatures in the hunting ground, except for the [[Minister of Etiology]].<ref name="Halo Graphic Novel">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''' - ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> One of the most notable combatants in the battle was [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, [[Special Operations Commander]] and later [[Fleet Master]]. | ||
The dropship was destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' was forced to made a slipspace jump into [[Soell]]. | The dropship was destroyed when the ''Infinite Succor'' was forced to made a slipspace jump into [[Soell]], the system's star. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Flood aboard ''Brilliant | *The Flood aboard ''Brilliant Gift'' were infected human [[Flood combat form|combat forms]], armed with human weaponry. They were likely members of the former [[Fire Team Charlie]] who, along with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], were attacked and assimilated by the Flood. | ||
*The name of the ship, "Brilliant Gift", is acutely ironic considering its role in the story - it brings the Flood onto ''Infinite Succor'', which leads to the death or assimilation of virtually everyone onboard. | *The name of the ship, "Brilliant Gift", is acutely ironic considering its role in the story - it brings the Flood onto ''Infinite Succor'', which leads to the death or assimilation of virtually everyone onboard. | ||