Righteous Crusader

"Is it not the greatest irony that a ship crafted by the hands of the Jiralhanae themselves with such care should become their bane?"

- Shipmaster Ulton 'Keltam CCS Righteous Crusader Built at the Thrakakrathak Orbital Shipyards above the Covenant colony of Unmoving Virtue, the ship that would eventually become the Righteous Crusader began life as a Jiralhanae-operated ship, one of very few allowed by the High Council. When the Schism erupted, it joined the Loyalist forces, and participated in a number of attacks on Sangheili colonies - its capture by Field Master Ulton 'Keltam saw it renamed and incorporated into the Fleet of Retribution. While the rest of the fleet pursued the Prophet of Truth's forces to the Ark, the Righteous Crusader with an altogether different mission - the support of Human forces attempting to capture an uncovered Forerunner relic on the Australian continent, eventually entering the Labyrinth Array. Its eventual fate is unknown.

Quotes

 * "Accursed Sangheili! Our fleet is primitive as it is without them turning our own weapons against us!"
 * "When we captured the ship, most of the systenms were...shoddy, to say the least. Our own Huragok had difficulty making the systems fit for use, never mind modernised. At least the Jiralhanae have yet to improve their technical prowess."
 * "Damn, I wish our ships could fly. I don't mean hover, like a frigate or support ship. I mean fly - the Crusader swooped right over us at Darwin, lasers ploughing into the ground, wiping out a whole regiment of Brute artillery!"
 * "It carries a lot of fighters for a Battlecruiser, doesn't it? I'm not complaining - their pilots definitely came in handy at Sydney! Seeing a Seraph fighter swoop low, drop a plasma torpedo, and then realising that its on your side is a new feeling for me."