Everest Production information Class Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser Manufacturer UNSC Navy Technical specifications Length 1,518 metres (4,980 ft) Width 373 metres (1,220 ft) Engine unit(s) Deuterium Core Reactor Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull Titanium-A battle plate Navigation system AI, with backup[1] Armament An unconfirmed number of MAC guns 80 Archer missiles pods (2400 missiles)[1] 50 mm Point-defense guns (45000 blocks)[1] Shiva-class Nuclear Missiles (105)[1] Complement GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptors Pelican dropships Passengers Marines, ODSTs, and pilots Usage Role(s) Fleet Command and Control Destroyed Presumed April 18, 2543 Present for battles/events Second Battle of Harvest[2][3] Battle of Alpha Aurigae[4] Battle of XI Boötis A[4] Battle of the Great Bear[4] Battle of Leonis Minoris[4] Battle of Psi Serpentis[5] Affiliation UNSC Fleet UNSC Battle Group X-Ray (2525-2526)[2] UNSC Battle Group India (2543)[5] Known crewmembers Sekmet (shipboard AI in 2526)[2] Known commander(s) Admiral Preston J. Cole

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UNSC Everest was the flagship of Admiral Preston J. Cole's fleets. In 2525 it was the fleet command cruiser of UNSC Battle Group X-Ray and in 2543 UNSC Battle Group India.^[2][5]

Contents 1 Background 2 Post-War 3 Trivia 4 List of appearances 5 Sources

BackgroundEdit

A Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser, the Everest commanded the fleet in battle against the Covenant in the Epsilon Indi, Alpha Aurigae, XI Boötis A, Groombridge-1830, Leonis Minoris, and Psi Serpentis star systems.^[3][4]

It eventually was presumed destroyed with all hands, including Vice Admiral Cole, at the Battle of Psi Serpentis while destroying over 300 Covenant vessels by causing planet Viperidae, a super-gas giant, to undergo artificial fusion and ignite temporarily as a brown dwarf star. In commemoration of her and her commander's efforts, a painting was hung in HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 on Sydney, Earth called "Admiral Cole's Last Stand."^[6]

Post-WarEdit

Codename: SURGEON speculated in his report Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J. that Cole actually survived the Battle of Psi Serpentis. SURGEON's theory, supported by UNSC AIs, was that the ship lost at Psi Serpentis to the Viperidae micronova was actually the UNSC Io, an irreparably damaged cruiser. SURGEON postulated that Cole used Io as a decoy while the Everest escaped. In any case, neither Everest nor Cole were ever seen again.^[7]

TriviaEdit

• An Elite survivor from the Battle of the Great Bear was held in the Bio-Hazard Unit of the UNSC Everest.^[3]
• It was on the Everest that Admiral Cole wrote the first drafts of the protocol that is well known by his own name, the Cole Protocol.^[3]
• The UNSC Everest is probably named after either Mt. Everest, Earth's highest mountain, currently standing at 8840 m tall, or George Everest, who Mt. Everest was named after.

List of appearancesEdit

• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
  • The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
• Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

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