Harbinger of Piety

Harbinger of Piety
Production information
Manufacturer:	Covenant
Class:	CCS-class Battlecruiser
Role:	Battlecruiser
Specifications
Length:	1,782.2 metres (5,847 ft)
Width:	861.7 metres (2,827 ft)
Height:	230.8 metres (757 ft)
Powerplant:	Pinch fusion reactors
Engine:	Repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Yes
Armament:	Pulse laser turrets Plasma turrets Energy projector (1)
Service information
Destroyed:	November 17th, 2552
Participated battles:	Battle of Earth
Affiliation:	Covenant

The Harbinger of Piety was a Covenant CCS-class battlecruiser under the command of the Minister of Inquisition.

Operational history

Battle of Cleveland

Main article: Battle of Cleveland

The ship carried at least one Prophet, the Minister of Inquisition. The Prophet was curious about a Forerunner artifact called the Key of Osanalan, which was in fact, fake. It had been made up by James and Ruwan Ackerson when they were young.

Ruwan Ackerson had met the Covenant and told the Covenant that he was actually the key. Confused, the Covenant took the humans to the Harbinger. In reality, Ruwan had been implanted with an organic tracker for the UNSC to find and destroy high ranking Covenant officials. The ship's position was subsequently relayed back to Earth Orbital Defense Platform Nassau Station, which proceeded to destroy the Harbinger of Piety with a single shot from its MAC gun.

Trivia

Harbinger of Piety is first depicted with four forward ventral prongs, as seen on CCS-class battlecruisers in Halo 3. However, the panel showing its destruction depicts it as only having two prongs like those in Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.

List of appearances

• Halo: Uprising (First appearance)