UNSC Heracles

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UNSC Heracles Production information Class UNSC Destroyer Technical specifications Length 485 meters Width 242.50 meters Height/depth 600 meters Engine unit(s) 4 fusion cores Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Slipspace velocity 2.1 light-years/day Power plant Deuterium(reserve) Fusion cores Hull 2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate Sensor systems N\A Targeting systems (Manual and point defensive AIs due to maintenance requests) Navigation system AIs Armament Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2)[1] Shiva missiles (3) Oversized Archer Missile pods (26) Complement Pelican Dropships Usage Earliest sighting 2525 Destroyed (Heavily damaged during Harvest investigation Latest sighting 2525 Present for battles/events Investigation of Harvest Second Battle of Harvest Affiliation UNSC Navy Known commander(s) Captain Maribeau Veredi

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The UNSC Heracles was a UNSC destroyer, named after the legendary hero of Greek mythology, Heracles, commanded by Captain Maribeau Veredi, and the lead ship of Battlegroup 4.

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On October 7, 2525, The Heracles, along with the rest of Battlegroup 4, the UNSC Arabia and UNSC Vostok were sent into the Harvest system to discover why the Colonial Administration Authority had lost contact with both the colony and the scout ship Argo. It discovered the planet destroyed, the Argo missing, and a Covenant vessel in orbit. After a short battle, the Arabia and the Vostok were destroyed and the Heracles was forced to retreat. Due to the extensive damage it had taken during the battle, the Heracles took several weeks to return to Reach.^[2] The ship was repaired at Reach, and later returned to reclaim Harvest as part of Admiral Preston Cole's battlefleet.

While at Harvest, it recovered a RQ-XII drone left by Jilan al-Cygni eight months earlier.^[3]

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1. ↑ 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 as 2 frigates combined mass.
   --Halo: The Fall of Reach page 139
   
2. ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 96.
3. ↑ Halo:Contact Harvest, Pg. 391

Known United Nations Space Command Destroyers
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