UNSC Brasidas

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UNSC Brasidas Production information Class UNSC Destroyer Technical specifications Length 485 meters Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Slipspace velocity 2.1 light-years/day Power plant Deuterium Fusion cores Shielding None Hull 2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate Armament Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2)[1] Shiva missiles (3) Oversized Archer Missile pods (26) Complement Pelican Dropships Usage Earliest sighting 2552 Destroyed 2552 Present for battles/events Battle of Onyx Affiliation UNSC Navy

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

[edit] Background

It was part of Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson's task force 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 entered the system.

[edit] Historical Reference

• Brasidas (Greek 422 BC) was a Spartan officer during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War.^[5]

[edit] References

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 than 2 frigates combined mass.
   --Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139
   
2. ↑ Ghosts of Onyx, page 292
3. ↑ Ghosts of Onyx, page 333
4. ↑ Ghosts of Onyx, page 325
5. ↑ Wikipedia article on Brasidas

Known United Nations Space Command Destroyers
UNSC Armageddon's Edge • UNSC Brasidas • UNSC Do You Feel Lucky? UNSC Glasgow Kiss • UNSC Heracles • UNSC Iroquois UNSC Iwo Jima • UNSC Lancelot • UNSC Minotaur • UNSC Prophecy • UNSC Resolute • UNSC Tharsis • Unnamed Destroyer

Elements of UNSC Battlegroup Stalingrad

UNSC Brasidas | UNSC Dusk | UNSC Iwo Jima | UNSC Glasgow Kiss | UNSC Stalingrad