UNSC Infinity

This fanfiction article, UNSC Infinity (Demons of Hope), was written by Anonymous ONI agent. Please do not edit this fiction without the writer's permission.

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“For the first time in a generation... We commission a UNSC starship, meant not to wage war, but to peacefully advance the cause of mankind. Through the discovery of new worlds.”

UNSC Infinity (INF-101) Production information Class Infinity-class supercarrier Manufacturer Special Assembly Plant Concord Modified by Huragok Technical specifications Length 5694.1 meters (18,681.6 feet) Width 833.3 meters (2733.9 feet) Height/depth 1041.2 meters (3415.9 feet) Engine unit(s) XR2 Boglin Fields: S81/X-DFR Slipspace Drive Mark X Macedon/Z-PROTOTYPE #78720HDS Revision 2.1 Shielding Multiple MG-44N Heavy Dispersal Field Generators Hull 4.9 meters of Titanium-A3 battleplate Armament 4 CR-03, Series-8 MAC (pre-2558 refit) 4 CR-03B, Series-8 MAC (post-2558 refit) 350 M24 Archer missile pods (24 missiles each) 250 M75 Rapier missile pods (30 missiles each) 500 M96 Howler missile pods (20 missiles each) 830 M965 Fortress 70mm point defense guns 10 dorsal Mark 2551 MAC guns 85 dorsal M85 Anti-Aircraft Guns 190 dorsal M97 Guided Missile Weapon Systems (6 missiles each) Undisclosed number of HAVOK tactical nuclear weapons Complement 17,151 personnel (pre-2558 refit) 8,954 sailors (non-ONI) 1,699 naval intelligence personnel 6,021 marines 477 civilians Roughly 500 SPARTAN supersoldiers 18,262 personnel (post-2558 refit; not including Spartans) 8,900 sailors (non-ONI) 1,700 naval intelligence personnel 480 UEG administrative personnel 24 Swords of Sanghelios 8 special assets An undisclosed number of SPARTAN supersoldiers 6,150 marines 750 ODSTs 800 soldiers 200 airmen An undisclosed number of Huragok An undisclosed number of assorted vehicles M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicles M274-M Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicles M290 All-Terrain Vehicles M290-M All-Terrain Vehicles 560 M12 Force Application Vehicles M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicles M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicles M12R Light Anti-Aircraft Vehicles M831 Troop Transports HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Armor Defense Systems 80 M808C Main Battle Tanks or M820 Main Battle Tanks M324 Self-Propelled Artillery 10 Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platforms M510 Siegework/Ultra Heavy AV-14 Hornets AV-49 Wasps UH-144 Falcons UH-144A Falcons UH-144S Falcons GA-TL1 Longswords 150 F-41E Broadswords or D79H-TC Pelicans or G79H-TC/MA Pelicans D86-EST Darter IIs B-73 Tantō 8 D96-TCE Albatrosses 10 internally-docked Strident-class or Anlace-class frigates 453 SOEIVs 329 M9407 SOEIVs 124 M8823 HEVs 8900 SKT-29 Class-8 EHL/Cs 12,570 RLT-85 Emergency Shuttlepods Other systems Ultra Large-Type War Games Combat Deck Usage Role(s) Starship technology demonstrator Fleet flagship/command vessel Galactic exploration Commissioned February 21, 2557 (official ceremony) Destroyed December 12, 2559 Present for battles/events Insurrection Raid on UNSC Infinity Post-Covenant War conflicts Battle of Requiem New Phoenix Incident Requiem Campaign Invasion of the UNSC Infinity Battle of Ealen IV Ambush at Oth Lodon Mission to Ven III Battle of Aktis IV Blooding Years Siege at Kolaar Created conflict Battle of Kamchatka Subjugation of Earth Operation: WOLFE Battle for Installation 07 Affiliation United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy Fleet Expeditionary Strike Group 1 Battle Group Dakota Known commander(s) Captain Andrew Del Rio (2552—2557) Captain Thomas Lasky (2557—2559)

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The UNSC Infinity, hull classification symbol INF-101, was an enormous and extremely formidable UNSC warship, which was completed in late 2552. The most advanced human vessel ever built at the time of its completion, the Infinity made use of reverse-engineered Forerunner technology, making it even more powerful than many Covenant warships. Conceived by the Office of Naval Intelligence and HIGHCOM during the early days of the Human-Covenant War as an immensely powerful warship that would be able to decisively and single-handedly allow the UNSC to defeat the new Covenant threat, construction on the Infinity began in 2537 deep within the Oort cloud, but the ship did not finish its trials until after the war's conclusion in 2553. Nevertheless, the Infinity became the flagship of the UNSC Home Fleet, and would come to play a major role in post-Human-Covenant War conflicts.

An unparalleled military powerhouse and a marvel of engineering, the Infinity was easily one of the single greatest achievements in human history.

Characteristics

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S-Deck

The S-Deck was the home of the Infinity's SPARTAN contingent. Housing over five hundred SPARTAN supersoldiers, the S-Deck was designed with its intended occupants in mind. With its own independent mess hall, living spaces, and even dedicated medical staff, everything possible was done to ensure that the SPARTANs were given only the best and kept in peak physical and mental condition. The S-Deck also featured a specialized armor bay, designed specifically to accommodate the storage and repair of each SPARTAN's MJOLNIR powered armor system. Specially designed machinery allowed SPARTANs to equip or remove their armor in less than a minute, and a dedicated staff of experienced engineers tended to the armor to make sure that it remained in proper working order at all times.

Holographic Training Deck

Designed by ONI's Delta-3 Division in collaboration with the Materials Group, and constructed by SinoViet Heavy Machinery, the Infinity's state-of-the-art holographic training deck was a feat of engineering as impressive as the Infinity itself. Utilizing a combination of a shifting floor, interactive volumetric displays, dynamic lighting systems, and reverse-engineered hardlight technology, the training deck could create environmental simulations that were visually indistinguishable from the real thing. Simulated environments were created by performing a series of scans on an environment, which were then archived by the training deck's central computer so that the system could recreate them at any time.

While several such holographic simulation chambers were operational by the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC Infinity's training deck was the first of its kind to be fitted aboard a starship. Since the Infinity's completion, however, other vessels of sufficient girth, such as multiple Punic-class supercarriers, have been constructed or retrofitted with similar training decks. Additionally, several hundred small, cost-efficient orbital stations, called Munera Platforms, have been constructed since the end of the war for the sole purpose of housing holographic training chambers.

As with all holo-training chamber-equipped locations, SPARTAN-IVs stationed aboard the Infinity regularly participated in so-called "War Games", in which the SPARTANs faced off against one-another in a variety of different competitive combat simulations, allowing the SPARTANs to hone their combat skills, practice teamwork, and stay fit. Uniquely, War Games matches were treated like sporting events aboard the Infinity; live video feeds of the matches were broadcast throughout the ship, and crew members frequently made bets on their outcomes.