User:Pikapi/Derelict Battleship

The Derelict Battleship was a title given to the massive, Niex Reedemer-class light battleship discovered in abnormally close orbit of Sol, or the Sun.

Ancient history
Niex naval vessels were basically impervious to all forms of damage, so what had caused the derelict vessel to appear corroded and color faded? All aspects of a Niex vessel are superior to most forms of possible damage, however, the metal hull of such vessels were capable of corroding over extended periods of time without the assistance of their invulnerable neural reinforcement fields. This would suggest that it's neural systems were downed.

This was most likely due to the Forerunner's activation of the Halo Array, a neural weapon, in the distant past. Even so, this was millions of years after the Niex' mass exodus of the galaxy. Perhaps isolated Niex activity had continued in the galaxy for a certain length of time after the Forerunner-Precursor War.

Recent history
Originally spotted by an unofficial organization of amateur human astronomers in the year 2137, this ancient colossus was simply overlooked as a rouge damocloid asteroid trapped in intensely close orbit of the Sun. It wasn't until United Nations Space Command researchers had re-discovered the object in March of the year 2521, that it was discovered to be an "alien" starship, incorrectly assumed to be of Forerunner origin. As soon as the Office of Naval Intelligence had received word of the eerily still, ancient starship, however, the rouge "asteroid" was quickly eliminated from all UNSC and civilian maps. Being located so close to Earth, ONI had felt it necessary to keep it's more recent discoverers from speaking of it, threatening them with their careers.

Although ONI officials were desperate to reach the vessel and learn of it's past, as well as to reap the benefits of the find, it's dangerous proximity to the Sun would leave it a virtually unreachable taunt.