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{{disambig header|the supercarrier|other articles including "Long Night of Solace"|Long Night of Solace (disambiguation)}}

{{Individual ship infobox

|name=''Long Night of Solace''

|image=[[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|300px]]

|manufacturer=

|class={{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 111''</ref>

|role=[[Flagship]]<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 10''</ref>

|length={{Convert|28.960|km|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/>

|width={{Convert|11.447|km|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/>

|height={{Convert|3.563|km|ft|sp=us}}

|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s

|slipspace drive=Equipped

|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]

|countermeasures=

|armament=*[[Energy projector]]s<ref name="essential"/>

*[[Plasma turret]]s<ref name="essential"/>

*[[Pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="essential"/>

|fleet=[[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]]<ref name="essential"/>

|captains=[[Rho 'Barutamee]]<ref name="essential"/>

'''''Long Night of Solace''''' was a [[Covenant]] {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}} and the [[flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], commanded by [[Supreme Commander]] [[Rho 'Barutamee]].<ref name="essential"/> ''Long Night of Solace'' and its fleet inadvertently served as an advance invasion force on the planet [[Reach]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] in the [[2552|summer of 2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Legendary Edition commentary''</ref> The supercarrier was destroyed by [[United Nations Space Command]] personnel over Reach during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].<ref name="LNoS"/>

On or prior to [[2552#July|July 23, 2552]], the fleet, [[Active camouflage|cloaked]] by ''Long Night of Solace'', made landfall on Reach.<ref name="essential"/> The fleet then deployed a network of [[Covenant Spire|teleportation spires]] and [[stealth pylon]]s to covertly land an advance ground force. ''Long Night of Solace'' served as the [[flagship]] for the advance force, which was comprised of the supercarrier and at least five {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}s.

On [[2552#August|August 12]], the UNSC launched an [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|attack]] on the Covenant base in [[Viery Territory|Viery]]. After [[Spire One]] was destroyed, the ''Solace'' decloaked and engaged the UNSC. Immediately after its position was compromised, ''Long Night of Solace'' destroyed the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} and laid waste to several other UNSC deployments. It then retreated to Covenant-held space in orbit above the planet.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>

[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Long Night of Solace'' is destroyed.]]

During Operation: UPPER CUT, an operation designed to destroy the ship, UNSC [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] teams boarded the Covenant corvette ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', which was on a refueling run with the supercarrier, and transported a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] onto the corvette. During the battle aboard the ship, the detonation controls of the improvised bomb were damaged, forcing [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[Jorge-052]] to sacrifice himself by activating the drive manually, staying on the corvette as it was consumed in a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rift. The unrestricted slipspace rift teleported the middle section of the supercarrier's hull into slipspace, destroying ''Long Night of Solace''. The remaining two-thirds of ''Long Night of Solace'' then crashed into a mountain range on the surface of Reach as a larger Covenant fleet dropped out of slipspace over the planet.<ref name="LNoS"/><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref>

On August 27, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Hieronymus Stanforth]] stated that ''Long Night of Solace'' would have been a prime candidate for use in [[Operation: RED FLAG]]. However, with the vessel destroyed, the Navy was forced to wait to enact the operation until the Covenant arrived in force days later.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref>

In early development phases, the ''Long Night of Solace'' was simply known as the "Black Ship".<ref>'''[[Halo: The Great Journey: The Art of Building Worlds]]''', ''page 68''</ref>

File:HR_SupercarrierDestroyed_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace'''s destruction.

File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|A visual and size comparison between the ''Long Night of Solace'' and a [[CAS-class assault carrier]].<ref> [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1016685 HBO Forum Analysis]</ref>

File:LNoS Frigate Comprison SLoftus.jpg|A size comparison between the ''Solace'' and a [[UNSC frigate]].

File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The ''Solace'' in Reach orbit.

File:ToTS Ending.jpg|The decloaked ''Solace''.

File:Exodus_Intro.jpg|The remains of the ''Solace'' on a Reach mountain range.

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