Meridian 5-Alpha (Earth-5875)

The Meridian 5-Alpha was a Star Charter-class colony support ship that served as the colony ship for the human Outer colony Meridian. Medium-sized for a cargo vessel, Meridian 5-Alpha was operated by a crew of twenty-five personnel.

History
Meridian 5-Alpha was the last of the colony ships sent to Meridian after its colonization in 2331. During the Battle of Meridian, in 2548, Alpha and other colony ships were relocated to Hestia V to avoid the Covenant ships that engaged the UNSC Navy over Meridian. While the battle in the Hestia system continued for three years, the Navy lost the engagement and was forced to abandon the system and Meridian in 2551, leading the Covenant to glass the planet. Meridian-5, however, was later taken and operated by the Liang Dortmund Corporation, which took Meridian as its own private colony after the end of the First Contact War. It remained as one of the main sustaining resources for the company in their efforts to recolonize the planet. On October 27th, 2564, following the apperance of a Reaper on Meridian, Alpha was destroyed.