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The ship's main Magnetic Accelerator Cannon was enhanced to fire in three round bursts. While each individual round was weakened, this firing pattern typically ensured at least one projectile would penetrate a Covenant vessel's shields. Damaged, the targeted ship could then be overwhelmed with Archer missiles, nuclear weaponry, or further bombardment once the ''Autumn'' recharged its main batteries. Unfortunately, the ship and nearly all of its original crew were destroyed in an attempt to prevent the firing of the Halo array, and to prevent the release of the parasitic life-form known as the Flood. The detonation of the ''Autumn's'' fusion reactors destroyed not only the ring, but the majority of the Covenant flotilla which had pursued it from Reach. | The ship's main Magnetic Accelerator Cannon was enhanced to fire in three round bursts. While each individual round was weakened, this firing pattern typically ensured at least one projectile would penetrate a Covenant vessel's shields. Damaged, the targeted ship could then be overwhelmed with Archer missiles, nuclear weaponry, or further bombardment once the ''Autumn'' recharged its main batteries. Unfortunately, the ship and nearly all of its original crew were destroyed in an attempt to prevent the firing of the Halo array, and to prevent the release of the parasitic life-form known as the Flood. The detonation of the ''Autumn's'' fusion reactors destroyed not only the ring, but the majority of the Covenant flotilla which had pursued it from Reach. | ||
By [[2557]], several Halcyons remained active during the postwar period, with one of the ''[[UNSC Infinity]]'''s two rotating escort fleets comprising of seven Halcyon-class light cruisers upon that vessel's commissioning. | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||