Ardent Prayer

Ardent Prayer

Ardent Prayer was a Covenant Corvette-class vessel in service during the Human-Covenant war, and was deployed during the Fall of Reach.

Overview
The ship was one of the main targets of Operation: UPPERCUT, and was boarded by multiple Sabre craft in an effort to plant a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine on board, which would be used to destroy a nearby Covenant Supercarrier. During the mission, the ship's communications were knocked out and the bridge crew eliminated in order for the ship to be permanently locked onto its refueling track with the supercarrier. The operation succeeded, and Ardent Prayer, along with the supercarrier, was destroyed by the rigged Slipspace drive.

Trivia

 * Ardent Prayer is the setting of the Halo: Reach multiplayer map Zealot, and the Firefight map Corvette.
 * All Covenant Starships are commanded by a ship master or fleet master rank Sangheili Zealot, the fact there is no zealot aboard may imply further that the golden armoured Sangheili ship masters, and indeed all gold Zealots seen in previous halo games are in fact of the General rank, as is shown in this Corvette.
 * The Shipmaster of the Ardent Prayer is named Ardo 'Moretumee as revealed in Halo: The Essential Visual Guide.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Reach