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UNSC Tharsis

Production information
Class	UNSC destroyer
Technical specifications
Length	485 metres (1,590 ft)
Slipspace Drive	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Power plant	Deuterium fusion reactors
Shielding	None
Hull	2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate
Armament	Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2) Shiva missiles (3) Oversized Archer Missile pods (26)
Complement	Pelican Dropships
Usage
Earliest sighting	2552
Destroyed	2552
Present for battles/events	Battle of Reach
Affiliation	UNSC Navy

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The UNSC Tharsis was a UNSC destroyer. Tharsis saw action at the Battle of Reach where it was heavily damaged,^[1] although one of its fusion reactors remained intact. The Covenant moved the destroyer's hulk to the "graveyard" they established over Reach's northern pole.

When the UNSC-controlled Ascendant Justice returned to Reach following the Battle of Installation 04, Cortana considered merging the Tharsis with the captured Covenant vessel. However, ultimately the UNSC Gettysburg was selected based on that ship's better condition and intact MAC gun. It is unknown why Cortana chose Gettysburg rather than Tharsis since the book fails to list any traits of the Tharsis past the fact that it was a destroyer.