SS Chimera

The SS Chimera was a Human battleship created after the Human-Covenant War. The Chimera was one of the Shiva-class warships that were designed to be both stealthy and powerful, with energy shields, atom torpedoes and gravity cannons. The ship also had a powerful slipspace drive capable of not only transporting the ship through slipspace but also opening and maintaining slipspace portals, using slipspace anchors to trap nearby ships and even utilise slipspace's physical manifestations to wrench opposing ships apart.

Despite these tactical advantages, the SS Chimera often met its match in combat - facing off against Daleks, Reapers and Protoss forces during its long service history. The SS Chimera sustained heavy damage in a battle against a Dalek Prime and his fleet, however the crew were able to fend off the Dalek assault vessels long enough for the ship to engage its slipspace anchor, which dragged one Dalek ship into another and caused havoc among their fleet, allowing the ship to slip away.

It is reported that SUCAS have put out a sizeable bounty for the capture or destruction of the SS Chimera, with a reward rumoured to be between 2,000 and 20,000 cR. This has made the SS Chimera a target for Bounty Hunters and Salvage Vessels alike. The SS Chimera took part in an assault on a SUCAS stronghold near Reach, during which the organisation sent out a general hail that the ship was there. Every Bounty Hunter vessel within 35 light years arrived on the scene, only for the Chimera and its sister ships to take on and destroy each and every vessel, before moving on to destroy the SUCAS forces.