Long Time Coming: Difference between revisions

Long Time Coming
Specifications
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Service information
Destroyed:	August 2552
Known commanders:	Captain Moreland
Affiliation:	United Nations Space Command

Revision as of 02:30, June 28, 2011

Long Time Coming was a prospecting vessel in commission with the Office of Naval Intelligence.^[1]^[2] The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a Slipbeacon. It was registered to the colony world Oasis VI as a cover.^[3]

History

In 2552, Long Time Coming was commissioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence to carry SPARTAN-II Team Black in a covert mission in a Covenant-controlled sector of space. Unfortunately, the ship was destroyed by Line Installation 1-4's defenses while in slipspace. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an unidentified moon.^[3]

Gallery

Long Time Coming crash-landing on the moon.
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Black Team in the cargo hold.

List of appearances

Halo: Blood Line (First appearance)

Notes

^ See Battle of Line Installation 1-4#Notes

Sources

[1] See Battle of Line Installation 1-4#Notes

[2] NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series

[3] Halopedia: Interview with Fred Van Lente

[IssueOne-4] Halo: Blood Line, Issue 1

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-'''''Long Time Coming''''' was a prospecting vessel in commission with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way '''NYCC '09''': ''Two New Halo Series'']</ref><ref>[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|'''Halopedia''': ''Interview with Fred Van Lente'']]</ref> The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a [[Slipbeacon]]. It was registered to the colony world [[Oasis 6]] as a cover.<ref name="IssueOne">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>
+'''''Long Time Coming''''' was a prospecting vessel in commission with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way '''NYCC '09''': ''Two New Halo Series'']</ref><ref>[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|'''Halopedia''': ''Interview with Fred Van Lente'']]</ref> The ship had a sizeable cargo bay for prospecting equipment and a transmitter for raising a [[Slipbeacon]]. It was registered to the colony world [[Oasis VI]] as a cover.<ref name="IssueOne">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>
 ==History==
-In [[2552]], ''Long Time Coming'' was commissioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence to carry [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Team Black]] in a [[Operation: BLOWBACK|covert mission]] in a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]-controlled [[Sub-Sector 35|sector]] of space. Unfortunately, the ship was destroyed by [[Line Installation 1-4]]'s defenses while in [[Slipspace]]. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an [[unidentified moon]].<ref name="IssueOne"/>
+In [[2552]], ''Long Time Coming'' was commissioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence to carry [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Team Black]] in a [[Operation: BLOWBACK|covert mission]] in a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]-controlled [[Sub-sector 35|sector]] of space. Unfortunately, the ship was destroyed by [[Line Installation 1-4]]'s defenses while in [[Slipstream space|slipspace]]. Consequently, it transitioned back to normal space and crash landed on an [[unidentified moon]].<ref name="IssueOne"/>
 ==Gallery==