Begotten Angel

The Begotten Angel was a Covenant Frigate from the pre-Human-Covenant War era. Its long active service allowed it to see action during the initial stages of the Human-Covenant War before its eventual destruction by Human forces.

It was commissioned as part of the larger Fleet of Triumphant Declaration, but was later refitted as a Special Operations Frigate for use during special missions. It saw battle many times under its new role, and outlived its sister ships by many decades, until the opening Battle of the Human-Covenant War, the Battle of Harvest, saw it deployed for the last time.

After moving in with the initial bombardment fleet, the Begotten Angel engaged several UNSC Frigates and destroyed them all with its powerful point-defence turrets. After deploying several Spirits to harass the Human fighters deployed from the doomed Frigates, the Corvette moved back into a defensive position and awaited further orders as the main bulk of the Covenant fleet swept across Harvest's surface.

As the Covenant attacked Harvest, thus initiating a long and bloody war with the Humans, the Shipmaster in command of the attacking force ordered the Begotten Angel to deploy its SpecOps team to eradicate a Human military base stationed above a Forerunner dig site. The Begotten Angel moved in to deploy its troops, only to fall foul of the base's massive Onagar-class MAC. Within seconds the Begotten Angel was gutted, utterly annihilating the ship and the 100+ highly trained SpecOps Officers aboard.