Heaven's Brilliant Bier

Heaven's Brilliant Bier
Production information
Class:	Rasus-pattern interdictor
Specifications
Length:	2,000 meters (6,600 ft)
Width:	1,000 meters (3,300 ft)
Mass:	90 million tonnes
Hull:	Nanolaminate hull plating Equipped with energy shielding
Armament:	12 Worthy Fire-pattern relic lances 10 Luxor-pattern heavy plasma beams 24 Melusean-pattern heavy plasma cannons 4 Jaet-pattern plasma torpedo silos 110 Reskuk-pattern pulse lasers
Service information
Destroyed:	March 2526
Participated battles:	Battle of Harvest
Affiliation:	Covenant

Heaven's Brilliant Bier was a Rasus-pattern interdictor employed by the Covenant. The vessel was one of the very first warships to be used in the newly-engaged Human-Covenant War, and oversaw the initial destruction of Harvest in 2525.

History

Heaven's Brilliant Bier was employed over Harvest in mid-2525, and was first observed by human forces with the arrival of the CMA Navy's Battle Group 4 on October 7, 2525. Almost immediately, Bier opened fire on the Colonial Military Authority forces - destroying frigates CMA Arabia and CMA Vostok almost immediately and forcing the destroyer CMA Heracles to retreat back to Reach. Heracles' retreat informed the United Nations Space Command of the Covenant threat, with Heaven's Brilliant Bier having broadcast an open message to the CMA battle group; "Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument".

In response to Bier's effortless destruction of the CMA force, the UNSC Navy assembled the largest fleet ever assembled in human history, under the command of Vice Admiral Preston Cole. Battle Group X-Ray entered Harvest orbit on March 1, 2526, and proceeded to engage Heaven's Brilliant Bier. During the engagement, Bier was able to single-handedly destroy thirteen warships before ultimately being destroyed itself by a massive combined volley of Magnetic Accelerator Cannon fire.

The loss of Heaven's Brilliant Bier was considered a tragedy to the Covenant, who mourned its destruction and the loss of its Forerunner relic cores.

Production notes

In Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp and Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series, Heaven's Brilliant Bier is replaced by the cruiser Rapid Conversion.

Gallery

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  Heaven's Brilliant Bier attacks the CMA's Battle Group 4.

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  Heaven's Brilliant Bier being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First mentioned)
• Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
• Halo: Evolutions
  • The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
• Halo: Silent Storm (Mentioned only)