UNSC Brasidas: Difference between revisions

UNSC Brasidas
Production information
Class:	UNSC destroyer
Specifications
Length:	485 metres (1,590 ft)
Engine:	Fusion drives
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	2 metres (6.6 ft) of titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2); Shiva missiles (3); Oversized Archer missile pods (26);
Complement:	Pelican fropships
Service information
Destroyed:	2552
Participated battles:	Battle of Onyx
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

Revision as of 19:37, May 29, 2013

The UNSC Brasidas was a destroyer in service within Battlegroup Stalingrad in the UNSC Navy during 2552. The battle group had five other destroyers^[2] but they were all destroyed by the Covenant's superior fleet.^[3]

The Brasidas was part of Admiral Carl Patterson's battle group sent to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey as well as the Spartan-IIs and IIIs. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the Battle of Onyx, it was damaged extensively, suffering damage to its reactor. It then transferred its load of HORNET mines to the prowler UNSC Dusk.^[4] It was destroyed along with the UNSC Stalingrad when Covenant reinforcements swarmed into the system.

The ship is named after Brasidas, a Spartan General during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War who was killed at the Battle of Amphipolis.

^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139 ("What those critics forgot that a UNSC destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.")
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 292
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 333
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 325

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 ==Background==
-The ''Brasidas'' was part of [[Admiral]] [[Carl "Buster" Patterson]]'s [[battle group]] sent to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as well as the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III|III]]s. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the [[Battle of Onyx]], it was damaged extensively, suffering damage to its reactor. It then transferred its load of [[HORNET mine]]s to the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> It was destroyed along with the {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} when Covenant reinforcements swarmed into the system.
+The ''Brasidas'' was part of [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]'s [[battle group]] sent to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as well as the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III|III]]s. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the [[Battle of Onyx]], it was damaged extensively, suffering damage to its reactor. It then transferred its load of [[HORNET mine]]s to the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> It was destroyed along with the {{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} when Covenant reinforcements swarmed into the system.
 ==Trivia==