Harbinger of Piety

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Harbinger of Piety Production information Class CCS-class Battlecruiser Manufacturer Covenant Technical specifications Length 1782.2 meters Width 861.7 meters Height/depth 230.8 meters Engine unit(s) Repulsor Engines Slipspace Drive Yes Slipspace velocity Unknown Power plant Pinch Fusion Reactors Shielding Energy Shielding Armament Unknown Passengers Minister of Inquisition Usage Role(s) Battlecruiser Earliest sighting Battle of Earth Present for battles/events Battle of Earth Affiliation Covenant Loyalists

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The Harbinger of Piety was a Covenant CCS-Battlecruiser under the command of the Minister of Inquisition. It participated in the Battle of Earth as a part of the Covenant Loyalist Fleet and was subsequently destroyed by a MAC blast from the Nassau Station^[1].

The ship had at least one Prophet, the Minister of Inquisition, aboard before its destruction. The human civilian Ruwan Ackerson was taken to the ship after he told the Covenant he was the fictional Key of Osanalan that he and his brother had invented while children that James had used as a distraction for the Covenant. In reality, he served as a tracking vector for the UNSC to find and destroy high ranking Covenant officials.

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• For unexplained reasons, the Harbinger of Piety is first depicted with four forward ventral prongs, as seen on CCS Battlecruisers in Halo 3. However, the picture of its destruction depicts it as only having two prongs like those in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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1. ↑ Halo: Uprising Issue 4

Known CCS-class Battlecruisers
Harbinger of Piety · Pious Inquisitor · Purity of Spirit · Sacred Promise · Triumphant Declaration · Truth and Reconciliation · Flood Ship · CCS-U624 · CCS-U321