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:	Battle of Earth
Participated battles:	Battle of Earth
Affiliation:	Covenant Empire (?-2552) Covenant Loyalists (2552)

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

Background

It participated in the Battle of Earth as a part of the Covenant Loyalist Fleet and was subsequently destroyed by a MAC blast from the Nassau Station.

Operational History

Battle of Cleveland

Main article: Battle of Cleveland

The ship had at least one San 'Shyuum; the Minister of Inquisition. The Prophet was curious about a 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 a organic tracker for the UNSC to find and destroy high ranking Covenant officials.

Trivia

• For unexplained reasons, the Harbinger of Piety is first depicted with four forward ventral prongs, as seen on CCS Battlecruisers in Halo 3. However, the picture of its destruction depicts it as only having two prongs like those in Halo: Combat Evolved.

List of appearances

• Halo: Uprising (First appearance)