UNSC Glasgow Kiss

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UNSC Glasgow Kiss
Production information

Class:

UNSC Destroyer

Specifications

Length:

485 meters

Powerplant:

Deuterium Fusion cores

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate

Armament:

Complement:

Pelican Dropships

Service information

Destroyed:

2552

Participated battles:

Battle of Onyx

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The UNSC Glasgow Kiss was a United Nations Space Command destroyer in 2552 within Battlegroup Stalingrad.

Background

The ship part of Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson's task force sent to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey as well as the Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs. During the first attack on Covenant ships in orbit in the Battle of Onyx, it moved to protect the flagship UNSC Stalingrad from enemy fire. Glasgow Kiss was subsequently destroyed by plasma meant for the flagship, although many of her crew survived in escape pods.[2]

Historical Meaning

Refers to the Scottish Earth city of Glasgow. "Glasgow kiss" is a colloquialism used in the UK for a head butt, albeit an odd name for a warship.

References

  1. ^ What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destoyer 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: The Fall of Reach page 139
  2. ^ Ghosts of Onyx page 294

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