Long Night of Solace (Earth-5875)

The Long Night of Solace was a CSO-class supercarrier of the Covenant, and the flagship of the Fleet of Valiant Prudence. It was captained by Fleetmaster Rho 'Barutamee, and inadvertently started the Fall of Reach by discovering Reach for accident while searching for forerunner artifacts in summer 2552. The colossal ship was destroyed during Operation UPPER CUT by SPARTAN-II Jorge-052 at the cost of his own life.

Fall of Reach
The Fleet of Valiant Prudence arrived in Reach on July 23rd, 2552, with all ships being cloaked by the CSO-class supercarrier. The fleet's forces were then deployed on the colony, where they placed a network of spires and stealth spires to land more forces without being seen. The advancing force consisted of the Solace itself and five SDV-class heavy corvettes.

On August 12th, the UNSC attacked Covenant forces in Viery. When they destroyed Spire One, the Solace dropped its cloak and engaged the UNSC, destroying the Paris-class heavy frigate UNSC Grafton, only to retreat to the orbit of the planet.

Crew

 * Rho 'Barutamee - Shipmaster